1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2003  
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The following symbols, where shown in columns of figures of elsewhere in tables, mean:


‘000thousand
$’000thousand dollars
$mmillion dollars
$bbillion 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
°Cdegrees Celsius
CO2carbon dioxide
CO2-ecarbon dioxide equivalent
Gggigagram
GJgigajoule
GLgigalitre
hahectare
kgkilogram
kmkilometre
km2square kilometre
km3cubic kilometre
ktkilotonne
kWhkilowatt hour
Llitre
mmetre
m2square metre
m3cubic metre
MBmegabyte
mill.million
MLmegalitre
mmmillimetre
Mtmegatonne
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n.p.not for publication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
PJpetajoule
ttonne
excl.excluding
FTEfull-time equivalent
incl.including
SARspecial administrative region



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

NSWNew South Wales
Vic.Victoria
QldQueensland
WAWestern Australia
SASouth Australia
Tas.Tasmania
NTNorthern Territory
ACTAustralian 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.



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