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RTSA SA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
March 2016 EDITION
We are in the lead up to CORE 2016 in May, and I hope you are planning to attend. If
not, please consider the benefits. Planning for CORE 2018 in Sydney is well advanced,
and is due to be announced at CORE 2016.
Here in Adelaide, we had a great tour of the National Rail Museum in February (photo
below) and a presentation by Derek Heneker of the Office of the National Rail Safety
Regulator (ONRSR). We are very grateful to Derek for his presentation.
I have spent the period 10-11 March representing RTSA at an Engineers Australia
meeting of Technical Societies in Canberra. It was useful to understand the common
issues facing all Technical Societies and to seek to influence change within Engineers
Australia. Please have a look at our program of events for 2016 and make some diary
entries to participate.
RTSA TECHNICAL PRESENTATION
Level Crossing Removal – Recent Victorian Experience
VENUE: Hilton Hotel (Fedoras Restaurant) Corner of South Road and Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton DATE: Thursday 7th April 2016
TIME:
5.30pm for 6.00pm
start
LIGHT
REFRESHMENTS WILL
BE PROVIDED
FOLLOWING THE
PRESENTATION
MEMBERS, GUESTS
AND INTERESTED
FRIENDS ARE MOST
WELCOME TO
ATTEND
WORDS FROM THE CHAIR – PHILLIP CAMPBELL
SOUTH AUSTRALIA NATIONAL RAIL MUSEUM VISIT
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Being ONRSR: A Great Australian Rail Journey
> Australia’s colonial rail networks
> State based networks and rules
> 1990s: privatisation and state based regulation
> 1993: “A National Approach to Rail Safety Regulation”
> 1996: Agreement - nationally consistent regulation
> 2006: NTC coordinated national model rail safety law
> 2009: COAG: national law, national regulator
> Jan 2013: ONRSR commences
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Benefits of a truly national regulator
> National consistency:
− one single national rail safety
regulator
− one national law
− one set of processes and
procedures
− one set of industry guidelines
− one set of rail safety data.
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Rail Safety National Law
The Rail Safety National Law was introduced into the South Australian parliament in March 2012 and successfully passed through both houses on 1 May 2012.
The Rail Safety National Law is set out in the Schedule to the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012
Other States and Territories have progressively passed enabling legislation to give effect to the Rail Safety National Law within each jurisdiction.
The Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012 can be found at www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Overview of the establishment of Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR)
February 2016 Presentation
Derek Heneker, Branch Director, ONRSR
Derek Heneker is the Branch Director of the Central Branch
within the ONRSR, which delivers the on-the-ground
regulatory function within South Australia, Tasmania, the
Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. Derek
delivered a presentation with regards to an overview of the
establishment of the Office of the National Rail Safety
Regulator (ONRSR), its current structure and areas of
regulatory oversight, the risk based regulatory approach of
the ONRSR and what it means to regulate in under co-
regulatory framework established by the Rail Safety National
Law and some of the initiatives and priority areas the ONRSR
is focusing its attention on in the immediate future
Presentation key areas:
Being ONRSR
Rail Safety National Law
Forming ONRSR
ONRSR Overview
What we do (ONRSR vision)
ONRSR purpose
Regulatory framework
ONRSR’s regulatory approach
The way we regulate
Audit and compliance program
Focus area for 2016
Key issues for industry
Industry risk model
Drug & Alcohol testing
Fatigue management
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Rail Safety National Law
• Establishes the National Rail Safety Regulator and the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator
• Sets out the safety duties for rail transport operators and others that can influence the safety of railway operations
• Establishes the accreditation regime under which all rail transport operators must be accredited or exempt
• Sets out the requirements for safety management systems
• Provides powers for the Regulator and rail safety officers to audit, inspect operations to oversight and regulate compliance
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Forming ONRSR> 2009 – 2013
Project Office establishes ONRSR HQ in Adelaide, SA
> 2013Operations commence
− Central Branch (SA, NT, Tas.)
− NSW Branch (Service Level Agreement)
> 2014− Victoria joins ONRSR (Vic Branch -
Service Level Agreement)
− ACT joins ONRSR (Central Branch)
> 2015− WA Parliament passes mirror legislation
to establish WA Branch
− WA Branch commences in November
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ONRSR: an overview
Today, 160+ staff, offices in:
> Adelaide (National Office
and Central Branch)
> Sydney (including NSW
Branch)
> Melbourne (Victoria Branch)
> Perth (Western Australia
Branch)
> Darwin
> Hobart
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What we do (our vision)
> ONRSR exists to enhance and promote rail safety
through effective risk based regulation.
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Our purpose
“…to oversee and enforce a national co-regulatory rail safety regime to enable and promote safe railway operations, including through the administration of a national scheme of accreditation”
> Facilitate safe operation of rail transport
> Exhibit independence, rigor and excellence
> Promote safety and safety improvement as fundamental
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Regulatory Framework
> Co-regulatory framework
> RSNL sets the ONRSR
functions, objectives, powers
> RSNL imposes shared
responsibility for safety on all
parties
> Primary duty for Rail Transport
Operators – safety so far as is
reasonably practicable
(SFAIRP)
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ONRSR’s regulatory approach
> Independent and impartial
> Risk-based
> Educational
> Proportionate compliance and
enforcement
> Transparent, fair and
accountable
> Consistent
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The way we regulate
> Support operators to deliver on obligations.
> Enforce the law where this has failed.
