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Bus Safety Matters - December 2021

  • Director's message
  • Bus accreditation fee waiver
  • Changes to bus operator certification
  • Who is responsible for driver medical fitness?
  • Reporting road hazards
  • Meet our new team members
  • Updated COVID-19 information

Bus Safety Matters - September 2021

  • Director's message
  • Learning to love your improvement notice
  • New audit process guidance
  • The bus safety regulator and bus operators - a partnership in progress
  • Have you considered all your safety duties?
  • The benefits of shared depots
  • Free 'wear a mask while travelling' stickers available
  • Bus accreditation fee relief coming soon...

Bus Safety Matters - March 2021

  • Director's message
  • Grow your COVIDSafe plan
  • Getting the fundamentals of bus safety right
  • Changed incident category reporting being enforced
  • We're still out there
  • Reminder: Requirement to display identification
  • Book us to present at your meeting
  • Vaccine rollout for bus drivers begins

Bus Safety Matters - November 2020

  • Director's message
  • Being COVIDSafe for the Victorian bus industry
  • Bus Safety Regulations 2020 - items that come into effect in 2021
  • Buses don't come with accredited plates
  • Are personalised accredited number plates available?
  • Update to bus testing categories

2019

Bus Safety Matters - October 2019

  • Director's message
  • A tale of two suspensions
  • Alpine audit program and risk management
  • The importance of reporting incidents
  • Don't risk your accreditation
  • Bus Safety Week 2020

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - June 2019

  • Director's message
  • Taste for safety at winery
  • Regional bus seminars
  • Importance of work diaries
  • Get set for snow
  • Risk register issues

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - March 2019

  • Bus Safety Director update
  • Focus on tour and charter bus sector safety
  • Fire extinguishers - what's the problem?
  • New heavy vehicle plates
  • Staff profile: Introducing Mal

2018

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - December 2018

  • Safety Alert: Risk of wiring loom catching fire
  • Bus safety blitz – Multiple infringements
  • Approved bus safety course updated
  • Prized students receive bus safety awards

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - August 2018

  • Operator fined after fatal crash on Great Ocean Road
  • Unaccredited operators prosecuted
  • Blitz on tour and charter services
  • Audit program

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - July 2018

  • Bus Safety Week 2018
  • Unannounced inspections
  • Transdev improving bus safety
  • Alpine operation demonstrates safety culture
  • Worn wire casing leads to fire in roof cavity
  • What defines a reportable bus incident?

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - April 2018

  • Dee Decker loses accreditation
  • Safer buses on the Great Ocean Road
  • Bus news from around Australia

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - March 2018

  • Inquiry after eight buses deemed unroadworthy
  • VicPol and TSV investigate Puffing Billy bus crash
  • Compliance activity update
  • Lunar New Year

2017

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - December 2017

  • Take a back seat for senior bus passengers
  • Want to try out the Autonobus?
  • Bus news from around Australia

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - October 2017

  • Charges over Montague St bridge crash
  • TSV grounds 12 buses
  • Phillip Island buses impress

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - September 2017

  • Looking to the future of transport safety - autonomous bus trial
  • School and snow bus inspections
  • Our team is here to help
  • Bus incident statistics released for Q2 2017
  • Meet the Acting Director

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - July 2017

  • Bus operator ordered to get vehicles roadworthy
  • Departing Director honoured
  • Bus lane changes for bike riders and coaches
  • Amendments to the Chain of Responsibility laws

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - June 2017

  • Director Bus Safety departs TSV
  • Joining forces for Melbourne Airport compliance activity
  • Follow-up visit
  • Officers uncover common issue for operators
  • No serious injuries to bus passengers last month
  • Rollaways presentation at bus expo

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - May 2017

  • Buses rev up for Safety Week
  • Bus Safety Forum in Melbourne
  • Bus incident statistics: Q1 2017

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - April 2017

  • First bus forum of 2017 a success
  • Recent bus compliance activities
  • Danger of driver distractions

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - February 2017

  • Collaborating for safety
  • Compliance operations: Phillip Island, Twelve Apostles
  • Bus forum dates announced
  • Survey on safety

2016

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - Final edition for 2016

  • Arthurs Seat: Clearing the Eagle
  • Recent prosecutions
  • Happy holidays from TSV

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - December 2016

  • Bus rollaways research released
  • Compliance activity: Dunkeld Races, Melbourne Airport
  • Improvements to incident reporting
  • Bus operators: Have your say
  • Bus Branch boost: New recruits

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - October 2016

  • You bet we're checking vehicles at the Geelong Cup
  • Assaults on bus drivers
  • All aboard NSW Bus Safety Week
  • Bus incident statistics: Q3 2016

Omnibus: Bus Safety News - September 2016

  • Welcome to the first edition of Omnibus
  • Safety culture guidelines
  • Summary of prosecutions
  • Idle hands throwing rocks and eggs