ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
Australia, states and territories of Australia
| Aust. | Australia |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| Qld | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| WA | Western Australia |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
Other abbreviations
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ASR | Aquifer storage recovery |
| AWR 2005 | Australian Water Resources 2005 |
| CFCs | chlorofluorocarbons |
| EPBC Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GHG | greenhouse gas |
| GVIP | gross value of irrigated production |
| IUCN | World Conservation Union |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| NLWRA | National Land and Water Resources Audit |
| NWC | National Water Commission |
| NWI | National Water Initiative |
| PM | particulate matter |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| RDF | refuse-derived fuel |
| SD | Statistical Division |
| SLA | Statistical Local Area |
| UV | ultraviolet (radiation) |
Conversions
One billion = 1,000 million
One gigalitre (GL) = 1,000 megalitres (ML)
One megalitre (ML) = 1,000 kilolitres (kL)
One kilolitre (kL) = 1,000 litres (L)
One micrometre (µm) = 1/1,000 millimetre (mm)
One microgram (µg) = 1/1,000 milligram (mg)
One tonne (t) = 1,000 kilograms (kg)
Symbols and usages
The following symbols and usages mean:
| CH4 | methane |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| CO2-e | carbon dioxide equivalent |
| °C | degrees Celsius |
| $ | dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| $m GDP | million dollars of gross domestic product |
| $/cap | dollars per person (per capita) |
| GJ | gigajoules of energy |
| GL | gigalitres |
| ha | hectares |
| IE | included elsewhere |
| kL | kilolitres |
| kL/cap | kilolitres per person (per capita) |
| km | kilometres |
| km² | square kilometres |
| mill. | million |
| mm | millimetres |
| ML | megalitres |
| Mt | megatonnes |
| µg | micrograms |
| µg/m³ | micrograms per cubic metre |
| µm | micrometres (micron) |
| N2O | nitrous oxide |
| nec | not elsewhere classified |
| no. | number |
| n.a. | not available |
| n.p. | not published |
| nr | no region |
| p | preliminary - figures or series subject to revision |
| % | per cent |
| /cap | per person (per capita) |
| PJ | petajoules (of energy) |
| ppm | parts per million |
| SO2 | sulphur dioxide |
| SF6 | sulphur hexafluoride |
| '000 | thousand |
| '000 tonnes | thousand tonnes |
| ‘000 ha | thousand hectares |
| - | nil or rounded to zero |
Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals.
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