Broome

Meeting Dates

The Broome Committee meets every second month at the Department of Transport.

Committee Members:

Shire President
Shire of Broome engineering staff
Department of Transport
WA Police - OIC Traffic and District Traffic Coordinator
WA Country Health Services
Broome Liquor Accord Member
Main Roads WA
School Drug Education and Road Aware (SDERA) consultant
WALGA RoadWise Regional Road Safety Officer

Projects/Issues

Don't zoom in Broome - Enhanced speed limit enforcement and education combined with further community consultation of safe speed limits.

School zone ehancement - Working with various agencies to improve road safety within school zones in Broome.

Choose Your Ride - working with various stakeholders to reduce the incidence of drink driving in the district.

Have you been caught on camera? Road safety activities - Broome style!


DPI driving assessor and Broome RoadWise Committee member Terry Baker with the new speed limit sign for the tip road.	DPI remote driving assessor Paul Higgins checks a restraint during a child car restraint checking station.

A booze bus in town, with road safety education materials distributed by the Broome RoadWise Committee.	Open for business - child car restraint checking time and McDonalds in Broome.

Wet season playing havoc with the peninsular road - imagine a guide post in the middle of the road.	Community Health Nurse Natasha Ghandour provides some handy information to a client at a child car restraint checking station.

Dora and duckie help promote child car restraints at the 2009 North West Expo.	Broome police assist Goolarri Media with the production of Road Safety Council advertisements.

Broome RoadWise Chairman John McCourt with Const Paul Mamid getting serious about speeding in school zones (Picture courtesy of Broome Advertiser).	Who is better looking - road safety officer Greg or Doopa?

Road safety officer Greg Hayes with Dockers coach Mark Harvey and Broome Shire Councillor Mick Albert at a Dockers Civic Reception in Broome.	Broome Shire President Graeme Campbell, Broome RoadWise Committee Chairman John McCourt, road safety officer Greg Hayes and Bishop Chris Saunders at the 2009 Blessing of the Roads ceremony in Broome.

Choose Your Ride - a Kimberley Drink Driving Project - A lone Saints' player at the 2008 WKFL Grand Final.	Senior Liaison Officer Damien Manado receives his Human Spirit Award from road safety officer Greg Hayes.

Road safety stakeholders join forces at the 'Choose your Ride' launch.