RYDA - What's New

The RYDA Program has undergone an extensive review and update and an exciting new program is about to be launched. This is the most significant change to the RYDA program since inception. Read more here and here

RYDA Australia is pleased to announce that it has secured Suncorp CTP as a major sponsor of the RYDA Program in Queensland. This sponsorship will help more than 10,000 Queensland school students participate in the RYDA program in 2010. Read more here

The RYDA Program received a major honour when it was presented with the 2009 Queensland Road Safety Award in the Community category by the Minister for Transport, Hon Rachel Nolan at Parliament House on Thursday, 8 October.

The Awards are designed to recognise and honour the outstanding efforts of community groups, companies or industry groups, schools, local and state government initiatives, as well as inventions and innovations designed to improve road safety. Read more in the Spring Newsletter

The Tasmanian Premier, David Bartlett announced in September that a range of new initiatives for combating Tasmania's road toll would be introduced, including a stronger focus on young driver education. The Premier said that funding of $100,000 would be provided to enable every government high school student in Tasmania to have access to the RYDA road safety education program. Read more in the Spring Newsletter

The NSW Premier, Nathan Rees visited the RYDA venue at Penrith in Western Sydney on 24 July to support the program with ongoing State Government funding and to meet the 100,000th student who has now attending the RYDA Program in NSW. Read more here

May is shaping up to be a busy month for RYDA committees around Australia with programs set to run in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia. June and July are traditionally quieter months for RYDA, with schools focussing on mid year exams and studies but the program will still be available at venues around the country to cater for those schools wishing to attend during this period.

The next three months will see the introduction of new programs in Canberra, ACT, Port Macquarie, NSW and on the Gold Coast, Qld.

We wish the organising committee’s of the new and returning programs well as they work to bring RYDA’s road safety messages to students in their area.

For further details on these programs, please visit the venue pages on this website.