Environment

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variety of life forms, including different plants and animals and the genes they contain and the ecosystems in which they live. Australian ecosystems contain many species found nowhere else in the world.

Reducing and minimising traffic noise

Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority)’s management of road traffic noise is an important issue as traffic growth continues. Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) works to provide efficient road transport infrastructure while limiting the noise from traffic and individual vehicles.