This strategy and action plan support nationally harmonised, safe and responsible adoption of road transport technologies so that road users across Australia can benefit from them. Through the strategy and action plan, Commonwealth, state and territory governments are working together to harness the benefits of new technologies and manage their risks.

The strategy sets out the Infrastructure and Transport Ministers’ Meeting's (ITMM) vision for a safer, more efficient, productive, sustainable and accessible transport system through adoption of new technologies. It outlines the policy leadership, regulatory stewardship and targeted investment roles of governments, and provides a set of nine principles to guide government action in supporting technology rollouts.

The action plan is refreshed every four years and sets out national short- to medium-term priority actions. The 2024-27 Action Plan focuses on three workstreams.

1. Vehicle automation – continuing work underway to develop the national regulatory framework for automated vehicles.
2. Vehicle connectivity – developing a national C-ITS roadmap building on the nationally agreed Principles for a National Approach to Co-operative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) in Australia.
3. Cross-cutting actions supporting Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) – considering the treatment of connected and automated vehicles under relevant laws, data sharing, workforce impacts, supporting infrastructure, accessibility of vehicle technologies and sustainability impacts.