Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
http://www.amsa.gov.au
$283M
2026-27 Budget (Budget Paper No. 4)$250M
2024-25 Total Revenue450
Headcount (2024-25)Material upward shift in 2026-27 funding (+10.8%, $28M change). 2025-26 estimated actual $256M → 2026-27 budget $283M. Source: Budget Paper No. 4, Agency Resourcing tables.
New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) Regulator and IT Build
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Total Budget
$79.2M
Digital Budget
$23.8M
July 2024 — January 2026
The establishment of a NVES for light vehicles will deliver more fuel-efficient cars for Australians and support the government’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. This investment is for the development of an effective ICT environment in which to manage the regulatory obligations around the NVES, such as data capture from vehicle suppliers/importers, reporting, facilitation of compliance and audit functions, and the establishment and maintenance of a NVES credit trading scheme.
Reporting and Program Management (RPM) System
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Total Budget
$30.8M
Digital Budget
$14.2M
July 2023 — June 2026
The RPM project is improving the administration of grant payments to states and territories for land transport infrastructure projects. Following recommendations from the Australian National Audit Office, the department is developing a new system, which has been designed to address evolving business needs and transition the current legacy system to a more scalable and flexible system. The RPM Project Objectives are: (1) Develop a new system to automate, simplify and streamline business processes; (2) Provide a single source of data for all grant process stages that is validated and accurate, easy to access and analyse; (3) Ensure the new system is intuitive, easy to use and flexible, and can be extended to meet future needs; and (4) Migrate data from the existing data sources into a consolidated source of truth for infrastructure investment.
Digital First (DF) Program
National Archives of Australia
Total Budget
$25.1M
Digital Budget
$20.6M
July 2023 — June 2026
The National Archives of Australia has established the DF Program to uplift its ability to manage, preserve and provide meaningful access to an increasingly digital collection of records that hold national significance. In late 2025, the DF Program was rescoped to realign the work of the program to support implementation of the new Strategy 2025–2030: Evolving National Archives. The program will finish in June 2026, with additional scope relating to account and workload management to be addressed through strategy implementation.
Fighting SMS Scams
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Total Budget
$10.9M
Digital Budget
$3.2M
October 2024 — July 2026
This project is enabling the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to develop, operate and maintain an SMS ID registry to help prevent scammers from impersonating brands and entities in texts, using message headers (such as myGov), and to create a trusted communications channel.
Spectrum Management
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Total Budget
$22.7M
Digital Budget
$20.9M
October 2022 — May 2027
The digital spectrum management system will include a range of new and enhanced digital and ICT capabilities to support improved spectrum management.
8 tagged
Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.
STRATEGY SUMMARY
As Australia’s national maritime regulatory body, we promote the safety and protection of our marine environment and combat ship-sourced pollution. We provide the infrastructure for safety of navigation in Australian waters, and maintain a national search and rescue service for the maritime and aviation sectors. [CP p.8]
VISION
“Safe and clean seas, saving lives. [CP p.8]”
PURPOSE
As Australia’s national maritime regulatory body, we promote the safety and protection of our marine environment and combat ship-sourced pollution. We provide the infrastructure for safety of navigation in Australian waters, and maintain a national search and rescue service for the maritime and aviation sectors. [CP p.8]
Strategic priorities
· 4
Managing risks to safety and the environment
Delivering the national system for domestic commercial vessel safety
Providing incident preparedness and response
Ensuring a vibrant and progressive organisation
Outcomes
· 4
Outcome 1: Managing risks to safety and the environment
Develop maritime safety and environment protection standards, make regulations to give effect to those standards, monitor compliance with and enforce those standards. [AR p.20-34]
KEY ACTIVITIES
Outcome 2: Domestic commercial vessel safety
Ensuring regulated vessels are operated safely and meet standards, preventing pollution from shipping, supporting safe navigation, contributing to and implementing international conventions. [AR p.31-37]
KEY ACTIVITIES
Outcome 3: Incident preparedness and response
Pre-emptively intervening to assure vessel safety, saving lives daily through search and rescue, delivering an effective incident response capability, delivering an effective marine pollution response capability. [AR p.39-48]
KEY ACTIVITIES
Outcome 4: Organisational capability
Workforce engagement, development and safety, good governance, sound financial management, reliable and responsive information technology. [AR p.49-56]
KEY ACTIVITIES
Values
· 4
Promote maritime safety and protection of the marine environment
Prevent and combat ship-sourced pollution in the marine environment
Provide infrastructure to support safe navigation in Australian waters
Provide a national search and rescue service to the maritime and aviation sectors
Performance measures
· 3
| Code | Measure | Target 2025-26 | Latest result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CCE01 | Sulphur cap | 0.50 per cent | Effective implementation Annual Report 2019-20 · p.28 | Achieved |
MAR01 | Maritime Labour Convention deficiencies | <0.5 | 0.19 Annual Report 2019-20 · p.24 | Achieved |
NAV01 | Average number of deficiencies per inspection | <3.25 | 2.03 Annual Report 2019-20 · p.20 | Achieved |
Source documents
· 9
2019-20
Annual Report 2019–20 (9.04 MB)
Open
2018
Compliance strategy 2018–2022 (2.05 MB)
Open
2023
Download a copy of the Compliance Strategy 2023-2027 PDF 1.61 MB
Open
2019-20
Regulator Performance Framework self assessment report 2019-20 (836.18 KB)
Open
2017-18
Regulator Performance Framework self assessment report 2017–18 (2.58 MB)
Open
2016-17
Regulator Performance Framework self assessment report 2016–17 (4.55 MB)
Open
2015-16
2015-16 Regulator Performance Framework - Self assessment report (765.06 KB)
Open
2023
AMSA's Diversity and inclusion strategy 2023–27 (2.33 MB)
Open
2022
amsa-strategic-workforce-plan-2022-2027.pdf (749.52 KB)
Open
Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence
· 8
Increase pollution inspection frequency
Introduce more frequent inspections of vessels to reduce pollution incidents.
