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List of Abbreviations

AAC Australian Aluminium Council
ABARE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
ABN Australian Business Number
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABSCQ Australian Bureau of Statistics Classification of Qualifications
AHECC Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification
ANZSIC Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
APPEA Ltd Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Limited
ASCED Australian Standard Classification of Education
ASCO Australian Standard of Occupations
ASIC Australian Standard Industrial Classification
ASX Australian Stock Exchange
ATSN Combined Australian Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature
AVETMISS Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard
AWE Average Weekly Earnings
bbls/day barrels a day
BOP Balance of Payments
BES Business Expectations Survey
cat. no. catalogue number
CMI Coal Mines Insurance
CPI Consumer Price Index
CSV Comma Separated Value
CURF Confidentialised Unit Record File
EAS Economic Activity Survey
e.g example
EPE Environment Protection Expenditure
EXIT Export Integration
f.o.b. free on board
GA Geoscience Australia
Gm3 Help
h hours
IEA International Energy Agency
IIP International Investment Position
IGP Industry gross product
IT Information Technology
IVA Industry value added

JVS Job Vacancy Survey
JPDA Joint Petroleum Development Area
kL kilolitres
LCI Labour Cost Index
LFS Labour Force Survey
LME London Metal Exchange
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LTI Lost Time Injuries
MINLOC Mineral Occurrence Locations Database
MINRES Mineral Resources Database
mmboe million barrels of oil equivalent
mmcf million cubic feet
n.a. not available
n.e.c. not elsewhere classified
n.p. not available for publication
NT Northern Territory
NT DBIRD Northern Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development
OZMIN Mineral deposits & occurrences database
p preliminary
PDF Page Definition Format
PIRSA Primary Industries and Resources South Australia
QEAS Quarterly Economic Activity Survey
qtr Quarter
R&D Research and Development
SEW Survey of Education and Work
SAS Statistical analysis system
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
SNA93 System of National Accounts 1993
SPSS Statistical Products and Service Solutions
TAFE Technical and Further Education
TEPS Training Expenditure and Practices Survey
TES Training Expenditure Survey
TPS Training Practices Survey
VET Vocational Education and Training
WCI Wage Cost Index
— nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)