1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2008

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Contents Acknowledgements Articles About this Release Expanded contents In history's page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair Scouting – developing leaders of tomorrow (Feature Article) Geohazards and their impact (Feature Article) Understanding natural hazard impacts on Australia (Feature Article) Natural disasters in Australia (Feature Article) How do we know about climate in the period before instruments? (Feature Article) Tsunami risk to Australia (Feature Article) Australian federal system (Feature Article) APEC and climate change (Feature Article) Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage (Feature Article) Physical violence (Feature Article) Irrigation on Australian farms (Feature Article) Sustainable forest management – an update (Feature Article) Sustaining the mineral resources industry – overcoming the tyranny of depth (Feature Article) ABS sums up the nation - more kids, bigger houses, but greener (Media Release) Year Book Australia 2008: Media story leads (Media Release)	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABS publications, including Year Book Australia, draw extensively on information provided freely by individuals, businesses, governments and other organisations. Their continued cooperation is very much appreciated; without it, the wide range of statistics published by the ABS would not be available. Information received by the ABS is treated in strict confidence as required by the Census and Statistics Act 1905 (Cwlth). The ABS thanks the following people and organisations for their contribution to Year Book Australia 2008: Robin Green (Editor) Scott Bennett, Politics and Public Administration Section of the Library of the Commonwealth Parliament Jan Fullerton, Director-General, National Library of Australia Michael Harrington (Indexer) Miriam Middlemann, Geoscience Australia Roxanne Missingham, President, Australian Library and Information Association Scouts Australia Dr Blair Trewin, Australian Bureau of Meteorology Australian government departments and agencies: AusAID Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics Australian Bureau of Meteorology Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Australian Customs Service Australian Fisheries Management Authority Australian Government Antarctic Division Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Australian Transport Safety Bureau Bureau of Rural Sciences Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics Civil Aviation Safety Authority Centrelink Department of Defence Department of Education, Science and Training Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Department of Environment and Heritage Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Department of Health and Ageing Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources Department of Transport and Regional Services Department of Veterans' Affairs Geoscience Australia Indigenous Business Australia Library of the Commonwealth Parliament Reserve Bank of Australia White Phoenix Photography Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.