Publications - conference presentations

References and links for relevant conference presentations, papers and abstracts are provided here. For information about upcoming conferences, please refer to the news and events page of this web resource

 

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2007

"People Our Future" 3rd International Road Safety Conference
29 - 30 November 2007, Perth, Western Australia

Indigenous-specific presentations included:

  • Gonslaves L (2007) Strategies to increase driver licensing in remote Indigenous communities
  • Hawkes E (2007) Evaluation of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet’s Indigenous road safety web resource and yarning place
  • Olney K (2007) Indigenous drink driving & licensing: understanding the big picture and strategies for change in Western Australia


Australasian Road Safety Research and Policing Conference
17 - 19 October 2007, Melbourne, Victoria

Some of the presentations included:

  • Turner B. Automatic collection of safety related road and roadside data
    View abstract
  • Mortimer A. From pilot to policy - sustaining road safety projects
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  • Rechichi R. Evaluation of the Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet's Indigenous road safety resource and yarning place
  • Cavallo A. Improving young driver safety - Victoria's new Graduated Licensing Package and beyond
    View abstract
  • Hutchinson P. South Australia's Driver Intervention Program: Personality characteristics of participants, and their subsequent crash and offence experience
    View abstract
  • Blackman - James R. Attitudes to North Queensland road use: do hospitalised drivers/riders appear different by comparison to those not involved in crashes?
    View abstract
  • Zines D, Faletti B, House J, Waters S. Evidence based practice - a tool for implementing credible and meaningful road safety education
    View abstract
  • Swann P. The prevalence of fatigue crashes and how the brain is impaired by fatigue
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  • Habgood M, Langdon N. Crashes on curves in rural Victoria
  • Allsopp G. Qualitative and quantitative pedestrian research
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  • Whear M. Professional leadership and advocacy in the reduction of road trauma
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  • Harrison W, Tapsas D. Enthusiasm in Search of a Strategy: Road Safety Programs and Needs in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities in Victoria
    View abstract

The presentations of the Conference are available online on the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference website.
View 2007 program (presentations can be downloaded from the program)

Bodington M (2007)
RFDS on the road: from aircraft to 4WD: delivering health services in the Pilbara.
Paper presented at the 9th National Rural Health Conference: standing up for rural health: learning from the past, action in the future 7-10 March 2007, Albury, NSW

Veitch C, O'Connor T (2007)
Rural and remote road crashes: piecing together the story.
Paper presented at the 9th National Rural Health Conference: standing up for rural health: learning from the past, action in the future 7-10 March 2007, Albury, NSW
View conference presentation (PDF - 224KB)

2006

3rd Indigenous Road Safety Forum
23-25 October 2006, Broome, Western Australia

Presentations of possible interest for people working to improve Indigenous road safety included:

  • O'Reeri M (2006) Local road safety issues - Beagle Bay Community
  • Cercarelli R (2006) Improved Statistics
  • Edmonston C (2006) Unlicensed driving and community engagement
  • Helps Y, Hawkes E (2006) Risky practices: non-seatbelt wearing and riding in open load places
  • Steer B (2006) Risky practices: drink driving and unsafe pedestrian behaviour
  • Pettingill K (2006) Sources of funding for countermeasures/initiatives
  • Job S (2006) Evaluation of initiatives

View forum recommendations (PDF - 81KB)

For further information and to obtain a copy of the presentations please contact:
Annette Bartlett
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Information and National Coordination Section
Ph: (02) 6274 7131
Fax: (02) 6274 7608
Email: Annette.Bartlett@infrastructure.gov.au

or

Debbie Hood
Ph: (02) 6274 7448
Email: Debbie.Hood@infrastructure.gov.au

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (2006)
Road safety among Indigenous Australians: a statistical profile.
Paper presented at the 3rd Indigenous Road Safety Forum 23-25 October 2006, Broome
View publication (PDF - 126KB)
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Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference
24-27 October 2006, Surfers Paradise, Queensland

Presentations of possible interest for people working to improve Indigenous road safety included:

  • Cairney P, Douglas G, Frier G (2006) Safer Roads Through Community Partnerships – Recent Experience In Tasmania.
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  • Daly P, McInerney R, Smith G (2006) AusRAP Star Ratings for the Australian National Network
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  • King MJ, Leal N, Lewis I (2006) Profiling Drink Driving Offenders in Queensland
    View abstract
  • Lewis-Evans B (2006) An examination of what the currently available data can tell us about the effects on offence and crash history of two driver education programs
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  • Richardson D (2006) Amalgamation of police and hospital trauma data in the Australian Capital Territory 2002-2003
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  • Sheehan M, Siskind V, Steinhardt D (2006) A comparison of offroad and onroad crashes in rural and remote Queensland
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  • Veitch C, Blackman R, O'Connor T (2006) This is what happened: A narrative analysis of what was happening immediately prior to and during road crashes
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  • Vick M (2006) Poststructuralist theory and methodology: a complementary approach to road safety research
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  • Watson B, Steinhardt D (2006) A comparison of the crash involvement of unlicensed motorcycle riders and unlicensed drivers in Queensland
    View abstract

