ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE QTR 2006 (cat. no. 8762.0)
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
There are no changes in this issue.
SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS QUARTER
Compared with the current price original terms estimates published in the previous issue of this publication:
- The March quarter 2006 estimates have been revised downwards by $296m for work commenced, upwards $138m for work done and downwards $238.4m for work yet to be done. These revisions occurred predominantly in 'private for private' 'oil, gas, coal and other minerals' in Western Australia.
- The December quarter 2005 estimates have been revised downwards by $46.8m for work commenced, upwards by $49.8m for work done and downwards $96m for work yet to be done. These revisions were predominantly in 'private for private' 'oil, gas, coal and other minerals' and 'other' in Western Australia.
- The September quarter 2005 estimates have been revised upwards by $74m for work done and downwards $74m for work yet to be done. These revisions occurred in 'private for private' 'oil, gas, coal and other minerals' in Western Australia.
DATA NOTES
A new base year, 2004-05, has been introduced into the chain volume estimates which has resulted in revisions to growth rates in subsequent periods. In addition, the chain volume estimates have been re-referenced to 2004-05, thereby preserving additivity in the quarters after the reference year. Re-referencing affect the levels of, but not the movements in, chain volume estimates.
BUILDING ACTIVITY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE QTR 2006 (cat. no. 8752.0)
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
A number of revisions have been made to historical data in many series to as far back as the September 2000 quarter. The revisions have been included to adjust for recently identified omissions in historical Building Approvals data. These changes were incorporated into the March 2006 issue of Building Approvals, Australia (cat. no. 8731.0).
SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THIS ISSUE
A new base year, 2004-05, has been introduced into the chain volume estimates which has resulted in revisions to growth rates in subsequent periods. In addition, the chain volume estimates have been re-referenced to 2004-05, thereby preserving additivity in the quarters after the reference year. Re-referencing affects the levels of, but not the movements in, chain volume estimates.
