A

Abbreviation and acronyms, 119-123

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

affirmative measures programs, 31

employment in ABS, 31, 96, 97

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Network (Youmpla), 96

ABS at a glance, 10

ABS Beta, 19, 28

ABS Reconciliation Action Plan 2018–2021, 96

ABS Workforce Strategy 2015–19, 29, 95, 98

absences, unscheduled, 100

Accountable Authority, 24, 82

Accountable Authority Instructions, 92

achievements see performance reporting

administrative data, 13, 18, 33–7, 38 see also data collection and management

administrative review decisions, 90

advertising and market research, 92

advisory groups for ABS, 83–5 see also Australian Statistics Advisory Council

AIHW see Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AMLPS see Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey

ANAO see Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)

annual performance statement see performance reporting

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), 5, 19, 28, 36

APRA see Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)

APS see Australian Public Service (APS)

APSC see Australian Public Service Commission (APSC)

ASAC see Australian Statistics Advisory Council (ASAC)

asset management, 92

attendance management, 100

Audit Committee, 83, 87

Auditor-General, 90

access clauses in contracts, 91

see also Australian National Audit Office

audits

ANAO reviews, 89

independent auditor's report, 47–8

quality assurance of performance measures, 45–6

AusTender, 92

Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975, 12, 13, 85, 103

Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset, 35

Australian Census and Temporary Entrants Integrated Dataset, 35

Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset, 36

Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code, 13

Australian Information Commissioner, 90

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 34, 36, 38, 40

Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey (AMLPS), 6, 27

Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)

access clauses in contracts, 91

independent auditor's report on financial statements, 47–8

reviews, 89

Australian Privacy Principles, 13, 88

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), 3, 17, 18

Australian Public Service (APS)

Code of Conduct breaches, 104

employee census, 29, 31, 32

employees in ABS (statistics), 93, 94, 97 see also human resources management

RecruitAbility Scheme, 31

Australian Public Service Commission (APSC), 16

State of the Service census, 29, 31, 32

Australian Statistician, 14, 96, 101

authority and responsibilities, 12, 13, 24, 82, 93, 101

governance and advisory committees, 83–5, 101

remuneration, 101

review of year, 2–7

Australian Statistics Advisory Council (ASAC), 7, 83, 85–6

Australian Taxation Office, 43

Australian Trade and Investment Commission, 34

B

Banks, Prof. Gary, 7, 85

big data, 4, 16 see also data collection and management

Business Longitudinal Analytical Data Environment (BLADE), 33, 34, 36, 43

business transformation see Statistical Business Transformation Program

C

capability development

ABS staff, 29, 97, 98

domestic and international agencies, 16–17

capital management plan, 92

case studies

ABS study identifies risk factors to enhance suicide data, 40

Coordination of Health Care Study, 38

The great Australian commute: understanding the journey to work, 42

New data insights provide more accurate information for school funding model, 41

New insights utilising BLADE, 43

Release of headline monthly underemployment and underutilisation, 39

Census 2021

CALD communities engagement, 97

governance committees, 84

preparation, 6

privacy, 89

security, 88

use of administrative data, 35

Census and Statistics Act 1905, 11, 12, 88

Census and Statistics (Information Release and Access) Determination 2018, 13

Census and Statistics Regulation 2016, 103

Central Analytics Hub, 33

Champions of Change, 96

change management programs see cultural change; Statistical Business Transformation Program

Chief Economist, 14

Closing the Gap report (ANAO), 89

Cloud DataLab, 37

Code of Conduct breaches, 104

collaboration see partnerships

Comcare, 99, 100

committees, 83–5 see also Audit Committee; Health and Safety Committees; People Committee

Commonwealth Contracting Suite, 91

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, 92

Commonwealth Fraud Control Framework 2017, 87

Commonwealth Ombudsman, 90

Commonwealth Procurement Rules, 91, 112

communications technology see information and communications technology

community trust, 5, 7, 11, 27, 45 see also privacy

commuting distance, 42

confidentiality of data see privacy; security of premises, systems and data

consultancies by ABS, 27

consultancy services engaged by ABS, 91

consultation with stakeholders see stakeholders

Consumer Price Index (CPI), 3, 25, 44

contact details, ii

contracts, 91, 92

Coordination of Health Care Study, 34, 38

corporate governance, 82–92

ASAC, 85–6

external scrutiny, 89–90

fraud control, 87

governance fora, 82–5

IPS requirements, 89

privacy, 88–9

risk oversight and management, 86–7

security of premises and systems, 87–8

Corporate Plan, 11, 24, 95

performance against, 25–37, 44–5

courts and tribunals (external scrutiny of ABS), 90

CPI see Consumer Price Index (CPI)

cultural change, 6, 9, 32, 95–6

culturally and linguistically diverse groups

in ABS, 31, 96–7

engagement in Census, 97

cyber threats see security of premises, systems and data

D

data capability, 29

data collection and management, 13, 18–21

administrative data, 13, 18, 33–7, 38

big data, 4, 16

data integration, 4, 33–7, 44

data sharing via APIs, 5, 19, 28, 36

data sources, 2, 4

linked data, 3, 4, 5, 36, 37

microdata, 5, 26, 27, 38

notifiable data breaches, 88

see also information and communications technology; publications; statistical products and services

