The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) is an independent body corporate established under the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012.
The primary objectives of ONRSR are to:
ONRSR has responsibility for regulatory oversight of rail safety in every Australian state and territory. Read a one page summary of What We Do here...
ONRSR’s corporate goals as set out in its Corporate Plan are to:
To achieve these goals, ONRSR aims to maintain and improve rail safety through consistent risk-based application of the law across jurisdictions, sharing and improving regulatory practice and developing strong stakeholder relationships and engagement.
Timeline: building a national rail safety regulator
Jurisdiction | Commencement with ONRSR |
South Australia | Joined ONRSR on 20 January 2013 |
Victoria | Joined ONRSR on 19 May 2014 |
Australian Capital Territory | Joined ONRSR on 20 November 2014 |
Western Australia | Joined ONRSR on 2 November 2015 |
Queensland | Joined ONRSR on 1 July 2017 |