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Friday afternoon in Singapore  Wearing High Vis  Inspiration!!! Not three phrases that you would normally see together but that was my experience last Friday.  The largest Bus Company in Singapore SBS Transit Ltd with 10,000 staff, hosted James Mitchell and I to see first hand what a tripartite arrangement can achieve within a workplace. It reaffirmed our research findings that unions, operators and the government need to sit together to design and take ownership for the effective delivery of public transport services. It also hardened my resolve that procurement models needs to change. All current international models, that promote a race to the bottom and focus on price only are flawed and do not represent the value of effective public transport to communities. This needs to change, as currently any savings are being born by the stress and heartache of drivers trying to do their job in incredibly difficult conditions. It makes me sad that we are not talking about the human cost of current procurement policy. Deep breath... back to inspiration! I would like to acknowledge the expertise and skilful approach of SBS Transit Ltd who use the foundations of tripartite arrangements and build collaboration and innovation into their service delivery through smart tech options and human centred approaches. Thanks Don Leow, IHRP-SP and the entire SBS Transit Ltd team who listened and patiently answered our questions long past 5pm on a Friday. A huge thank you to Claire Mear for organising and of course thanks to APTIA & Bus Industry Confederation for supporting Navigate Work to do this research. Next stop Canberra for the launch of the report!!! Vincent Yap Seah Yu Ming Gabriel Sok Kiang Lim Roz Chivers Ian MacDonald

Bus Industry Confederation National IR Manager Ian MacDonald shares with the #busandcoach industry an update on how the recruitment and retention project is travelling... https://lnkd.in/gqNhPcRZ Australasian Bus & Coach | #movingpeople

The final leg of the Recruitment and Retention Project has brought Navigate Work to depots across Brisbane and the Gold Coast.  Our Queensland friends have shared so many insights and learnings. Whilst the key barriers to recruitment and retention are consistent across Australia, SEQ has real time solutions in play. I’m excited to be sharing these best practice examples with the Industry when we launch our report.  A huge thank you to the lovely and expert team at Department of Transport and Main Roads (Translink) who shared their thoughts and learnings as a regulator Graham Davis Darrin Carlow Alena Jacobson Jasmine Green. To the team at Kinetic Martin Hall FCMILT Steve Cadzow Madonna Hegerty, the team at Transdev Australasia Mark Thatcher Rebecca Shearon and finally Samantha Abeydeera and Brett Howe at Transport for Brisbane Brisbane City Council, who are all well established professional operators who graciously shared their time and IP with us. Ian MacDonald James Mitchell Bus Industry Confederation

What do you see in these photos ? In the first one, I am with 2 champions of recruiting for a culture of high performance Alanna Ward McKayla Godfrey. A big call out to Busways Group, a family owned bus company with a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Thank you to their Penrith team for sharing their ideas and practices with us. In the second photo I see the 1,600 cars that these buses keep off the road everyday! These buses live at the Leichhardt Depot of Transit Systems and are some of the 4,800 that Transit Systems run everyone day, moving people across Australia to their destination. They do this with a really well run commitment to quality systems and processes. Thanks to Jamie Sinclair and Mark Daly for sharing with us their commitment and approach to psychosocial safety to promote retention. Ian MacDonald Byron Rowe James Mitchell Navigate Work Bus Industry Confederation

What do you see in these photos ? In the first one, I am with 2 champions of recruiting for a culture of high performance Alanna Ward McKayla Godfrey. A big call out to Busways Group, a family owned bus company with a reputation for quality, reliability and innovation. Thank you to their Penrith team for sharing their ideas and practices with us. In the second photo I see the 1,600 cars that these buses keep off the road everyday! These buses live at the Leichhardt Depot of Transit Systems and are some of the 4,800 that Transit Systems run everyone day, moving people across Australia to their destination. They do this with a really well run commitment to quality systems and processes. Thanks to Jamie Sinclair and Mark Daly for sharing with us their commitment and approach to psychosocial safety to promote retention. Ian MacDonald Byron Rowe James Mitchell Navigate Work Bus Industry Confederation

Last week, the Bus and Coach industry research project took us to the Berrima Depot of the Buslines Group. With 12 Depots in regional cities Buslines really know their communities. The indigenous art work they commissioned by Amy Allerton tells the story of Buslines’ relationship with individuals, communities and Country across NSW, as they connect along their journey. What a lovely way to represent the support and care that Buslines and the broader Bus and Coach community provide to the community every day. Later that day we met the quality driven team of Murrays who are passionately delivering high value services across Australia in their beautifully maintained Coaches! Anthony D'Apuzzo David D'Apuzzo Ian MacDonald Navigate Work James Mitchell Murrays Coaches Bus Industry Confederation

Our state is dealing with an unprecedented bus driver shortage. Just one of the ways we can deal with it is by making it easier for women to get behind the wheel.

James Mitchell, Navigate Work and I met at the Sydney University, today with Professor David Hensher, the founding Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistic Studies and Professor John Nelson, the University Chair in Public Transport. David and John were valuable contributors as we seek to address the image of public transport as part of BIC's Recruitment and Retention project.

Final day in Perth and a huge thankyou to Path Transit (a subsidiary of Keolis Downer) for showing us their Welshpool depot and organising for us to meet with their drivers. Whilst much of the news about the bus industry has photos of bus fires or talk of anti social behaviour, there are many good news stories. Today we heard from the Path Transit drivers how they ensure elderly passengers get to their doctors appointments, connect others with their family and get kids to school on time! Another great example of how the bus industry keeps communities connected and healthy. Thanks to Jay Zmijewski for organising and Brendan Davis for hosting us. James Mitchell Navigate Work Ian MacDonald Bus Industry Confederation

Hello from Perth !!! A huge thankyou to Ben Doolan Murray Goosen and your team at Australian Transit Group Pty Ltd today! Wow what a team and what energy to deliver a truly unique, geographical challenging and diverse range of services. Last week they made sure the Matildas, kids with special needs and our miners all turned up on time plus hundreds of others ! James Mitchell Ian MacDonald Bus Industry Confederation Navigate Work