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TRANSPORT POLICIES * Australia - Looks At Transport Sector Reforms
The Australian Transport Council has agreed that South Australia would become the host jurisdiction for the national rail safety regulator
Canberra,ACT,Australia -The Gov Monitor -9 November 2009: -- Sweeping reforms to the way Australia regulates its vital transport sector is closer than ever before, with all the nation’s transport ministers today agreeing to arrangements for single national regulators in rail, maritime and heavy vehicles... Offices of the national regulator will be established in each state and territory to manage the day-to-day regulation of local urban systems and interstate freight operations... On heavy vehicles, Transport Ministers agreed to recommend to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) that a host jurisdiction for the national regulator be agreed, noting that New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland have expressed an interest... The regulator will be responsible for aligning the rules and regulations applying vehicles over 4.5 tonnes, helping to improve the safety and productivity of the trucking industry... (Photo from abc.net.au: Heavy vehicles)
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