AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Proposal to install pedestrian fencing on Military Road between Cowles Road and Brady Street, Mosman : issues report : May 2011

A review of Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) crash data has identified a significant pedestrian safety issue on Military Road, Mosman. In recent years a number of pedestrians have been injured whilst crossing at mid block locations along Military Road. To date the issue of pedestrian safety at this location has been raised with the RTA by the local community police and Mosman Council.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Biennial report of the deaths of children in New South Wales: 2016 and 2017. Incorporating reviewable deaths of children.

The Biennial report of child deaths in New South Wales in 2016 and 2017 Incorporating reviewable deaths of children.
The report is made under s 34G and s 43 of the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews
and Monitoring) Act 1993 (the Act) and considers the deaths of 981 children who died in 2016 and 2017, including 44 children who died in circumstances of abuse or neglect (20), or while in care (24).

Tags: New South Wales Ombudsman
Organization: NSW Government
Wetlands Project-Hypothesis 7

IMEF (the Integrated Monitoring of Environmental Flows) Program was developed in 1998 to monitor the first environmental flow releases across the NSW regulated rivers. It was designed to both monitor the first flow events and to develop environmental flow methods suitable for monitoring aquatic systems across NSW. Data was collected until 2012 in a range of aquatic systems affected by flow from regulated rivers. The rivers included the Namoi, Macquarie, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee and their tributaries.

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Tags: BIODIVERSITY, DCCEEW - Water, DCCEEW - Water Science, Ecosystem processes, FAUNA, SURFACE WATER, VEGETATION, Water quality
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
North Shore strategic transport study : evaluation of options : main report

The North Shore Strategic Transport Study was initiated by The Hon. Bruce Baird, Minister for Transport, to examine and report on transport issues in the North Shore area and to evaluate strategic transport proposals for this area. An inter-agency Steering Committee was established to provide overall study direction and report to the Minister for Transport. The Steering Committee was made up of representatives from the Ministry of Transport, the Roads and Traffic Authority, the State Rail Authority and the State Transit Authority. A number of parallel town centre and traffic studies, having a short to medium term time frame, were also carried out. The study was undertaken by the Planning and Studies Division of the Ministry of Transport and oversighted by the Steering Committee. Economic and financial analyses of the transport proposals were conducted in accordance with the Asset Appraisal Guidelines of the NSW Treasury. 

Tags: Department of Transport
Organization: NSW Government
Data Resources for Ramularia Leaf Spot disease in Barley

Ramularia leaf spot (RLS) is a significant threat to Australian barley production, caused by the fungal pathogen Ramularia collo-cygni. These data resources include information on the epidemiology of the pathogen, as well as the yield and grain quality losses caused by RLS.

Accurate identification of RLS is indispensable for effective crop management. These data resources include information for identifying RLS in Australian barley crops. This knowledge facilitates timely intervention for disease control, minimises crop mismanagement, and mitigates losses in yield and grain quality due to RLS.

The collection currently comprises data from field experiments conducted at the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute during the 2024 and 2025 seasons, together with airborne spore monitoring. The field experiments tested the timing of fungicide application and barley genotype across irrigated and rainfed environments, and recorded visual disease severity, pathogen DNA measured by qPCR, grain yield and grain quality, alongside the trial methods. The spore monitoring tracked airborne inoculum of R. collo-cygni and a range of other crop pathogens through the season. Together these data describe how RLS develops under different conditions and management, and quantify the yield and grain quality losses it causes, which inform decisions on fungicide timing and the economic impact of the disease.

These data resources result from collaborative research co-funded by the NSW Department of Primary Industries and the Grains Research and Development Corporation. These data resources include datasets which are available to download, as well as metadata for resources which have restricted access and will be made available only on request.

Tags: Barley, DPI2310-004RTX, GRDC, Ramularia Leaf Spot, Ramularia collo-cygni
Organization: Department of Primary Industries (DPI)
Drink-driving background material : TARU 3/80

The driving task involves the processing of signals received by the sensory organs, the making of decisions based on those signals, and the performance of various physical tasks. The driving task has to be performed under conditions in which other drivers are competing for road space, and under the influence of a diverse range of social pressures involving, amongst other things, an accurate and fast assessment of risk-taking.

