Outline of the Research Urban Planning Research is an undergraduate course delivered to planning students at RMIT. The course is designed to develop an in-depth understanding of applied social research skills specific to the discipline of urban planning. Students who take the course develop the research skills needed to implement a range of common methods […]
Author Archives: ejoughin
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Apr
Apr
Code for Australia are kicking off BudgetHack 2017: Communicating the budget on the 3rd of May at Thoughtworks in Melbourne. AURIN is providing access to the AURIN API for attendees to use for spatial data access. What is BudgetHack 2017? The Victorian State Budget sets out the government’s expenditure and programs priorities for the year but […]
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New Data Alert – NSW Local Environment Plans, Residential Permits and Growth Areas
AURIN has released some new datasets from the Government of New South Wales – Department of Planning and Environment (NSW-DPE) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) available now through the AURIN Portal. The Government of New South Wales – Department of Planning and Environment has supplied data to the research community via AURIN relating to Local Environment Plans. […]
As our towns and cities face the challenges of growing sustainably, urban experts must consider a range of issues. Urban systems are complex and understanding how they function is critical for their future development. The outreach team here at AURIN will be exhibiting how AURIN can help with spatial research and decision making for all facets of planning […]
AURIN has released some new datasets from the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland governments, available now through the AURIN Portal. The Government of the Australian Capital Territory – Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate has supplied data to the research community via AURIN relating to public recreational land use. This data captured and maintained in the City […]
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Mar
Mar
Outline of the Research Chronic hepatitis B infection (CHB) affects approximately 1% of the Australian population, with the burden of infection disproportionately borne by migrants and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – groups with distinctive spatial settlement and migration characteristics. In addition to CHB infection risk, these populations experience well-documented challenges in accessing health services […]
AURIN has released some exciting new datasets available through the AURIN Portal. National Deaths and Mortality Database (CC-BY) A new dataset from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the scope of this data includes: all deaths being registered for the first time, deaths of temporary visitors to Australia (including visitors from Norfolk Island), deaths that occurred […]
On the 4th of March it is Open Data Day. This annual celebration is an opportunity to show the benefits of open data and encourage the adoption of open data policies in government, business and civil society. This year one of the focus areas is Open Research Data, something that AURIN continually supports and advocates for. […]
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Feb
Feb
This month AURIN will be running a workshop at the 10th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference. This conference provides an key opportunity for housing researchers to share theoretical and empirical research with peers across a wide range of disciplines. Attendees have the opportunity to advance and debate ideas to help guide Australia’s future approach to housing […]
The team at AURIN congratulate Professor Robert John Stimson, former Director of AURIN on his recognition as a Member of the Order of Australia , the citation notes his “significant service to science as a researcher and academic, particularly in the discipline of analytical human geography.” This great honour is well deserved. Bob has had […]