This report is structured so that readers can view the Audit results in two ways. The first part 'The Audit - National View' provides national level results. The second part 'The Audit - By State and Territory' presents observations for each of the wstates and territories.
Some data for the Audit base year (2011) relates to calendar year 2011, while other data relates to financial year 2010-11. In both cases, the data is attributed to 2011 for simplicity.
Figures in tables and in the text may be rounded. Any difference between a total and the sum of its components is the result of rounding.
To assist readers, the full name of key terms (e.g. Australian Bureau of Statistics, New South Wales) is used at the start of each chapter. These terms are then abbreviated in the rest of the chapter (e.g. ABS, NSW).