A new report to launched today in Canberra by Lateral Economics has revealed a vigorous open data policy agenda could contribute more than $16 billion per annum to the Australian economy. Commissioned by the global non-government organisation Omidyar Network, ‘Open for Business: How Open Data can help achieve the G20 growth target’ is the first study to quantify and illustrate the potential of Open Data to help achieve the G20’s 2% growth target.

Speakers at the launch included Australian economist Mr. Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics, Mr. Tony Shepherd AO, Chairman, National Commission of Audit, and Mr. Martin Tisn, Director, Policy Director of Omidyar Network (UK).

The report is available for download in pdf format here.

Omidyar Network (Omidyar.com) is a global philanthropic investment firm created by Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay and Pam Omidyar, founder of Humanity United and Hopelab. Omidyar Network looks for ways for the can help people to improve their lives by investing in market-based efforts that catalyse economic and social change.

Effective 1 July 2014, Sirca will no longer be updating the data contained within the original Data Library structure due to the successful implementation of our new Data Library (DL2).

All data housed within the original DL is available within the DL2 tab. DL2 provides data descriptions and top level searching capabilities. The DL2 maintains the most up-to-date data for these products (CRD, RP Data, SPPR, etc.).

We appreciate your understanding!

Sirca is pleased to announce the 2013 update of the SPPR data is now available through our Data Library (DL2).

This dataset contains monthly ASX share prices and calculated price relatives back to December 1973 for all Australian listed and previously listed companies with fully paid shares. The SPPR data contains monthly share price, dividends (including franking credits), adjustments for share issues and reconstructions, number of shares on issue, price relatives and also tracks ticker changers along with merger/delisting information.

This is a fee liable service. Please contact enquiries@sirca.org.au should you wish to access this data.

Sirca are pleased to invite our Members to submit papers that were published in the 2013 calendar year that use data supplied by Sirca for consideration of the Philip Brown Prize for the Best Published Paper in 2013.

We require submissions to include a full PDF version of the paper that provides details of the journal in which the paper was published. We are seeking papers of excellent quality to be submitted for this award, and the winner will be determined by the best paper published within an A (or above) ranking journal.

The winner of the 2013 best paper will be announced during the 2014 AFAANZ conference in Auckland, NZ (6-8 July, 2014).

Please respond prior to 30 May 2014 to philipbrownprize@sirca.org.au.

Sirca would like to thank all young researchers who submitted papers in consideration for the Sirca Young Research Workshop 4 to be held in Sydney from 10-11 July, 2014. All researchers who submitted papers will shortly receive email notification confirming that their papers have been received for review.

Sirca will notify the researchers chosen for inclusion in the YRW4 presentation sessions by 15 June, 2014.