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Australasia

The Australasian Section is one of the IRSE's largest and most established. It is responsible for both Australia and New Zealand. 

The Australian Section was formed in November 1947 and then renamed Australasian Section in April 1989 to include New Zealand.

Full details about the Australasian Section can be found on the Australasian Section website, including information about upcoming national and local meetings. As well as holding three national technical meetings every year, each state in Australia also runs its own programme of "local" meetings, to which all are welcome.

IRSE Australasian Section Graduate Diploma of Railway Signalling

The IRSE Australasian Section offers a Graduate Diploma of Railway Signalling.

We are working towards moving to a new education provider from 2025. To register your interest or to get further information email graduate.diploma@irse.org.au.

For IRSE membership purposes, the IRSE Australasian Section Graduate Diploma of Railway Signalling is designed to be recognised as equivalent to the IRSE exam for membership purposes only, following the "equivalent qualification" box on the membership route flowchart for IRSE Member and Associate Member grades. 

IRSE Australasian section committee of management:

  • Committee members (Queensland):
    • Somnath Bannerjee FIRSE
    • Sanjay Bharathwaj MIRSE
    • David Woodcock MIRSE
  • Committee members (New South Wales):
    • Stephen Allday FIRSE
    • Phil Baker MIRSE
    • Charles Page FIRSE
    • David Peel Affiliate
  • Committee member (Victoria):
    • Brian Luber MIRSE
    • Nik Kumar Affiliate
    • Andrew Chan Affiliate
  • Committee member (South Australia):
    • Wole Odusanya MIRSE
  • Committee members (Western Australia):
    • Nick Hughes MIRSE
    • Arvind Maharaj MIRSE
  • Committee members (New Zealand):
    • Ben Calcott AMIRSE
    • James Clendon MIRSE
  • Past Chairpersons
    • Georgina Hartwell AMIRSE
    • John Skilton FIRSE
  • Council Members
    • Stephen Allday FIRSE
    • Steve Boshier FIRSE
    • Jane Copperthwaite MIRSE