Submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport Environment and Communications Legislation Committee. The road network is and will be exposed to severe weather and climate hazards for many years to come, with risks associated with both weather and climate growing through time. The impacts to Australian communities will be felt through interruptions to the road supply chains transporting resources like food, water and fuel as well as damage leading to social, environment and economic cost and prolonged isolation of small towns and rural settlements.