Open Knowledge Australia leads local projects including:

• Australia’s Regional Open Data Census – measuring the openness of key data published by Australia’s state and territory governments
• Australia’s Local Open Data Census – a crowd-sourced measure of the openness of local government data
• Open Council Data – lightweight standards for the publishing of council data
• HackforDV – an incubating project that seeks to address issues surrounding domestic violence

Globally, Open Knowledge Australia contributes to:

• CKAN – the open source data portal software
• Global Open Data Index – tracking the state of open government data around the world
• Open Definition – setting the principles that define “openness” in relation to data and content
• Open Data Handbook – guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the “what, why & how” of open data
• DataPortals.org – a comprehensive list of open data portals from around the world