PLIDA Board

About PLIDA Board

The PLIDA Board was established to be the governance body responsible for the operation and strategic direction of PLIDA (formerly known as MADIP). The Board is a decision-making authority accountable to the Australian Statistician. 

The Board makes strategic decisions relating to:

  • data acquisition and use
  • data sharing, outputs, access and release
  • linkage infrastructure and strategy
  • risk and issue management
  • available resources
  • governance, including legal advice
  • stakeholder engagement and communication strategies.

Purpose

The PLIDA Board provides strategic direction, governance and oversight of PLIDA and develops the PLIDA Strategy which outlines the vision and purpose of PLIDA.

The PLIDA Board considers how new and emerging data initiatives impact strategic priorities, and hence evaluates the risks and benefits of linking additional data to the asset.  

The PLIDA Board also considers longer term data sharing arrangements between Commonwealth agencies to guide future collaborative work. 

Data custodians are responsible for the preparation of source data and metadata that is shared and data supply is negotiated between the ABS and data custodians. Approval is sought from custodians for each project seeking to use their data. Data custodian supply and access responsibilities are retained regardless of PLIDA Board membership.

PLIDA maximises the use of data while keeping it safe and secure. More information is available on the Privacy in PLIDA and Keeping integrated data safe pages. 

When looking at including new datasets and data types in PLIDA, we consider:

  • the public benefit of the data
  • the utility of the data
  • sensitivities or restrictions related to the data 
  • the safety of the data. 

We assess these principles for all new datasets and data types proposed to be linked with PLIDA. This includes both once-off and enduring linkages. 

The PLIDA Privacy Statement outlines what personal information is collected and shared, and how it will be used, as well as how people can apply to access or correct their personal information. 

Meetings

The PLIDA Board is chaired by an SES Band 2 officer from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Meetings are triannual with virtual attendance options.

Attendance of meetings can be delegated in consultation with the PLIDA Board secretariat.

Meeting summaries are provided below.

Meeting: 26 June 2024

Meeting: 20 March 2024

Membership

Member agencies are represented by one SES Band 1 or 2 officer from each of the data custodian agencies.

The role of a PLIDA Board member is to represent their agency’s views when considering and responding to issues and share information presented to the Board within their agency. Only Board members (not observer agency members) have decision-making authority to set the strategic direction and manage operational and analytical issues.

 Observer agency members contribute broader Commonwealth or specialist perspectives to the discussion.

Members
Member AgencyRepresentative
Australian Bureau of StatisticsMarcel van Kints (Chairperson)
Australian Bureau of StatisticsLuke Hendrickson
Australian Taxation OfficeJulia Neville
Department of EducationSusie Kluth
Department of Social ServicesKayelle Drinkwater
Department of Health and Aged CareKayla Jordan
Department of Home AffairsPia Andrews
Services AustraliaHeather Ralph
Observers
Observer AgencyRepresentative
Australian Institute of Health and WelfareClaire Sparke
Department of Employment and Workplace RelationsJenny Humphrys
Department of FinanceAndrew Lalor
Department of Industry, Science and ResourcesAndrew Watterson
Department of the TreasuryLouise Rawlings

Contact us

Secretariat support for the PLIDA Board is provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Email: data.services@abs.gov.au

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