1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2003

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Contents >> Symbols and Abbreviations

The following symbols, where shown in columns of figures of elsewhere in tables, mean:

	‘000	thousand
	$’000	thousand dollars
	$m	million dollars
	$b	billion dollars
	%	percentage
	-	nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
	. .	not applicable
	*	subject to high standard errors and should be used with caution
	**	subject to sampling variability too high for practical purposes (i.e. relative standard error greater than 50%)
	<	less than
	°C	degrees Celsius
	CO₂	carbon dioxide
	CO₂-e	carbon dioxide equivalent
	Gg	gigagram
	GJ	gigajoule
	GL	gigalitre
	ha	hectare
	kg	kilogram
	km	kilometre
	km²	square kilometre
	km³	cubic kilometre
	kt	kilotonne
	kWh	kilowatt hour
	L	litre
	m	metre
	m²	square metre
	m³	cubic metre
	MB	megabyte
	mill.	million
	ML	megalitre
	mm	millimetre
	Mt	megatonne
	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	n.p.	not for publication
	n.y.a.	not yet available
	p.a.	per annum
	PJ	petajoule
	t	tonne
	excl.	excluding
	FTE	full-time equivalent
	incl.	including
	SAR	special administrative region

The following abbreviations are used for the titles of the Australian States and Territories and Australia:

	NSW	New South Wales
	Vic.	Victoria
	Qld	Queensland
	WA	Western Australia
	SA	South Australia
	Tas.	Tasmania
	NT	Northern Territory
	ACT	Australian Capital Territory
	Aust.	Australia

Yearly periods shown, for example, as 2000, refer to the year ended 31 December 2000; those shown, for example, as 2000-01, refer to the year ended 30 June 2001. Other yearly periods are specifically indicated. The range of years shown in the table headings, for example, 1901 to 1999-2000, 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.