Canberra, Australia: 3 December 2008

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has announced that ABS will be releasing changes to the design and functionality of the ABS website on the 18 & 19 December 2008. The announcement states:

“Creative Commons provides a spectrum of licensing for the use of intellectual property between full copyright and public domain – in essence 'some rights reserved'. The ABS is poised to introduce Creative Commons licensing for the majority of its web content.

The relevant Creative Commons logo (which will link to the Attribution 2.5 Australia Licence) will be included at the bottom of every page on the ABS website.”