2019-20.pdf
Streamline vessel registration process
Simplify vessel registration to reduce delays and administrative burden.
2019-20.pdf
Enhance maintenance of navigation aids
Increase frequency and quality of maintenance for navigation aids to improve safety.
2019-20.pdf
Adopt international pollution control protocols
Implement internationally recognised pollution control protocols to enhance regulatory effectiveness.
association-worldbank.org-governance.txt
Enhance search and rescue response times
Reduce response times for search and rescue operations to save more lives.
2019-20.pdf
Implement real-time vessel monitoring
Use real-time data to monitor vessel compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
consulting-deloitte.com-government-public.txt
Reduce paperwork for vessel owners
Eliminate unnecessary paperwork to reduce administrative burden for vessel owners.
2019-20.pdf
Adopt global pollution standards
Adopt global standards for marine pollution control to align with international best practices.
university-ash.harvard.edu-Harvard-Kennedy-School-Ash-Center.txt
Increase pollution inspection frequency
Introduce more frequent inspections of vessels to reduce pollution incidents.
2019-20.pdf
Streamline vessel registration process
Simplify vessel registration to reduce delays and administrative burden.
2019-20.pdf
Enhance maintenance of navigation aids
Increase frequency and quality of maintenance for navigation aids to improve safety.
2019-20.pdf
Adopt international pollution control protocols
Implement internationally recognised pollution control protocols to enhance regulatory effectiveness.
association-worldbank.org-governance.txt
Enhance search and rescue response times
Reduce response times for search and rescue operations to save more lives.
2019-20.pdf
Implement real-time vessel monitoring
Use real-time data to monitor vessel compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
consulting-deloitte.com-government-public.txt
Reduce paperwork for vessel owners
Eliminate unnecessary paperwork to reduce administrative burden for vessel owners.
2019-20.pdf
Adopt global pollution standards
Adopt global standards for marine pollution control to align with international best practices.
university-ash.harvard.edu-Harvard-Kennedy-School-Ash-Center.txt
Legislation administered
· 6
1990
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990
The entity administers this Act to promote maritime safety and combat marine pollution.
1983
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
The entity administers this Act to prevent pollution from ships.
2012
Navigation Act 2012
The entity administers this Act to ensure safe navigation in Australian waters.
2012
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012
The entity administers this Act to ensure safe operations of domestic commercial vessels.
1973
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
The entity implements regulations under this international agreement to prevent marine pollution.
1979
International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue 1979
The entity implements search and rescue services under this international agreement.
Source library
· 13
9.5MB
2019-20.pdf
311KB
2025-26-National-Compliance-Plan.pdf
490KB
fatigue-management-guidance-mo504-changes-18022025-2_0.pdf
273KB
fatigue-management-checklist.pdf
546KB
fishing-vessel-stability-checklist-27012026.pdf
2.2MB
compliance-strategy-18-22.pdf
1.7MB
p230803-compliance-strategy-2023-27-v2.pdf
856KB
2019-20-regulator-performance-framework-self-assessment_0.pdf
2.7MB
amsa_2017-18_rpf_self-assessment_report.pdf
4.8MB
2016-17-rpf-self-assessment-report.pdf
783KB
amsa385-2015-16-regulator-performance-framework-self-assessment-report.pdf
2.4MB
p230101-diversity-inclusion-strategy-plan-2023-27-v4_0.pdf
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