The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
$'000 | thousand dollars |
$b | billion (thousand million) dollars |
$m | million dollars |
ABN | Australian Business Number |
ABR | Australian Business Register |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ABSBR | Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register |
ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
ASIC | Australian Standard Industrial Classification |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
Aust. | Australia |
BAS | Business Activity Statement |
BIT | business income tax |
cat. no. | Catalogue number |
EAS | Economic Activity Survey |
f.o.b. | free on board |
GST | goods and services tax |
IVA | industry value added |
mfg | manufacturing |
MU | management unit |
n.e.c. | not elsewhere classified |
no. | number |
NSW | New South Wales |
NT | Northern Territory |
OPBT | operating profit before tax |
PAYGW | pay-as-you-go withholding |
Qld | Queensland |
RSE | relative standard error |
SA | South Australia |
SISCA | Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia |
Tas. | Tasmania |
TAU | type of activity unit |
TNTS | The New Tax System |
Vic. | Victoria |
WA | Western Australia |