History of changes

Data Integration Project Register
Released
13/12/2021

20/10/2022 

The email address for enquiries has been updated on the Overview page.

08/09/2022 

The Health and Education page has been updated to include information on the Post-School Destinations project.

13/12/2021 

Updates to project information were made to the following entries: 'Real Time Labour Market Tracker' and 'Exits from Income Support',

The following projects were added to the Register:

Health and Education
Understanding socio-demographic cohorts in the Covid-19 Vaccines Strategy
National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) – Pathways from education to employment South Australia
National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) – Identification of people with a disability in linked administrative data
Veterans Health and Welfare Research

Industry and the Economy
Small and medium enterprise loan guarantee APRA data
Patterns and drivers of wages levels and growth

Statistical methodology research
Census Futures Project: Using administrative data to improve and support the 2021 Census of Population and Housing
Survey of Income And Housing Linkage Project

03/12/2021

The Data Assets page has been updated to include information on new enduring linkages to MADIP, including the Total VET Activity (TVA) and the Provider Registration and International Students Management System (PRISMS) datasets.

19/10/2021

An additional research paper was linked to the ‘ABS and Department of Social Services Joint Data Integration Initiative’ entry (Demography).

16/08/2021

The Data Assets page has been updated to include information on new enduring linkages to MADIP, including the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) datasets.

30/04/2021

The Data Assets page has been updated to include additional information about the datasets provided for MADIP by each Data Custodian.

23/03/2021

An additional research paper was linked to the Demography project titled ‘ABS and Department of Social Services Joint Data Integration Initiative’.

The following projects were added to the Register:

Demography
2021 Census Post Census Review
2020 Census Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE)
Census Person Asset and Contingency Research
Proof of Concept for Crime and Justice Data Integration

Environment
Agricultural Levies assessment for ongoing use in REACS and VACP

Health and Education
Their Futures Matter (NSW)
Total VET Activity linked to MADIP
Early Childhood Outcomes (NSW)

Industry and the Economy
Workplace Agreements Database
Trademarks and exporting: Evidence from Australian Microdata

16/10/2020

Updates to project information were made to the following entries: 'Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP)', 'Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE)', ‘Intergenerational drivers of entry into the Victorian Child Protection system’, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mortality Project', ‘Industrial energy productivity: To what extend is there a gap between frontier and laggard firms?’, ‘Expanding and improving the DIIS Program Analytics Tool’, ‘Measuring and accelerating Australian entrepreneurial dynamism, ‘BLADE Merchandise Exports integration’, ‘BLADE – business establishment dates’, ‘Industry and Employment Dynamics in South Australia - Pilot’, ‘Characteristics of Australian Exporters’, ‘Small business participation in Commonwealth procurement’, ‘ABS Address Register’, ‘ABS Business Register and Common Frame creation’, ‘Proof of concept for National Crime and Justice Data Linkage project’, ‘Census Dwelling Occupancy and Imputation’, ‘Outgoing Telephone Contact Feasibility Test’, ‘Use of Big Data to produce Agricultural Statistics’, and 'AIHW/ABS Interoperability Project'.

Minor updates to links were made to: ‘Census Post Enumeration Survey’.

The following projects were added to the Register:

Migration
Migration’s Impact on Australian Society

Health and Education
Births data: Coverage study of births registration data and the Person Linkage Spine

Environment
Predicting the Value and Use of Urban Land

Industry and the Economy
Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages
Real Time Labour Market Tracker
Assessing potential impacts of COVID on firms
Outcomes of Indigenous Preferential Procurement
Industry and Employment Dynamics in South Australia – Data update

Statistical methodology research
Using linked data to investigate non-response due to COVID-19
Using administrative data to inform impact of COVID-19 crisis on businesses

09/06/2019

Additional data integration projects were added to the categories of Demography, Health and Education, Industry and the Economy, and Statistical methodology research. Updates to publication information were made on the Data assets page.

17/12/2019

Updates to project information were made to the 'Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP)', 'Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE)', 'Linked Employer-Employee Database (LEED)', 'Understanding the quality of Labour Force data in the Census', 'Agricultural Census to BLADE 2015/16', 'Pathways for the Future - Reform Project', 'AIHW/ABS Interoperability Project' and 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mortality Project' entries. Minor updates to publications and links were made to the 'Personal Income Tax and Migrants Integrated Dataset (PITMID)' entry.

The following projects were added to the Register:

Demography
Intergenerational drivers of entry into the Victorian Child Protection system

Environment
Farm-Level Longitudinal Agricultural Dataset (FLAD)/Effects of Climate Variability on Australian Farms

Health and Education
Using linked data to investigate the role of sociodemographic factors in cancer

Industry and the Economy
BLADE Merchandise Exports integration
Impact Assessment of Austrade’s Services

Statistical methodology research
Comparing Census and administrative data for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population

20/09/2019

Updates to project information were made to the 'Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP)', 'Linked Employer-Employee Database (LEED)', 'Multi-location businesses project', and 'Tax Data Quality Studies' entries. Minor updates to publications and links were made to the 'Coordination of Health Care Study', 'Characteristics of Australian Exporters', and 'Use of Big Data to produce Agricultural Statistics' entries.

The following projects were added to the Register:

Health and Education
Transition from education to work

Industry and the Economy
Improving infrastructure and housing outcomes in metropolitan Western Australia

17/06/2019

Minor updates to publications/links were made to the 'Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP)' and 'Industry and Employment Dynamics in South Australia' project entries. Updates were made to the reference periods listed in the 'Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE)' dataset table.

The following projects were added to the Register:

Demography
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mortality Project 2016

Environment
Agricultural Census to BLADE 2015/16

Health and Education
Direct measure of capacity to contribute for non-government school funding
Pathways for the Future - Reform Project
Early Learning and Development integrated dataset

Industry and the Economy
BLADE - business establishment dates
Wage subsidies and business dynamics
Clean Energy Regulator and ABS Business Register Data Integration Project

Statistical methodology research
Administrative data research into improving income statistics
Multi-location businesses project
BLADE - Business Characteristics Survey weights
Proof of concept for National Crime and Justice Data Linkage project
Local Government Finance Quality Study

16/04/2019

Additional data integration projects were added to the categories of Demography, Environment, Health and Education, Industry and the Economy, and Statistical methodology research. Minor updates to publication information were made on the Data assets page (the ACLD and BLADE projects).

27/03/2019

Three new categories were added (Environment, Health and Education, and Migration), and additional data integration projects were added to each category. The Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP) and the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset (ACLD) entries on the Data Assets page were updated to reflect new releases.

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