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Annual Report 2018-19 To the Hon. Rita Saffioti MLA Acknowledgement of Country “The PTA acknowledges the traditional custodians of all Aboriginal lands where we operate. Minister for Transport We pay our respects to the Elders of these regions, past, present and future.” In accordance with section 63 of the Financial Management Act 2006 (WA), I submit for your information and presentation to Parliament, the annual report of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia for the year ended 30 June 2019. It has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Act and any other relevant written law. Contents Chief Executive Officer’s message 2.4.1 Planning for the future Richard Sellers Managing Director’s overview 2.4.2 Major projects Chief Executive Officer 1 Corporate snapshot 2.4.3 Network maintenance and upgrades 1.1 Organisational profile 2.5 Our people About this report 1.2 Organisational structure 1.3 Cases in point: 2019 spotlight 3 Governance and compliance This annual report covers the performance of the Public Transport Authority (PTA) and our 3.1 Bus safety 1.4 Financials at a glance operating areas. We fulfil our reporting obligation by identifying the relevant strategic outcomes and 3.2 Rail safety our contribution to them in 2018-19 through: 2 Operational report 2.1 Our services 3.3 Occupational safety, health and • Operational reports that summarise the performance of our services and business activities. 2.1.1 Metro (Transperth) injury management • Governance and compliance reports. 2.1.2 Regional (Transwa) 3.4 Risk management • Audited key performance indicators. 2.1.3 Regional (TransRegional) 3.5 Freight corridor lease agreement • Audited financial statements. 2.1.4 School Bus Services compliance 2.2 Fares and other revenue 3.6 Other legal and policy requirements Performance management framework 2.2.1 Metro 3.7 Other governance and financial To honour the Government’s vision for Western Australia, the PTA has targeted two outcomes: 2.2.2 Regional disclosures 2.3 PTA in the community • An accessible, reliable and safe public transport system 3.8 Independent Auditor’s report 2.3.1 Customer satisfaction • Protection of the long-term functionality of the rail corridor and railway infrastructure 3.9 Key performance indicators 2.3.2 Passenger safety and security Indicators of success in achieving the first of these outcomes are based on patronage and service 3.10 Audited KPI Report provision, accessibility, reliability, customer satisfaction, safety and cost efficiency. 2.3.3 Accessible services 2.3.4 Communication with our customers 4 Financial Statements For the second outcome, success results from quality management of the railway corridor and Financial Report residual issues of the rail freight network, which was leased to private sector operators in 2000. 2.3.5 Environment and sustainability 2.4 Infrastructure delivery Glossary of terms Refer to the key performance indicators. About this artwork Created by local Aboriginal graphic designer, Justine Kinney, the artwork on this page is part of the PTA’s 2018-20 Reconciliation Action Plan. The iconography scattered throughout the document uses track imagery to depict what we are hoping to achieve. Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2018-19 Corporate Snapshot Operational report Governance and compliance Financial Statements Return to Contents Chief Executive Officer’s message I am pleased to present the Public Transport Authority’s annual report for 2018-19. Through actively recruiting youth and indigenous Improving transport across our State is vital people, ensuring our services can be accessed – for our quality of life and our economy Underpinning the achievements detailed in this Despite the changing fabric of WA, the by all and playing a role in the continuing – and a transformation is certainly under way report and those of the PTA into the future is our fundamentals of public transport remain true development of the communities in which we with the work being undertaken across the responsibility to work with our portfolio partners, – it is the ultimate social enabler for people from operate, it’s clear that the true measure of the portfolio. We’ve already come a long way and the Department of Transport and Main Roads all backgrounds and of all abilities. As a portfolio, PTA’s success is not weighted on construction there’s plenty more to do. projects alone, but on our willingness and ability Western Australia, to plan and deliver transport we are committed to ensuring that the State’s Examples of how the Transport Portfolio is to give back. solutions for the prosperity of WA. Together, we transport services are accessible for every working together on significant transport have made excellent headway on a number of member of the community. Every day we play a As the world around us becomes more projects are highlighted in the 2018-19 key priorities in 2018-19 ranging from smaller significant and vital part in the lives of hundreds