Thanks for inviting me come along and talk to you about some of the issues associated with opening up government data. The ABS collects, analyses and disseminates a huge volume of information that covers a range of different topics. I represent the part of the organisation that collects data on people and dwellings through our five yearly Census of Population and Housing. But the ABS has a vast array of data on the environment, the economy, a range of social issues, industry data etc… We collect a lot, and publish a subset – and we recognise that there are many stories inside our data that don’t get told. The challenge for us, and for governments across the world, is to open up more of out data and let the users of our data find the stories themselves.