Data from National Road Safety Data Hub
Dear Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications,
Regarding the National Road Safety Data Hub - the hub contains a chart called 'Proportion of road deaths with drugs in their system.'
Can you please supply the underlying data that is included in this chart, in tables, including details of the jurisdiction/s where that data was collected, the year of collection, and how the reported variable is defined by that jurisdiction?
Yours faithfully,
Dr Will Tregoning
OFFICIAL
Dear Dr Tregoning,
Thank you for your email of 9 May 2023 requesting access to documents held
by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts (the Department) under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
You have requested access to:
Regarding the National Road Safety Data Hub - the hub contains a chart
called 'Proportion of road deaths with drugs in their system.'
Can you please supply the underlying data that is included in this chart,
in tables, including details of the jurisdiction/s where that data was
collected, the year of collection, and how the reported variable is
defined by that jurisdiction?
Your request has been allocated the reference number FOI 23-275. Could you
please ensure that you quote this reference number in all future
correspondence with the Department.
Seeking input on request
The relevant business area has advised they can provide information
relevant to your request administratively.
If the department were to provide this information administratively, it
will require you to withdraw the formal FOI request.
You are welcome to lodge a subsequent request should you believe the
information provided administratively has not answered your request.
Can you please advise if you would withdraw your request, and allow the
department to provide information relevant to your request
administratively.
We would be grateful if you could respond by COB Thursday 25 May 2023.
Should you have any questions relating to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact the FOI Section via email to
[1][email address]
Kind regards
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division
[2][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
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I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL
Good afternoon
I refer to your request below for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Please find attached a decision in response to your request, together with
the documents referred to in that decision.
Section 11C of the FOI Act requires publication of documents released
under the FOI Act on the Department’s FOI disclosure log, subject to
certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business,
professional or commercial information would be unreasonable. The
documents released to you will be published on the disclosure log within
10 working days.
Kind regards,
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division
[1][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
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Communications and the Arts
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[2]infrastructure.gov.au [3][IMG]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
From: Will Tregoning <[4][email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 1 June 2023 10:11 AM
To: FOI <[5][email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI 23/257 - Notification of Third-Party Consultation and
Extension of Time [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Thanks Daniel, yes I'm fine to have my identify disclosed.
Dr Will Tregoning
Chief Executive Officer
[6][email address] | 0402 409 753
[7]Image removed by sender.
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation,
upon whose lands I live and work. Sovereignty has not been ceded.
On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 10:06 AM FOI <[8][email address]> wrote:
OFFICIAL
Dear Dr Tregoning,
I refer to your request for access to documents held by the Department
of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and
the Arts (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act).
Notification of Third-Party Consultation and Extension of Time
Your request captures documents which concern relations between the
Commonwealth and a State or Territory Government. Under section 26A of
the FOI Act, the Department is required to consult with that Government
before making a decision on access to those documents.
For this reason, the period for processing your request has been
extended by 30 days under section 15(6) of the FOI Act in order to allow
the Department time to consult with the relevant Government agency. As
such, the statutory due date for your request is now 8 July 2023.
Consent to disclose your identity as the FOI applicant
In accordance with the Privacy Act, we will not disclose your identity
to the third party without your consent to do so. While you are under no
obligation to consent to the disclosure of your identify as the FOI
applicant, third parties may be less likely to raise concerns about the
release of their information if they know who the FOI applicant is.
If you consent to the Department naming you as the FOI applicant to the
third party(s) for the purpose of this consultation, please let us know
by: COB 05 June 2023.
Kind regards,
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division
[9][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING REGIONS
[10]infrastructure.gov.au
[11]cid:image002.png@01D9ADA3.4007AE60
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
From: Will Tregoning <[12][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2023 2:21 PM
To: FOI <[13][email address]>
Subject: Re: Regarding FOI 23-275 [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Hi Daniel,
thanks for that. Withdrawing and then potentially remaking the
application seems like it's going to create more work for me rather than
less. I'd certainly encourage the Department to release this data
administratively - in fact, I'd argue it should be included in the data
display portal. I'd also like to pursue release under this FOI request.
Regards
Will
Dr Will Tregoning
Chief Executive Officer
[14][email address] | 0402 409 753
[15]Image removed by sender.
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation,
upon whose lands I live and work. Sovereignty has not been ceded.
On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 1:35 PM FOI <[16][email address]>
wrote:
OFFICIAL
Dear Dr Tregoning,
Thank you for your email and follow up enquiry below.
Administrative release occurs outside the formal framework of the FOI
Act, and is a means to provide information to applicants in an
informal manner. The administrative release of documents is
encouraged by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to
reduce administrative burden on both the FOI applicant and the
department.
Please let me know if you have any further queries regarding this.
Kind regards,
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and
Business Services Division
[17][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING
REGIONS
[18]infrastructure.gov.au [19]cid:18846d486e74cff311
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land,
waters and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
From: Will Tregoning <[20][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 22 May 2023 5:26 PM
To: FOI <[21][email address]>
Subject: Regarding FOI 23-275
Hello, I've received correspondence from the Department via the Right
To Know website, with regard to my request for data - reference FOI
23-275.
