Australian Government Organisations Register: Directory of Federal Bodies

Australia's official register of federal government bodies, providing details on their function, composition, and origins. The dataset is published by the Department of Finance on the directory.gov.au platform and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-05-08.

Use Cases

• Mapping government agency relationships based on organizational function and composition data
• Analyzing the evolution of public bodies based on origins and historical details
• Building a reference directory for government services based on the official register

Strengths

• Officially published by the Australian Department of Finance, providing authoritative source data.
• Includes a unique ID for each organization, though its longevity is noted as a potential risk.
• Available in a machine-readable CSV format and updated daily via a separate XML dump.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The unique ID is not considered a long-life key, requiring careful handling for longitudinal studies.

Provenance

Source

Department of Finance, Australia

Collection Method

Official government register maintained on the directory.gov.au platform.

Time Range

Current snapshot as of the last update date; includes historical origins of bodies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 01:00:43.144182; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia (federal government bodies)