Open Government, Australia
Australia's national open-data catalogue over CKAN
The Australian Government's central open-data portal, served through a standard CKAN API. Search 130k+ datasets and their resources with keyword, facet, and paging parameters. Metadata returns as JSON, with licensing set per dataset.
GET https://data.gov.au/data/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1
{
"success": true,
"result": {
"count": 139812,
"results": [
{
"id": "00602301-ad90-4657-abd9-8025d9bf485a",
"name": "native-title-determination-applications-register",
"author": "National Native Title Tribunal",
"license_title": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International"
}
]
}
}curl "https://data.gov.au/data/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1"const res = await fetch("https://data.gov.au/data/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);import requests
res = requests.get("https://data.gov.au/data/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1")
print(res.json())/action/package_search?rows=1PROBEDAustralia's national open-data catalogue over CKAN
/actionAction — documented GET route.
/action/1Action details by ID (example: 1).
/action?limit=10Action — documented GET route.
/action/search?q=testSearch by query parameters.
/action/package_search?limit=5Package Search — documented GET route.
We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.
Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.
Open Government, Australia: common questions
Is Open Government, Australia free to use?
Yes — Open Government, Australia is a free government API. Free tier: Free — no key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.
Does Open Government, Australia need an API key?
No — Open Government, Australia needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).
Can I call Open Government, Australia from the browser?
Yes — Open Government, Australia returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.
Is Open Government, Australia up right now?
As of our last scheduled check, Open Government, Australia is new. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.