Tags: Department of Motor Transport, Traffic Accident Research Unit TARU
Organization: NSW Government
Review of environmental factors : upgrade of Windsor Road between Curtis Road and McGraths Hill Flats Lagoon, McGraths Hill

The area subject to this REF is towards the western end of Windsor Road and represents the western extent of the current overall project to upgrade Windsor Road. Specifically the REF addresses the potential effects resulting from the proposed activity between Curtis Road and approximately 300 metres north of McGraths Hill Flats Lagoon in the suburb of McGraths Hill. The purpose of this REF is to assess the impacts that would arise from the proposal as identified in section 2 and discuss the mitigation measures that have been formulated in response to these potential impacts.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Hume Highway duplication : Sturt Highway to Mullengandra : concept plan : environmental assessment : January 2007

The Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA) is planning to upgrade five sections of the existing single carriageway on the Hume Highway to four lane dual carriageways (two lanes in each direction) in the area from the Sturt Highway junction south to Albury (Hume Highway duplication). This document is for all of the five sections.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Translucency Monitoring-Hypothesis 4-Murrumbidgee

Rocky riffles in rivers support a complex community of algae, bacteria, fungi and detritus often held together by a polysaccharide matrix. This biofilm provides food for invertebrates, some fish, platypus, rakali and turtles. Biofilms are scoured naturally by high flows. River regulation alters the timing, duration and frequency of biofilm scouring. Environmental flows downstream of dams, including translucent and transparent releases are designed to restore some of the variability of flow and allow scouring to reset early-stage biofilm, which is more palatable for aquatic animals.

IMEF biofilm and invertebrate studies were performed in the Hunter and Murrumbidgee Rivers, testing the hypothesis (IMEF Hypothesis 4) that restoring some freshes and high flows would induce scouring of silt and biofilms and improved habitat quality for some invertebrate scrapers and their predators.

Sites located on the Murrumbidgee River downstream of Burrinjuck Dam, received periodic environmental releases, between April and October, as well as irrigation flows and uncontrolled spills. Riffle rock biofilms, aquatic invertebrate metrics and water quality were compared with reference sites on the unregulated Goobarragandra and Goodradigbee rivers. Control sites were chosen on the Tumut River, which is regulated by Blowering Dam but unlike the Murrumbidgee River did not receive variable environmental releases.



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Tags: BIODIVERSITY, DCCEEW - Water, DCCEEW - Water Science, Ecosystem processes, Invertebrates, SURFACE WATER, Water quality, biofilm, flow variability, periphyton, productivity, stable isotopes
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
State Highway 11 : Oxley Highway : improvements at the Mooki River and Carroll Creek flood plain near Gunnedah : environmental impact statement

This Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) presents an assessment of the impact of improving the crossing of the Oxley Highway over the Moold River by constructing a 2.5 kilometre deviation of the Oxley Highway near Gunnedah, NSW on both the social and natural environment.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Office of Strategic Lands

The Office of Strategic Lands effectively fulfils most aspects of its defined role, according to a report released today by the Acting Auditor-General of New South Wales, Ian Goodwin. However, it could do more to support strategic land planning by identifying and acquiring land for future public use proactively rather than waiting for agencies or landholders to approach it. It may also have greater impact if it expanded its activities beyond greater Sydney.

Tags: Audit Office of New South Wales, Department of Planning and Environment
Organization: NSW Government
Taronga Zoo Wharf upgrade : review of environmental factors

Transport for NSW proposes to upgrade the Taronga Zoo wharf (the proposal) as part of the Transport Access Program (TAP) which includes both landside and waterside upgrade works. The water based features of the proposal would include: • Retention of most of the existing jetty and covered pontoon. However, to accommodate the new longer gangways the existing jetty structure and pontoon roof structure would be cut back by about 3.5 metres • Removal of existing gangways • Installation of two new covered aluminium 18 metre dual-lane gangways between the cut back jetty and pontoon. Each gangway would be held in place by two new piles (four in total) • Two new transition ramps on the existing pontoon to cater for the new gangways • Replacement of two of the existing jetty canopies to accommodate the change in jetty size • Construction of a new covered Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport (DSAPT) compliant accessible ramp leading from the street level wharf entrance to the gangway entrances. The ramp would be held in place by nine new piles (three waterside and six landside) • Removal and relocation of the Transdev office and café on the existing jetty • Removal of the existing ferry arrestors on each side of the wharf to allow space for construction activities. Ferry arrestors would be replaced with two protection piles on each side of the wharf (four in total) • Changes to steel fencing on the pontoon to cater for changes in customer flows due to new gangways • Relocation of existing Opal Card readers and Opal top-up machine • Upgrade (where required) of safety and security features including lighting, closed circuit television (CCTV) security cameras, ladders to the water and tactile ground surface indicators, if required. The land based features of the proposal would include: • Regrading of the footpath and bus stop to achieve DSAPT compliance to the new accessible ramp • Retention of the five existing bicycle parking hoops • Retention of the public telephone booth • Removal of foreshore vegetation to construct the new accessible ramp. The proposal would be constructed over a duration of up to five months starting in late 2021. During construction the wharf would remain operational, however the adjacent café would be closed. Key features of the proposal are shown on Figure E-1.

