AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Quarterly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Performance

The quarterly publication provides bank, credit union and building society aggregate statistics, comprising data on financial performance, financial position, capital adequacy, asset quality, liquidity (for credit unions and building societies only) and key financial performance ratios. It also includes selected aggregate statistics for mutual ADIs. Banks are classified as major banks, other domestic banks, foreign subsidiary banks and branches of foreign banks.

Tags: ADI, Banks, Economy, Finance, Statistics, apra
Organization: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Quantifying colour patterns on the black carapace of the fiddler crab Uca capricornis

Fiddler crabs are often spectacularly coloured and capable of dramatic colour changes. While the adaptive significance of variation resulting from short- or long-term colour changes is generally well known, the phenotypic diversity in colour pattern between individuals is often neglected. To fully understand the development and function of colour pattern variation, it is necessary to first describe its morphological basis and the naturally occurring diversity. - NB Colour pattern refers to the configuration of any coloured areas on the black carapace, regardless of their spectral composition. 

During this experiment 276 fiddler crabs of the species Uca capricornis were photographed - 117 females and 159 males. Using these pictures and a host of software programs, images were constructed that illustrate the probable colour patterns of various groups of crabs, including males and females in general, and males and females with various size classes; <8mm, 8-9.9mm, 10-11.9mm, 12-13.9mm, 14-15.9mm, 16-17.9mm, and males >18mm (no photographed females were >18mm).   These images are the equivalent of an average crab's colour pattern. 

To more clearly illustrate the variation in colour pattern between the groups, similar images were constructed using the standard deviation of crabs coloured at each coordinate (1mm x 1mm square).

Tags: 28 960036, Behavioural Ecology, Biosphere, Colour Pattern, Crustaceans, Fiddler Crab, Mate Recognition, Neighbour Recognition, Ocypodidae, Uca capricornis, Zoology
Organization: Australian National University
Public Unit Trust

    

Public unit trust data by type of asset and trust are derived from ABS Cat No
5655.0. The definition of public unit trusts does not include cash management
trusts; the latter are covered separately in ABS Cat No 5655.0. From June
1998 inclusive, the ABS ceased identifying data on domestic and international
equity trusts separately, and included listed trading trust data with listed
property trust data permitting alignment with Australian Stock Exchange
classifications. Listed equity and property trusts data for some quarters are
not released by the ABS due to confidentiality reasons associated with the
small number of listed trusts.



Tags: finance, rba, statistics, trusts
Organization: Reserve Bank of Australia
Public Showers

Geo-spatial file depicting the location of public showers across the City of Gold Coast.

Please note the City of Gold Coast is not a professional information provider and makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose of the Data provided here. This Data is not provided with the intent that any person will rely on it for the purpose of making decisions with financial or legal implications. Persons who place such reliance on the Data do so at their own risk.


Tags: City of Gold Coast, CoGC, Geo-Spatial, Gold Coast, Recreation
Organization: City of Gold Coast
Public Sector Commission Public Sector Entity Survey 2014

In Western Australia, the Public Sector Commission's purpose is to bring leadership and expertise to the public sector to enhance integrity, effectiveness and efficiency. The Commission’s vision is of a high performing public sector serving the needs of the State now and into the future.

In accordance with section 22D of the Public Sector Management Act 1994, the Public Sector Commissioner reports annually to Parliament on the state of public sector administration and management, and on the extent of compliance with public sector standards and ethical codes. One of the primary information sources used for the State of the WA public sector report 2014 - Measuring up is the public sector entity survey (PSES). 

The 2014 PSES collected information on the application of Commissioner’s Instruction No. 7 – Code of Ethics, agency codes of conduct and general principles of human resource management and public interest disclosure at June 2014 or for the 2013/14 financial year. The survey was sent to chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief employees of public sector entities with more than 20 full-time equivalents (FTE), including Senior Executive Service (SES) organisations, non-SES organisations and departments of state. Entities with between 20 and 100 FTE completed a shorter version of the survey.

