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Data.gov.au is the central source of Australian open government data. Anyone can access the public data published by federal, state and local government agencies. Data.gov.au are not responsible for creating, maintaining and updating these published datasets. Agencies are the custodians of the data they collect, and they make decisions about how it can be shared safely. They are often guided by legislation and policy requirements that can define what and how data can be shared.

This data is a national resource that holds considerable value for growing the economy, improving service delivery and transforming policy outcomes. In addition to government data, you can also find publicly-funded research data and datasets from private institutions that are in the public interest.

The federal government's Data and Digital Government Strategy requires all government agencies to make non-sensitive data open by default.

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Terms of Use

With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and where otherwise noted, material presented on Data.gov.au is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence.

When using content from this website that is licensed under a Creative Commons Licence, you are required to attribute the work in the manner specified in the licence (but not in any way that suggests that the publishing organisation endorses you or your use of the work).

This website requires that you use the following form of attribution:
Attribution to: Organisation name, jurisdiction, title of dataset, date the content was sourced, dataset URL
Example: The Department of the Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia, Field Crop Estimates, Sourced on 22 July 2013, http://www.data.sa.gov.au/dataset/field-crop-production-estimates

You agree to use Data.gov.au only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of Data.gov.au by any third party. This includes conduct which is unlawful or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption to Data.gov.au.

You must not post or transmit via Data.gov.au any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would contravene any law.

Your use of Data.gov.au does not affect or reduce any obligation any Agency owes You, affect or reduce any obligation You owe to any Agency.

The Data.gov.au site is not a substitute for independent professional advice and you should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to your particular circumstances.

We take reasonable care in linking to other websites but we have no direct control over the content presented in those websites or the availability of those websites.

We make no representation that the material on any linked websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person. We do not authorise the reproduction of such material.

We do not endorse or recommend any links to external websites or third party content, including products and services offered by, from or through those websites or their content.

The datasets provided through Data.gov.au have been created by many different government agencies. Because of this, we cannot guarantee the quality or timeliness of the data. While we welcome your feedback, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to correct any problems identified with the datasets.

You are responsible for the comments you make on Data.gov.au. If you wish to comment on Data.gov.au, you must do so in accordance with our Moderation Policy.

Data.gov.au uses a pre-moderation process that aligns with the APS Code of Conduct.

Each comment is subject to a manual check to determine its suitability for publication. The aim of this process is to make sure that comments:

  • are not inflammatory, unreasonable or obscene;
  • are civil and respectful of other opinions;
  • do not include any material or encourage any conduct that would break the law; and,
  • are considerate of your privacy and the privacy of others. The moderation process is not intended to stifle discussion, but rather to detect spam or content that breaches the terms of use. We endeavour to publish your comments as quickly as possible.

We strive to protect comments and information you provide on Data.gov.au. We will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that your comments and information are not compromised. However, we cannot guarantee that no harmful code will enter Data.gov.au. You should be aware of the risks associated with using websites.

We recommend that you use appropriate and up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software to protect your computer systems.

If you experience a problem or loss that is caused by the information you send to or via Data.gov.au, your computer being compromised in some way or by something beyond our control, we cannot take responsibility for causing the problem. We will, however, do our best to help you if we can.

Where connection to a system or website outside our control compromises the objectives of Data.gov.au, we may sever links to that website or system.

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Australian Capital Territory.

If any of these Terms of Use are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining Terms of Use will continue in full force.

These Terms of Use do not negate any Terms or Conditions that apply to your use of any other government website. We may revise these Terms and Conditions from time to time.