Queensland Premier Campbell Newman launched the Queensland Government data portal stating "Data is becoming the currency of our society. By making government data available to the public we will allow Queenslanders to develop innovative services and solutions" (Dec 2012).

A snapshot of the datasets available at data.gov.au include:

• 2012 Annual property valuation
• British convict registers
• Coal seam gas environmental authorities reserve and statistics
• Digitised maps

To find out more go to Dataset categories.

Interested in government open-data see Government Data for further information.