NEWS.md
In mitcda/raustats: Access Data and Statistics from the ABS and RBA Websites

raustats 0.15.0

abs_cat_stats includes new argument na.rm to provide option to remove rows with NA values.
abs_read_tss includes new argument na.rm to provide option to remove rows with NA values.
abs_cat_download now includes PDF files in set of downloadable ABS catalogue file types.
abs_cat_releases a new function that returns the set of all available releases for a specified ABS catalogue number.
abs_cat_tables includes internal changes that specify separate columns for Excel, Zip and PDF resource URLs.
abs_stats includes new option return_json which enables return of data in raw JSON format.
rba_search (and by extension rba_stats) now includes new option series_type which enables user to list only current statistical tables (the default), historical data or discontinued data.

abs_cat_stats now avoids multiple file downloads and applies abs_cat_unzip only to compressed files.
abs_cat_tables includes revisions that correct errors thrown by abs_cat_tables and abs_cat_stats for some ABS catalogue numbers (e.g. 8731.0 and 3105.0.65.001).
abs_stats now gracefully handles zero-length (empty) returns.
rba_stats now downloads only current statistical tables by default. Previously, rba_stats would attempt to read all tables meeting search criteria, and fail in cases involving a mix of statistical tables, historical data and/or discontinued data. (Reported by David Stephan.)
Added functionality to ensure URL calls fail gracefully with an informative message if the resource is not available.