ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| '000 | thousand |
| $b | billion (thousand million) dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABR | Australian Business Register |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSBR | Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| Aust. | Australia |
| BAS | Business Activity Statement |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
| EBITDA | earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation |
| FRC | full retail contestability |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| GWh | gigawatt hour |
| IVA | industry value added |
| n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
| no. | number |
| NEM | National Electricity Market |
| OPBT | operating profit before tax |
| RSE | relative standard error |
| SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
| TAU | type of activity unit |
| TNTS | The New Tax System |
| UJV | unincorporated joint venture |