4604.0 - Energy Account, Australia, 2015-16 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 23/02/2018   
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CHANGES TO THIS ISSUE

INTRODUCTION OF GROSS PHYSICAL FLOW TABLES

Starting with this edition of the Energy Account, Australia (EAA), the ABS has introduced a gross presentation for the physical flow accounts as recommended by the System of Environmental Economic Accounting 2012 Central Framework (SEEA CF).

Physical flow accounts on a net basis are still available, with a comparison of these two presentations detailed in the feature article SEEA Energy – Flow accounts for energy in Australia.


CHANGES IN FORMAT

For consistency with ABS input-output tables, all supply and use tables will now be presented with products along the rows of each table. As a result of this arrangement, production and other elements of supply will be presented along the columns of the supply table, and industry use and other elements of use along the columns of the use table. The physical and monetary aspects of the hybrid supply and use tables have also been clearly split into separate tables.


CHANGES TO COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES INDUSTRIES

Industry classifications used in this publication follow the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0) (cat. no. 1292.0). Formerly, the Communication industry corresponded to four ANZSIC division level service industries:

  • Information, media and telecommunication services;
  • Financial and insurance services;
  • Rental, hiring and real estate services; and
  • Professional, scientific and technical services.

To better reflect the supply-side concepts underpinning ANZSIC, the Communication industry will now correspond to solely with a single ANZSIC division level service industry, Information, media and telecommunication services. As a result, the Other commercial and services industry will expand to cover the following ANZSIC division level service industries:
  • Financial and insurance services;
  • Rental, hiring and real estate services;
  • Professional, scientific and technical services;
  • Administrative and support services;
  • Public administration and safety;
  • Education and training;
  • Health care and social assistance;
  • Arts and recreation services; and
  • Other services.

All published data will now reflect these new groupings. Furthermore, all 2002-03 to 2014-15 supply and use figures have been adjusted to reflect this change in treatment.


OTHER REVISIONS

Due to the incorporation of new and updated data sources, certain previously published EAA data have been revised. The revised data are not directly comparable to data published in previous publications.

In particular, the incorporation of revised data from the Australian Energy Statistics - Energy Update 2017 (AES), has resulted in certain revisions to the full physical supply and use time series. Likewise, changes in transport fuels data sources (utilising data from the Energy, Water and Environment Survey and the Environment Indicators Survey) has resulted in a reallocation of transport fuels from industry to households.

Further detail on the updated data sources is contained in the Explanatory Notes.


CONSOLIDATION OF ENERGY STOCK AND ENERGY INDICATOR SERIES

Information in data cubes 7 (Energy stocks) and 8 (Energy indicators) has been consolidated, and some information provided in previous years is not included in this edition.