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16/07/2021 11:30am AEST
The laws and policies that guide our transparency and privacy measures.
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Privacy
Our privacy policy and privacy impact statements.
Legislative framework
The principal legislation that we work under.
Pre-release access policy
How we ensure equity of access to all for our statistics and publications.
Documents tabled in Parliament
Our Senate Order lists and Survey documents tabled in parliament.
Procurement, contracts and registers
How we obtain services and a list of all gifts we have received.
Australian Statistics Advisory Council (ASAC)
The key advisory body to the Minister and the ABS on statistical services.
AI transparency statement
How we develop, deploy and manage artificial intelligence.
Commonwealth Child Safe Framework Statement of Compliance
Security vulnerability disclosure
This policy gives a person a point of contact to directly submit their findings if they believe they have found a potential security vulnerability within ICT systems operated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Freedom of Information
Make an FOI request and browse the documents we have releases in response to FOI requests.
Public Interest Disclosure
Public officials can use the public interest disclosure to report suspected wrongdoing in the Australian public sector.
Audit and Risk Committee
The Audit and Risk Committee's Charter.
ABS Institutional Environment
How we keep impartial and independent.
Data Availability and Transparency Act (DATA) Scheme
Australian government bodies and universities can request statistics under the DATA scheme
Purchasing data
User charging policy, refunds and credits policy and ABS conditions of sale
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