SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are shown in tables, graphs and diagrams:
| ’000 | thousand |
| $ | dollar |
| $’000 | thousand dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| $b | billion dollars |
| % | percentage |
| — | nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
| . . | not applicable |
| ^ | estimate has a relative standard error of between 10% and 25% and should be used with caution |
| * | estimate has a relative standard error of between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution |
| ** | estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use |
| °C | degrees Celsius |
| ABARE | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACE | adult and community education |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Coorporation |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASOC | Australian Standard Offence Classification |
| b | billion |
| c.f. | compared with |
| COCF | consumption of fixed capital |
| Cwlth | Commonwealth |
| EDR | economic demonstrated resources |
| e.g. | for example |
| etc. | etcetera |
| EU | European Union |
| excl. | excludes/excluding |
| f.o.b. | free-on-board |
| FTE | full-time equivalent |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GJ | gigajoule |
| GL | gigalitre |
| GMI | gross mixed income |
| GOS | gross operating surplus |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| Gt | gigatonne |
| GVA | gross value added |
| GWh | gigawatt hours |
| ha | hectare |
| HECS | Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
| ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision |
| i.e. | that is |
| incl. | includes/including |
| IPD | implicit price deflators |
| IVA | industry value added |
| kg | kilogram |
| km | kilometre |
| kt | kilotonne |
| kWh | kilowatt hour |
| L | litre |
| LNG | liquified natural gas |
| LPG | liquified petroleum gas |
| m | million |
| m2 | square metre |
| m3 | cubic metre |
| MAR | mean annual run-off |
| MB | megabyte |
| Mc | million carots |
| mg | milligram |
| mill. | million |
| ML | megalitre |
| Mm3 | million cubic metres |
| mm | millimetre |
| Mt | megatonne |
| NDP | net domestic product |
| NOS | net operating surplus |
| no. | number |
| n.a. | not available |
| n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
| n.e.i. | not elsewhere included |
| n.e.s. | not elsewhere specified |
| n.f.d. | not further defined |
| n.p. | not for publication/not separately published |
| n.y.a. | not yet available |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPBT | operating profit before tax |
| PJ | petajoule |
| PSI | principal source of income |
| R&D | research and development |
| SAR | special administrative region |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| sq km | square kilometre |
| TAFE | technical and further education |
| TJ | terajoules |
| UN | United Nations |
| VET | vocational education and training |
Abbreviations are used for the following countries, and Australian states and territories:
| China | China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Prov.) |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong (SAR of China) |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| Qld | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| WA | Western Australia |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| Aust. | Australia |
Yearly periods shown, for example, as 2004, refer to the year ended 31 December 2004; those shown, for example, as 2004-05, refer to the year ended 30 June 2005. Other yearly periods are specifically indicated. The range of years shown in the table headings, for example, 1901 to 2004, indicates the period covered, but does not necessarily imply that each intervening year is included or that the yearly period has remained the same throughout the series.
Values are shown in Australian dollars ($) or cents (c) unless another currency is specified.
Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.
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