Coningham’s first stop is South Australia in procurement lobbying effort
One of first items on new Australian Logistics Council (ALC) CEO Kirk Coningham’s agenda has been to take the Master Industry Code of Practice on the road, lobbying state governments on how heavy vehicle safety can be improved through government procurement practices.
ALC contacted minsters with responsibility for procurement around Australia late last year, when the Master Code was launched, to highlight its availability and explain how governments could consider building compliance with the Master Code into procurement arrangements as a way of providing leadership on heavy vehicle safety.
Coningham was most recently in Adelaide with state treasurer Rob Lucas.
“ALC is proactively engaging with all state and territory governments, highlighting how the ALC/ATA Master Code for heavy vehicle safety can help them comply with their safety obligations,” Coningham tells ATN.
“Given the number of heavy vehicles used to provide government services and in delivery of major infrastructure projects, compliance with the Master Code is a powerful way for governments to demonstrate leadership and commitment to best practice in heavy vehicle safety.”
Read more about the launch of the Industry Master Code of Practice, here
The freely available Industry Master Code is an industry-led risk-based safety and compliance framework and provides a set of national standards and procedures developed to assist parties in the chain of responsibility to identify and mitigate risks to meet their obligations under the HVNL.
It also contains risk management process guidance to assist supply chain parties to manage their general safety obligations under the HVNL, and can also be used in court to highlight known risks and control methods.
The code was welcomed federally last year by transport minister Michael McCormack.
“Australia’s heavy vehicle industry is taking a voluntary lead to further boost safety by developing this Master Code which establishes national standards to manage heavy vehicle compliance,” McCormack said at the time.
“[It] will provide the guidance and examples to assist supply chain parties and executive officers in managing their safety duty and due diligence obligations.”