The email, from Daniel states-
The relevant business area has advised they can provide information
relevant to your request administratively.
If the department were to provide this information administratively,
it
will require you to withdraw the formal FOI request.
You are welcome to lodge a subsequent request should you believe the
information provided administratively has not answered your request.
Can you please advise if you would withdraw your request, and allow
the
department to provide information relevant to your request
administratively.
Can you please let me know what it means 'to provide information
relevant to your request
administratively' and how would that differ from providing information
under an FOI request?
Sincerely,
Dr Will Tregoning
Chief Executive Officer
[22][email address] | 0402 409 753
[23]Image removed by sender.
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora
nation, upon whose lands I live and work. Sovereignty has not been
ceded.
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Hi Daniel
thanks for this. I have reviewed the data against the National Crash Data
dashboard and they do not appear to match. It seems that either the data
the Department has supplied or the dashboard is incorrect.
Can you please have the Department review the supplied data for accuracy,
with reference to the dashboard?
To explain what I mean, here are some example calculations based on the
supplied data.
* 2008 28 drug-related fatalities of 138 fatalities (in jurisdictions
reporting data) = 20%
* 2021 107 drug-related fatalities of 607 fatalities (in jurisdictions
reporting data) = 17%
And here is a screenshot of the dashboard, taken today.
[1]image.png
Sincerely,
Will Tregoning
Dr Will Tregoning
Chief Executive Officer
[2][email address] | 0402 409 753
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation,
upon whose lands I live and work. Sovereignty has not been ceded.
On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 1:45 PM FOI <[3][email address]> wrote:
OFFICIAL
Good afternoon
I refer to your request below for access to documents under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Please find attached a decision in response to your request, together
with the documents referred to in that decision.
Section 11C of the FOI Act requires publication of documents released
under the FOI Act on the Department’s FOI disclosure log, subject to
certain exceptions, including where publication of personal, business,
professional or commercial information would be unreasonable. The
documents released to you will be published on the disclosure log within
10 working days.
Kind regards,
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division
[4][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING REGIONS
[5]infrastructure.gov.au [6][IMG]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
From: Will Tregoning <[7][email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 1 June 2023 10:11 AM
To: FOI <[8][email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI 23/257 - Notification of Third-Party Consultation and
Extension of Time [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Thanks Daniel, yes I'm fine to have my identify disclosed.
Dr Will Tregoning
Chief Executive Officer
[9][email address] | 0402 409 753
[10]Image removed by sender.
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation,
upon whose lands I live and work. Sovereignty has not been ceded.
On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 10:06 AM FOI <[11][email address]>
wrote:
OFFICIAL
Dear Dr Tregoning,
I refer to your request for access to documents held by the Department
of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and
the Arts (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
(FOI Act).
Notification of Third-Party Consultation and Extension of Time
Your request captures documents which concern relations between the
Commonwealth and a State or Territory Government. Under section 26A of
the FOI Act, the Department is required to consult with that
Government before making a decision on access to those documents.
For this reason, the period for processing your request has been
extended by 30 days under section 15(6) of the FOI Act in order to
allow the Department time to consult with the relevant Government
agency. As such, the statutory due date for your request is now 8 July
2023.
Consent to disclose your identity as the FOI applicant
In accordance with the Privacy Act, we will not disclose your identity
to the third party without your consent to do so. While you are under
no obligation to consent to the disclosure of your identify as the FOI
applicant, third parties may be less likely to raise concerns about
the release of their information if they know who the FOI applicant
is.
If you consent to the Department naming you as the FOI applicant to
the third party(s) for the purpose of this consultation, please let us
know by: COB 05 June 2023.
Kind regards,
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and
Business Services Division
[12][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING
REGIONS
[13]infrastructure.gov.au
[14]cid:image002.png@01D9ADA3.4007AE60
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land,
waters and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
From: Will Tregoning <[15][email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2023 2:21 PM
To: FOI <[16][email address]>
Subject: Re: Regarding FOI 23-275 [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Hi Daniel,
thanks for that. Withdrawing and then potentially remaking the
application seems like it's going to create more work for me rather
than less. I'd certainly encourage the Department to release this data
administratively - in fact, I'd argue it should be included in the
data display portal. I'd also like to pursue release under this FOI
request.
Regards
Will
Dr Will Tregoning
Chief Executive Officer
[17][email address] | 0402 409 753
[18]Image removed by sender.
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora
nation, upon whose lands I live and work. Sovereignty has not been
ceded.
On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 1:35 PM FOI <[19][email address]>
wrote:
OFFICIAL
Dear Dr Tregoning,
Thank you for your email and follow up enquiry below.
Administrative release occurs outside the formal framework of the
FOI Act, and is a means to provide information to applicants in an
informal manner. The administrative release of documents is
encouraged by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
to reduce administrative burden on both the FOI applicant and the
department.
Please let me know if you have any further queries regarding this.
Kind regards,
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and
Business Services Division
[20][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING
REGIONS
[21]infrastructure.gov.au
[22]cid:18846d486e74cff311
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land
on which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land,
waters and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islanders.
