Edition 78, May 2010

$8.3 million for national transport regulators

The Australian Government announced that it will provide an additional $8.3 million to progress sweeping reforms to the way governments regulate the $49 billion transport sector, including funding for the establishment of national regulators for rail and heavy vehicle.

The new funding will be used to:

  • Establish a national heavy vehicle regulator based in Brisbane with offices around the country and responsibility for registration and aligning the regulations applying to trucks and buses over 4.5 tonnes.
  • Establish the national rail safety regulator in Adelaide, with offices around the country providing day-to-day oversight of the country's urban passenger rail networks and interstate freight operations. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will become the national investigator of rail accidents.
  • Provide the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) - based in Canberra - with the extra resources it needs to regulate all commercial vessels, not just those involved in interstate and international trade.

For more information visit http://budget.australia.gov.au/

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