Eidos

The National Centre for Education and Training Statistics (Eidos Datasharing Partner)

The role of the National Centre for Education and Training Statistics (NCETS) based at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is to provide timely and relevant data covering a wide range of education and training issues, and to coordinate the development and provision of national statistics in the field of education and training.

Website: Visit the Centre's Website.

NATSEM (Eidos Datasharing Partner)

The National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) is a research centre associated with the University of Canberra that undertakes research and analysis specialising in the use of microdata and microsimulation modelling to:

Website: http://www.natsem.canberra.edu.au/

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) is a national research organisation, specialising in housing and urban research and policy.

Almost half of Australians' personal assets are held in housing, much of it in the towns and cities that make up one of the world's most highly urbanised nations. Housing assistance programs total more than four billion dollars annually. On a yearly basis, approximately 5% of Gross Domestic Product is spent on housing.

AHURI's mission is to make a real difference to housing and related urban outcomes throughout Australia by the creation and dissemination of knowledge in housing markets, housing policy and programs, and the urban environment in cities, towns and regions. The broad aims of AHURI are to:

1 - Link quality research and the development of ideas with policy development, program evaluation and project development in the public and private sectors.
2 - Be a leader in its field assisting policy makers at all levels in identifying trends, establishing possible solutions and drawing together the best information and understanding within Australia whilst drawing upon international experience.

Website: The AHURI Website

Australasian CRC for Interaction Design

Australasian CRC for Interaction Design Pty Ltd (ACID) is an incorporated company. Their core business is R&D, and commercialisation of content and technologies for the Creative Industries; comprising of game development, digital art, performing and visual arts, design, film, television and multimedia sectors.

ACID is an Australian Government funded Cooperative Research Centre [CRC]. An initiative of the Department of Education Science and Training, the CRC Programme was established to improve the effectiveness of Australia's R & D efforts by linking researchers with industry.

Website: The ACID Website

Hawker Britton

Hawker Britton is Australias only national and international public affairs firm. With offices across Australia as well as in London, Washington and Wellington, they offer their clients unrivalled public affairs coverage. Their specialist staff work with more than 20 of Australias top 100 public and private companies, as well as with many multinational corporates.

Website: The Hawker Britton Website

Delfin Lend Lease

Delfin has been creating special places to live across Australia for over 50 years. Special places that offer more than just an address, a place where people can enjoy the most out of life.

It is this commitment to quality that has seen Delfin communities all over Australia recognised for their excellence. In 1998 their Golden Grove in Adelaide, was awarded the Prix d'Excellence as the World's Best Residential Development by the International Real Estate Federation. This award followed their West Lakes project in Adelaide winning the 1992 inaugural Prix d'Excellence for the best Development in the World. These awards simply reinforce Delfin's status as Australia's pre-eminent creator of urban communities.

Delfin is part of one of the world's leading real estate companies, Lend Lease. Lend Lease provides a full spectrum of real estate related services to clients across all major markets and sectors.

Website: The Delfin Website

Bendigo Bank

A community focused bank based in the central Victorian city of Bendigo, Bendigo Bank is the only Australian bank headquartered outside a capital city. It is a publicly-listed company on the Australian Stock Exchange and is owned by more than 48,000 primarily small shareholders.

A retailer of banking and wealth management services to households and small to medium businesses, it has a major presence across Victoria and Queensland and is growing its networks throughout Australia as it responds to new marketing opportunities and develops business alliances. Bendigo Bank continues its tradition of adding value for customers through quality personal service, but also provides customers with a wide range of self-help banking options such as 24-hour telephone and e-banking facilities.

Website: The Bendigo Bank Website

InfoXchange Australia

Infoxchange Australia is a not-for-profit social enterprise company focusing on community development using information technology as the primary tool to create positive social change.

Infoxchange Australia's mission is to create social equality and opportunity by empowering people through access to information technology and enabling the exchange of information and ideas. It offers services to the not-for-profit sector that range from computer recycling and internet service provision to service directories and databases and online information and content management systems, from website design and hosting to a wide curriculum of computer training.

Over the last decade it has focused on the delivery of a range of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions for community building purposes. It has become an active player in developing public, private and non-government partnerships to this end, and has an impressive track record in successfully using IT means for social justice outcomes. The emphasis is on interactivity and two-way communication flow.

Infoxchange Australia's team combines experienced human service workers and ICT technicians who together have successfully developed a stream of community building activities. Experienced community service practitioners manage the organisation and a wide variety of sector based project management skills exist across the organisation.

Infoxchange Australia currently employs over 75 people in it's five business units in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.

Website: The InfoXchange Website