In 2014, 86 public sector entities completed the survey. Of these, 19 entities completed the shorter version of the survey. Where entities were not asked a question, responses have been left blank in the data sets.

Three files are available for download on data.gov.au:

1)    Public Sector Commission PSES 2014.pdf – the survey instrument sent to relevant entities to access online.

2)    Public Sector Commission PSES 2014 data.xls – individual agency responses to the PSES with a question key and response key. Please note some variables have been removed to simplify the dataset. 

3)    Public Sector Commission PSES 2014 data.sav – individual agency responses to the PSES, in .sav format to be used with SPSS. Please note some variables have been removed to simplify the dataset. 

Further information and a summary of PSES data is available in the [State of the WA public sector statistical bulletin 2014 - Measuring up](http://www.publicsector.wa.gov.au/publications-resources/psc-publications/state-sector-report). 

Tags: Agency survey, PSC, PSES, Public sector, Public sector entity survey
Organization: Public Sector Commission (Western Australia)
Quantifying the isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon with increasing depth in core GC09, located in the Capricorn Channel

A gravity core (GC09) was collected from a depth of 166m within the Capricorn Channel, southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). The data from stable isotopes of Globigerinoides ruber were analysed to allow a preliminary understanding of the hemipelagic sedimentary environment over the last glacial / interglacial cycle. The results suggest that the core reaches the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) at ~60cm depth, corresponding to isotopically heavier 18O. Other parameters were also analysed to assist in reaching this conclusion. This would give a relatively low sedimentation rate of 3cm / kyr, compared to 50cm / kyr for similar depths in the west Queensland trough.

Tags: 51200000, Biosphere, Foraminifera, Foraminiferans, Foraminiferida, Foraminifers, Isotopes, Microbiota, Paleoclimate
Organization: National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA)
Public Sector Commission WA Public Interest Disclosure Survey 2014

In Western Australia, the Public Sector Commission's purpose is to bring leadership and expertise to the public sector to enhance integrity, effectiveness and efficiency. The Commission’s vision is of a high performing public sector serving the needs of the State now and into the future.

In accordance with section 22(1) of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003, the Public Sector Commissioner reports annually to Parliament on the compliance of public authorities with the Act. In 2014, this was reported in the State of the WA public sector 2014 - Measuring up.

The 2014 PID survey collected information on public interest disclosures received during the 2013/14 financial year, and activities undertaken to comply with the PID Act. The survey was sent to chief employees of all public authorities, including public sector entities, local governments, public universities, other entities listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 (PSM Act), and government boards and committees. The PID survey questions are incorporated in the public sector entity survey for public sector entities (Senior Executive Service (SES) organisations, non-SES organisations and departments of state) with more than 20 staff.

In 2014, 86 entities completed the public sector entity survey and 245 authorities completed the PID survey (24 public sector entities with less than 20 staff, 68 government boards and committees, 128 local governments, 4 public universities and 21 other Schedule 1 PSM Act entities).

Two files are available for download on data.gov.au:

1)    Public Sector Commission PID survey 2014 data.xls – individual authority responses to the PID survey with a question key and response key. 

2)    Public Sector Commission PID survey 2014 data.sav – individual authority responses to the PID survey, in .sav format to be used with SPSS. 

Further information and a summary of PID survey data is available in the State of the WA public sector 2014 - Measuring up. 


Tags: PID, PID Act, Public interest disclosure
Organization: Public Sector Commission (Western Australia)
Public Sector Commission WA Equal Employment Opportunity Survey 2015

Public authorities are obligated to monitor and promote equity and diversity outcomes to ensure an inclusive workplace culture and equal employment opportunity (EEO).  Activities associated with the achievement of these outcomes are reported in the annual report of the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment (DEOPE). 

The DEOPE, appointed by the Governor to fulfil a statutory role that is separate to that of the Public Sector Commissioner, is also an employee of the Public Sector Commissioner. Together, the DEOPE and the Commissioner promote an integrated approach to EEO that recognises the importance of equity and diversity in optimising service design and delivery to the broader community.