The presentations of the Conference are available online on the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference Proceedings website.
View 2006 conference presentations
View conference program

Rumble N, Fox J (2006)
The Queensland Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples driver licensing program.
Paper presented at the ICPC Sixth Annual Colloquium: communities in action for crime prevention. 14-15 September 2006, Canberra, ACT
View presentation (PDF - 170KB)

Vick M (2006)
Poststructuralist theory and methodology: a complementary approach to road safety research.
Paper presented at the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 25-27 October 2006, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
View presentation (PDF - 172KB)

Vick M, Avery D (2006)
The Queensland Indigenous driver licensing program: community-based education and lifelong learning.
Paper presented at the Pathways, pedagogies and partners: 4th international lifelong learning conference. 13-16 June 2006, Yeppoon, Queensland
View abstract (HTML)
View presentation (PDF - 112KB)

Watson, A.
The road safety song competition.
Paper presented at the 3rd Indigenous Road Safety Forum. 23-25 October 2006, Broome, Western Australia
View presentation (powerpoint - 3.39MB - large file warning!)

2005

Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference
14-16 November 2005, Wellington, New Zealand

Indigenous related presentations included:

  • Hawkes E. (2005) Open load space project.
    View presentation (PDF - 351KB)
  • Hawkes E, Thomson N. (2005) Development of an integrated knowledge resource on Australian Indigenous road safety.
    View presentation (PDF - 73.6KB)
  • Sheehan M, Siskind V, Veitch C, Turner R. (2005) Trip characteristics of rural and remote crashes.
    View presentation (PDF - 491KB)
  • Siskind V, Sheehan M. (2005) Methodological challenges in rural road safety case-control studies.
    View presentation (PDF - 376KB)
  • Sommsich E. (2005) Overcoming the cultural divide.
    View presentation (PDF - 49.6KB)

The presentations are available online on the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference Proceedings website.
View 2005 conference presentations
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Veitch C, Sheehan M, Turner R, Siskind V, Pashen D (2005)
The economic, medical and social costs of road traffic crashes in rural north Queensland: a 5-year multi-phase study.
Paper presented at the 8th National Rural Health Conference. 10-13 March 2005, Alice Springs
View paper (PDF - 167KB)

2004

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (2004)
Indigenous road safety: Forum and working group [cd-rom].
Alice Springs: Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
This disk provides materials from the proceedings of the Indigenous road safety forum on 27-28 September 2004 in Alice Springs.
View HealthInfoNet abstract

Hawkes E (2004)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clearing house for road safety material.
Paper presented at the 2004 Road Safety, Research, Policing and Education Conference. 15-16 November 2004, Perth, WA
View paper (PDF - 119KB)

Indigenous Road Safety Forum 2004
27-28 September 2004, Alice Springs, NT
View summary of outcomes (HTML)
View information: Forum CD-rom

Russell-Weisz L (2004)
Preparing for 2006: changes to open load space legislation.
Paper presented at the 2004 Road Safety, Research, Policing and Education Conference. 15-16 November 2004, Perth, WA
View paper (PDF - 129KB)

2003

Edmonston C, Rumble N, Powell J, Butler S, Nona H, Watson B, Schonfeld C (2003)
Working with Indigenous communities to improve driver licensing protocols and offender management.
Paper presented at the 2003 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference. 24-26 September 2003, Sydney, NSW
View paper (PDF - 137KB)

2002

Carter J, Foreman T, Hart J, Parsons J, Sommsich E (2002)
National Aboriginal road safety video and resource pack.
Paper presented at the National Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference.
View paper (PDF - 170KB)

Cercarelli R, Knuiman MW (2002)
Trends in road injury hospitalisation rates for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Paper presented at the National Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference.
View paper (PDF - 89KB)

2001

Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference
18-20 November 2001, Melbourne

  • Christie R (2001) The effectiveness of driver training as a road safety measure: an international review of the literature.
    View presentation (PDF - 37.9KB)
  • Kloeden CN, McLean AJ (2001) Rural speed and crash risk.
    View presentation (PDF - 18.1KB)
  • McIlwraith M (2001) Learners licence training project: learning the road rules when you have low literacy skills, non English speaking background or other learning difficulties.
    View presentation (PDF - 172KB)
  • Powell JM, Rumble NR, Wright SJ, Odgaard M (2001) Road safety in Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
    View presentation (PDF - 18.0KB)

View list of all presentations

Road Safety: Gearing Up for the Future Conference.
31 August 2001, Perth

  • Cercarelli R (2001) Road safety issues involving Aboriginal people in Western Australia.
    View paper (HTML)
  • Rumble N, Powell J, Wright S, Odgaard M (2001) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Road Safety in Queensland.
    View paper (HTML)
  • Spehr L, Mak D, Cercarelli L, Jeffries B (2001) Using free breath testing devices to change patron's transportation behaviour in the Kimberley.
    View paper (HTML)

Jones A, Hyslop D (2001)
'Can't wait to get out and drive past the cops. This time I'll have a licence.' Pre-release programs in NSW correctional centres: driver education at Mannus.
Paper presented at the Best Practice Interventions for Indigenous People Conference. 8-9 October 2001, Sydney
View paper (PDF - 37.0KB)

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