Challenges for Competition 2021
Australia
New Zealand
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
International
Hack for a Circular Economy
In order to build a more sustainable community, how might we redesign, rethink, repair and repurpose spaces, places, materials, and digital infrastructure, systems and policies within cities in order to progress social, natural and economic development?
Go to Challenge | 14 teams have entered this challenge.
Health and wellbeing of autistic people during a pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the mental health of people all around the world. Studies suggest that there is likely to be a much greater impact for people with autism spectrum disorder, as the pandemic directly affects social functioning and everyday routines.
Go to Challenge | 9 teams have entered this challenge.
Living in a post-pandemic world
How can we use real-time data to assist with the preparation and ongoing management of living with Covid-19 as we progress towards a post-pandemic Australia and New Zealand?
Go to Challenge | 13 teams have entered this challenge.
Australia
Create a solution to a customer need using the ABS Data API
We are excited to provide innovators with machine to machine access to ABS Data and see what exciting customer solutions can be created. Here is a chance to draw in ABS Data and answer an important question through visualisation, mapping or even blending with other data sources. Create a solution to a customer need using data drawn from the ABS Data API.
Go to Challenge | 20 teams have entered this challenge.
Exploring the National Skills Commission’s Australian Skills Classification
How can the general public learn about and be encouraged to interact with the Australian Skills Classification to identify skills within occupations, identify their own skillsets and identify transferability to other occupations of interest?
Go to Challenge | 25 teams have entered this challenge.
IoT insights for better regional agribusiness at scale
How might we harness open data and IoT insights in near-real-time to enable local agribusiness and farms in our regions be more productive and sustainable at scale? How can we share private IoT data and regional open data for an overall more productive and sustainable agribusiness?
Go to Challenge | 13 teams have entered this challenge.
Our financial future
How might we use publicly available data to safeguard citizens’ financial future?
Go to Challenge | 11 teams have entered this challenge.
Reimagining Digital Government Services
How can we re-imagine digital government services in Australia to enable a seamless experience for people of all abilities.
Go to Challenge | 26 teams have entered this challenge.
Youth education and employment
How might we use publicly available data to identify education and employment opportunities for our youth?
Go to Challenge | 25 teams have entered this challenge.
New Zealand
Being More Sustainable: Travelling using the most sustainable route
We all know the effect on climate change from CO2 emissions. How can we translate this into tangible action made by a citizen, that they know is making a collective impact?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
Digital Future – New Zealand
How can New Zealand lead its effort to build Digital Skills, Education and Employment?
Go to Challenge | 2 teams have entered this challenge.
Engaging with SmartView-Go: Encouraging interaction between citizens and their city
The city council wants to encourage higher interaction between citizens of how people feel about the city, share education on their constraints on resources, and provide a platform to reward citizen action.
Go to Challenge | 2 teams have entered this challenge.
Helping Business understand the value of an online presence
Making relevant data and information available could help businesses make decisions about investing in digital and having an online presence such as a website or using digital tools to improve their business.
Go to Challenge | 1 team has entered this challenge.
Making Reaching Out Easier
Sometimes when you are down or not feeling 100% mentally, reaching out for help can be a bit daunting and overwhelming. Using open data, how you can make the Support Systems currently available to people more accessible, user friendly, understandable and easy to access.
Go to Challenge | 5 teams have entered this challenge.
Most creative use of open data
This challenge is about being as creative as you possibly can be using any open data available under any of this year’s themes. Think outside the box and create!
Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.
Solar Panel AI: How can we encourage citizens and businesses to move to cleaner energy?
The goal is to identify and segment all the building roofs of a city and identify which way they are facing (a roof could be segmented by identifying the ridgeline). This information could be later on stored into a GIS and be queried to filter all the roofs facing a certain orientation to the sun. It is important that we optimize sun exposure for north facing roofs. This information will help energy companies, councils and others to identify where solar panels could be installed and evaluate the potential in the city.
Go to Challenge | 0 teams have entered this challenge.
The future of industry in regional New Zealand
In an increasingly digital world, technological changes, innovation and the future of work are shaping the future of New Zealand’s industry sectors, particularly in our regions. Furthermore the transition to a clean, green and carbon-neutral New Zealand will transform how we do business. Using historical data and trends, can we determine what sectors may be the big players in regional Aotearoa in the next 10 years and where investment should be made today?
Go to Challenge | 2 teams have entered this challenge.
Using AgTech to tackle climate change
New Zealand's economy relies on our environment and the primary production it supports, such as farming, forestry, and fishing. However climate change will affect what and how much New Zealand can grow or harvest, both on land and in the sea. How could Agricultural technology (AgTech) and open data work together to help Aotearoa be future-ready for the changes to come?
Go to Challenge | 1 team has entered this challenge.
Australian Capital Territory
The Electric Vehicle Future
How do we help people go green?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
The future of transport
How does transport need to change in the digital age?
