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Simple Wins / Aussies Wanna Know What is public, what is not, and what nobody is even counting.

The gap register

Everything the public cannot currently find out, ordered so that the cheapest fixes come first. This is the output a dataset catalogue cannot produce, because a catalogue is a list of what exists.

Blocked only by publishing choices — 10 questions

For every question here the data already exists and has already been collected at public expense. What stands in the way is format, licence, granularity or consistency: decisions, not costs. These are the strongest cases to press, because the standard objection does not apply to them.

Every unanswered question

QuestionVerdictObstructionsFixable now
How much did my council pay each consultant last year? no not published aggregated format yes
How much has Australia paid the United States and United Kingdom under AUKUS so far, and when? partial aggregated not published fragmented yes
How long does each council actually take to decide a development application? partial fragmented inconsistent yes
What is the maintenance backlog on my council's roads, and how is it changing? partial aggregated format inconsistent yes
How many homes has the Housing Australia Future Fund actually finished, and where are they? partial aggregated not published yes
Why does the NACC close the referrals it closes? partial aggregated yes
Which Senate orders for documents has the government refused, and on what public interest immunity ground? partial format yes
Did the $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator buy homes that would not otherwise have been built? partial format stale yes
Can the government's claimed savings on consultants be reconciled to its own contract data? derived inconsistent fragmented yes
How often is a government contract extended or varied without going back to market? derived format yes
What has the Commonwealth agreed to pay under the Capacity Investment Scheme? no not published commercial —
Who is lobbying the Commonwealth, other than the third-party lobbyists on the register? no not collected —
Who will receive the hydrogen and critical minerals production tax incentives, and how much each? no not collected —
Where does my council's kerbside recycling actually end up? no not published commercial —
Which lobbyists and organisations met which ministers, and about what? no not collected not published —
Is each major Defence acquisition running to schedule? partial not published aggregated exempt —
How many social housing dwellings are vacant, and for how long, by area? partial aggregated identifiable —

Obstructions, ranked

Aggregated across every question. This turns a pile of individual frustrations into a ranked list of systemic causes — which is what you need to decide where pressure is worth applying.

ObstructionQuestionsKind
aggregated 7 A choice about how to publish
not published 7 A choice about how to publish
format 5 A choice about how to publish
fragmented 3 A choice about how to publish
inconsistent 3 A choice about how to publish
not collected 3 A constraint on what exists or may lawfully be released
commercial 2 A constraint on what exists or may lawfully be released
exempt 1 A constraint on what exists or may lawfully be released
stale 1 A choice about how to publish
identifiable 1 A constraint on what exists or may lawfully be released