Australia's REPCON Marine Confidential reporting Scheme offers seafarers the opportunity to report unsafe conditions, practices or procedures aboard ships without fear of being identified. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau collects information for the purposes of enhancing marine safety. The information may be disclosed to other bodies or individuals for this purpose. If the information is the subject of an investigation it will only be used in accordance with the Transport…

Failure of a Responsible Person to report under Sections 18 and 19 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 Where it is apparent that a Responsible Person has failed to provide a report in accordance with the requirements in sections 18 or 19 of the TSI Act, the circumstances of the apparent failure will be assessed to determine the appropriate action to be taken. Appropriate action will be based on two options: (a)  educate the…

Subsection 25(1) of Part 4 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. 25  reports on investigations (1)     The ATSB must, as soon as practicable after an investigation has been completed, publish, by electronic or other means, a report in relation to the investigation. (2)     The ATSB may, at any time before an investigation has been completed, publish, by electronic or other means, a report…

The ATSB complies with the Order of Continuing Effect – Indexed lists of departmental and agency files (known more often as 'the Harradine Report', as the order was instigated by then Senator Harradine in 1996). This Senate Order requires that an indexed list of all files, created in the central offices of all Federal Government agencies, be published to the Internet, so it is accessible to the public and can assist with Freedom of Information requests. The Senate Order also requires that only relevant file titles be published on the agency's…

As established by the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, the ATSB is an independent Commonwealth Government statutory agency, reporting to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Australian Government Ministers issue Statements of Expectations to statutory agencies. Through issuing a Statement of Expectations, Ministers provide greater clarity about government policies and objectives relevant to that statutory authority, including the policies and…

ATSB supplements November-December Aviation Research at the ATSB When weather and terrain collude Investigation briefs Repcon briefs Download ATSB supplement (November-December 09) [PDF: 860KB] September-October Amateur-built and experimental aircraft survey: The results Engine Failure Investigation briefs Repcon briefs Download ATSB supplement (September-October 09) [PDF: 860KB] July-August Reporting trends in charter operations Fuel system event Investigation briefs Repcon briefs Download ATSB supplement (July-August 09) [PDF: 889KB] May-June…

The International Confidential Aviation Safety Systems (ICASS) Group promotes confidential Reporting systems as an effective method of enhancing flight safety in commercial air transport and general aviation operations. The principal objectives of the ICASS Group are: To provide advice and assistance in the startup and operation of a confidential Reporting system. To facilitate the exchange of safety related information between independent…

What is REPCON? REPCON is a voluntary and confidential reporting scheme. REPCON allows any person who has an aviation safety concern to report it to the ATSB confidentially. Protection of the reporter's identity and any individual referred to in the report is a primary element of the scheme. Who can make a report? Anyone can report…

Accidents and serious incidents (commonly called Immediately Reportable Matters), which affect the safety of aircraft must, in the first instance, be notified to the ATSB by telephone toll-free call (24 hour) 1800 011 034. If telephoning from outside Australia, please use +61 2 6230 4470. Click here to fill out an Occurrence Notification form