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The ABS wishes to thank the following organisations and persons for their input into Year Book Australia 2002:
General
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
AGSO - Geoscience Australia
AusAID
Australasian Railway Association Inc.
Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria
Australia Council
Australian Broadcasting Authority
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Australian Communications Authority
Australian Dairy Corporation
Australian Film Commission
Australian Heritage Commission
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Library and Information Association
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Australian National Training Authority
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Australian Sports Commission
Australian Stock Exchange
Australian Surveying and Land Information Group
Australian Taxation Office
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
AUSTROADS
Bureau of Air Safety Investigation
Bureau of Meteorology
Bureau of Rural Sciences
Bureau of Tourism Research
Bureau of Transport Economics
Centrelink
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Department of Defence
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
Department of Environment and Heritage
Department of Family and Community Services
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Health and Aged Care
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Department of the Parliamentary Library
Department of Transport and Regional Services
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Heritage Collections Council
Michael Harrington (indexer)
Ministerial Council on Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Musica Viva Australia
National Archives of Australia
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
National Crime Authority
National Library of Australia
National Museum of Australia
ntl Australia
Opera Australia
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Pirie Printers Holdings Pty Ltd (printing and binding of this edition of Year Book Australia)
Private Health Insurance Administration Council
Productivity Commission
Reserve Bank of Australia
Reuters
Special Broadcasting Service
Sport and Recreation Training Australia
Sport Industry Australia
State and Territory Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Symphony Australia
The Australian Ballet
The Australian Gas Association
2002 version - Special articles
Dr Marilyn Fleer, University of Canberra
Industry Information Unit, Business Competitiveness Division, Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Dr Manfred Lenzen, School of Physics, The University of Sydney
Brendan O’Reilly, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Simon Tennent, Senior Economist, Housing Industry Association
Ginie Udy, Director of Community Services, YWCA of Canberra
Fred von Reibnitz (editor)