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- Government Statistics
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- Australian Geological Survey Organisation
- Other sources
- Australian Policy Online (APO) (Swinburne University of Technology, Vic) - grouping of eighty member centres and institutes
which offers access to much of the Australian social, economic, cultural and political research available online
- Infoxchange Australia - non-profit company dedicated to providing a quality up-to-date information service to the Australian
community sector
- Roy Morgan Research
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- Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) - non-profit organisation of research professionals, representing
universities, hospital and medical centres, industry, government, CRC's and independent research institutes
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Canberra) - provides independent, strong advice on all aspects of
health and health care delivery in Australia by managing the complementary functions of funding health and medical research,
providing ethical guidance on health and medical research issues, and providing health advice
- Research Australia (Sydney) - member-based national body which aims to increase community understanding of medical and
scientific research, including public health and lifestyle programs, basic scientific understanding of cell functioning, vaccines to
prevent illness, advanced surgical techniques and new medicines and devices that treat or cure diseases
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- The Sydney Institute - privately funded think tank dedicated to the principle of policy debate
- Parliamentary Research Service (Canberra) - current and historical information about Senators and Members, Ministries,
elections and referenda, papers produced in the Library's publications program, and guides to Internet resources
- Centre for Independent Studies (St Leonards, NSW) - independent public policy 'think tank' which is actively engaged in support
of a free enterprise economy and a free society under limited government where individuals can prosper and fully develop their
talents
- The Australia Institute (TAI) (Australian National University, Canberra) - independent public policy research centre which
develops and conducts research and policy analysis and participates forcefully in public debates, as well as undertaking
research and analysis commissioned and paid for by government, business, unions and community organisations
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- Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training (ACIRRT) (University of Sydney) - multi-disciplinary, research
and training organisation which monitors and analyse the changing nature of work
- Australian Institute of Criminology (Griffith, ACT) - Commonwealth statutory authority which acts as the national focus for the
objective and independent study of crime and criminal justice in Australia and for the dissemination of criminal justice
information, drawing on information supplied to it by a wide variety of sources
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (Canberra) - independent Commonwealth
Government statutory authority devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies and an institution for information about
the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Centre for the Mind - joint venture of the Australian National University and University of Sydney which "explore[s] what it is to
be uniquely human by investing in daring research which shatters mindsets, by stage-managing spectacular initiatives, and by
acting as a nexus for the great minds of our world"
- Institute for Social Research (ISR) (Swinburne University of Technology, Vic) - specialises in research and teaching in areas
which include media and communications, housing markets and policy, democracy, citizenship and community renewal, social
policy and public administration, measuring performance and effectiveness, qualitative and quantitative analysis, wired
community, e-government and information skills, government finances and funding social policy, philanthropy and grant making,
action research, and postgraduate education, distance education, short courses and professional development
- Australian Centre of Gambling Research (ACGR) (University of Western Sydney) - independent national research centre of
expertise in gambling studies in Australia, which undertakes multidisciplinary research into all aspects of gambling, gambling
policy and associated impacts
- Medical Research
- Mental Health Research Institute (Parkville, Vic) - fully independent research organisation which aims to further knowledge in
mental health, behaviour and neuroscience by investigating investigate the nature, origins and causes of psychiatric diseases
and applying the knowledge they gain to improve diagnosis, treatment and, ultimately, prevent mental illnesses such as
Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia
- National Injury Surveillance Unit (NISU) (Flinders University, SA) - aims to inform community discussion and support
policy-making on the prevention and control of injury in Australia by developing, coordinating, interpreting and disseminating
relevant information, research and analysis
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (Canberra) - statutory authority of the Australian government with the mission
to improve the health and well-being of Australians by informing community discussion and decision making through national
leadership in developing and providing health and welfare statistics and information
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- Asia-Australia Institute (University of New South Wales) - independent international relations and foreign policy think-tank,
focussed on the long term future of East Asia, which works with regional partners on the challenge of how to give central
importance to the place of human beings in the planning of the region's future
- Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) (Deakin, ACT) - independent, non-profit organisation seeking to promote interest
in and understanding of international affairs in Australia
- Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Sydney) - interdisciplinary research into the causes of conflict and the
conditions which affect conflict resolution and peace
- Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (RAIP) (University of Sydney)
- Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) (Australian National University) - part of the Research School of Pacific and
Asian Studies in the Australian National University which aims to advance the study of strategic problems, especially those
relating to the general region of East Asia and the Pacific
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- Government
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) - economic research
