The Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research (BCARR) undertakes research and provides economic and data analysis on communications, arts, cities and regions to support evidence-based policy development and advice.

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Communications

See our research and analysis of the communications and media sectors.

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Arts

View our research and analysis of the arts sector and cultural and creative parts of the economy.

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Regions and Cities

The economic and social characteristics of Australia’s regions and cities vary significantly. Our spatial research and analysis improves our understanding of these differences and enables location appropriate development.

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Data Dashboards

Our data dashboards provide an interactive way of monitoring, measuring, analysing, and generating insights from different datasets.

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Publications

International comparison of fixed broadband performance—Migration to higher speed plans

This fact sheet describes trends and data relevant to the migration to higher speed fixed broadband services in Australia, including how Australia fares compared to international peers.

Measuring Australia’s fixed broadband performance

This fact sheet describes shortcomings with existing measures of broadband performance and outlines an approach to robustly assess Australia’s fixed broadband performance.