In partnership with Australian Property Monitors we are working to widen access across the country and anticipate that by the end of October this year we will have secured access to point level housing data for all states and territories for Australia.
Leaving no corner unaccounted for, researchers can apply for free access to high value housing data for the state or territory of their choice.
Outline of the Research The rate per capita of preventable paediatric presentations to hospital emergency departments (EDs) has risen steeply over the past 12 years, resulting in significant policy and resourcing implications, both in Australia and overseas. In Melbourne, there is concern that already overburdened paediatric emergency services will not be able to meet the […]
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 […]
Outline of the Research Housing affordability in Australia has become a critical concern for young would-be homeowners and policy-makers alike. It has been the focus of a large body of research in Australia, and as house prices increase rapidly, has increasingly become a contentious political concern. Yet, despite the rhetoric emerging from various groups around […]
Welcome to AURIN from AURIN on Vimeo. Australia’s population is predicted to double by mid-century, with 7 out of 10 people living and working in just 5 mega-metro regions. AURIN—the ‘Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network’ —is a national service that empowers urban researchers, planners and policy makers to transform Australia’s growing population centres and regions […]
AURIN presented at the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC), Enterprise Solutions Branch for their inaugural “Our Directions” seminar, a forum to talk about information and technology in the Victorian Government. The DPC Enterprise Solutions produces standards, policies, and governance frameworks for Whole of Victorian Government (WoVG) shared services and information and communications technology (ICT). […]
AURIN continues to work with data partners in unlocking data that enables Australia’s researchers to conduct their research efficiently and effectively. We are happy to announce that, in partnership with Bicycle Network and the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), AURIN users now have access to the Super Tuesday 2015 Data via the AURIN Portal. Run by Bicycle Network, […]
This week the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA) and Land Victoria hosted an International Symposium on the topic of Smart Future Cities: The Role of Spatial Data and Urban Analytics The event focused on the notion that cities hold the key to a sustainable global future – a concept that underpins […]
A way to mine Twitter data to identify real-time traffic jams and accident black spots has been developed by University of Melbourne researchers. These ‘tweets from the streets’ could give urban planners the big data they need to make our transport systems more efficient, identify accident black spots and make our cities more liveable. “We […]
How an eye in the sky can help make cities more walkable, liveable and resilient CSIRO researchers have found a way to turn bird’s eye view photographs of our cities into useful digital maps that could help planners make our cities more liveable and provide emergency services with valuable information. Dr Greg Foliente and his […]