Interesting – I had assumed this was a state responsibility, like vehicle registration, driver’s licences, and road rules. After all, the constitution doesn’t g

Interesting – I had assumed this was a state responsibility, like vehicle registration, driver’s licences, and road rules. After all, the constitution doesn’t give the federal government the power to regulate cars. But it seems that it does assert the power, as you suggested, to override state vehicle standards using the interstate trade and commerce and corporations powers: https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/mvsa1989245/s38.html https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/mvsa19892...