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Open Council Data Toolkit

  • Learn
    • What is open data?
    • Why open data?
    • Who is publishing open data in Australia?
    • Who is publishing open data overseas?
  • Get started
    • Publishing open data
    • Getting Buy-In
    • > Sample Briefing
    • > Myth busting: understanding risks
    • Managing open data in your council
    • Open data policies
    • > Policy Template
    • Going further
  • Toolkit
    • How to publish data: step by step
    • > Create a dataset register
    • > Tools for automating data updates
    • Open Council Data Standards
  • Stay connected
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    • International
  • About

Join dozens of Australian councils in sharing your data assets: free of charge, unrestricted, and in standard formats. Learn what open data is, and why it can help save time and solve real problems.

Need help getting buy-in? Try the sample briefing, responses to common objections, and guide to managing open data.

Ready to publish? Point your GIS and IT teams to the step-by-step guide, tools for automatic publishing and standards to follow.

Get your council on the map

See how many councils are already publishing open data, and how many datasets they have released. This map is updated live.

 

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Last updated January 2016.
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