To assist the DEOPE to monitor the diversity of the workforce, each public authority is required to obtain relevant workforce demographic information from their employees. Local governments, universities, and other entities listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 (apart from the Western Australian Police Force and Electorate Offices) provide this demographic information through the EEO survey. The Western Australian Police Force and Electorate Offices report workforce data through the human resource minimum obligatory information requirement (HRMOIR) process. 

In 2015, 138 local governments, four public universities, and 17 other Schedule 1 PSM Act authorities completed the EEO survey. Data was collected as at March 31 2015.

This data set contains a summary of demographics as reported through the EEO survey for each public authority. 

Further information and aggregate data for each authority type is available in the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment annual report 2015.


Tags: diversity, eeo, equal employment opportunity, workforce data
Organization: Public Sector Commission (Western Australia)
Public Sector Commission WA Equal Employment Opportunity Survey 2014

Public authorities are obligated to monitor and promote equity and diversity outcomes to ensure an inclusive workplace culture and equal employment opportunity (EEO).  Activities associated with the achievement of these outcomes are reported in the annual report of the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment (DEOPE). 

The DEOPE, appointed by the Governor to fulfil a statutory role that is separate to that of the Public Sector Commissioner, is also an employee of the Public Sector Commissioner. Together, the DEOPE and the Commissioner promote an integrated approach to EEO that recognises the importance of equity and diversity in optimising service design and delivery to the broader community.

To assist the DEOPE to monitor the diversity of the workforce, each public authority is required to obtain relevant workforce demographic information from their employees. Local governments, universities, and other entities listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 (apart from the Western Australian Police Force and Electorate Offices) provide this demographic information through the EEO survey. The Western Australian Police Force and Electorate Offices report workforce data through the human resource minimum obligatory information requirement (HRMOIR) process. 

In 2014, 138 local governments, four public universities, and 22 other Schedule 1 PSM Act authorities completed the EEO survey. Data for local governments was collected as at March 31 2014, and other authorities as at 30 June 2014.

This data set contains a summary of demographics as reported through the EEO survey for each public authority. 

Further information and aggregate data for each authority type is available in the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment annual report 2014.


Tags: EEO, diversity, equal employment opportunity
Organization: Public Sector Commission (Western Australia)
Phytoplankton concentration measurements in Sydney Harbour - 21st October 2004

A study of the response of phytoplankton to rainfall in Sydney Harbour on 21st October 2004 is reported here. 

Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region for the city of Sydney. Phytoplankton can be used as one of the indexes of water quality. The concentration of phytoplankton is influenced by the nutrients in the water and the amount of nutrients is thought to alter according to the urban and industrial wastes that drain from the city of Sydney.  
  
The amount of phytoplankton before and after rainfall at Pyrmont in Sydney Harbour was observed. The concentration of chlorophyll after a period of rainfall from the 15th October to the 4th of November 2004, as measured from the surface to 7m deep, was almost 5 times as much as that as before the rain event. The maximum chlorophyll concentration observed by fluorometer was 27 [ug/litre].

Tags: Biosphere, Chlorophyll, Microbiota, Ocean Optics, Oceans, Phytoplankton, Turbidity, Water Quality, chlorophyll concentration, depth, phytoplankton count
Organization: Ocean Technology Group (OTG), The University of Sydney (USYD)
Phytoplankton concentration measurements in Sydney Harbour - 20th October 2004

A study of the response of phytoplankton to rainfall in Sydney Harbour on 20th October 2004 is reported here. 

Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region for the city of Sydney. Phytoplankton can be used as one of the indexes of water quality. The concentration of phytoplankton is influenced by the nutrients in the water and the amount of nutrients is thought to alter according to the urban and industrial wastes that drain from the city of Sydney.   
 
The amount of phytoplankton before and after rainfall at Pyrmont in Sydney Harbour was observed. The concentration of chlorophyll after a period of rainfall from the 15th October to the 4th of November 2004, as measured from the surface to 7m deep, was almost 5 times as much as that as before the rain event. The maximum chlorophyll concentration observed by fluorometer was 27 [ug/litre].

