I am pleased to present the 2011–12 Annual Report and financial statements for the Department of Transport and Main Roads. The department's corporate plan sets out our direction over a four-year period (see page 13 for the Transport and Main Roads Corporate Plan 2011–2015).
Early retirements, redundancies and retrenchments
See Note 3(m) to the financial statements for further disclosure of the Department's infrastructure asset valuation methodology.
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements
Drive the future shape of the transport system to support Queensland's economic development and quality of life. A safe transport system that leads to improvement. health and welfare for Queenslanders a) Safety of users of the transport system.
Our performance
Highlights
Delivering new, cost-effective transport infrastructure
Progress in 2011-12 included the demolition of the old Ferny Grove station, the start of construction on the new station and the completion of new track near the platform. With joint funding from the Australian Government ($742 million), the Queensland Government ($300 million plus land) and Moreton Bay Regional Council ($105 million), work progressed in 2011-2012 on the design of the new rail line, stations and associated shared cycleway/ pedestrian paths. access.
Rebuilding our transport network
Managing the transport system
In 2011–12, Transport and Main Roads continued to manage transport service contracts with QR National for regional freight and livestock transport. Under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, Transport and Main Roads is a competitive agency for assessing development where proposals affect the state's transport system.
Planning our future transport system
Transport and Main Roads works with registered receivers and AgForce, Queensland's peak organization for rural producers, at various levels in the management, administration and operation of the Grain Harvest Management Scheme, which was launched in 2011-2012 in the central and southern parts of Queensland remained active. Following the 2011 Queensland floods, the 2011-2012 QTRIP focused on repairing damaged transport and road infrastructure across the state.
Future priorities
We strive to improve the safety of vehicles, vessels and trains, encourage safe use of transport and improve infrastructure safety. We also aim to improve the health of Queenslanders through our cycling and walking initiatives.
Improving road safety
A safe transport system leading to improved health and wellbeing for Queenslanders
SAFE review
A total of 339 penalty infringement notices were issued, with the three highest infringement categories for mass (39.5 per cent), fatigue (23.6 per cent) and registration (15.9 per cent). Enforcement actions saw an increase in compliance rates for mass and fatigue legislation, which were 98 per cent and 99 per cent respectively in 2011-12, compared to 97 per cent and 98 per cent in 2010-11.
Improving rail safety
Improving maritime safety
Transport and Highways, in conjunction with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), operates the Great Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service (REEFVTS) which tracks and monitors vessel movements within the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait areas. . Following the grounding of Shen-Neng 1 at Douglas Shoal in April 2010, AMSA agreed to extend REEFVTS coverage to the southern boundary of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, beginning July 1, 2011.
Improving infrastructure security
Data source: Transport and Highways' RoadCrash database Notes: 2011–12 figures are provisional at time of printing. Reporting of 2011–12 data may vary by state, as figures are preliminary at time of printing.
Encouraging more cycling and walking
Population figures are from the Australian Bureau of Statistics - Catalog 3101.0 Notes: Every month Transport and Highways requests updates on interstate road crash data from the relevant interstate authorities for the current year-to-date road toll and confirmation of the road toll for the previous year by month.
Transport fatalities and injuries
Data sources: Australian Safety Transport Bureau, Australian Bureau of Statistics and Transport and Main Roads' Rail Safety Governance Branch. The number of serious injuries reported as a result of an incident at sea (hospitalization) has been relatively stable since 2002 (see Figure 20).
Providing accessible customer services
We aim to provide an accessible transport system and services to the community through efficient customer service and reliable public transport.
Inclusive transport services linking people to
The 2011–12 result is an estimate due to the inherent time lag in obtaining results from operators. The average waiting time in customer service centers increased in 2011–12, mainly due to the implementation of new systems and processes.
Providing accessible passenger transport
We continued to work with the Queensland taxi industry to implement the priority initiatives outlined in the Queensland Taxi Strategic Plan 2010-2015. In 2011-2012, a total of $4.4 million in funding was allocated for major construction works at Mornington Island, Aurukun, Pormpuraaw, Murray, Darnley and Coconut Island airports in the outer Torres Strait region and for a further 21 regional airports to upgrade lighting, re sealing the runway and building fences for the animals.
Reducing transport sector emissions
We achieve this by reducing the impact of the transport system on the natural, cultural and built environment.
Transport-related impacts on the natural, cultural and built environments managed for the community
Reducing impacts on the marine environment
Other environmental initiatives
Supporting industry capability
Jobs generated by QTRIP projects
Delivering training courses
We work directly with local, state and federal governments to direct and influence state and state transportation policies. Worked with government-owned port operators, maritime industry stakeholders and other state and Australian government agencies to facilitate the delivery of vital port infrastructure.
Implementing national transport reforms
We also work closely with industry and the community to deliver on our vision of Connecting Queensland. Queensland signed intergovernmental agreements on national transport reforms to establish national regulators for maritime safety, rail safety and heavy duty vehicles.
