The ATSB's Strategic Plan reflects our Minister’s Statement of Expectations issued on 1 July 2023. We initiated the development of our new strategic plan to better position the agency to make the most effective use of our resources, and to ensure we continue to improve transport safety for the greatest public benefit through our independent investigations and influencing safety actions as Australia’s national transport safety investigator. The plan outlines the ATSB’s goals and strategies that will enable and enhance the effectiveness of our operations and functions under the…

I am pleased to present the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Corporate Plan for the period 2024-25 to 2027-28. This Corporate Plan has been prepared consistent with paragraph 35(1)(b) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the relevant provisions of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (the TSI Act), which establishes the ATSB. The Corporate Plan is also consistent with the Statement of Expectations 2023-25 (SOE) for the ATSB, as notified under Section 12AE of the TSI Act, by the Minister for Infrastructure…

Commercial ballooning operations was added to SafetyWatch after the ATSB identified a trend toward a heightened exposure to risk in the sector, as compared to other forms of charter aviation. Occurrence data collected from industry by the ATSB has identified an accident rate and serious incident rate in balloon operations around 10 times that of charter operations in aeroplanes and helicopters, on a per flight basis. Risk is further heightened as the average…