Data Innovations and Statistical Strategy Committee, 83, 85

Data Integration Partnership for Australia (DIPA), 4, 27, 33–6

Data Integration Sub-Committee, 85

DataLab, 19, 36

Cloud DataLab, 37

sessions, 10, 27

Virtual DataLab, 5

deaths from suicide, 40

deliverables see performance reporting

Department of Education, 34, 41

Department of Finance Gateway Reviews, 28, 45, 89

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 16, 34

Department of Health, 40

Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, 43

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities & Regional Development, 43

Department of the Treasury, 12, 43

Deputy Australian Statisticians, 14–15, 101

Determinations

concerning Census information release, 13

under s. 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999, 103

DIPA see Data Integration Partnership for Australia (DIPA)

disability

disability reporting mechanism, 98, 114

people with disability employed in ABS, 31, 97

Disclosure Review Committee, 84

dissemination of information see publications; statistical products and services; website

diversity in the workplace, 31, 96–7

E

ecological sustainability, 110–13

Economic and Financial Statistics collection, 17–18

Economic Data and Analysis Network, 33

economic statistics, 13, 17–18

Economics Statistics Advisory Group, 84

email inquiry service see National Information and Referral Service

employees of ABS see human resources management

enabling legislation, 12–13 see also Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975; Census and Statistics Act 1905

energy consumption and management, 110–13

engagement with stakeholders see stakeholders

enquiry service see National Information and Referral Service

enterprise agreements, 103

entity resource statement, 108 see also financial performance

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ecological sustainability principles, 110–13

errors and omissions, Annual Report 2017–18, 114

Executive Board, 83, 86

exempt contracts, 92

expenses for Outcome 1, 109

external scrutiny, 89–90

Gateway Review of SBTP, 28, 45, 89

F

Facebook followers, 10

female staff, 31, 93–4

financial performance

asset management, 92

consultancy and user-funded revenue, 4, 5, 27

entity resource statement, 108

expenses for Outcome 1, 109

finance law compliance, 87

financial statements, 47–79

independent auditor's report, 47–8

PGPA Act compliance statement, 50

financial statistics, 17–18

Flex Works, 30

flexible working arrangements, 30, 113

foreign owned business activity, 34

fraud control, iii, 87

Freedom of Information Act 1982, 13, 89, 90, 92

full-time employees, 93–4

function of ABS, 11

funding of ABS, 4, 5, 27, 34

funding arrangements for non-government schools, 41

G

G20 Data Gaps Initiative, 25

Gateway Review

of SBTP, 28, 45, 89

gender balance (staff), 93–4, 96

General Managers, 14–15, 101

glossary, 120–4

governance fora, 82–5 see also corporate governance

government agency data see administrative data

graduate recruitment, 29, 99

green energy, 112–13

Green Lease Schedules, 113

H

Health and Safety Committees, 84, 99

Health and Safety Representatives, 99

health care studies, 34, 38

health promotion in ABS see workplace health and safety

high-volume data holdings see big data

highlights of 2018–19, 2–3

household inflation indicators see Consumer Price Index

human resources management, 6, 93–104

attendance management, 100

cultural change programs, 6, 9, 32, 95–6

diversity in the workplace, 31, 96–7

employment arrangements, 30, 103, 113

flexible working arrangements, 30, 113

key management personnel, 101

leadership development, 29, 96

People Committee, 83, 99

performance management of staff, 104

recruitment, 29, 97, 99

rehabilitation management, 100

remuneration, 101–3

seconded officers, 16, 26

staff gender balance, 31, 93–4

staff location, 93, 94–5

staff numbers and profile, 93–5, 97

staff satisfaction with working conditions, 30, 32, 96

training and development, 29, 97, 98

workforce diversity, 31, 96–7

workforce planning, 29, 95, 98

workplace health and safety, 99–100

I

Inclusion and Diversity Strategy, 96 see also diversity in the workplace

Indigenous Australians see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

individual determinations (section 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999), 103

individual flexibility arrangements, 103

inflation data, 3

inflation indicators see Consumer Price Index

information and communications technology, 2, 5, 19, 112 see also website

information and referral service see National Information and Referral Service

information dissemination see publications; statistical products and services; website

