 New South Wales introduced an absolute speed limit of in 1979, replacing the limit of The Northern Territory introduced an absolute speed limit of in 2007, along with zones on the Territory's four major highways.The Northern Territory had no blanket speed limits outside major towns until January 2007, when a general rural speed limit of was introduced, although four major highways had higher zones.Speed-limit advocates note that the per-capita fatality rate in 2006 was the highest in the OECD and twice the Australian average.