Sarcs,
This is the page I think the ATSB QON was referring to:
Aviation Accident or Incident Notification
Aviation Accident or Incident Notification
However, what about REPCON's?
REPCON - Aviation Confidential Reporting Scheme
REPCON - Aviation Confidential Reporting Scheme
It states:
"REPCON may use the de-identified version of the report to issue an information-brief or alert bulletin to a person or organisation, including CASA, which is in a position to take safety action in response to the safety concern."
In the QON they state:
The advice may contain details such as operator names, registration numbers, times, dates and locations. The ATSB will try, where possible, to avoid directly identifying individuals.
Now if the REPCON should have been included as it states above. That statement could be at odds with the confidentiality required.
REPCON Aviation is established under the Air Navigation (Confidential Reporting) Regulations 2006 and allows any person who has an aviation safety concern to report it to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) confidentially. Personal information will not be disclosed unless permission is granted by the individual concerned. Only de-identified information will be used for safety action.
I seem to recall it was the REPCON system that some groups were concerned with and how information was not sufficiently de identified allowing the person(s) to be identified?