ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| '000 | thousand |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AEC | Australian Electoral Commission |
| CO\sub 2 | carbon dioxide |
| CO\sub 2\nosupersub -e | carbon dioxide equivalent |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| ha | hectare |
| km | kilometre |
| km\super 2 | square kilometre |
| MAP | Measures of Australia's Progress |
| Mt | megatonne |
| NEPM | National Environment Protection Measure |
| NLWRA | National Land and Water Resources Audit |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PM\sub 10 | particulate matter less than 10 micrometres in diameter |
| PM\sub 2.5 | particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometres in diameter |