1395.0 - Essential Statistical Assets for Australia, 2014

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/12/2014

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Main Features + Overview of the ESA for Australia Initiative + Quality Assessment Approach + What's Next? Phase 3 - Essential Statistical Infrastructure (ESI) Phase 4 - Determining Priorities for Investment + ESA Quality Assessments Appendix 1 - Overview of Statistic Assessment Results Appendix 2 - Revised 2013 ESA List Appendix 3 - List of ESA Data Custodians Appendix 4 - Statistic Assessment Summaries About this Release	PHASE 4 - DETERMINING PRIORITIES FOR INVESTMENT The last phase of the initiative involves determining priorities for investment. Given the critical role that statistics play in influencing government policy development, it is intended that this initiative will be used to guide government decision making on further priority investments in our statistical system. The ABS anticipates that the ESA for Australia initiative will also facilitate more collaborative initiatives with other agencies at both the Australian Government and state and territory levels, to help strengthen our statistical system. The Australian Statistics Advisory Council (ASAC) has been working closely with the ABS to progress the ESA initiative and consider priorities for investment in the statistical system. ASAC has also recognised the importance of reforming the national statistical system in order to better identify areas for investment. ASAC is continuing to work with the ABS and other relevant stakeholders to determine possible solutions to address existing barriers to an efficient and effective Australian statistical system. The ABS and ASAC will work with other organisations involved in producing official statistics, as well as with other relevant stakeholders, to develop proposals to improve the national statistical system. It should be recognised that the allocation of resources to support investments in response to the identification of priorities remains with the respective data custodian agencies. Given the limited resources generally available, the ability of an agency to invest in the priorities identified will rely on the respective agency’s prioritising of investment in statistical assets and infrastructure against their other obligations, and also against the investment priorities of government more broadly. Improvements for statistical fitness for purpose may not always be an appropriate course of action for administrative data custodians. As such, decisions related to quality improvements identified for the purposes of ESA remain the responsibility of the data custodians who are best placed to judge their necessity. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.