LibGuides: Social Sciences Grey Literature: Policy, Government, Stats

Policy, Government, Stats

APO: Analysis & Policy Observatory ( previously - Australian Policy Online)
Social, economic, cultural & political research
australia.gov.au
Australian Government site linking over 900 information and service websites, as well as selected state and territory resources.
OpenGov NSW
A searchable online repository for NSW Government publications. It contains annual reports, strategic plans, guides, policy documents, and open access information released under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
Attorney General's Department - Royal Commissions
Attorney General has responsibility for the provision of administrative support to royal commissions.
Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry from 1902
This list includes all Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry (the nomenclature varies) appointed by the Australian Government from 1902, under the provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1902.

Parliament of Australia
Bills, Hansard, Committee Reports etc.
Parliament of New South Wales (Hansard)
Hansard is the written record of proceedings and debates in Parliament, similar to a transcript. It is not a strictly verbatim record, but rather a verified and accurate record.

TimeBase LawOne This link opens in a new window
Full text of legislation, bills and key related material from all nine Australian Federal and State jurisdictions that is updated daily.
Capital Monitor This link opens in a new window
Parliamentary, political, legislative, regulatory and judicial news and information. Includes press releases, transcripts, media interviews and additional related statements by government, opposition, and other parties, as well as industry reaction; Parliamentary papers, committee and inquiry reports, digests, and other official documents; Legislation, Hansard material, Gazettes and court decisions.

ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics This link opens in a new window
The Government agency responsible for the collection of statistics in Australia.

Census Data - Australia
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) conducts the Census of Population and Housing every five years. The Census aims to count the number of people in Australia and record their key characteristics (age, country of birth, main language spoken at home, religion, martial status, employment, income and family characteristics) and the dwellings in which they live.
ADA Australian Data Archive
The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data. ADA disseminates this data for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users. The archive is based in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) at the Australian National University (ANU).
data NSW
data.NSW brings together a list of NSW Government datasets available in one searchable website.
DDI Australian Social Science Data Archive
This repository, which uses Nesstar, provides online access to approximately 2,000 datasets archived with the Australian Social Science Data Archive between 1975 and the present. Areas covered include economics, demography, politics, sociology, psychology, health, law and education. The facility allows browsing, download and online analysis of data.
HuNI (Humanities Networked Infrastructure)
A national Virtual Laboratory with data from a variety of Australian cultural websites.
UN data
Popular statistical tables, country (area) and regional profiles.