PLIDA is a secure data asset combining information on health, education, government payments, income and taxation, employment, and population demographics (including the Census) over time. The Australian Statistician announced the rename of the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) to the Person Level Integrated Data Asset (PLIDA) in 2023. Combines census and certain government datasets including datasets from ATO, Medicare, PBS, DSS/Centrelink, and Education.
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The Child Protection National Minimum Data Set (CP NMDS) is an annual collection of information on child protection in Australia. It contains data on children who come into contact with State and Territory departments responsible for child protection. The CP NMDS consists of the following data files: client demographics notifications, investigations and substantiations care and protection orders living arrangements, including children in funded out-of-home care carer households data for reporting on National Out-of-Home Care Standards measures safety in care. Where possible, data are also collected on sibling relationships. The CP NMDS collection was implemented in 2012–13. Prior to that a national aggregate child protection data collection was used for national child protection reporting (data for this collection began in 1990–91). Some data are still collected in aggregate format in Excel spreadsheets. The data are published annually by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and are also used for the Report on Government Services
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Dataset that provides regular demographic breakdowns of welfare payment recipients, including age, sex, Indigenous status, payment type, earnings, medical conditions, and geographic location It's released quarterly; and Limited to carers who receive care- related Centrelink payments, no identification by care activity, no information about caring role.
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The National Disability Data Asset is an exciting new national initiative for all Australians. Australian, state and territory governments are working with people with disability and the wider disability community on the National Disability Data Asset. The National Disability Data Asset will bring together de-identified information from different government agencies about all Australians. This will help us to better understand the experiences of people with disability. The National Disability Data Asset will give us more information about programs and services. This will help us to better support people with disability, their families, and carers. We will use the National Disability Data Asset to: give a more complete picture of the programs and services people with disability use share information about how we can improve opportunities and outcomes for people with disability help governments improve supports and services for people with disability improve how we report on outcomes for people with disability under Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031.
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