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APPENDIX 1: ABS STATISTICAL WORK PROGRAM BY COMPONENT

Elements of the ABS statistical work program are classified into four components. These are used to assist with prioritisation. This work was informed by the earlier development of the list of Essential Statistical Assets for Australia (cat. no. 1395.0), in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders.

Refer to tables below for the ABS work program classified into four components. A number of these programs and outputs are making significant use of data integration to reduce provider burden or enhance the information available.

PROGRAM
REGISTERS AND FRAMEWORKS	Address Register
	Business Register and Tax Data Program
	Classifications
	Data Governance and Assurance
	Data Standards and Methods
	Geospatial Standards and Methods
METHODOLOGY	Statistical Methods
	Statistical Quality Assurance
	Statistical Risk Management
	Small Domain Estimation
TRANSFORMATION	Data Integration Infrastructure
	Data Integration Research, Feasibility and Development projects
	Microdata Futures (Enhanced Microdata Access)
	Statistical Business Transformation Program
	Statistical Spatial Framework
PARTNERSHIPS AND DISSEMINATION	Partnership projects
	Statistical Services to the state and territory governments
	Customised Data Delivery
	Dissemination and Publishing
	Microdata Delivery and Access Support (including DataLab)
	Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment
	Multi-Agency Data Integration Project
DATA COLLECTION	Data Acquisition
	Provider Management
	Survey Management
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	Collaborating with international statistical agencies such as United Nations Statistical Commission and other organisations including in relation to international classifications and standards

PROGRAM
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS	Quarterly and Annual statistics of Gross Domestic Product and components
	Input Output tables
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTS	Australia’s Balance of Payments Estimates
	International Investment Statistics
	International Merchandise Trade
	International Trade in Services Statistics
BUSINESS INDICATORS	Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure
	Quarterly Business Indicator Surveys
	Retail Trade
	Dwelling and Other Building Approvals
	Construction related gross fixed capital formation – Building Activity and Engineering Construction
	Economic Activity Survey – core
	Water Supply and Sewerage Supply/Use Survey
FINANCIAL STATISTICS	Quarterly Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Managed Funds Survey
	Survey of Financial Information
PUBLIC FINANCE	Government Finance Statistics
EMPLOYER STATISTICS	Survey of Average Weekly Earnings
	Major Labour Costs (irregular)
	Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours (biennial)
	Survey of Employment and Earnings
LABOUR STATISTICS	Labour Force
CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING	Census of Population and Housing
PRICES	Consumer Price Index
	Wage Price Index
	Producer Price Indexes
	International Trade Price Indexes
	Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Costs Index
DEMOGRAPHY	Estimated Resident Population
	Births and Deaths
	Indigenous Mortality
	Overseas Arrivals and Departures
LIVING CONDITIONS	Household Expenditure Survey
	Survey of Income and Housing

PROGRAM
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS	Annual productivity statistics (including annual estimates of multi-factor productivity)
	Annual State Accounts
BUSINESS INDICATORS	Mineral and Petroleum Exploration
	Economic Activity Survey – rotating (detailed industry data for National Accounts benchmarks)
	Business Characteristics Survey
	Business Demographics program
FINANCIAL STATISTICS	Housing Finance Statistics
EMPLOYER STATISTICS	Job Vacancies Survey
AGRICULTURE STATISTICS	Agricultural Census
	Rural Environment and Agricultural Commodities Survey
	Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced
ENVIRONMENT STATISTICS	Environment Accounts, including Water, Energy and Land Accounts
	Environmental Indicators Surveys (irregular)
LABOUR STATISTICS	Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation
	Characteristics of Employment
	Linked Employer-Employee Database
	Quarterly Labour Account
	Retirement and Retirement Intentions
	Work Related Injuries
	Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset
CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING	Australian Census and Temporary Migrants Integrated Dataset
PRICES	Residential Property Prices Indexes
TRANSPORT AND TOURISM STATISTICS	Motor Vehicle Census
DEMOGRAPHY	Population Projections
	Regional Population Growth
EDUCATION AND TRAINING	National Schools Statistics Collection
	Survey of Education and Work
	Work Related Training and Adult Learning Survey
HEALTH AND DISABILITY STATISTICS	Causes of Death
	National Health Survey
	National Aboriginal and Torres Islander Health Survey
	Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers
	Characteristics of Migrants
MIGRANT STATISTICS	Personal Income Tax and Migrants Integrated Dataset
REGIONAL STATISTICS	Data by Region (national regional profiles)

PROGRAM
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTS	Characteristics of Australian Exporters
	Survey of Foreign Currency Exposure
INDUSTRY STATISTICS	Research and Experimental Development – Business, Government, Private Non-Profit and Higher education
	Venture Capital and Later Stage Private Equity
FINANCIAL STATISTICS	Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers
	Lending Finance
EMPLOYER STATISTICS	Industrial Disputes
AGRICULTURE STATISTICS	Wool Receivals, Purchases and Sales Survey
	Livestock, Poultry and Game Slaughtering
TRANSPORT AND TOURISM STATISTICS	Tourism Satellite Account
	Survey of Motor Vehicle Use
CRIME AND JUSTICE STATISTICS	National Recorded Crime Victims & Offender Statistics
	National Criminal Courts Statistics
	National Corrective Services Statistics
	Crime Victimisation Survey
DEMOGRAPHY	Marriages and Divorces
EDUCATION AND TRAINING	Childhood Education and Care Survey
	Educational Outcomes
	National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection
HEALTH AND DISABILITY STATISTICS	Patient Experience Survey
	Private Health Establishments
SOCIAL CONDITIONS	Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children
	Personal Safety Survey
	General Social Survey
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	Indonesia Government Partnership Project
	Statistical development work in the Pacific, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste