for journalists

Break the news

Bites of brand new story ideas for journalists. A quick, easy scroll to prepare your pitches for the next day.

Receive tip-offs for government records published in the last 24 hours relating to companies you are interested in or general court activities like all Federal Court filings.

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Scoops

Break news of a lawsuit between prominent companies, a class action, or a colourful character finding themselves in hot water.

If you’re not subscribed to Daily Reports and Alerts as a journalist, you’re already behind. Journalists from across Australia’s media landscape are relying on DATAV3 for tip-offs, finding sources, and landing scoops.

DATAV3 is essential for tracking entity activity

DATAV3 is the most pertinent tool for all journalists, whether you are reporting niche news at small indie publications or contesting for Walkley Awards with groundbreaking investigative pieces.

It can cut down on the time-consuming and frustrating aspects of journalistic research, while giving you time to dig deep where it matters.

Our Lookup Lists enable journalists to search government records quickly, even where there are complex entity structures. Search all subsidiaries, business names, directors, leadership teams, and even whistleblowers or other key people in one List, generating an instant report of relevant records. Identify court cases and parliamentary submissions from other states, and find important information you otherwise would never have searched for.

Stay in the loop and add these entities to your Alerts. You’ll be notified on the day of publication for any new records, including Federal Court filings, or even tribunal matters.

Fast due diligence reports for journalists with DATAV3

Your daily email will include any alerts on a link for easy viewing on the go.

Timely. Novel. Impactful

Story ideas will be delivered straight to your inbox! Timely records like court filings, hearing dates, and dozens of other sources are sent to you on the same day of publication.

Parliamentary submissions made by companies can be insightful, while submissions from people suffering from an industry can be impactful.

Add depth to your features by including recent moves on the lobbying register, tidbits from parliamentary submissions, and those forgotten answers to Questions on Notice asked in Budget Estimates.

Australia-wide

DATAV3 collects government records from all over Australia, including the Supreme Courts in the ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC, and WA, as well as tribunals from ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, and WA. This software is not just Sydney and Melbourne centric, with journalists often finding relevant cases from interstate courts they would never normally search.

With a dataset growing by the week, there is nowhere else to search 11.5 million+ government records in seconds.

If you only read one email

Email fatigue is real, especially for journalists. This is not like Google Alerts. DATAV3 sends one meaningful email each night filled with records you have opted to receive. Your Daily Alerts are just like following someone on social media - you can unfollow at anytime, and you’ll only receive an alert if there is a match to our records. Daily Reports are refined to your interests. Most journalists select Federal Court filings as a minimum. Track cases in Federal Court or Parliamentary Inquiries and be notified whenever there is a change within that court case or inquiry (new documents filed, new hearing date, change in lawyer, etc).

FAQs for journalists

How can journalists use DATAV3 in investigations?

Journalists can use DATAV3 to uncover stories hidden in public records. It centralises court cases, parliamentary inquiries, regulator activity, and the lobbyist register. This makes it faster to connect people, companies, and events, helping reporters surface leads that would otherwise take days of manual searching.

What types of data does DATAV3 cover for media research?

DATAV3 indexes federal and state court records, parliamentary submissions, corporate regulator activity, insolvency events, the lobbyist register and more. This breadth of coverage helps journalists find obscure court matters, be alerted to new class actions, track updates to court cases (especially high profile or impactful cases), find subject matter experts through Parliamentary submissions, and identify new sources.

Why is DATAV3 useful for breaking news?

Journalists need to move quickly when stories emerge. DATAV3 highlights new cases and filings in near real time, giving reporters the ability to verify details before competitors. This speed makes it easier to break stories based on authoritative, publicly available information.

Can DATAV3 help verify company or individual claims?

In some cases. By searching names of companies, directors, or executives, journalists can confirm whether they appear in litigation, regulator actions, or parliamentary evidence. This helps validate claims made by organisations and adds a layer of documented credibility to reporting.

Is DATAV3 trusted in the media industry?

DATAV3 is already used by investigative journalists across leading outlets. Its structured access to government records reduces the chance of missing critical details and ensures media professionals can report with accuracy and authority.

What DATAV3 products do journalists mostly use?

Daily Alerts are most popular, with some journalists receiving hundreds of Alerts each night specific to what companies and people they are investigating or monitoring. Daily Reports are also popular, especially for the list of all Federal Court filings which were published that day. Finally, the Search product is also used by journalists. It enables a quick and simple way to search millions of records in seconds.

DATAV3 collects most courts and tribunals

Collection began in late 2018, with most Australian courts and tribunals being collected every day for years. New data set are being added.

Court data only tells part of the story

DATAV3 is the only research tool in Australia that collects many different kinds of government data in this way.

Search ASIC liquidation notices, ASIC banned and disqualified persons, thousands of federal and state parliamentary inquiries with over 300,000 documents. Check ACNC records, the federal lobbying register and more. With new data sets now coming regularly.