Key Activities
- Signature activities under this objective are:
- Exploring options with Geoscience Australia to use satellite data to inform land accounts
- Explore telematics data for insights in the use of vehicles and the road transport network
- Developing data to support Department of Education to implement schools funding model
- Continued production of a cross-sectional Employer-Employee Database
- Data Integration Partnership for Australia initiative:
- Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP)
- Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE)
- Signature research hub projects which are innovative and will lead to the creation of new statistics include:
- Non-market health care and education outputs for economic and productivity measurement
- New annual and quarterly Labour Account
- Potential impacts from globalisation and the digital economy on economic statistics
- Outcomes for job seekers who have left employment services programs in remote Australia
- Effects of drought on Australian farms
- Migration's impact on Australian society
Outcome
- The ABS works with stakeholders to build data capability and understanding about key emerging issues for Australia
Performance Measures | Method | Target |
New statistics created = number of enduring integrated statistical assets and new statistics created through integration and analysis
Measure frequency: biannual
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Review of delivery status of signature research projects to produce new statistics to support policy |
Delivery of signature research hub projects |
Stakeholder impact = new statistics or methods are used by customers to inform high priority areas or new policy directions
Measure frequency: biannual
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Case studies of new statistics or methods used in informing high priorities or new policy directions, and the outcomes achieved as a result |
Not Applicable |
Current Capability
- Innovative culture
- Accessible release practices
- Collaboration
| Capability Required
- Stronger statistical and data analytics skills
- Data integration expertise
- Enterprise-wide statistical processes
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Associated Enterprise Risk
B. The ABS repeatedly or significantly fails to meet customer needs