Indigenous Road Safety Forum 2006 (2007)

Description

On 23 - 25 October 2006 the Indigenous road safety forum was held in Broome, WA. On the day before the actual conference, on 23 October, forum participants visited the Aboriginal Community of Beagle Bay. The Forum included presentations, as well as workshops. The Indigenous Road Safety Working Group meeting took place on the last day of the conference. All Forum participants were invited to participate in the discussions of the Working Group meeting.
Workshop themes discussed were: evaluation of initiatives; sources if funding for countermeasures/initiatives; risky practices: drink driving and unsafe pedestrian behaviour; non-seatbelt wearing and riding in open load spaces; unlicensed driving and community engagement; and improved statistics.
The CD-rom contains:

• invitation and program of the Forum;
• presentations from 23 October 2006:
  • Mary O'Reeri: Questionnaire on road safety, Beagle Bay community
  • Dwayne Gordon: Artwork
  • Jon Gibson and Emma Hawkes: Aboriginal road safety
• audio recordings from the forum sessions;
• presentations in pdf format or audio;
• documents relating to the conference:
  • ARRB Group scoping study: Australian Indigenous Road Safety - 2005 update;
  • Australian Transport Safety Bureau report: Road Safety Among Indigenous Australians: A Statistical Profile;
• photographs from the forum; and
• forum recommendations

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contact details

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

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Ph: 1800 026 349
email: roadsafety@infrastructure.gov.au

Links

• View website: Department of Infrastructure Transport Regional Development and Local Government

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