The Best Science Hack

Supported By: 
Geoscience Australia and CSIRO

Supported by Geoscience Australia and CSIRO

  1. Major prize: Best Science Hack ($4000)

  2. Runner up 1: Best Science Hack ($2000)

  3. Runner up 2: Best Science Hack ($2000)

This category is about science: using awesome government data for great scientific outcomes and helping people engage in, understand and use scientific information in their everyday lives.

Postcode Battle (The Card Game)

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Level 6.3

Now you can fight your suburb against that of your friends!



Postcode Battle (Liveability Index)

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Level 6.3

We see open government data as a chance for the government to inform its citizens, and for the citizens to inform the government; as a chance to foster communication and cooperation. In our project, we ask: where is infrastructure sufficient, and where are services lacking? If I want to move to a different suburb, where are my needs and interests best catered for?


Synergising Synergies for Sitizens

Dashboard Analysis
Team Name: 
Sitizens Synergising Synergies


Our idea was to answer a simple question for Synergy, how can we work out which suburbs are best-placed for rooftop solar investment? Or, looked at another way, which suburbs will generate enough solar to power themselves and generate a net positive for the grid?

We can answer this question by looking at two aspects:

  • Total Suburb Generation Potential


  • Total suburb consumption

This will give us our Total Suburb Contribution.


To work out our Total Suburb generation potential, we had to work out:


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AusQuakes is an earthquake visualisation tool.

It helps the public and organisations easily see where past quakes have occurred and their magnitude, allowing better planning of potential future events.

The C word

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The Four Musketeers

Flux Capacity

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Flux Residue

Project: visualisation of traffic movement, using SCATS data via Landgate SLIP, to improve traffic flow through the city.

An innovative and interactive web based heat map and flashing lights hardware solution. Our motto is "Strive for a Mostly Benevolent Society!"

Gender Equality

Screenshot of Gender Eqaulity
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It is incredibly important to expose equality data.

I've build a data visualisation of gender equality data from the  Workplace Gender Equality Act dataset.


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Index ALL The Things!

SA Treasure Hunter

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They love sunken treasure!


Fun for all ages.





Team Name: 
CMU Tartans

We have created an application that helps users view their electricity, water and gas consumption in a single platform. They can view their consumption on a daily, weekly, monthly or a quarterly basis. Our application will also notify the user of the early bird discount options on their phones and make the necessary payments securely.


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