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APPENDIX 1: ABS WORK PROGRAM BY COMPONENT

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

Program
National Accounts	Quarterly and annual statistics of Gross Domestic Product and its 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
	Consumer Sales
	Dwelling and Other Building Approvals
	Construction related gross fixed capital formation – Building Activity and Engineering Construction
Industry Statistics	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
International Relations	Collaborating with international statistical agencies and other organisations e.g. United Nations Security Council, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Program
National Accounts	Annual productivity statistics (including annual estimates of multi-factor productivity)
	Annual State Accounts
Business Indicators	Mineral and Petroleum Exploration
Industry Statistics	Economic Activity Survey – rotating (detailed industry data for National Accounts benchmarks)
	Business Characteristics Survey (part user funded)
	Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE)
	Business Demographics program
Financial Statistics	Housing Finance Statistics
Employer Statistics	Job Vacancies Survey
Agriculture Statistics	Agricultural Census (five yearly)
	Rural Environment and Agricultural Commodities Survey (annual)
	Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced (annual)
Environment Statistics	Environment Accounts, including Water Account, Energy Accounts and Land Accounts
	Environmental Indicators Surveys (irregular)
Labour Statistics	Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation
	Characteristics of Employment
	Retirement and Retirement Intentions
	Work Related Injuries
Census of Population and Housing	Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset
	Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset
Prices	Residential Property Prices Indexes
Transport and Tourism Statistics	Motor Vehicle Census
Demography	Population Projections
	Regional Population Growth
Social Conditions	Multi-agency Data Integration Project
Education and Training	National Schools Statistics Collection
	Survey of Education to Work
	Work Related Training and Adult Learning
Health and Disability Statistics	Causes of Death
	National Health Survey (part user funded)
	National Aboriginal and Torres Islander Health Survey (user funded)
	Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (user funded)
Migrant Statistics	Characteristics of Migrants
Regional Statistics	Data by Region (national regional profiles)

Program
International Accounts	Survey of Foreign Currency Exposure (user funded)
Industry Statistics	Internet Activity Survey
	Household Use of Information Technology Survey
	Research and Experimental Development – Business, Government, Private Non-Profit and Higher Education
	Venture Capital and Later Stage Private Equity (user funded)
Financial Statistics	Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers
	Lending Finance
Employer Statistics	Industrial Disputes
Agriculture Statistics	Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Businesses, Land and Water Entitlements
	Wool Receivals, Purchases and Sales Survey
	Livestock, Poultry and Game Slaughtering (part user funded)
Transport and Tourism Statistics	Tourism Satellite Account (user funded)
	New Motor Vehicles Sales
	Survey of Motor Vehicle Use
Crime and Justice Statistics	National Recorded Crime Victims & Offender Statistics (part user funded)
	National Criminal Courts Statistics (part user funded)
	National Corrective Services Statistics (part user funded)
	Crime Victimisation Survey
Culture and Recreation Statistics	Cultural Participation and Attendance (user funded)
Demography	Marriages and Divorces
Education and Training	Childhood Education and Care Survey
	National Early Childhood Education and Care (user funded)
Health and Disability Statistics	Patient Experience Survey
	Private Health Establishments (part user funded)
Regional Statistics	Regional Economic Data
Social Conditions	Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children (user funded)
	Personal Safety Survey (user funded)
	General Social Survey
International Relations	Indonesia Government Partnership Project (funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
	Statistical development work in the Pacific, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste (funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Methodology	Analytical methods for emerging data sources
	Research and development to compile and analyse statistics

Program
Register and Frameworks	Address Register
	Business Register and Tax Data program
	Classifications
	Data standards and methods
	Geospatial standards and methods
Methodology	Statistical methods
	Statistical quality assurance
	Statistical risk management
Transformation	Data integration
	Engagement strategy
	Microdata futures (enhanced microdata access)
	Partnership projects
	Statistical Business Transformation Program
	Statistical services to the state and territory governments (partly user funded by state and territory governments)
	Statistical Spatial Framework
	Workforce strategy
Enabling Services	Communications
	Customised data delivery
	Data acquisition
	Dissemination and publishing
	Finance
	Human resources
	IT infrastructure
	Microdata delivery
	Provider management
	Security
	Survey management