ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
$'000 | thousand dollars |
$m | million dollars |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
ANZSIC06 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 2006 Edition |
ANZSRC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification |
ASRC | Australian Standard Research Classification |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
BERD | business expenditure on R&D |
FOR | Fields of Research |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GSP | gross state product |
n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
NSW | New South Wales |
NT | Northern Territory |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PYE | person years of effort |
Qld | Queensland |
R&D | research and experimental development |
SA | South Australia |
SEO | socio-economic objective |
Tas. | Tasmania |
Vic. | Victoria |
WA | Western Australia |