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:
encourage and enforce safe railway operations
promote and improve national rail safety.
ONRSR has responsibility for regulatory oversight of rail safety in every Australian state and territory.
ONRSR’s corporate goals as set out in its Corporate Plan are to:
maintain and improve rail safety through a risk-based approach to regulation
reduce regulatory burden on industry
under a co-regulatory framework, support industry in its operation of safe railways for Australia
promote safety awareness and work with industry on safety improvement and research
value and enable our people in pursuit of high performance
develop our systems to optimise our performance.
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.
Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator Address
75 Hindmarsh Sq Adelaide, null AU
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