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The Centre of Environment and Energy Statistics (CEES) welcomes two new directors

Kirsty Leslie has responsibility for Water, and Environmental Accounts. Contact Kirsty on: (02) 6252 5436 or email: kirsty.leslie@abs.gov.au

Robyn Elphinstone has responsibility for Land and Agriculture. Contact Robyn on: (02) 6252 5502 or email: robyn.elphinstone@abs.gov.au


NatStats Conference 08, Melbourne, November 19-20

The NatStats08 Conference will provide a unique opportunity for key stakeholders from across government, business and academia to discuss strategies for improving statistics for the nation.

The conference has three main themes: Informing the Environment Debate; Informing the Nation; and Measuring the Progress of Society.

The type of statistics required and the role they can play in informing the environmental debate will be discussed in relation to climate change, natural resources and water.

For further information on the conference visit the NatStats08 web site, http://www.nss.gov.au/natstats


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• Take note of the ABS cat. no. of the publication you want to find. For example, if you wish to look at Water Account, Australia 2004–05, the cat. no. is 4610.0.
• On the ABS homepage under the heading “All Statistics” on the left hand menu, click “Access to all ABS products & statistics”.
• Under the heading “Statistics” choose “By catalogue number” on the left hand menu.
• Take the first two digits of the cat. no. – for the Water Account, Australia 2004–05 example this is 46. Scroll down the page until you reach “46. Environment”. Click this link.
• Publications are presented in order of their cat. no. Using the cat. no., scroll down the page until you find the publication you are looking for and click on the title.
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• For previous editions of the publication, click on the “Past and Future Issues” tab.