- Australian Transaction Reports & Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
- Bureau of Transport Economics
- Non-Government
- Australia Economic Analysis (geoinvestor.com)
- Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (Victoria University, Melbourne) - aims to address long-term, strategic economic and
social issues of international concern and significance, to consider the role of both general ideas and specific institutions, and
the relationship between ideas and institutions, to develop a specific focus on basic issues relevant to Australia's future, with
special reference to the Asian region, and to develop and train a body of graduate students with the motivation and skills to
address these strategic issues in the future
- Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) (Melbourne) - aims to promote an understanding and appreciation of the free society and free
enterprise and, in so doing, to advance the interests of the Australian people
- J B Were & Son Research Library (Melbourne) - equity research house which provides financial reports, analysis of market
developments, and market activity research and analysis
- National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) (University of Canberra) - supports its activities through research
grants, commissioned research and longer term contracts for model maintenance and development with the federal departments
of Family and Community Services, and Education, Science and Training
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- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) - committed to developing countries through collaborative
research
- Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) (Lucas Heights, NSW) - Australia's national nuclear
organisation and the centre of Australian nuclear expertise which provides expert scientific and technical advice across the
nuclear fuel cycle to government, supports Australia's national strategic and nuclear policy objectives, operates nuclear science
and technology based facilities in Australia and overseas for the benefit of industry and the Australian research and development
community
- BRI Australia Limited - independent centre of expertise in grains, grain processing, milling and baking (formerly the Bread
Research Institute)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Canberra) - the Australian government's scientific
research institution whose work "touches just about every aspect of Australian life"
- National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) (Sydney) - Australian Government-endorsed provider of accreditation for
laboratories and similar testing facilities
- Scientific Research Organisations
- Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre (University of South Australia)
- Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), (University of Tasmania)
- Asian Law Centre (University of Melbourne)
- Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC) (Australian National University)
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (CSIRO)
- Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) (Cape Ferguson, Qld) - aims to generate the knowledge needed for the
sustainable use and protection of the marine environment, through innovative world-class scientific and technological research
- Catchment Hydrology Research Center
- Clean Power from Lignite Research Centre
- CSIRO Marine Research
- Freshwater Ecology Research Center
- GammaSonics Institute for Medical Research Pty Ltd
- Light Railway Research Society of Australia (LRRSA)
- Water Quality and Treatment Research Center (Monash University)
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- Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) - listed by research field
- Cooperative Multimedia Centres
- Access Testing Centre (NSW)
- EMERGE Cooperative Multimedia Centre (Victoria)
- Impart - Cooperative Multimedia Centre (NSW-Qld)
- Imago Cooperative Multimedia Centre (WA)
- Ngapartji Cooperative Multimedia Centre (SA)
- QANTM Cooperative Multimedia Centre (Qld-NT-Tas)
- Manufacturing Technology
- Australian Maritime Engineering CRC
CRC for Advanced Composite Structures
CRC for Bioproducts
CRC for CAST Metals Manufacturing (CASTMM)
CRC for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Technologies
CRC for International Food Manufacture and Packaging Science
CRC for MicroTechnology
- CRC for Polymers
CRC for Welded Structures
Information and Communication Technology
- Australian Photonics CRC
Australian Telecommunications CRC
CRC for Advanced Computational Systems
CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology
CRC for Satellite Systems
- CRC for Sensor Signal and Information Processing
Mining and Energy
- AJ Parker CRC for Hydrometallurgy
Australian Geodynamics CRC
Australian Petroleum CRC
CRC for Australian Mineral Exploration Technologies
CRC for Black Coal Utilisation
CRC for Clean Power from Lignite
CRC for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration
CRC for Mining Technology and Equipment
CRC for Renewable Energy
- GK Williams CRC for Extractive Metallurgy
Agriculture and Rural Based Manufacturing
- CRC for Aquaculture
CRC for Australian Cotton
CRC for Cattle and Beef Quality
CRC for Food Industry Innovation
CRC for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding
CRC for Premium Quality Wool
CRC for Quality Wheat Products and Processes
CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry
CRC for Sustainable Rice Production
- CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production
CRC for Tropical Plant Protection
CRC for Viticulture
Environment
- CRC for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
CRC for Biological Control of Pest Animals
CRC for Catchment Hydrology
CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management
CRC for Conservation and Management of Marsupials
CRC for Freshwater Ecology
CRC for Greenhouse Accounting
- CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology
CRC for Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas
CRC for Sustainable Tourism
CRC for The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management
CRC for Waste Management and Pollution Control
CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
CRC for Weed Management Systems
Medical Science and Technology
- CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health
CRC for Asthma
- CRC for Biopharmaceutical Research
CRC for Cellular Growth Factors
CRC for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation
CRC for Diagnostic Technologies
CRC for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases
CRC for Eye Research and Technology
CRC for Tissue Growth and Repair
CRC for Vaccine Technology
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- AC Nielsen
- Dairy Research and Development Corporation (DRDC)
- Roy Morgan Research
- Qualitative Solutions & Research
- Sydney Institute
- Australasian Virtual Engineering Library
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