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General
AusAID
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Australian Taxation Office
BIS Shrapnel
Bureau of Meteorology
Bureau of Rural Sciences
Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology
Department of Defence
Department of Family and Community Services
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of the Parliamentary Library
Department of Transport and Regional Services
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Environment Australia
Fred von Reibnitz (editor)
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Michael Harrington (indexer)
Pirie Printers Holdings Pty Ltd (printing and binding of this edition of Year Book Australia)
Chapter articles
John W Zillman AO, Director of Meteorology
Scott Bennett, Information and Research Services Section, Department of the Parliamentary Library
John Whittington and Peter Liston, Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology
Environmental Stewardship Team, Sustainable Industries Branch, Environment Australia
Paul Giles, Senior Project Manager, BIS Shrapnel
A Yainshet, R Nelson and G Love, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Hilary Skeat, Tourism and Recreation Section, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority