Measuring the Environment: The Availability and Use of Environmental Statistics in Australia

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• This research has been funded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics . the Environmental Protection Authority of NSW and the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation. We are grateful for valuable discussions with and assistance from Graeme Oakley and Jeannette Heycox (ABS), Helen Hofman (NSW EPA), Dr Ronnie Harding (UNSW), Professor lan Lowe (Griffith University), Peter Christoff, Wayne Slater and McComas Taylor (CRES, ANU), and Dr Simon Barry (ANU). However, the views expressed remain the responsibility of the authors.
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