Thursday, March 24, 2022
National Priorities review
Every two years ONRSR reviews its national priorities, those areas of regulatory focus that apply to multiple jurisdictions and operators and warrant a sustained period of regulatory attention.
The priority areas are targeted using tailored regulatory treatments, typically through operator-centric national compliance projects or industry-wide safety improvement projects. The current suite of national priorities comprises Track Worker Safety, Level Crossing Safety, Control Assurance and Contractor Management.
ONRSR applies a structured, evidence-based risk assessment process to review and set its national priorities. The internal review may retain, recast or refine the existing priorities or identify a completely new set. In doing so it will consider a range of factors and resources to determine a revised set of priorities including:
- ATSB investigation reports
- REPCON reports
- Notifiable occurrence reports
- Operator safety performance reports
- Review of regulatory interactions
- Regulatory intelligence
- Stakeholder forums and consultation
ONRSR will announce its new set of national priorities later this year.