Tags: Biosphere, Chlorophyll, Microbiota, Ocean Optics, Oceans, Phytoplankton, Turbidity, Water Quality, chlorophyll concentration, depth, phytoplankton count
Organization: Ocean Technology Group (OTG), The University of Sydney (USYD)
Phytoplankton concentration measurements in Sydney Harbour - 1st November 2004

A study of the response of phytoplankton to rainfall in Sydney Harbour on 1st November 2004 is reported here. 

Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region for the city of Sydney. Phytoplankton can be used as one of the indexes of water quality. The concentration of phytoplankton is influenced by the nutrients in the water and the amount of nutrients is thought to alter according to the urban and industrial wastes that drain from the city of Sydney.    

The amount of phytoplankton before and after rainfall at Pyrmont in Sydney Harbour was observed. The concentration of chlorophyll after a period of rainfall from the 15th October to the 4th of November 2004, as measured from the surface to 7m deep, was almost 5 times as much as that as before the rain event. The maximum chlorophyll concentration observed by fluorometer was 27 [ug/litre].

Tags: Biosphere, Chlorophyll, Microbiota, Ocean Optics, Oceans, Phytoplankton, Turbidity, Water Quality, chlorophyll concentration, depth, phytoplankton count
Organization: Ocean Technology Group (OTG), The University of Sydney (USYD)
Phytoplankton concentration measurements in Sydney Harbour - 15th October 2004

A study of the response of phytoplankton to rainfall in Sydney Harbour on 15th October 2004 is reported here.  

Sydney Harbour is an important port and recreational region for the city of Sydney. Phytoplankton can be used as one of the indexes of water quality. The concentration of phytoplankton is influenced by the nutrients in the water and the amount of nutrients is thought to alter according to the urban and industrial wastes that drain from the city of Sydney.    

The amount of phytoplankton before and after rainfall at Pyrmont in Sydney Harbour was observed. The concentration of chlorophyll after a period of rainfall from the 15th October to the 4th November 2004, as measured from the surface to 7m deep, was almost 5 times as much as that as before the rain event. The maximum chlorophyll concentration observed by fluorometer was 27 [ug/litre].

Tags: Biosphere, Chlorophyll, Microbiota, Ocean Optics, Oceans, Phytoplankton, Turbidity, Water Quality, chlorophyll concentration, depth, phytoplankton count
Organization: Ocean Technology Group (OTG), The University of Sydney (USYD)
Phytoplankton and zooplankton abundance off New South Wales (~30°S, 153°E), Australia in  2011/2012

Phytoplankton and zooplankton samples were collected monthly along two cross shelf transects (CH-Line, B-Line) and one intermediate coastal station (SS) off Coffs Harbour  (~30°S, 153°E), Eastern Australia, between May 2011 and September 2012. The exact sampling locations (coordinates) and times were recorded. Two of the sampling stations (CH3 and CH5) are also the sites of permanent IMOS moorings (CH070 and CH100, respectively). 

The following plankton types were focused on: diatoms, dinoflagellates, cyanobacteria (Trichodesmium erythraeum), silicoflagellates, zooplankton (copepods, larvae, ciliates).

Tags: Abundance, Bacteria, Biosphere, Cyanobacteria, Diatoms, Dinoflagellates, Flagellates, Microbiota, New South Wales, Niskin Bottles, Pacific Ocean, Phytoplankton, Silicoflagellates, Trichodesmium erythreaum, Zooplankton
Organization: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
Phytolith recovery from core MD88-779

Core MD88-779 was taken during the 1988 French APSARA IV cruise in the South East Indian Ocean. The core was situated on the South Tasman Rise (47º50.690S, 146º32.750E) at a depth of 2260m. Although the core recovered was 6.7m long, only the top 2.6m were studied as preliminary investigations had indicated that this section covered the last two glacial cycles.

