Financial System provides an analysis of Australia's financial system and its main institutions, markets and activities. The chapter concludes with an article 1901 in retrospect , tracing the foundations and connections of the current financial system in the structures and activities of the financial system existing in 1901. Government Finance presents statistics on the the financial operations and financial position of the Australian public sector, comprising general government entities, public financial and public non-financial corporations. The chapter includes two articles, Accrual-based Government Finance Statistics and Taxation during the first 100 years of Federation . Two chapters discuss cross-cutting issues affecting the Australian economy.
Environment discusses a range of contemporary environmental issues affecting Australia.
The chapter includes an article Developing a reliable water resource in the early 1900s . The remaining three chapters focus on various macroeconomic perspectives on the Australian economy. Prices discusses a range of price indexes providing summary measures of the movements in various categories of prices. Price indexes are used extensively to analyse and monitor price behaviour, and to adjust government payments such as pensions. The chapter provides an outline of the major consumer and producer price indexes, their history, and their underlying concepts and methodology.