Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE) Research Projects

All projects that use BLADE data must go through a rigorous assessment and approval process, managed by the ABS. Only authorised researchers will be granted access to de-identified BLADE data for policy analysis, research, and statistical purposes. 

All projects are assessed under the Five Safes Framework. For a project to be approved, the ABS and the data custodians (the agencies that collect the data) must agree to the proposed use of the data. The project must be assessed as being in the public interest and be in accordance with the legislation of the relevant agencies. All users are legally obliged to use data responsibly for approved purposes, comply with the conditions of access, and maintain confidentiality of data.

Historical projects retain references to MADIP (renamed the Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) in 2023).

This page was last updated in September 2024, at that time there were 144 active projects using BLADE.

To enquire about any of the projects listed below, including potential research collaboration, or to apply for access to BLADE data, please email: data.services@abs.gov.au

Below is a list of approved research projects that use BLADE data, listed under the following categories: 

The project summaries below were provided by the research teams.

Commonwealth Government

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman

Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)

Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Research Economics

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Department of Defence

Department of Education

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Health and Aged Care

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Department of Social Services

Data61 Fellowship Programme (host agency for this research project: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)

Geoscience Australia

IP Australia

Murray-Darling Basin Authority

Productivity Commission

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)

Safe Work Australia

The Treasury

State and Territory Government

New South Wales Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade

New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet

New South Wales Treasury

Queensland Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport

Queensland Productivity Commission

South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet

Victorian Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions

Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet

Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance

Western Australia Department of Treasury

Local Government

City of Gold Coast Council

Academic Institutions

Australian National University

Bond University

Charles Darwin University

Deakin University

Federation University Australia

Flinders University

Griffith University

James Cook University

Macquarie University

Monash University

Queensland University of Technology

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

Swinburne University

University of Adelaide

University of Canberra

University of Chicago

University of Melbourne

University of New England

University of New South Wales (UNSW)

University of Queensland

University of South Australia

University of Sydney

University of Technology Sydney

University of Western Australia

Victoria University

Private Institutions

E61 Institute

Grattan Institute

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