Our commitments
Towards 2020 commitments details the goals, focus areas and measures of success for safety and health initiatives undertaken by the regulator.
Its purpose is to give stakeholders a clear understanding of the department's regulatory focus on safety and health in the resources sector, going beyond the day-to-day inspectorate activities.
Progress on these commitments will be reported annually. Examples of progress reporting include online news items, Resources Safety Matters articles, publications, web pages or case studies.
Completed commitments will be archived and available to industry online.
The reports made on commitment progress can be used as a way to assess the regulator's performance and effectiveness.
This will help the department effectively engage with its stakeholders to collect and share safety information, and help identify emerging safety trends and how they can be addressed.
Towards 2020 vision provides more information on the purpose and drivers of the Towards 2020 strategy
Towards 2020 goals provides more information on the core elements supporting the vision
Commitments overview
For ease of reading, the Department's commitments are in table-format and available for download. Each commitment is on a separate page and the relevant industry sector/s addressed are displayed at the top of the table.
- Sector - industry sector the commitment is relevant to
- Focus area - ultimate outcome/s sought by the regulator
- Drivers - justification for the focus area, which may include accident and injury data, legislative or compliance requirement or an emerging industry area of interest
- Activities - initiatives being undertaken by the regulator
- Measures - outputs and outcomes expected by the regulator related to specific activities
- Timing - anticipated completion date of measures
- Status - update on progress.
Towards 2020 Regulatory strategy - Our commitments
Commitments summary
Below is a brief summary of the commitments and focus areas for the Towards 2020 strategy. Full details are available in the Towards 2020 Our commitments overview.
| Topic | Sector | Focus area |
|---|---|---|
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Modernised legislation |
Mining, petroleum, major hazard facilities (MHFs), geothermal energy |
Harmonised, amalgamated health and safety legislation covering general industry, mining, dangerous goods, |
|
Safety regulation system (SRS) enhancements |
Mining, petroleum, major hazard facilities (MHFs), geothermal energy |
Fully integrated online systems that streamline administration and regulatory functions |
|
Human and organisational factors |
Mining, petroleum, major hazard facilities (MHFs), geothermal energy |
Industry understand human and organisational factors principles and apply to safety and health |
|
Mental health and wellbeing |
Mining, petroleum, major hazard facilities (MHFs), geothermal energy |
Improved workplace mental health and wellbeing in the resources sector |
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Risk-based resourcing |
Mining |
Appropriate targeting of compliance and enforcement efforts (right resource, right place, right time) |
|
Health and hygiene |
Mining |
Increased attention on chronic exposure to agents that lead to adverse impacts upon health |
|
Ground control |
Mining |
Improved ground control management |
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Emergency preparedness |
Mining |
Improved emergency preparedness and safe systems for those working away from readily accessible infrastructure and support services |
|
Traffic management |
Mining |
Improved traffic management practices |
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Storage and handling non-compliance |
Dangerous goods |
Improved compliance with dangerous goods storage and handling requirements |
|
Dangerous goods rail transport |
Dangerous goods |
Effective regulation of the transportation of dangerous goods by rail as required by the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 |
|
Approved emergency responders (AERs) |
Dangerous goods |
Improved effectiveness of (AER) system for dangerous goods transport |
|
Transport and storage of dangerous goods in agricultural sector |
Dangerous goods |
Improved transport and storage practices for dangerous goods used in agriculture |
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Chain of responsibility in dangerous goods transport |
Dangerous goods, major hazard facilities (MHFs), mining |
Improved understanding and acceptance of regulatory responsibilities by site operators and managers when contracting dangerous goods transport services |
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Performance standards |
Petroleum, major hazard facilities (MHFs) |
Increased awareness and application of requirements and expected performance standards for operators |
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Safety case assessments |
Petroleum, major hazard facilities (MHFs) |
Raise awareness of requirements and expected standard of safety case submissions of operators |
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Aging asset management |
Petroleum, major hazard facilities (MHFs) |
Raise awareness of requirements and expected standard for managing aging assets |
Commitments archive
Completed commitments will be archived and available to industry online.
Previous releases of the Towards 2020 regulatory strategy commitments are available below.