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RAIL HISTORY - AUSTRALIA

WORKING TOWARDS NATIONAL RAIL SAFETY REGULATION

In 2009, as part of the Government’s seamless
National Economy agenda, the Council of
Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to
national transport regulation reforms including
the establishment of a national rail safety law and
national rail safety regulator.
Historically rail safety regulation has been
managed by seven separate regulatory authorities,
which collectively involved up to 46 pieces of state,
territory and Commonwealth regulatory legislation.
To resolve this issue, the Commonwealth and state
and Territory Governments agreed to establish
a new single National Rail safety Regulator
(NRsR). The NRsR will help overcome inconsistent
regulatory practices between the states and
territories that have constrained rail transport
operators across jurisdictional borders since federation.

The NRsR commenced operations on 20 January 2013, being the regulator for NsW, south Australia, Tasmania
and the Northern Territory. subject to the passage of further state legislation, it is expected that Western
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Australia, victoria, queensland and the ACT will also fall under NRsR within the next twelve months.
For more information, see the National Rail Safety Regulation and Investigation page, or the Office of the
National Rail safety Regulator.

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