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Er, not quite so in relation to road rules. This is a quote from the website of the Federal Dept of Infrastructure and Regional Development:
"The Australian Road Rules were implemented in 1999 and have been regularly updated since then. Each state and territory adopts the Australian Road Rules in its own legislation. With minor exceptions, the Australian Road Rules are applied consistently in each state and territory.
The National Transport Commission is responsible for the regular ‘maintenance’ of the Australian Road Rules to ensure they are up to date. This is undertaken in cooperation with State and Territory road transport and law enforcement authorities and the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. The process also includes extensive public consultation. For more information on the Australian Road Rules, visit the website of the National Transport Commission or contact your state or territory transport authority."
Each State and Territory is responsible for the arterial roads within its borders, but the Feds provide the majority of the money for national highways and major projects, so have a big say in what gets built.
With regards to licences and registrations, they are all on a national database which police and other authorities can access, so there's no escape if you offend outside your home State.
Er, dgp was blaming the PM for idiots being issued with driver's licences.
Given driver's licenses are issued by state authorities, the direction of blame is false. A national database has no bearing on how and when licenses are issued.
"Minor exceptions" is a pretty broad/loose term. Without comparing all of the statutes, as far as I am aware there are numerous differences/exceptions across states. Whether it be vehicle registration requirements such as the need for roadworthy cetificates and the frequency of same, the age at which a driver's license can be obtained, the restrictions applied to p platers (including engine type/capacity) or even the setting of speed limits and the margin over which one gets penalised just to name a few.
I am also not sure how the responsibility for and the source of funding to build particular types of roads is relevant to the original point.