ACER was established with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a foundation itself established "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding".
In addition, it offers the SAT and PSAT tests from the College Board in the USA and benchmarks through the International School Assessment tests from ACER (the Australian Council for Educational Research).
The Australian Labor Party nominated David Bennett, a research officer with the Australian Council for Educational Research, whilst the Democratic Labor Party, who had received 11.56% of the vote at the November 1966 election in the seat, opted not to contest the election.
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