In August 2011 we established a dedicated Single National Jurisdiction Branch within our Maritime Safety Queensland Division to coordinate Queensland's participation in the Australian Maritime Safety Authority's (AMSA's) National Maritime Reform Implementation Project. This will transfer commercial vessel safety management in Queensland to a national maritime safety regulatory framework.
Enhancing stakeholder relationships
We continue to provide input to the revised National Standards for Commercial Vessels and National Standards for the Administration of Marine Safety, coordinated by the National Marine Safety Committee and AMSA. In 2011-2012 we made a significant contribution to port development and Great Barrier Reef vessel management measures as part of Queensland's contribution to the Australian Government's State Party Report on the conservation status of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia).
Ensuring value for money
Contemporary people, processes and systems, enabling us to achieve our corporate objectives
All employees of the department migrated to one financial, personnel and payroll system, SAP. In June 2012, we introduced a new policy requiring a single project management framework across the department for non-ICT projects.
Enhancing workplace health and safety
Notes: The Transport and Main Roads LTIFR is a measure of safety performance and is the number of lost time injuries per million hours worked. Notes: The severity rate is calculated by comparing the number of days lost due to lost time injuries per million hours worked.
Ensuring a sustainable workforce
Enhancing our systems
Corporate governance
Our organisational structure
He is the department's Champion for Cycling, is Chair of the Queensland Cycling Council and is a Council Member of the Australian Cycling Council. Mark holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Law) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Our Board of Management (at 30 June 2012)
Paul holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), a Graduate Diploma in Business Management and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Miles holds a Bachelor of Technology (Civil), Diploma of Company Directorship, Advanced Diploma of Project Management and is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.
Accountability structure
The Committee meets monthly (or more often as determined by the Chair) to provide strategic advice to the Director General and the Management Board on human resource management policy and practice, and other initiatives such as decentralization and regionalization strategies of government. The Committee performs an advisory role to the Director-General and works in accordance with its charter and the Queensland Treasury Audit Committee Guidelines.
Corporate governance framework
In accordance with the guidelines, committee members are appointed based on their individual skills and experience. The committee also considered all audit recommendations by Internal Audit Branch and the Queensland Audit Office, including reports on the status of implementation of recommendations.
Public sector ethics
Internal audit
Risk management
External scrutiny
Each year the Department of Justice and Attorney-General publishes the Queensland Government's response to coronial recommendations on their website at www.justice.qld.gov.au.
Corporate planning and performance management
This approach ensures that we continue to improve the management of disruption-related risks to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from events that threaten or disrupt the department's operations. ICT baseline report, with assessments of the department's business strategies, information, applications and technologies.
Section titleAppendices
Performance statements
Legislation administered by the department Appendix 3 – Related entities
Schedule of statutory authorities and instrumentalities Appendix 5 – Boards and committees
Camera Detected Offence Program Appendix 7 – Transport payments
Appendices
Legislation administered by the department
Established by the Queensland Government for the purpose of jointly owning with Queensland Treasury Holdings Pty Ltd, the company DBCT Holdings Pty Ltd. Transport and Main Roads' shareholding in Transmax Pty Ltd was transferred to Transport Holdings Queensland Pty Ltd on 1 July 2011.
Related entities
Transmax Pty Ltd designs, develops and supports Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) products and services, primarily using a range of proprietary systems known as STREAMS. Ports Corporation Limited To manage and operate the ports of Abbot Point, Hay Point, Weipa, Mackay and Maryborough.
Schedule of statutory bodies and instrumentalities
Queensland Rail Limited To provide passenger transport services (over and under rail) and under rail freight network, including contracts with the Department of Transport and Main Roads and TransLink Transit Authority. Participated in the Gold Coast City Council Commercial Operator Demand Study and the Transport and Main Roads Recreational Boating Demand Forecast.
Boards and committees
Road Alliance Board • Includes representatives from Transport and Main Roads and the Queensland Local Government Association. Steering Committee • High inter-institutional committee for the management of traffic incidents chaired by the General Director of Transport and Main Roads.
Camera Detected Offence Program
A point-to-point (or average) speed camera system uses a number of cameras over a length of road to measure a vehicle's average speed between two points. A point-to-point (or average) speed camera system uses a number of cameras over a length of road to measure a vehicle's average speed.
Transport payments
Supervisor The Director-General of the Department of Transport, Public Works and Water Management is Railway Safety Supervisor. Roads Alliance the department's joint approach with local government to prioritize investment on local roads of regional importance to the road network.
Acronyms
11 Objective 1 Corporate plan performance measures 16 12 Grain harvest management scheme burden compliance figures 21 13 Objective 2 Corporate plan performance measures 24. 20 Serious injuries from marine incidents (in Queensland) 30 21 Customer service transactions – assisted vs unassisted 32 22 Objective 3 Corporate plan performance measures 33.
Contact information
Customer service centres