connected through rapid advances in technology, Connecting People and Places publication. policy, process and customer service of thousands of people, and the PTA is working the way we deliver information to our passengers Connecting People and Places also provides improvements to large-scale transformational hard to ensure every passenger can travel must also evolve and adapt. an overview of the portfolio’s operations and the infrastructure projects – all delivering huge independently. objectives, trends and influences guiding our The next generation Transperth app was benefits for the community. work in the future. This year we reached an important milestone: launched this year, making catching public Record State and Federal Government The entire Transperth bus fleet is now fully transport in Perth even easier. GPS trackers have As Chief Executive Officer, it is a privilege to investment in critical road and rail infrastructure accessible, joining Transperth ferries and trains, been installed in all 1481 of Transperth’s lead the PTA and have the opportunity to across WA in 2018-19 reaffirmed the significance and Transwa road coaches. metropolitan buses, so passengers using the app showcase some of our achievements over of the projects we deliver and the importance of All Transperth and Transwa services, information, can tell when their bus is due to arrive and where the past 12 months. continuing to work together as a portfolio. infrastructure and ticketing systems are designed it is on its journey. Investment drives jobs and opportunities for all I look forward to what I’m sure will be another or are being progressively upgraded to meet the Western Australians, and allows us to focus effort There’s no doubt the app served customers well productive year for transport in WA in 2019-20. needs of all community members as we strive to on things that are very important to the PTA and during the AFL season, with Transperth carrying ensure we provide services to WA’s diverse the Transport Portfolio – putting community 182 per cent more passengers on match day, community in a fair and non-discriminatory manner. outcomes front and centre. since the move to Optus Stadium. This year It’s not just the physical infrastructure that marked the first anniversary of the opening of The transformative Forrestfield-Airport Link facilitates these journeys; it’s also our staff. Optus Stadium and showed what our public project has set new standards for real targets in Passionate, driven and highly capable, PTA staff transport system is truly capable of. Optus Aboriginal employment and spend with Aboriginal work tirelessly to improve the experience for Stadium attendees boarded Transperth bus Richard Sellers business, with 62 Aboriginal employees engaged passengers whether on our networks or behind and train services more than 2.8 million times Chief Executive Officer and $13.4 million worth of contracts already the scenes. This is evident in the results from the in the first year, with about 76 per cent of all awarded to Aboriginal businesses. These results, 2019 Transperth and Transwa passenger event attendees using a bus or train as part combined with the long-term commitment to satisfaction surveys, and again supported by the of their visit. embed genuine engagement with the Aboriginal national consumer research company, Canstar, community as part of the project, are testament While taking a train or bus to a special event is declaring the Transperth train system the best in to the PTA’s efforts and I am enthusiastic about growing in popularity, the PTA also turned its Australia for the sixth consecutive survey over the opportunity to set new benchmarks as work focus to increasing patronage more generally. eight years. progresses. A new campaign was launched to attract new and lapsed users to consider public transport in the mix of their transport options. 04 Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2018-19 Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2018-19 05 Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2018-19 Corporate Snapshot Operational report Governance and compliance Financial Statements Return to Contents Transwa’s PSM also returned some gratifying The Yanchep Rail Extension and Thornlie- satisfaction ratings, though patronage was Cockburn Link projects are also progressing. In Managing Director’s overview affected by the Australind train being taken April this year, it was revealed that two offline for a prolonged period for a necessary construction consortiums had progressed to the maintenance intervention. Another challenge has next stage of the tender process for the projects’ been track access difficulties, specially on the construction, to be delivered in one package as In last year’s annual report I said that, though our patronage figures - the yardstick by Eastern Goldfields Rail line, during works to part of a bundled competitive alliance model. which public transport organisations are primarily judged - had not gone up, we were upgrade the line.