The PLIDA Board held a meeting on 30 October 2024.
Topics discussed included:
- An update on consideration of DataLab access from outside Australia. The Board emphasised that use cases need to articulate strategic alignment and benefits and that supporting international data sharing aligns with broader policy directions.
- An update on progress towards establishing arrangements for managing enduring projects in PLIDA for policy, research and analysis. The Board support the directions of this work and focussed on the need for review points and triggers, to ensure adaptive governance which supports ongoing data relevance and cost-efficiency.
- The concept of a “StatsLab” to support ABS production of official statistics from integrated data products. The Board endorsed the proposal with a recommendation to maintain rigorous peer review process for new statistics and continue consultations on privacy impact assessment and consent notices for integrated data use.
- Updates on the PLIDA:
- Privacy consultation for the 2024-25 PLIDA Privacy Impact Assessment which is underway, led by independent privacy consultant Maddocks.
- The ongoing work to clarify legislative arrangements for providing access to data which may indirectly identify a service provider.
- The addition of new PLIDA data expected to be available in early 2025. The data includes APS Employee Data, expanded NDIS data and Mission Australia data.
- An update from TableBuilder roundtable and general discussion on lessons learned, experiences exchanged, opportunities and further application and utilisation related to Table Builder.
The Board were also advised of the outcomes of the 2024 DataLab and Data Integration User Experience Survey out of session.