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Table 2: Annual median purity of methylamphetamine samples, 2002–03 to 2012–13.Source Australian Crime Commission 2014Year NSW Vic Qld SA WA Tas NT ACT2002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–128.6 20.4 19.4 21.5 18 12.2 -- 11.511 23.5 16.9 19.8 32 16.9 -- 19.718 19 17.3 11.6 23 32.3 -- 24.313 13.7 12.9 14.8 21 13.1 -- --18.5 14.3 11.4 21.6 20 12.4 -- --9.8 14.8 11.9 14.7 18 8.5 -- --9 7.2 8.2 13.29 12 9.2 -- --8 9.7 6.8 6.9 17 4.4 -- --9.5 19.6 13.9 31.7 32 9.3 -- --19.5 60 34.2 43.3 47 7.9 -- --2012-13 68 76.1 52.6 54.6 50 64 -- --Source Australian Crime Commission 2014The ACC Illicit Drug Data reports also purity, as reported by Victoria Police, on a quarterly basis.Compiling these quarterly figures from the past three annual reports provides an insight into theperiod of time that purity levels of methamphetamine began to rise sharply [75-78].22