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title: Government and business
resource: https://publicdata.au/topics/government/
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# Government and business

Who the agencies, businesses and charities are, from the registers that list them.

- [Geocoded National Address File (G-NAF), Geoscape](https://publicdata.au/d/gnaf/): Every physical address in Australia with its geocode, street, locality, postcode and mesh block, as Geoscape's quarterly G-NAF release: 37 related tables with about 131 million rows in all, including about 17 million addresses, served as one DuckDB database and one Parquet file per table. Geoscape Australia, Open G-NAF EULA, latest 2026-08-17, 131,441,280 rows.
- [Company Register, ASIC](https://publicdata.au/d/asic-companies/): Every company registered with ASIC and those deregistered in recent years, with ACN, type, class, status, registration and deregistration dates, ABN and every name each company has held. About 4.4 million rows, updated weekly. Australian Securities and Investments Commission, CC BY 3.0 AU, latest 2026-10-05, 4,449,049 rows.
- [Business Names Register, ASIC](https://publicdata.au/d/asic-business-names/): Every business name registered with ASIC, with its status, registration and cancellation dates, the holder's ABN and any state registration it was carried over from. About 3.3 million names, updated weekly. Australian Securities and Investments Commission, CC BY 3.0 AU, latest 2026-09-30, 3,327,008 rows.
- [Unclaimed money register, Queensland Public Trustee](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-unclaimed-money/): Each amount of unclaimed money held by the Public Trustee of Queensland, with the owner's name, amount, sender and date received. The Public Trustee of Queensland, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-09-28, 2,551,529 rows.
- [Notifiable invoices register, ACT Government](https://publicdata.au/d/act-notifiable-invoices/): Every invoice of 25,000 dollars or more paid by the ACT Government and its entities since July 2015, one row per invoice with the supplier, description, payment date and amount. Procurement ACT, Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-09-18, 126,332 rows.
- [Register of Australian charities, ACNC](https://publicdata.au/d/acnc-register/): Every charity registered with the ACNC, with ABN, names, address, size, registration date, where it operates, its charitable purposes and who it helps. About 66,000 charities, updated weekly. Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, CC BY 3.0 AU, latest 2026-10-05, 66,430 rows.
- [State and local heritage places, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-heritage-places/): The footprints of State Heritage Places on the South Australian Heritage Register and Local Heritage Places in the Planning and Design Code, along with contributory items, with address, class and listing details. Department for Housing and Urban Development, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-06-28, 23,229 rows.
- [Social housing maintenance and modification spending, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-maintenance/): What the Queensland Government spent maintaining and modifying its social housing in each suburb, by property type, in the latest financial year. Department of Housing and Public Works, CC BY 4.0, latest 2025-12-17, 5,387 rows.
- [Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/): Public holidays, school terms and holidays, daylight saving changes, parliamentary sitting days and multifaith calendar dates for Victoria, one row per date, from 2018 to 2030. Department of Government Services, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-08-18, 2,894 rows.
- [Homelessness services, Report on Government Services](https://publicdata.au/d/rogs-homelessness-services/): Every figure in the Report on Government Services section on homelessness services, by state and territory: expenditure, clients, support periods, unmet demand and outcomes from 2020-21 to 2024-25, and Census estimates of homelessness for 2011, 2016 and 2021. Updated yearly. Productivity Commission, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-01-27, 2,618 rows.
- [Contracts register, ACT Government, to 2017](https://publicdata.au/d/act-contracts-register-2016-2017/): The ACT Government contracts register as the open data portal last held it in July 2017, mostly contracts executed from 2012 to June 2017, one row per contract with the contractor, amount and dates. Procurement ACT, Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, CC BY 4.0, latest 2017-07-25, 2,374 rows.
- [Automatic mutual recognition register, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/): Every registration of a person working in the ACT on an interstate licence under the Automatic Mutual Recognition scheme, one row per registration with the licence category and issuing state. Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-10-13, 2,096 rows.
- [Queensland Heritage Register places](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-heritage-register/): Every place entered in the Queensland Heritage Register, with name, address, council, entry date, description, history and significance, from the department's export. Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, CC BY 4.0, latest 2022-06-02, 1,797 rows.
