ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| '000 | thousand |
| '000 t | thousand tonnes |
| $'000 | thousand dollars |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC06 | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification, 2006 Edition |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| Aust. | Australia |
| B | Borough |
| BoV | Balance of Victoria |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| C | City |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| DEEWR | Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
| excl. | excluding |
| EPA | Environment Protection Authority |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| FT | full-time |
| GL | gigalitres |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LGA | local government area |
| m | million |
| MMA | Melbourne Metropolitan Area |
| MSR | major statistical region |
| n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
| no. | number |
| NEPM | National Environment Protection Measure |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| Pt | Part |
| qtr | quarter |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RC | Rural City |
| S | Shire |
| SD | statistical division |
| SEPP | State Environment Protection Policy |
| SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| SR | statistical region |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |