The ABS is Australia’s national statistical agency, providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters of importance to Australia.

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is a world-renowned research and publishing organisation with extensive collections. The organisation's aim is to promote knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, traditions, languages and stories, past and present.

An Australian Government statutory agency, the Australian Institute of Family Studies produces high-quality, responsive and impartial research into the wellbeing of Australian families.

Data.gov.au provides an easy way to find, access and reuse public data. Working across governments to publish data and continue to improve functionality based on user feedback. They encourage you to use government data to analyse, mashup and develop tools and applications to benefit all Australians.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare body produces high quality, impartial reports on Australian health and welfare issues. A excellent source of statistical data on health issues, broken into demographic and regional sets.

The OECD organisation statistics sets on a wide range of topics produced from indicators of the 35 member countries.

The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data and to make these data available for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users.

Research Data Australia caters specifically for researchers but also has broader relevance to others including policy makers, educators and business people. Research Data Australia covers a broad spectrum of research fields - across sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Much of the data you can discover here is immediately accessible online via their partners and free to use.