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Reflecting on 2024: How standards shape our lives
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As we wrap up 2024, Standards Australia reflects on a year of significant achievements. Our standards impact every aspect of daily life. Whether you’ve driven with a child in a car seat, swam in a pool with safety barriers, or used lights on your bike, you’ve benefited from Australian StandardsTM. This year, new changes to key standards aimed to enhance these benefits even further.
With the help and expertise of our committee members and partners, we published over 450 standards in 2024. We continue to develop and update these standards to ensure that products and services meet essential safety and performance criteria. Some key standards include:
AS/NZS 6742 Series, Cycles - Lighting and retro-reflective devices (5 parts)
This series covers the requirements for lighting and retro-reflective devices on bicycles. It aims to ensure that bicycles are equipped with proper lighting and reflective materials to enhance visibility, especially in low-light conditions like nighttime and poor weather conditions. This is crucial for cyclist safety, helping to prevent accidents and ensuring they are seen by other road users.
AS/NZS 1754:2024, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles
The revised standard brings several key improvements for child restraint systems used in motor vehicles. It includes new design requirements to improve harnesses fit for newborns, provisions for children with disabilities, a new booster seat type for kids aged 4-10 years, and detailed guidelines on correct usage to reduce the risk of misuse. This standard ensures child restraints are safe, reliable, and effective, providing peace of mind for parents and caregivers.
AS 1926.1:2024, Swimming pool safety, Part 1: Safety barriers for swimming pools
This revised standard outlines the design, construction, and performance requirements for safety barriers around swimming pools. These barriers are intended to prevent young children from accessing the pool area unsupervised, reducing the risk of drowning. Key updates include new definitions, simplified clauses, improved diagrams, guidelines for plants within non-climbable zone, and enhanced testing for gate components. This standard is essential for enhancing pool safety and protecting children from potential hazards. Read more here.
AS 5391:2024, Advocacy in Ageing and Disability
The new standard sets the minimum requirements for advocacy services in aged care and disability sectors. The goal is to ensure advocacy services operate within a human rights framework, providing support and representation for older people and individuals with disabilities. AS 5391 is important for safeguarding the rights and well-being of vulnerable populations.
SA TS 5396:2024, Electric vehicle (EV) chargers for residential use
SA TS 5397:2024, Electric vehicle (EV) chargers for commercial applications
These technical specifications provide guidelines for the installation and use of EV chargers for residential and commercial applications. They address key barriers to EV adoption, such as charging infrastructure uncertainty and investment needs. By offering clear guidance, these specifications support a user-friendly charging network across Australia. Read more here.
AS ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Information technology - Artificial intelligence - Management system
Standards Australia adopted AS ISO/IEC 42001, the first global standard for AI Management Systems, in early 2024. Developed by experts from over 50 countries, it addresses the unique challenges posed by AI and helps organisations leverage the benefits of AI responsibly. Adhering to this standard ensures AI systems are traceable, transparent, and reliable, fostering trust and demonstrating responsible use of AI. Read more about the standard here. Check out other AI initiatives and reports here.
AS 5347:2023, Button/coin batteries and consumer goods that use button/coin batteries – Safety for consumers
In Australia, one child is seriously injured each month after swallowing or inserting a button battery, often resulting in severe, lifelong injuries. Globally, there is a rising number of injuries and fatalities linked to from button and coin batteries. To enhance consumer safety, the Australian StandardTM published at the end of 2023 sets minimum requirements for the usage, packaging, and disposal of button and coin batteries.
We invite you to explore these and other important standards on our website to learn more about their contributions to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable Australia.
As we look ahead to 2025 and beyond, we are dedicated to maintaining the safety and well-being of Australians through our ongoing commitment to high-quality standards.
As we wrap up 2024, Standards Australia reflects on a year of significant achievements. Our standards impact every aspect of daily life. Whether you’ve driven with a child in a car seat, swam in a pool with safety barriers, or used lights on your bike, you’ve benefited from Australian StandardsTM. This year, new changes to key standards aimed to enhance these benefits even further.
With the help and expertise of our committee members and partners, we published over 450 standards in 2024. We continue to develop and update these standards to ensure that products and services meet essential safety and performance criteria. Some key standards include:
AS/NZS 6742 Series, Cycles - Lighting and retro-reflective devices (5 parts)
This series covers the requirements for lighting and retro-reflective devices on bicycles. It aims to ensure that bicycles are equipped with proper lighting and reflective materials to enhance visibility, especially in low-light conditions like nighttime and poor weather conditions. This is crucial for cyclist safety, helping to prevent accidents and ensuring they are seen by other road users.
AS/NZS 1754:2024, Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles
The revised standard brings several key improvements for child restraint systems used in motor vehicles. It includes new design requirements to improve harnesses fit for newborns, provisions for children with disabilities, a new booster seat type for kids aged 4-10 years, and detailed guidelines on correct usage to reduce the risk of misuse. This standard ensures child restraints are safe, reliable, and effective, providing peace of mind for parents and caregivers.
AS 1926.1:2024, Swimming pool safety, Part 1: Safety barriers for swimming pools
This revised standard outlines the design, construction, and performance requirements for safety barriers around swimming pools. These barriers are intended to prevent young children from accessing the pool area unsupervised, reducing the risk of drowning. Key updates include new definitions, simplified clauses, improved diagrams, guidelines for plants within non-climbable zone, and enhanced testing for gate components. This standard is essential for enhancing pool safety and protecting children from potential hazards. Read more here.
AS 5391:2024, Advocacy in Ageing and Disability
The new standard sets the minimum requirements for advocacy services in aged care and disability sectors. The goal is to ensure advocacy services operate within a human rights framework, providing support and representation for older people and individuals with disabilities. AS 5391 is important for safeguarding the rights and well-being of vulnerable populations.
SA TS 5396:2024, Electric vehicle (EV) chargers for residential use
SA TS 5397:2024, Electric vehicle (EV) chargers for commercial applications
These technical specifications provide guidelines for the installation and use of EV chargers for residential and commercial applications. They address key barriers to EV adoption, such as charging infrastructure uncertainty and investment needs. By offering clear guidance, these specifications support a user-friendly charging network across Australia. Read more here.
AS ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Information technology - Artificial intelligence - Management system
Standards Australia adopted AS ISO/IEC 42001, the first global standard for AI Management Systems, in early 2024. Developed by experts from over 50 countries, it addresses the unique challenges posed by AI and helps organisations leverage the benefits of AI responsibly. Adhering to this standard ensures AI systems are traceable, transparent, and reliable, fostering trust and demonstrating responsible use of AI. Read more about the standard here. Check out other AI initiatives and reports here.
AS 5347:2023, Button/coin batteries and consumer goods that use button/coin batteries – Safety for consumers
In Australia, one child is seriously injured each month after swallowing or inserting a button battery, often resulting in severe, lifelong injuries. Globally, there is a rising number of injuries and fatalities linked to from button and coin batteries. To enhance consumer safety, the Australian StandardTM published at the end of 2023 sets minimum requirements for the usage, packaging, and disposal of button and coin batteries.
We invite you to explore these and other important standards on our website to learn more about their contributions to a safer, more efficient, and sustainable Australia.
As we look ahead to 2025 and beyond, we are dedicated to maintaining the safety and well-being of Australians through our ongoing commitment to high-quality standards.