- [Professional engineers register, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-engineers-register/): Every active professional engineer registration in the ACT under the Professional Engineers Act 2023, one row per registration with the engineer's name, period and areas of engineering. Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-10-13, 1,027 rows.
- [Contracts awarded by the Department of Primary Industries, Queensland, from July 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-dpi-contract-disclosure/): Every contract worth $10,000 or more awarded by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries since July 2025, with supplier, value, date and procurement method. Department of Primary Industries, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-05-27, 834 rows.
- [Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia, 2021 to 2025](https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/): Every gazetted public holiday in each Australian state and territory from 2021 to 2025, one row per holiday and state, from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, CC BY 3.0 AU, latest 2024-09-24, 532 rows.
- [Contracts awarded by Transport and Main Roads, Queensland, current financial year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-tmr-contract-disclosure/): Every contract worth $10,000 or more that the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads awarded or varied in the current financial year, with supplier, value, date and procurement method. Department of Transport and Main Roads, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-09-22, 504 rows.
- [Justice of the Peace and Commissioner for Declarations signing locations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-jp-signing-locations/): Every place in Queensland where volunteer Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations sit to witness documents, with address, coordinates and weekly session times. Department of Justice, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-09-30, 250 rows.
- [Contracts awarded by QLeave, Queensland, 2025-26](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-qleave-contract-disclosure/): Every contract worth $10,000 or more awarded by QLeave in the 2025-26 financial year, with supplier, value, date and procurement method. QLeave, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-07-13, 68 rows.
- [Contracts awarded by eHealth Queensland, current financial year](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-ehealth-contract-disclosure/): Every contract worth $10,000 or more awarded by eHealth Queensland in the current financial year, with supplier, value, date and procurement method. Queensland Health, CC BY 4.0, latest 2026-10-01, 63 rows.
- [Public holidays, New South Wales, 2019 to 2023](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-public-holidays/): The date and name of every New South Wales public holiday from 2019 to 2023, as Transport for NSW lists them. Transport for NSW, CC BY 4.0, latest 2025-02-05, 61 rows.
- [Council food safety enforcement in the processor and manufacturer sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-processor-manufacturer/): The number of food processors and manufacturers in South Australia, how many councils inspected and the enforcement actions that followed, by kind of business, from the newest Annual Food Act Report. SA Health, CC BY 4.0, latest 2025-11-03, 47 rows.
- [Council food safety enforcement in the retail sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-retail/): The number of retail food businesses, such as bakeries and delicatessens in South Australia, how many councils inspected and the enforcement actions that followed, by kind of business, from the newest Annual Food Act Report. SA Health, CC BY 4.0, latest 2025-11-03, 16 rows.
- [Council food safety enforcement in the food transporter sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-food-transporter/): The number of food transporters and distributors in South Australia, how many councils inspected and the enforcement actions that followed, by kind of business, from the newest Annual Food Act Report. SA Health, CC BY 4.0, latest 2025-11-03, 15 rows.
- [Council food safety enforcement in the food service sector, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-food-enforcement-food-service/): The number of food service businesses, such as restaurants, cafes and caterers in South Australia, how many councils inspected and the enforcement actions that followed, by kind of business, from the newest Annual Food Act Report. SA Health, CC BY 4.0, latest 2025-11-03, 11 rows.
- [Australian Government procurement totals by year, 2008-09 to 2011-12](https://publicdata.au/d/au-government-procurement-totals-2008-2012/): The total value of Australian Government contracts reported on AusTender each year from 2008-09 to 2011-12, by goods and services, Defence, source country and small business share. Department of Finance, CC BY 3.0 AU, latest 2014-05-07, 4 rows.
- [Consumer Affairs Victoria enforcement outcomes by year](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-consumer-enforcement-outcomes/): The number of prosecutions, civil proceedings and enforceable undertakings Consumer Affairs Victoria finalised in each financial year from 2012-13 to 2018-19. Consumer Affairs Victoria, CC BY 4.0, latest 2024-12-19, 3 rows.

Coming: Australian Government Organisations Register, ABN Bulk Extract, directory.gov.au daily export.

Every dataset on the portals can be searched at https://publicdata.au/backlog/?q=register and voted for.
