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National Broadband Network 2012

dbcde2 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:15:38 +0000

The Australian Government announced on 7 April 2009 it would establish a new company to build and operate a new high-speed National Broadband Network (NBN). The NBN will become the single largest infrastructure investment made by an Australian Government, accompanied by historic reforms to Australia’s telecommunications sector.

Country by level of processing trade data spreadsheet

dfat — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:58:36 +0000

This spreadsheet contains the raw data used to generate the Country and TRIEC (Trade Import Export Classification) pivot table, 2010-11, published on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) website and located at http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/stats-pubs/exports_primary_manufacture.html. It presents Australia’s merchandise exports and imports with its trading partners, for each country, by level of processing.

The data are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) who derive it from data obtained by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. They are then concorded to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade TRIEC classification for presentation. The data is consistent with ABS monthly merchandise trade data as at September 2011.

Data: Australian Government ICT Expenditure

Gordon - AGIMO — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:17:13 +0000

This report presents data about Information and Communications Technology (ICT) use and expenditure in 2008-09 and 2009-10 by Australian Government agencies.

Australian Government ICT Expenditure 2008-09 – 2009-10 Report

ictbenchmarking — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:43 +0000

This report presents data about Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use and expenditure in 2008-09 and 2009-10 by Australian Government agencies. The data has been sourced from agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 through an annual ICT benchmarking data collection exercise conducted by the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

Guidance: Publishing Public Sector Information

Lisa - AGIMO — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:02:38 +0000

Guidance for Australian Government in publishing Public Sector Information (PSI) is available on the Web Guide.

Transitional Groundwater Resource Plans

Lisa - AGIMO — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:34:53 +0000

These datasets show the boundaries of transitional groundwater resource plans as listed in Schedule 4 of the Water Act 2007.

For more detail, see further metadata.

Hydrologic Indicator Sites

Lisa - AGIMO — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:28:49 +0000

These points represent the 122 hydrologic indicator sites chosen to cover specified environmental objectives and targets, environmental water requirements or environmental demands. These sites are called hydrologic indicator sites. The hydrologic indicator sites and flows described at those sites are intended to represent the broader environmental flow needs of river valleys or reaches. The selection of sites and flows described focus on those areas and issues with greatest sensitivity to the environmentally sustainable level of take.

For more detail, see further metadata.

Water Quality Zones

Lisa - AGIMO — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:25:06 +0000

The dataset shows MDB Water Quality Regions /Zones as at March 2010. The dataset has been derived from the SRA Valley Zones was created by Sustainable Rivers Audit (SRA) program in Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) which is a comprehensive assessment of river health taken in the Murray Darling Basin. This dataset was constructed in GDA94 coordinate system, using the Australian Water Resources Council (AWRC) catchment layer and were then subdivided into altitude zones. These altitude zones correspond to one of seven categories: Montane, Upland, Slopes, Lowland, Upper, Middle, Lower and Mt Lofty.

The water quality regions have been defined using similar geomorphologic and geophysical landscape characteristics. The amalgamations of altitude zones were determined, using similar water quality parameter values. The water quality regions as defined by this dataset have been used in the guide to the Basin Plan.

For more detail, see further metadata.

Groundwater SDL Resource Units

Lisa - AGIMO — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:21:20 +0000

This dataset defines the boundaries of the 94 groundwater SDL resource units in the Murray-Darling Basin. These include 2 groundwater SDL resource units for deep groundwater that lie beneath the 92 groundwater SDL resource units.

In some areas, there are SDL resource units that overlap one another (eg: GS1). This occurs where SDLs have been set for discrete aquifers that overlie one another under the same area of land. These can be differentiated by the GWSDLName field.

There are areas of overlap between the groundwater and deep groundwater SDL resource units which need to be taken into account when viewing the data. These can be differentiated by the GWSDLType field.

For more detail, see further metadata.

Surface Water SDL Resource Units

Lisa - AGIMO — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:15:11 +0000

The surface water sustainable diversion limit (SDL) resource unit dataset defines the boundary of 29 surface water SDL areas in the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

The SDLs represent the maximum long-term average quantities of water that can be taken for consumption in any one year, i.e. the long-term average annual limit. An SDL will be set for all diversions in each of the 29 surface-water SDL areas that have been established for the Basin Plan.

For more detail, see further metadata.