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												<gco:CharacterString>Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)</gco:CharacterString>
											</gmd:deliveryPoint>
											<gmd:city>
												<gco:CharacterString>BELCONNEN</gco:CharacterString>
											</gmd:city>
											<gmd:administrativeArea>
												<gco:CharacterString>ACT</gco:CharacterString>
											</gmd:administrativeArea>
											<gmd:postalCode>
												<gco:CharacterString>2616</gco:CharacterString>
											</gmd:postalCode>
											<gmd:country>
												<gco:CharacterString>Australia</gco:CharacterString>
											</gmd:country>
											<gmd:electronicMailAddress>
												<gco:CharacterString>client.services@abs.gov.au</gco:CharacterString>
											</gmd:electronicMailAddress>
										</gmd:CI_Address>
									</gmd:address>
								</gmd:CI_Contact>
							</gmd:contactInfo>
							<gmd:role>
								<gmd:CI_RoleCode codeList="http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/profileinfo/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_RoleCode" codeListValue="distributor">distributor</gmd:CI_RoleCode>
							</gmd:role>
						</gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>
					</gmd:distributorContact>
					<gmd:distributionOrderProcess>
						<gmd:MD_StandardOrderProcess>
							<gmd:fees>
								<gco:CharacterString>Free to download from website.</gco:CharacterString>
							</gmd:fees>
							<gmd:orderingInstructions>
								<gco:CharacterString>Download from website</gco:CharacterString>
							</gmd:orderingInstructions>
						</gmd:MD_StandardOrderProcess>
					</gmd:distributionOrderProcess>
					<gmd:distributorFormat>
						<gmd:MD_Format>
							<gmd:name>
								<gco:CharacterString>GeoPackage (gpkg)</gco:CharacterString>
							</gmd:name>
							<gmd:version>
								<gco:CharacterString>Edition 3 2021</gco:CharacterString>
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							<gmd:specification>
								<gco:CharacterString>OGC GeoPackage www.geopackage.org/</gco:CharacterString>
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						</gmd:MD_Format>
					</gmd:distributorFormat>
					<gmd:distributorTransferOptions>
						<gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
							<gmd:onLine>
								<gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
									<gmd:linkage>
										<gmd:URL>https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026</gmd:URL>
									</gmd:linkage>
								</gmd:CI_OnlineResource>
							</gmd:onLine>
							<gmd:offLine>
								<gmd:MD_Medium>
									<gmd:name>
										<gmd:MD_MediumNameCode codeList="http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/profileinfo/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_MediumNameCode" codeListValue="onLine">onLine</gmd:MD_MediumNameCode>
									</gmd:name>
								</gmd:MD_Medium>
							</gmd:offLine>
						</gmd:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
					</gmd:distributorTransferOptions>
				</gmd:MD_Distributor>
			</gmd:distributor>
		</gmd:MD_Distribution>
	</gmd:distributionInfo>
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		<gmd:DQ_DataQuality>
			<gmd:scope>
				<gmd:DQ_Scope>
					<gmd:level>
						<gmd:MD_ScopeCode codeList="http://asdd.ga.gov.au/asdd/profileinfo/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode" codeListValue="dataset">dataset</gmd:MD_ScopeCode>
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								<gco:CharacterString>dataset</gco:CharacterString>
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						<gco:CharacterString>State borders are aligned to Australia's Land Borders data set produced by Geoscience Australia and available from http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/140044 
Positional Accuracy:
Positional accuracy is an assessment of the closeness of the location of the spatial objects in relation to their true positions on the earth's surface. 
The positional accuracy includes: 
- a horizontal accuracy assessment; and 
- a vertical accuracy assessment. 
Positional accuracy for ABS boundaries is dependent on the accuracy of the features they have been aligned to. 
Precision: 
Boundary coordinates have been rounded to 8 decimal places, equivalent to 1.1132mm at the equator. All ABS boundaries have been generalised to 5cm with a 7.5cm shared boundary tolerance. These Geopackages have had additional generalisation to +/- 2.5 meters from source data. </gco:CharacterString>
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