Information Privacy Principles see Australian Privacy Principles

Information Publication Scheme, 89

injury and illness incidence (ABS staff), 99–100

inoperative staff, 93

Instagram followers, 10

integrated data see under data collection and management

Intellectual Property Australia, 43

Intelligent Coder, 19

International Classification of Diseases, 40

international engagement, 3, 16–17

International Monetary Fund Special Data Dissemination Standards, 25

international standards, 17, 25, 40

interviewers, 93, 95, 99, 103, 104

J

journey to work, 42

judicial decisions, 90

K

Kalisch, David see Australian Statistician

key management personnel, 101

knowledge framework, 113

L

labour market statistics, 3, 25, 39

underemployment, 39

leadership

by ABS, 11, 16–17

in ABS (senior executives), 14–15, 101

international, 3

see also Australian Statistician

leadership development, 29, 96

legislation

ABS-enabling, 12

ABS subject to, 13

environmental sustainability, 110–13

freedom of information, 13, 89, 90, 92

privacy, 11, 13, 88

public interest disclosure, 13

work health and safety, 99

see also Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975; Census and Statistics Act 1905; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918; Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; Public Service Act 1999

letter of transmittal, iii

LGBTI+ see diversity in the workplace

linked data, 3, 4, 5, 36, 37 see also data collection and management

Linked Employer-Employee Database (LEED), 3, 36

LinkedIn followers, 10

Location Integration Capability (Loc-I), 36

location of staff, 93, 94–5 see also office premises

M

MADIP see Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP)

Male Champions of Change, 96

male staff, 93–4

market research, 92

Medicare information, 38

Methodology Advisory Committee, 84

microdata, 5, 26, 27, 38

migration data, 35, 37

Ministers, 7, 12

misconduct investigations, 104

mission

ABS role and functions, 11

ASAC mission, 86

Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP), 33, 34, 36, 41

multicultural access and equity, 97 see also diversity in the workplace

N

National Accounts, 3, 17–18

National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 34

National Coronial Information System, 40

National Health and Safety Committee, 84

National Information and Referral Service, calls and emails to, 10

National School Resourcing Board, 41

Next Generation Infrastructure platform, 19, 20 see also information and communications technology

non-ongoing employees, 94–5

non-salary benefits of senior executives, 101–2

notifiable data breaches, 88

notifiable incidents (WHS), 99

O

objectives of ABS see outcome and program; purpose of ABS

occupational health and safety see workplace health and safety

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, 90

office premises

security, 87–8

staff numbers at, 93, 94–5

Ombudsman, 90

omissions and errors, Annual Report 2017–18, 114

ongoing employees, 94–5

online data collection, 18

operative staff, 93

organisational change see cultural change; Statistical Business Transformation Program

organisational culture, 6, 32, 95–6

organisational structure, 13, 14–15

outcome and program, 13, 24 see also performance reporting

P

parliamentary committees, submissions to, 90

part-time employees, 93–4

partnerships, 11, 16–17, 33–7 see also stakeholders

pay (ABS employees) see remuneration

PBS see Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; Portfolio Budget Statements

People Committee, 83, 99

performance audits, 89

performance management (staff), 104 see also human resources management

performance pay, 103

performance reporting

ABS at a glance (metrics), 10

analysis of performance against purpose, 44–6

compliance statement, 24

environmental performance, 110–13

financial see financial performance

quality assurance of performance measures, 45–6

stakeholder relationship performance, 26

Strategic Priority 1 (Providing high quality statistics), 25–7, 45

Strategic Priority 2 (Transforming the ABS for the future), 28–32, 45

Strategic Priority 3 (statistical solutions), 33–7, 45

person-centred linkage, 37

personal information see privacy

PGPA Act see Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme information, 38

Physical Environment Analytical Network, 33

plans and planning

capital management, 92

corporate see Corporate Plan

fraud control, 87

reconciliation action, 96

workforce (ABS), 29, 95, 98

workforce (APS-wide), 16

Population and Social Statistics Advisory Group, 84

population data and projections, 3, 13, 25 see also Census 2021

Portfolio Budget Statements

outcome and program, 13

performance reporting, 24–37

portfolio membership, 12

priorities of ABS, 11

privacy, 11, 88–9 see also security of premises, systems and data

Privacy Act 1988, 11, 13, 88

procurement, 91–2, 112

Productivity Commission, 26

productivity measurement, 3

program deliverables, 13, 24–37

Protari, 36

Provisional Improvement Notices, 99

psychosocial risk factors associated with suicide deaths, 40

public data see administrative data

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, 13, 91

compliance statements, iii, 24, 50, 87

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rules, 87

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013, 13

Public Service Act 1999, 13

ABS employee statistics, 93–7 see also human resources management

employment arrangements, 103

section 24(1) determinations, 103

public trust, 5, 7, 11, 27, 45 see also privacy

publications

availability, 112

EFS collection, 17–18

standards met, 25

statistical releases, 2

usage and uptake, 2, 10, 27, 38–43

user satisfaction, 26

see also statistical products and services; website

purchasing (procurement), 91–2, 112

purpose of ABS, 11, 24

Q

quality assurance of performance measures, 45–6 see also external scrutiny

R

RBA see Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)