Safety Improvement initiatives
Op
era
tio
ns
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Practical application: Audit and compliance program
Key principles:
> Every operator is audited or
inspected at least once every
year
> Program is risk-based – higher
risk organisations are visited
more often
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Audit and compliance program
In developing the annual
program, ONRSR considers:
> Size and nature of operation
> Occurrence history
> Compliance history
> Geographic and environmental
factors
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Audit and compliance program: Review
Reviewed quarterly.
Review can be triggered by
(not limited to):
> Major incidents
> Shifts in occurrence statistics
> New accreditations
> Major projects
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Focus areas 2016
> Track condition
> Track work – competency and
communication
> Rolling stock maintenance
> Road Rail Vehicle (RRV)
safety
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Key issues for industry
Industry Risk
ModelHarmonisationHigh quality &
timely standards
Drug & alcohol
testingFatigue
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Industry risk model
The ONRSR supports the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) accepting recommendation “developing a risk model”
Model effectively “pools” data enabling:
> More sophisticated analyses
> More robust risk information
Outcomes:
> Industry – better informed decisions
> ONRSR – better focus for regulation
> Stronger philosophy of co-regulation
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High quality & timely standards
> Many and varied standards
lack of a single source of truth
> ONRSR participating on RISSB
working groups
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Harmonisation
> Application of quality standards
across the board
> Promotes collaboration / delivers
industry intelligence
> Reduces regulatory burden
> Delivers safety benefits
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Drug & alcohol testing
> Offence to conduct rail safety work under the influence
> ONRSR has established testing program in SA, Tas, NT
> ONRSR program complements RTO and Police testing
2014/15 results
Test type Number performed Positive results %
Industry drug tests 21,691 120 0.55
ONRSR drug tests 206 0 0
Industry alcohol tests 169,848 80 0.047
ONRSR alcohol tests 220 0 0
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Drug & alcohol testing
> D&A Review underway at request of Ministers
> Outcome looking for nationally consistent law which
supports management of the risk
> RTBU on reference group with industry and
government representatives
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Fatigue
Review of fatigue risk management arrangements under RSNL.
Intent: To identify an appropriate framework for managing fatigue risk in the rail industry with a view to achieving nationally consistent legislation by:
> Examining current fatigue risk management legislation
> Considering leading practice approaches
> Assessing options for fatigue risk management (safety/regulatory burden)
> Recommending consistent national approach
Reference group will include industry representatives, RTBU and Government representatives plus specialists (late ‘15 / early ’16).
Final report due to Ministerial Council in November 2017.
PRESENTATION PHOTO – DEREK HENEKER, BRANCH DIRECTOR, ONRSR
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PERMANENT WAY INSTITUTION (PWI) TRACK ALIGNMENT DESIGN AND TRACK
CLEARANCES SEMINAR
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DATE AND TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION
Thursday 4th FEBRUARY 2016
5:30 PM Site Visit National Rail
Museum, Port Adelaide
National Rail Museum
Lipson Street
Port Adelaide
Thursday 25th FEBRUARY 2016
5.30 PM
Overview of the Office of National Rail Safety
Regulator
Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William
Street, Adelaide 5000
Thursday 7th APRIL 2016
5.45PM
Level Crossing Removal – Recent
Victorian Experience
Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA
(Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive)
16-18 May 2016
Conference on Railway Excellence
www.core2016.org
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 Convention Centre South Wharf, Victoria
Thursday 25th MAY 2016 5.30PM
Lessons from the Privatization of UK
Railways
Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William
Street, Adelaide 5000
Thursday 2nd JUNE 2016 5.45PM
PWI host technical presentation
TBA
Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA
(Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive)
Thursday 7th JULY 2016 5:30PM Level Crossing Human
Factor Research Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William
Street, Adelaide 5000
Thursday 4th AUGUST 2016 6:00PM Presentation on Rolling
Stock Topic (TBC)
Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William
Street, Adelaide 5000
Thursday 8th SEPTEMBER 2016 5:45PM IRSE Presentation
(TBC)
Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA
(Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive)
Thursday 6th OCTOBER 2016 5:45PM PWI host presentation
Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road, Hilton SA
(Corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive)
Thursday 3rd NOVEMBER 2016 6:00PM
TBA Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William
Street, Adelaide 5000
TBA RTSA SA Division
AGM TBA
2016 RTSA Meetings will be on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month from February to December. Any changes will
be advised in the Newsletter, or if a last minute affair then by special notice. Presentations in black are confirmed
those in red are provisional at this time of publication. Any reader with suggestions for a presentation that is topical
and relates to the overall objectives of RTSA should contact Barry Aw (see last page for contact details).
2016 RTSA MEETINGS AND EVENTS
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The SA Chapter Committee for 2016 comprises:
OFFICE HOLDERS POSITION EMAIL
Phillip Campbell Chair [email protected]
Gary Sharpe Secretary [email protected]
Barry Aw Treasurer [email protected]
Kuldeep Zala Committee member [email protected]
Mohamed Awadalla Committee member [email protected]
David Ogucha Committee member [email protected]
For matters directly related to the running of RTSA please contact the appropriate office holder as listed
above. For general matters or membership enquiries you should contact:
RTSA SA Chapter, Engineers Australia, Level 11, 108, King William Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000
The easiest way to submit contributions for the Newsletter is by e-mail to the Editor
[email protected] or alternatively to the address shown above.
Engineers Australia members are reminded that attendance at RTSA technical meetings and events contributes towards CPD requirements. Each RTSA technical meeting generally has a value of 1 CPD point.
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