SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

The following symbols and abbreviations are shown in tables, graphs and diagrams:

’000	thousand
$’000	thousand dollars
$b	billion (thousand million) dollars
$m	million dollars
A$	Australian dollars
ABC	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
AC	Companion of the Order of Australia
ACC	Australian Crime Commission
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
AFP	Australian Federal Police
Ag	silver
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ALP	Australian Labor Party
AM	Member of the Order of Australia
AO	Officer of the Order of Australia
APRA	Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
ASNA	Australian System of National Accounts
ATM	automatic teller machine
ADO	automotive diesel oil
ATO	Australian Taxation Office
Au	gold
Aust.	Australia
b	billion (one thousand million)
BAS	Business Activity Statement
BMI	body mass index
ct	carat (metric)
CPI	consumer price index
CSC	Conspicuous Service Cross
Cu	copper	Back to top
Cwlth	Commonwealth
DSP	Disability Support Pension
DVA	Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs
DVD	digital versatile disc
excl.	excluding
ED	Efficiency Decoration
EFTPOS	electronic funds transfer at point of sale
EVAO	Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations
FAO	Family Assistance Office
FTB	Family Tax Benefit
FTE	full-time equivalent
GDP	gross domestic product
GFS	Government Finance Statistics
GL	gigalitre
GP	General Medical Practitioner
GSP	gross state product
Gt	gigatonne
GVA	gross value added
ha	hectare
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
incl.	including
ICD-10	International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision
ICT	information and communication technology
IDF	industrial diesel fuel
ISDN	integrated service digital network
ISP	Internet service provider
kbps	kilobits per second
kg	kilogram
kL	kilolitre
km	kilometre
km/h	kilometres per hour
km²	square kilometre
kt	kilotonne
L	litre
Li	lithium
LNG	liquefied natural gas
LP	Liberal Party
LPG	liquefied petroleum gas
m	metre
m³	cubic metre	Back to top
mill.	million
mm	millimetre
Mbps	megabits per second
MB	megabyte
MBS	Medicare Benefits Schedule
Mc	million carats
MHA	Member of the House of Assembly
ML	megalitre
MLA	Member of the Legislative Assembly
Mm³	million cubic metres
MP	Member of Parliament
Mt	megatonne
n.e.c.	not elsewhere classified
n.e.i.	not elsewhere included
n.e.s.	not elsewhere specified
n.f.d.	not further defined
no.	number
Ni	nickel
NPC	National Preschool Census
NSW	New South Wales
NT	Northern Territory
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFR	other refinery feedstock
Pb	lead
PBS	Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
PHI	private health insurance
PJ	petajoule
Qld	Queensland
R&D	research and development
RANR	Royal Australian Naval Reserve
RFD	Reserve Force Decoration
SA	South Australia
SAR	Special Administrative Region
SBS	Special Broadcasting Service
SDRs	special drawing rights
SEIFA	Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
SITC	Standard International Trade Classification
t	tonne
Ta	tantalum
Tas.	Tasmania
TAFE	Technical and Further Education
U	uranium
UN	United Nations
USA	United States of America
VET	vocational education and training
VFR	visiting friends and relatives
Vic.	Victoria
VVCS	veterans and veterans families counselling service
WA	Western Australia
Zn	zinc
°C	degrees Celsius	Back to top