The revised Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC 2020) was released on June 30 on the Australian Bureau of Statistics website.

Here are the new 2020 categories for statistics, with additions in red and changes in blue:

490501	Applied statistics
490502	Biostatistics
490503	Computational statistics
490504	Forensic evaluation, inference and statistics
490505	Large and complex data theory
490506	Probability theory
490507	Spatial statistics
490508	Statistical data science
490509	Statistical theory
490510	Stochastic analysis and modelling
490511	Time series and spatial modelling
490599	Statistics not elsewhere classified

For comparison here are the previous 2008 categories:

0104 Statistics

010401 Applied Statistics
010402 Biostatistics
010403 Forensic Statistics
010404 Probability Theory
010405 Statistical Theory
010406 Stochastic Analysis and Modelling
010499 Statistics not elsewhere classified

We gave feedback to the review consultation draft, with thanks to our members who helped with this. We are happy with the changes as these reflect the growth in statistics and allow our members to more accurately reflect their work.