Have your say on WA’s GLS review

We’re inviting Western Australians to have their say on how the State Government can improve the WA’s graduated licensing system (GLS) to help novice drivers become safer and better prepared on their journey to driving solo.

We are leading a State Government review of WA’s GLS, the system that guides how we learn to drive a car and obtain a driver’s licence in WA.

The community, along with the learner driver industry and road safety stakeholders, is invited to participate in the six-week online consultation using the My Say Transport platform from 28 September until 9 November 2025.

The consultation paper considers the WA GLS, learnings from other jurisdictions, and how WA can enhance its policies to improve safety for learner and provisional drivers.

The community consultation asks for feedback on topics such as:

• Increasing the minimum learner driver period from six months to 12 months;
• Extending the provisional driver period from two years to three years broken down into one year on red P-plates and two years on green P-plates;
• Increasing the minimum number of supervised driving hours or logbook hours from 50 hours to 75 hours;
• The requirement for supervising drivers to have zero Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) while supervising a learner driver;
• The introduction of an online option for both the theory and hazard perception in addition to the option of in-centre testing; and
• Limiting phone use for all learner and provisional drivers to in-car systems, allowing for the use of GPS and/or playing audio.

At the end of the online community consultation, we will analyse submissions to inform recommendations to Government for consideration.

Have your say before 9 November 2025.

We have also launched a new campaign to promote the online community consultation and encourage safer driving by young people.

The Tom’s Story campaign is about Tom Saffioti, who was killed in a road crash as a backseat passenger in 2021 and is an extension of the award-winning ‘Red plate. One mate’ campaign that educated the community about new laws restricting red P-platers to carrying one passenger that came into effect in December 2024.

Tom’s mum, Samantha, and his best friend, Ben, feature in the campaign, sharing their memories of Tom, and asking young drivers to ‘Drive like your mate’s life depends on it. Because it does.’