Go to Challenge | 4 teams have entered this challenge.
Wellbeing in the ACT
How do we safeguard the wellbeing of Canberrans?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
New South Wales
ACTIVATED Public Spaces
What makes a public space vibrant, walkable, and encourages people to dwell longer at different times of the day or night, and throughout the year?
Go to Challenge | 17 teams have entered this challenge.
BETTER Public Spaces
How do we help ensure everyone feels welcome and safe in public spaces (day and night) regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or identity?
Go to Challenge | 14 teams have entered this challenge.
Emerging population trends and post-pandemic planning
What is the impact of COVID-19 on reshaping population growth and distribution across NSW?
Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.
Getting parking right: matching car parking rates to accessibility
How can we make a difference by making ‘accessibility’ measurable?
Go to Challenge | 4 teams have entered this challenge.
MORE Public Spaces
How do we unlock underutilised government owned land and property to create new, high quality public space?
Go to Challenge | 9 teams have entered this challenge.
ROAD TO RECOVERY Public Spaces
How do we build confidence in the community to use public spaces to support economic, social, cultural and environmental recovery, whether in response to Covid-19, or other disasters such as recent bushfires and floods?
Go to Challenge | 12 teams have entered this challenge.
Water information without borders
How do we better bring together information about our water systems across states borders?
Go to Challenge | 8 teams have entered this challenge.
Queensland
Brisbane Olympics
Queensland will host the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane. Using Queensland open data, what can we do now to help the state prepare?
Go to Challenge | 8 teams have entered this challenge.
Deadly choices for Moreton Bay (QLD)
How can we support the development of social and cultural outcomes across the Moreton Bay Region?
Go to Challenge | 5 teams have entered this challenge.
Digital Economy
What can we learn from open data that will help Queenslanders grow the digital economy during the COVID-19 recovery?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
Immigration
Queensland’s historical immigration open data is hugely popular. What insights can we gain from this and other related open data?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
Jobs and Growth for Moreton Bay (QLD)
How can we create a prosperous future for our youth?
Go to Challenge | 9 teams have entered this challenge.
Rethinking Education
With COVID-19, we have had to re-think education. How can we provide a better and safer education using digital technologies that complement and enhance on campus experiences?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
Road Safety
What can we do to minimise the number of road crashes on Queensland roads?
Go to Challenge | 11 teams have entered this challenge.
Sustainable Moreton Bay (QLD)
How can we create a diverse and flourishing planet for generations to come?
Go to Challenge | 8 teams have entered this challenge.
South Australia
Building Citizen’s Trust in this Digital World
In order to access online services, citizens need to give their consent for their data to be used. How do you gain their trust that their data will be used appropriately?
Go to Challenge | 8 teams have entered this challenge.
Meeting the needs of vulnerable Australians during a global pandemic
How can data help us better understand and meet the needs of vulnerable Australians such as older Australians and Australians with a disability as we navigate through the complexities of a global pandemic?
Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.
The digital future of agriculture
How might we use data and digital technology to make agriculture more sustainable, more ethical, and more efficient?
Go to Challenge | 16 teams have entered this challenge.
Tasmania
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for a Digital Twin
The City of Hobart is developing a Digital Twin that will contain high resolution photogrammetric data and allow integration with diverse datasets owned publicly or privately. We are keen to explore the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning within these datasets.
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
Best Tasmanian commercial opportunity
How can we use Tasmanian Data to create something that could be an economic success?
Go to Challenge | 5 teams have entered this challenge.
Most outstanding benefit to the residents of Tasmania
How can we use Open Data to most benefit residents of Tasmania?
Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.
The best use of Tasmanian Heritage Data
How can we use data to showcase Tasmania’s history, people and stories?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
The best use of Tasmanian Spatial Data
How can you use Tasmanian spatial data to improve life for Tasmanian residents or businesses?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.
Victoria
Managing Our Water Resources
Can water data help us understand and better manage our water resources and environment?
Go to Challenge | 7 teams have entered this challenge.
Safeguarding citizens privacy and ownership of their personal data
How might we build telemetry and data insights without compromising citizen privacy?
Go to Challenge | 8 teams have entered this challenge.
The cost of water
How can we use data to achieve an equitable way of distributing the costs of providing clean water to residents?
Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.
Transport - Transitioning to COVID-Normal
How do we better understand the transport options available to support people getting back to work and school as we transition to COVID-Normal, as well as learn more about impacts and opportunities for the broader transport system and associated services (logistics, freight, parking, infrastructure etc)?
Go to Challenge | 7 teams have entered this challenge.
Western Australia
How would you improve online services in WA?
How would you improve online services in WA?
Go to Challenge | 4 teams have entered this challenge.
Most outstanding benefit to the residents of Fremantle
How can we use Open Data to most benefit residents of Fremantle?
Go to Challenge | 3 teams have entered this challenge.