Peter is a Deputy Australian Statistician at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Peter is responsible for a diverse range of subject matter, including labour, demography, industry, agriculture, rural and regional and environment statistics. He is the Program Head for the Australian Population and Housing Census, with responsibility for the planning and delivery of the successful 2011 Census. Peter has occupied other senior positions at the ABS including Chief Operating Officer and head of economic statistics. Peter has an Economics Degree from the Australian National University and has worked at the ABS for almost 30 years. He also worked for three years at the International Monetary Fund on balance of payments issues. Peter was a member of the Government 2.0 Taskforce, and is currently a member of the State of Environment 2011 Committee. Peter is also actively involved in international statistical issues, including chairing the United Nations Committee of Experts on Environmental Economic Accounting.
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The potential of data integration
Dr Ben Edwards manages the Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children at the Institute. He is also involved in the management of Australian Temperament Project.
He is the project manager of the Rural and Regional Families study, a large study of 8,000 people focusing on the impact of the drought.
He has undertaken consultancies for a wide range of organisations including the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Prime Minister and Cabinet, the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet, the NSW Department of Community Services, the Benevolent Society, The Smith Family, Carers Australia and Carers Victoria.
He joined the Australian Institute of Family Studies in 2004. His PhD focused on the psychological impact of a cancer diagnosis on patients and families and was supported by a scholarship from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Since joining the Institute he has investigated the influence of neighbourhoods and communities on children’s development using data from observational and experimental studies.
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Experience with data linkage & what the future holds – informed by the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
The University of Western Australia & Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
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David Lawrence is a Research Professor and Senior Statistician at The University of Western Australia, seconded to the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.
He has expertise in the design and analysis of complex surveys and in the use of linked administrative data. His research interests include the physical health of people with mental illness, smoking, diet, nutrition and obesity, and human capability expansion.
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Protecting privacy while realising the potential
Workshops:
Managing confidentiality in data linkage
Building the evidence base for research & policy
Researchers and policy makers trying to solve some of Australia’s really hard problems have one crucial need – “information”.
This information can be gained through specific data collections or through the use of administrative data, but these isolated datasets may lack analytical power.
Data linkage/integration, when two or more sources of data are brought together for a unified view, allows us to gain the type of information needed to tackle our complex challenges.
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