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--- 
title: "R for Australian Public Policy"
author: "R Users Network for Australian Public Policy"
date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
documentclass: book
bibliography: [book.bib, packages.bib]
biblio-style: apalike
link-citations: yes
github-repo: runapp-aus/book
---

# Welcome {-}

Welcome to *R for Australian Public Policy*, the book collaboratively authored by the [R Users Network for Australian Public Policy](https://runapp-aus.github.io/runapp_website/).

This book aims to provide advice and guidance on using R in Australian public policy, including available open datasets and how to use them.

This book is also being written in the open, and you are welcome to [contribute](#contributing) to it.

## License {-}
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## Other Resources {-}
This book assumes that users have a base level familiarity with the R programming language. If you want to learn more about R and Data Science, the [R for Data Science](https://r4ds.had.co.nz/) book is a great place to start.