| '000 | thousand |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACLC | Australian Culture and Leisure Classifications |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| BAS | Business Activity Statement |
| BIT | Business Income Tax |
| COE | Compensation of Employees |
| EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GMI | Gross Mixed Income |
| GOS | Gross Operating Surplus |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| IOIG | Input-Output Industry Group |
| IOPC | Input–Output Product Classification |
| nec | not elsewhere classified |
| nfd | not further defined |
| no. | number |
| PAYG | Pay As You Go |
| PIT | Personal Income Tax |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| SEARS | Survey of Employment Arrangements, Retirement and Superannuation |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |