Airservices Australia and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Canberra last week.
Airservices CEO Jason Harfield signed the MoU alongside outgoing ATSB Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan on 9 June to "enhance aviation safety and reaffirm the cooperation between the agencies."
According to Airservices, one objective of the MoU is to "maximise aviation safety outcomes by providing a framework for both organisations to effectively continue their separate but complementary safety functions without impediment.
"The MoU was revised following an extensive quality assurance review to simplify cross-agency accountabilities associated with the retention of evidential material and the conduct of interviews of Airservices officers involved in a matter that the ATSB is investigating."
Both Airservices and the ATSB are required to disclose information during an investigation, and the MoU also makes sure those obligations are stated clearly and in alignment with current agreements.