Reconciliation Action Plan, 96

recordkeeping, 113

RecruitAbility Scheme, 31

recruitment, 97, 99

recycling, 111–13

rehabilitation management, 100

remote access to data see DataLab

remuneration, 101–3

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), 3, 4, 17, 18, 26, 34, 39, 43

Resource Prioritisation Committee, 83

resource statement, 108–9 see also financial performance

revenue, consultancy and user-funded, 4, 5, 27 see also financial performance

risk management, 5

ANAO review of, 89

framework and oversight, 86–7

fraud risk assessment, 87

statistical risk management, 18

see also corporate governance

Robert, Hon. Stuart, 7, 12

role and functions of ABS, 11

S

safety in the workplace, 99–100

salary arrangements see remuneration

same-sex marriage law survey see Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey

satisfaction surveys

staff, 30, 32, 96

stakeholders, 26

SBTP see Statistical Business Transformation Program (SBTP)

school funding modelling, data for, 41

science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills, 17, 96

seconded officers, 16, 26, 38

section 24(1) determinations, 103

Security Committee, 83

security of premises, systems and data, 87–8 see also privacy

Senate inquiries see parliamentary committees, submissions to

Senior Executive Service (SES)

gender balance, 31, 94

numbers, 94, 102

remuneration, 101–2

senior executives, 14–15

remuneration, 101–2

Service Improvement Steering Committee, 85

small business participation in procurement market, 91

Social, Health and Welfare Analytical Unit (SHWAU), 33

social media, 10

social statistics, 13

Special Data Dissemination Standards, 25

staff see human resources management

stakeholders, 11, 33–7

engagement strategies for Census 2021, 97

satisfaction with ABS statistics, 26

use of ABS statistics, 27, 38–43

standards, 11, 17, 25, 40 see also quality assurance of performance measures

state and territory governments, ABS collaboration with, 16

State Statistical Forum, 84

Statistical Business Transformation Program (SBTP)

achievements, 5–6, 8–9, 18–21

governance boards, 83, 84

performance report, 28, 45

reviews, 28, 89

timeline, 20–1

statistical products and services

availability, 112

EFS collection, 17–18

releases, 2

standards met, 25

usage and uptake, 2, 10, 27, 38–43

user satisfaction, 26

statistical standards, 11, 17, 25, 40

Statistical Strategy Committee, 85

Statistician see Australian Statistician

statutory office-holder see Australian Statistician

STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills, 17, 96

strategic planning see Corporate Plan

Strategic Priority 1 (Providing high quality statistics), 25–7, 45

Strategic Priority 2 (Transforming the ABS for the future), 28–32, 45

Strategic Priority 3 (Delivering new statistical solutions), 33–7, 45

suicide, psychosocial risk factors, 40

Sukkar, Hon. Michael, 7, 12

Survey of Health Care, 38

surveys

online data collection, 18

T

TableBuilder products, 36

telephone inquiry service see National Information and Referral Service

teleworking, 30 see also flexible working arrangements

Torres Strait Islanders see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

training and development of ABS staff, 29, 97, 98

transformation programs see cultural change; Statistical Business Transformation Program

Treasury, 12, 26, 43

tribunals, 90

trust in ABS, 5, 7, 11, 27, 45

Twitter followers, 10

U

underemployment, 39

underperformance (staff) see performance management (staff)

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, 16

unscheduled absences, 100

V

vehicle fleet, 112

Virtual DataLab, 5

W

waste management, 111–13

website

new, 5, 19, 28

visits and downloads, 2, 10, 27

whole-of-government initiatives, 16, 36, 85, 91, 98, 112

Work Health and Safety Act 2011, 99

workers' compensation, 99, 100

workers' compensation premium, 99

workforce diversity, 31, 96–7

workforce planning

ABS, 29, 95, 98

APS-wide, 16

see also human resources management

workforce training (ABS), 29, 97, 98

workforce statistics (ABS), 93–5, 97, 101–3 see also human resources management

workplace health and safety, 99–100

workplace relations, 101–3

World Health Organization, 40

Y

Youmpla (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Network), 96

YouTube followers, 10