Analysis of the sediment identified phytoliths in the core material. This is significant as this was the first known report of phytoliths in core material this south of Australia. Phytolith material was observed sporadically down-core at the following levels; 0, 130, 140, 220 and 230 cm (approximately falling within the Holocene, 100-110 ka, and 170 ka respectively). The phytolith casts most readily identifiable were those comprising the grasses, although larger plate-like casts of trees and shrubs were observed.

Tags: Phytolith
Organization: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
Physiological Characteristics of the Seagrass Posidonia sinuosa along a Depth-Related Gradient of Light Availability

Rapid light curve-derived parameters, light harvesting pigments, photoprotective pigments as well as nutrient and carbohydrate concentrations were measured for Posidonia sinuosa along a depth-related gradient of light availability (1.6 - 9.0 m depth) in Cockburn and Warnbro Sound in the winter of 2002 and summer of 2003.

Tags: 63 617003, Bathymetry, Biosphere, Ecological Dynamics, Light Transmission, Marine Biology, Marine Plants, Ocean Chemistry, Oceans, Photosynthesis, Pigments, Posidonia sinuosa, Water Depth, Water Quality
Organization: Centre for Tropical Waters and Aquatic Research (TropWATER), James Cook University (JCU)
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)

The Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) is the NASA data center responsible for archiving and distributing data relevant to the physical state of the ocean. Most of the data products available at PO.DAAC were obtained from Earth observing satellites and are primarily intended for use in scientific research. You can view data on global ocean topography and gravity, sea surface temperature, ocean winds, ocean circulation and ocean currents via the links below.

Tags: Bathymetry, Ocean Circulation, Ocean Currents, Ocean Temperature, Ocean Winds, Oceans, Sea Surface Temperature, Seafloor Topography, Wind Shear, Wind Stress, Wind-driven Circulation
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL)
Physical and biological factors influencing larval supply of reef fish to the lagoon of Lord Howe Island

Abundances of reef fish larvae, conspecific adults and habitat type were measured at 5 sites in the Lord Howe Island lagoon. Light traps were deployed daily over a 28 day period in November and December 2004 to estimated larvae abundances. Transects and visual surveys were used to estimate adult abundances and habitat type. Physical characteristics of the lagoon were measured using current meters, tide and wave gauges and the lunar phase was recorded.  

Abundances of fish larvae was spatially and temporally variable. Different sites had different habitat type and variable adult abundances. Neither habitat type or adult abundances explained spatial variability in fish larvae. Temporal variability in fish larvae was best explained by the moon phase. There was little difference in physical characteristics between sites.

Tags: 37 085000, 37 086000, 37 246000, 37 327000, 37 372000, 37 395000, 37 408000, 37 415000, 37 428000, Apogonidae, Atherinidae, Biosphere, Blenniidae, Clupeidae, Community Structure, Creedidae, Ecological Dynamics, Engraulidae, Fish, Gobiidae, Life History, Lord Howe Island Marine Park, Marine Biology, Marine Reserves, Oceans, Pomacentridae, Population Dynamics, Tripterygiidae, Zoology, larvae, reef fish
Organization: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne
Photographs of Sydney before 1885

    

Over one thousand photographs of Sydney streets, public buildings, views in
the Harbour, suburbs etc., chiefly pre 1885.



Tags: australianhistory, historicaldata, history, libraries, libraryhack2011, nationalandstatelibrariesaustralasia, nsla, photographs, pictorial, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, sydney
Organization: State Library of New South Wales
Photographs of NSW life pre 1955

    

Almost 40 000 photographs from various State Library of NSW collections,
including the Holtermann Collection of goldfields photographs, the Perier
Collection (photographs of streets and buildings in Sydney, Canberra and the
Blue Mountains; Sydney theatres, productions and personalities, ca 1890-1950s)
and selections from the Sam Hood collection (Sydney streets, buildings,
people, activities and events, ca 1925-1955).



Tags: historicaldata, historicplaces, history, holtermann, hood, libraries, libraryhack2011, nationalandstatelibrariesaustralasia, newsouthwales, perier, photographs, pictorial, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, sydney
Organization: State Library of New South Wales