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 ### Youth sign pledge to be safer for Road Safety Week

Tasmanian teenagers urged to pledge safer choices on the road as MAIB launches National Road Safety Week with a school event in Hobart.

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   ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/youth-sign-pledge-to-be-safer-for-road-safety-week)  

  [  ![MAIB Foundation Media Event 1](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Banners/_1200x700_crop_center-center_none/13965/MAIB-Foundation-Media-Event-1.webp) 

 ### MAIB Foundation funding boosts road crash rescue capability in North-East Tasmania

The Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB) Injury Prevention and Management Foundation has committed $120,000 to strengthen road crash rescue capability in Tasmania’s North-East, supporting the delivery of two new Heavy Road Crash Rescue Vehicles for the St Helens and St Marys State Emergency Service units.

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   ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/maib-foundation-funding-boosts-road-crash-rescue-capability-in-north-east-tasmania)  

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 ### Safe transport services that saves lives

For more than 15 years, the Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB) has supported the MAIB Nightrider service, helping provide safe, reliable late-night public transport options for Tasmanians when they need them most.

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   ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/safe-transport-services-that-saves-lives)  

  [  ![MAIB Disability Achievement Award Winner Jane Wardlaw](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Content/News/_1200x700_crop_center-center_none/13678/MAIB-Disability-Achievement-Award-Winner-Jane-Wardlaw-1.webp) 

 ### A lifetime of advocacy: Jane Wardlaw’s contribution to disability rights recognised

Disability advocate Jane Wardlaw was recognised with the MAIB Disability Achievement Award at the 2025 Community Achievement Awards for her lifelong commitment to inclusion and reform.

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   ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/a-lifetime-of-advocacy-jane-wardlaws-contribution-to-disability-rights-recognised)  

  [  ![MAIB Community Safety Award Winner The Salvation Army Street Teams Tasmania with Derek Thurm left 1](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Images/Articles/_1200x700_crop_center-center_none/11480/MAIB-Community-Safety-Award-Winnner-The-Salvation-Army-Street-Teams-Tasmania-with-Derek-Thurm-left-1.webp) 

 ### Keeping partygoers safe

For more than a decade, the Salvation Army Street Teams initiative has played a crucial role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of young people out late at night in Tasmania’s nightlife precincts.

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   ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/keeping-partygoers-safe)  

  [  ![Paul](https://maib.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Images/Articles/_1200x700_crop_center-center_none/10567/Paul-horizontal.webp) 

 ### Meet Paul - client, artist, outdoor enthusiast

It started after a mate commented on the number of guitars Paul had lying around and asked what he was going to do with them. Paul, who has had a guitar in hand since he was in the third grade, looked around and knew he didn’t want to get rid of them. But what to do with them? Then inspiration struck, and Paul entered his artist’s phase.

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   ](https://maib.tas.gov.au/news/meet-paul-client-artist-outdoor-enthusiast)