27 Nov 2018

Transport Agency not fit to regulate rail - RMTU

From Morning Report, 7:44 am on 27 November 2018

A health and safety lawyer is accusing the Transport Agency of being too cosy with the rail operators it's required to police and wants urgent change. Since an inquiry into the deaths of rail workers in the 1990s, the Agency has been in charge of making sure the industry is operating safely, while Worksafe is responsible for staff. Now a union investigation has revealed major shortfalls.