Tags: Transport for NSW
Organization: NSW Government
Sydney Harbour Tunnel : report on environmental impact assessment

This report contains the findings of the DMR's examination and consideration of all relevant documentation. It is an independent evaluation of the issues and has been prepared by an assessment team led by an independent environmental consultant. It provides an assessment of the potential environmental impacts of the proposal, an evaluation of the appropriateness and effectiveness of applying measures to reduce or eliminate adverse effects, and concludes with an assessment of whether the project is justified under the terms of the EPA Act.

Tags: Department of Main Roads
Organization: NSW Government
NSW Rest Areas

The NSW Rest Areas dataset provides information on rest area sites managed by Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and other authorities, including local councils and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The dataset includes details such as the rest area name, vehicle category, access direction, and different facilities, e.g. toilets, picnic tables, playground etc., that are available at each site.

The dataset does not include TfNSW managed inspection bays.

In June 2026, 14 rest areas were added to the dataset. There have been data changes to the following attributes: access_direction, access_direction_cardinal, carriageway_code, carriageway_configuration, category, disabled_toilet, distance_from, food_available, latitude, lga, link_no, litter_bins, longitude, ne_unique, picnic_table, playground, region, responsible_authority, rest_area_name, road_name, road_number, side_of_road, site_status, suburb, toilets, vehicle_type.

The NSW Rest Areas dataset can be queried by API for use by the public and industry.

API's will only provide extracts in JSON and GeoJSON format. For other spatial formats please download below.

Tags: NSW Roads, RMS, Road Map, Road Network, geospatial, heavy vehicles, map, nsw, rest areas, roads, truck
Organization: Transport for NSW
Trip generation surveys : service stations : data report

The present report provides the base data collected in the course of the study. It includes detailed information about each survey site and the results of the trip generation and parking demand surveys. The specific survey site information and associated survey data can be used by practitioners who wish to make direct comparisons with similar sites. Trip generation for the survey sites was collected using manual classification counts between 6.00 am and 7:00 pm on weekdays (one day per site). Observes were located on the survey sites (refer to the maps of the survey sites). All trip generation and parking demand counts were carried out simultaneously at each survey site. One of the service stations was also a subject of a special survey which included counts of vehicle movements into and out of the station for each 24 hours over a 7-day period, in order to gain an insight into the daily and hourly visitation patterns. Video monitoring was used to collect the traffic generation data from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am.

Tags: Roads and Maritime Services
Organization: NSW Government
The COVID-19 pandemic: second report

This report follows on from the report we published last year entitled 2020 hindsight: the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our aim has been to look back on the second year of the pandemic and
provide an account of what we have seen, again primarily through the lens of the complaints we received from individuals about the actions taken by NSW Government agencies.

Tags: New South Wales Ombudsman, covid-19, pandemic
Organization: NSW Government
Proposed upgrade of the Pacific Highway at Tandys Lane : review of environmental factors : appendices and working papers : volume 2

A. Community involvement plan -- B. Community focus group minutes -- C. Community information sheets --D. Summary of issues raised by the community -- E. Benefit-cost analysis of the feasible alignment options -- F. Site photographs -- G. Summary of accident and traffic data -- H. Design drawings -- I. Geotechnical assessment -- J. Contaminated land assessment working paper -- K. Acid sulphate soils assessment -- L. Mineral sands -- M. Climate assessment working paper -- N. Air quality assessment -- O. Surface water quality data -- P. Hydraulic assessment -- Q. Flora assessment working paper -- R. Fauna assessment working paper -- S. Koala issues working paper -- T. Summary of socio-economic characteristics -- U. Non-indigenous cultural heritage investigations working paper -- V. Indigenous cultural heritage assessment --  W. Landscape and visual assessment -- X. Noise and vibration assessment.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
NSW Water Strategy

The NSW Water Strategy is the first 20-year water strategy for all of NSW, and it will put water on the same footing as other essential state resources and services, such as transport. The NSW Water Strategy will tackle the key challenges and opportunities for water management and service delivery across the whole of the state and set the strategic direction for water service delivery and resource management in NSW over the long-term.

