We work with a number of project partners to make this research project come to life
The Australian Digital Inclusion Index is a collaboration between the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society at RMIT, the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne University of Technology, and Telstra.
Telstra has been deeply committed to digital inclusion for over a decade, having partnered on the Australian Digital Inclusion Index since its inception in 2015. This enduring commitment reflects Telstra’s purpose—to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. Telstra’s approach addresses the three pillars of digital inclusion: Access, Affordability and Digital Ability, delivered through strong partnerships with government, industry and the community sector. Looking ahead, Telstra has set a bold target to support the digital inclusion of 1 million people by FY30, with at least 200,000 in the Northern Territory, South Australia or Tasmania where the need is greatest.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) is a cross-disciplinary, national research centre, which aims to create the knowledge and strategies necessary for responsible, ethical, and inclusive automated decision-making. Funded by the Australian Research Council from 2020 to 2026, ADM+S is hosted at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, with nodes located at eight other Australian universities, and partners around the world. The Centre brings together leading researchers in the humanities, social and technological sciences in an international industry, research, and civil society network. Its priority domains for public engagement are news and media, transport and mobilities, social services, and health.
The Australian Digital Inclusion Index is a collaboration between the RMIT and Swinburne nodes of ADM+S.
Support for this research was provided by the Australian Research Council through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society (CE200100005).
The Australian Digital Inclusion Index also works with a number of external collaborators.
The Social Research Centre provides government, academia, and the not-for-profit sector with access to world-class research and evaluation services including research design, data collection, statistical consulting, and analysis and reporting. The Social Research Centre is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Australian National University and has a well-earned reputation as one of Australia’s pre-eminent social research organisations.
Dassier provides custom built data visualisations, data dashboards, and online reporting platforms. Established in 2012, the team at Dassier has worked with a variety of Australian organisations across the private, public, government and not for profit sectors to deliver both internal and public facing data dashboards and online reporting tools.
