Changes in version 0.4.1 (2026-10-14)                  

  - pd_read() stops with a clear error when 'arrow' was built without
    zstd, which the site's Parquet files use, and its example is skipped
    there.

                        Changes in version 0.4.0                        

  - Answers are tibbles. pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() type each column
    as its field says, so dates come back as Date and booleans as
    logical, and every answer labels its columns with the fields'
    descriptions.
  - pd_fields() lists a dataset's fields with their types, descriptions,
    ranges and values.
  - pd_join_boundaries() attaches the ABS boundary of the area each row
    names by its code, and pd_boundaries() and pd_boundary_layers() read
    the layers.
  - pd_catalogue() searches every dataset on the government portals,
    served or not.
  - pd_provenance() gives a version's source file, checksum and fetch
    time.
  - pd_url() gives a file's address and pd_latest() the newest version.
  - pd_browse() opens a dataset's page.
  - pd_read() takes columns to read only some fields.
  - Errors have the class publicdataau_error, and
    publicdataau_unreachable when the site cannot be reached.
  - Large downloads show a progress bar in interactive sessions.
  - A vignette, "Getting started with publicdataau", and a CITATION
    file.

                        Changes in version 0.3.0                        

  - pd_tbl() returns a table or view of a version's DuckDB file as a
    lazy 'dplyr' table, so dplyr verbs run as SQL against the file over
    HTTPS.
  - pd_sf() reads a dataset's map layer as an 'sf' object.
  - pd_read(), pd_download(), pd_connect(), pd_tbl() and pd_sf() take
    cache to keep a version's file in pd_cache_dir() and reuse it;
    nothing is kept unless asked. pd_cache_list() and pd_cache_clear()
    manage it.
  - pd_changes() lists what each release changed and pd_diff() reads one
    comparison in full.
  - pd_cite() gives a version's citation as a bibentry, for text or
    BibTeX.
  - pd_datasets() takes publisher, topic and jurisdiction.
  - A licence condition beyond attribution, such as G-NAF's, is shown
    once per session; options(publicdataau.quiet = TRUE) turns it off.
  - pd_connect() carries the file's attribution and citation, so
    pd_attribution() works on a connection, and keeps 'DuckDB''s
    extensions out of the home directory on 'duckdb' releases
    before 1.5.5 too.
  - pd_download() takes the "geo.parquet" format.

                        Changes in version 0.2.0                        

  - pd_connect() attaches a version's DuckDB file read-only over HTTPS
    and returns a 'DBI' connection, so a query runs against the version
    without a download.
  - pd_tables() and pd_schema() list the tables of a database such as
    G-NAF with their fields, keys and references.
  - pd_read() and pd_download() take table to read one table of a
    database as Parquet.
  - pd_download() takes the new "duckdb" format.
  - pd_available() says whether publicdata.au can be reached, and every
    function now stops with a message naming the site when it cannot.

                        Changes in version 0.1.0                        

  - First release: pd_datasets(), pd_versions(), pd_dataset(),
    pd_rows(), pd_aggregate(), pd_download(), pd_read() and the filter
    helpers.