Re: Driver Training 3

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Mr X" <Rail.bob.eastwestfreight@foothills.net> wrote in message
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> Have you heard of the ARTC?

Yes - that is a body that states can voluntarily hand over control of their
main interstate railways to. Note the word "voluntarily" in that statement.

Now, would you please explain to me how track access requirements "will have
to become federal soon" and what mechanisms the Commonwealth proposes to use
to force NSW and Western Australia to hand over their rail lines, and how
this is consistent with s.51 of the Constitution, which gives the
Commonwealth ONLY the following powers over railways:

"(xxxii) The control of railways with respect to transport for the naval and
military purposes of the Commonwealth;
(xxxiii) The acquisition, with the consent of a State, of any railways of
the State on terms arranged between the Commonwealth and the State:
(xxxiv) Railway construction and extension in any State with the consent of
that State:"

So, how will the Commonwealth achieve this, which, according to you, has to
happen?

Dave

> Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > "Mr X" <Rail.bob.eastwestfreight@foothills.net> wrote in message
> > Q8Qg5.55158$N4.1774513@ozemail.com.au">news:Q8Qg5.55158$N4.1774513@ozemail.com.au...
> > > Accreditation is only the beginning.
> > >
> > > This is a very basic nature of track access requirements, which will
> have
> > to
> > > become federal soon.
> >
> > Are you planning a referendum to change the Constitution to make
railways
> a
> > federal responsibility?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > > Peter Homann <phomann@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:39835F84.AF0BE110@optushome.com.au...
> > > > Mr X crawled back out from under a rock to drivel:
> > > >
> > > > > Driver training.
> > > > > If you all say everything is rosy anyway, why are there so many
> > mishaps
> > > on
> > > > > NSW's urban system?????
> > > > > If you had any idea, you would see that rail has been deregulated
> > here,
> > > and
> > > > > state regulation expects employees to know it all, without being
> > trained
> > > > > correctly.
> > > > > This just might be the reason for all these mishaps.
> > > > > Or, do you think it has something to do with the position of the
> > moon???
> > > > > ^.^
> > > >
> > > > Firstup, I agree with Dave Proctor that while there are state
bodies,
> > > there is
> > > > no National body to cover the issue of rail safety, but I never siad
> > > everything
> > > > was rosy!
> > > >
> > > > <gripe>
> > > > This puts companies like NR, FA, etc. etc. into the ridiculous
> situation
> > > of
> > > > having to go through the whole process of gaining accreditation to
> > operate
> > > in 5
> > > > states.  That's five lots of paperwork, not one!  And needs to be
> > reviewed
> > > > every year too.  Plus working under potentially different
> > interpretations
> > > of
> > > > the same standard.
> > > > </gripe>
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, back to the CityRail issue.  The whole "business" of rail
> safety
> > > it set
> > > > up to attribute blame to whoever didn't do what they could have done
> to
> > > prevent
> > > > a safety issue.  This quite often ends up pointing at management, in
> > that
> > > if
> > > > there is an incident, the investigation quite often comes around to
> > > pointing at
> > > > management as to why certain things weren't done, and training
almost
> > > always
> > > > seems to come up (in the reports I have seen anyway).
> > > > So, does CityRail management need to change their focus from a
> > completely
> > > > "on-time running or bust" mentality to a "work safe and the on-time
> > > running
> > > > should happen by itself" focus?  I dunno, coz I don't live in
Sydney,
> > but
> > > from
> > > > afar, it sounds like it...
> > > >
> > > > <slaps forehead>
> > > > Hey, why am I arguing with someone who is too gutless to put his
real
> > name
> > > on
> > > > an email??
> > > > :->
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.
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