Published 06 Dec 2024
Ministers have asked us to review the Australian Road Rules (ARRs) relating to child restraints for passengers under 16 years old.
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Published 02 Dec 2024
An interactive map showing the rail corridors critical for national connectivity is helping to get alignment and consistency across Australia’s rail networks as the sector undergoes the biggest change since electrification.
Published 25 Nov 2024
Technology is changing the way rail operates as networks introduce new digital signalling and communications systems. Through the National Rail Action Plan, the NTC is working with industry and governments to make sure the different systems align. This will allow trains to run safely and more efficiently. So, rail can play a bigger role in the nation’s economy.
Published 25 Nov 2024
Expanding rail networks and new technologies are adding to rail’s longstanding workforce challenges. Through the National Rail Action Plan, we are working with governments, industry and the education sector to identify the new skillsets that rail needs. Together, we are building nationally recognised pathways to these skills and supporting ways to attract and develop a new diverse cohort of rail workers to meet future skills demand.
Published 25 Nov 2024
Australia’s rail networks have 12 separate rule books and many different standards, operating rules and processes. This is a burden for workers who operate across networks. It increases training time and costs and affects safety. The NTC is working with industry to reduce the burden on rail workers and organisations by harmonising rules and training. It is all part of the National Rail Action Plan to make rail simpler, safer and better able to attract a skilled and mobile workforce.
Published 25 Nov 2024
Right now, in Australia it can take less time to build a train than it does to get it approved to run across the country. This is a major deterrent to investment and creates a barrier to moving more freight onto rail. The National Rail Action Plan is working with industry and regulators to streamline and simplify the rolling stock approval process.
Published 25 Nov 2024
The NTC is reducing differences across our railway and taking a national approach to lock in standards that will make rail simpler, safer and better. These will help to drive interoperability and improve safety and efficiencies across Australia’s networks.
Published 21 Nov 2024
In 2022, we developed a framework to ensure the safe operation of automated vehicles while they are on the road (or ‘in service’).
Published 19 Sep 2024
Government agencies subject to the FOI Act must publish certain information on their websites as part of an Information Publication Scheme.
Published 26 Aug 2024
The National Transport Commission is working with all governments and industry on the biggest change to Australian rail in over a century.