OFFICIAL
From: Will Tregoning <[23][email address]>
Sent: Monday, 22 May 2023 5:26 PM
To: FOI <[24][email address]>
Subject: Regarding FOI 23-275
Hello, I've received correspondence from the Department via the
Right To Know website, with regard to my request for data -
reference FOI 23-275.
The email, from Daniel states-
The relevant business area has advised they can provide information
relevant to your request administratively.
If the department were to provide this information administratively,
it
will require you to withdraw the formal FOI request.
You are welcome to lodge a subsequent request should you believe the
information provided administratively has not answered your request.
Can you please advise if you would withdraw your request, and allow
the
department to provide information relevant to your request
administratively.
Can you please let me know what it means 'to provide information
relevant to your request
administratively' and how would that differ from providing
information under an FOI request?
Sincerely,
Dr Will Tregoning
Chief Executive Officer
[25][email address] | 0402 409 753
[26]Image removed by sender.
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Gadigal people of the Eora
nation, upon whose lands I live and work. Sovereignty has not been
ceded.
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Dear Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications's handling of my FOI request 'Data from National Road Safety Data Hub'.
I have reviewed the data against the National Crash Data dashboard and they do not match. It seems either the data the Department has supplied or the dashboard is incorrect.
Can you please have the Department review the supplied data for accuracy, with reference to the National Crash Data dashboard?
To explain what I mean, here are some example calculations based on the supplied data.
2008 28 drug-related fatalities of 138 fatalities (in jurisdictions reporting data) = 20%
2021 107 drug-related fatalities of 607 fatalities (in jurisdictions reporting data) = 17%
These data points do not match the trend line in the chart 'Proportion of road deaths with drugs in their system' on the National Crash Data dashboard.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/d...
Yours faithfully,
Will Tregoning
OFFICIAL
Dear Dr Tregoning,
Thank you for your email to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport,
Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the department).
We apologise for the delayed response, the department is currently
processing a large number of requests.
27 July Email
We confirm we have received your follow up email for FOI 23-275 on 27
July, where you raised the issue where you believe the data to be
incorrect.
Initially the FOI section was not the best place to lodge this form of
inquiry, however we have followed up with the relevant business area who
have advised:
The data supplied in the document released under FOI 23-275 is for all
Road Users not just vehicle controllers (Drivers and Motorcyclists).
However the National Crash Dashboard (NCD) only contains Drivers and
Motorcyclists with the proportions calculated from Driver Fatalities and
Motorcyclist Fatalities separately, not against all Fatalities as in the
document provided under FOI 23-275.
Road Safety data is under constant revision. The National Crash Database
(where the document originated) is being updated with 2022 data now. It is
a six month process which is due to be completed in December 2023. This
update also revises previous years data. The National Crash Dashboard will
be updated once a year once the database is completed.
The document provided to you under 23-275 contained information accurate
to the date you lodged your request for FOI 23-275 this being 09 May 2023,
and due to the ongoing data update there is an expectation the document
will not align with the NCD charts.
If you wish to request the data behind the NCD chart that is strictly
Driver Fatalities and Motorcyclist Fatalities separately, this can be
considered under a separate request.
You can also access data related to the NCD administratively by contacting
the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Research Economics (BITRE) by
email here: [1][email address].
We hope this answers your query on the accuracy of the data regarding the
NCD.
Request for Internal Review
We note the decision in FOI 23-275 was issued on 03 July 2023, within this
decision the department advised that you have 30 days to request an
internal review. As such this would have needed to have been lodged by 02
August 2023.
However, the decision issued to you provided you access to the document in
full with no information within it to be considered exempt under the FOI
Act. This is classified as an access grant decision for the purposes of
section 53B of the [2]Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).
Due to the decision issued on 03 July being an access grant decision,
internal review is only available to the third parties who had been
consulted on the documents release ([3]section 54A).
This is reinforced within Part 9 of the FOI Guidelines issued by the
[4]Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
Taking the above into consideration, we do not consider your email dated
21 August 2023 to be a valid request for internal review.
New Request/Administrative Access
Should you wish to proceed with a new FOI request, the department needs to
receive a scope with the terms of the information you are seeking access
to, for example:
I request the data behind the NCD chart that is strictly Driver Fatalities
and Motorcyclist Fatalities
We would be grateful if you could review the above and prove a response by
4 September 2023 advising you wish to proceed with a new request, and the
department will treat it as a valid request from that date and statutory
timeframes will commence.
Alternatively, you can contact BITRE by email and request the data
administratively outside the FOI process.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you wish to discuss further.
Kind regards,
Daniel
FOI Officer • Freedom of Information Section
Assurance, Integrity, Risk and Governance Branch • Finance and Business
Services Division
[5][email address]
P +61 2 6274 6294
GPO Box 594 Canberra, ACT 2601
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development,
Communications and the Arts
CONNECTING AUSTRALIANS • ENRICHING COMMUNITIES • EMPOWERING REGIONS
[6]infrastructure.gov.au [7][IMG]
I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on
which we meet, work and live.
I recognise and respect their continuing connection to the land, waters
and communities.
I pay my respects to Elders past and present and to all Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islanders.