Tags: Department of Planning Industry and Environment, water management
Organization: NSW Government
A study of speed zoning and traffic crashes in New South Wales : TARU research note 2/76

Speed zoning provides a means whereby speed limits may be tailored to suit the particular design and condition of and traffic stream characteristics on a given section of road. In 1965, several rural sections of highways in New South Wales were speed-zoned to replace the previously applying 50 mph prima facie speed limit (a prima facie speed limit permits a driver to exceed the stated limit, but if apprehended and prosecuted he must furnish proof that conditions at the time were such that it was in fact safe for him to do so). Since that time, speed zoning has been extended to other sections of road throughout the State. In all cases, speed zoning replaced the previously applying 50 mph prima facie speed limit. One of the well documented effects of imposing an absolute speed limit on a road is that the variance of the speed distribution of vehicles travelling along the road is reducedl. It is also well documented that increasing the spread of speeds in a traffic stream increases the crash potential of that traffic streaml. Thus, it is reasonable to expect that the introduction of rational speed zoning might have a beneficial effect on the traffic crash activity on the roads concerned. The purpose of this paper is to examine the traffic crash histories of speed zoned highways in New South Wales with a view to measuring the effectiveness of speed zoning in this State as a traffic crash countermeasure.

Tags: Department of Motor Transport, Traffic Accident Research Unit TARU
Organization: NSW Government
Karuah to Bulahdelah : Pacific Highway upgrading : environmental impact statement : working papers : volume 1

The proposed upgrade of the pacific highway between Karuah and Buladelah involves the construction of two carriageways and removal of part of the existing carriageway along the pacific highway between a point about four kilometres north of the Karuah bridge and a point about 1.5 kilometres south of the Myall River bridge at Buladelah. The upgrade would be 36.75 km long and its estimated cost is $200 million. Working papers: 1. Preferred concept design report -- 2. transportation, traffic and economic assessment 

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Restrictive Practices Authorisation in NSW: Consultation findings report: Greek version

Greek translation of the executive summary of the report on consultations held July-August 2019, to inform the drafting of the Persons with Disability (Regulation of Restrictive Practices) Bill 2020.

Tags: Department of Communities and Justice, Department of Family and Community Services II, behaviour management, people with disability, restraints, restrictive practices
Organization: NSW Government
Biodiversity Conservation Trust Annual Report 2020-21

This report provides a summary of the services, achievements and performance of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust for the period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. In addition, the report contains the audited financial statements and appendices as required by legislation. The report also incorporates the Annual Report of the Biodiversity Stewardship Payments Fund for the year ending 30 June 2021, which the BCT is required to provide in its role as fund manager under s6.37(1) of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

Tags: Biodiversity Conservation Trust, biodiversity, private land conservation, trust
Organization: NSW Government
Communicating road safety to the young pedestrian : an exploratory research programme : volume 2 : TARU 3/78

Young pedestrians have long been a major target for road safety propaganda partly due to their over-representation in pedestrian traffic crashes. The Australian Department of Transport in co-operation with the traffic and road safety authorities of the Australian States and Territories has been responsible for the production of education material utilising the fantasy animal character, Hector Cat, in commun- icating to children aged 5 - 8 years old. An exploratory research programme was developed to observe how children reacted to this educational material. The research was subdivided into the following areas of investigation. Results along with child development literature indicated that, while subjects found Hector likeable, he was not as positive a model as was an authority or teaching figure in the reality-based area of traffic safety. Subjects were more involved with the story content than they were with the educational content of the Hector material. The Hector road safety film was unsuccessful in promoting safe road crossing behaviour amongst subjects. Finally, while subjects were able to correctly identify situations as either safe or dangerous, reasons given for these decisions created doubt as to subjects' comprehension of the concept of danger as it related to themselves. These findings suggest that future educational programmes would be more successful if they took into account the serious handicaps of children under 8 in the traffic environment, due to their physical immaturity and lack of experience in assessing traffic situations. Recommendations are made with regard to the types of changes which could be incorporated into future traffic safety education programmes directed at the young pedestrian.

Tags: Department of Motor Transport, Traffic Accident Research Unit TARU
Organization: NSW Government
SATS : Sydney area transportation study : volume 4 : freight transport systems

The major objective of SATS is to determine the transportation needs of the Sydney region through to the year 2000, propose a series of alternatives to meet those needs, evaluate the costs and benefits of each and recommend transportation systems which will effectively serve the Sydney region. The recommended systems must be operational and effective, financially feasible and environmentally sensitive and compatible with the ultimate development of the region. This volume analyses freight movements in the base year 1971 and makes forecasts of similar movements in the target year 2000. Following the analysis of anticipated changes, recommendations have been presented for new freight terminals and systems. These recommendations will for a basis of Government action to improve and expand freight systems in the Sydney region.

Tags: Sydney Area Transportation Study SATS
Organization: NSW Government