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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WGEA is a Commonwealth government agency established by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. The Agency's purpose under the Act is to: promote and improve gender equality (including equal remuneration between women and men) in employment and in the workplace support employers to remove barriers to the full and equal participation of women in the workforce promote, amongst employers, the elimination of discrimination on the basis of gender in relation to employment matters (including in relation to family and caring responsibilities) foster workplace consultation between employers and employees on issues concerning gender equality in employment and in the workplace improve the productivity and competitiveness of Australian business through the advancement of gender equality in employment and in the workplace. The Act requires private and Commonwealth public sector employers with 100 or more employees to report annually against six gender equality indicators. Employers with 500 or more employees must also have a policy for each of the 6 gender equality indicators. Those with 500 or more direct employees also need to select and achieve or improve against gender equality targets. WGEA works work with employers to help them comply with the reporting requirements under the Act. Read more about our legislation on the WGEA legislation page. We are committed to promoting and contributing to understanding, acceptance and public debate of gender equality issues in the workplace. WGEA employees regularly speak at events on workplace gender issues and work with business, academics, equal opportunity networks and women’s groups on like-minded projects.
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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 Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia
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The DSS Payment Demographic Data for Young Carers provides a summary of the demographic profile of Carer Payment and Carer Allowance recipients aged under 25.
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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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