# ausref Government Reference Data Series

> ausref Government Reference Data Series is a paid API for AI agents from ausref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns a specific government reference data series (e.g. policy rate, VAT, minimum wage, public holidays, CPI, corporate tax, income tax) for Australia or New Zealand

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ausref.dev/v1/:country/:series
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ausref-government-reference-data-series-190fb81c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QDChqt8qGottgbTii5GGp

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ausref-government-reference-data-series-190fb81c
```

Example prompt: What is the current VAT (GST) rate in Australia? Fetch it from the ausref reference data using country 'au' and series 'vat'.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need an authoritative, machine-readable lookup of a specific Australasian government statistical or regulatory reference figure — such as the current GST rate, minimum wage, central bank policy rate, CPI, corporate or income tax rates, or public holiday calendar — for either Australia or New Zealand, without having to scrape government websites.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid country code (not 'au' or 'nz') returns 400 or 404
- Invalid series name returns 400 or 404
- Data is stale (stale: true in response) — value may be outdated past expected update cycle
- Service unavailable returns 5xx
- Payment not processed results in 402 Payment Required

## How this service works

Government reference data series

## Output

A JSON object containing the series value (numeric rate or array of holiday objects), the effective-from date, last confirmed date, unit, source attribution (name and URL), a staleness boolean flag, optional rate breakdown components, and any relevant notes.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "country",
      "series"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "series": {
       "enum": [
        "policy-rate",
        "statutory-interest",
        "vat",
        "vat-registration-threshold",
        "minimum-wage",
        "public-holidays",
        "cpi",
        "corporate-tax",
        "withholding-tax",
        "income-tax",
        "social-contributions"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Reference series id"
      },
      "country": {
       "enum": [
        "au",
        "fj",
        "nz",
        "pg",
        "sb",
        "to",
        "vu",
        "ws"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ISO country code"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {},
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ausref-government-reference-data-series-190fb81c/health.json
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