Australia Yearbook - 2001

1082 Year Book Australia 2001
random breath testing 813
Rankin, Dame Annabelle 80, 113
R&D, see research and development
R&D Start Program 862–3
R&D Syndication Program 862
R&D Tax Concession Program 862, 875
reading 507, 521
ready mixed concrete 723, 742
real estate services 761–2
real-time gross settlement basis 904–5
rebates 358
Reconnect Program 267
record companies and distributors 508–9
recreation, see cultural and recreational services
recreational fishing 530, 667
recreational good retailing 752
recreational parks and gardens 500–1, 503–5,
522, 590, 601
recreational vessels registered 819
recycling 585–6, 654
Redok, Dr Uwe 30
referenda 57, 70, 130
for federation 55–6, 73
national song poll 69
Northern Territory statehood 68
refinery petroleum products, see petroleum and
petroleum products
refrigeration 866
refugees (Humanitarian Program) 149–51,
161, 182
regional airlines 805, 807–8, 818
Regional Forecasting Centres 33
Regional Forest Agreements 657, 658
regional security 96–7
Register of the National Estate 500, 503
registered motor vehicles 815–18, 819–21
registered ships 818, 819
rehabilitation services 257–8, 277
Reid, George 55
Reid, Senator Margaret 82
reinsurance 358
religion 162–4, 521
religious buildings 739
religious schools 405, 407, 421, 434,
438–42, 445
religious university 437
renewable fuel sources 694, 695, 701–4
Rent Assistant Program 315
rental accommodation 302–10, 315, 953
prices 947, 952
see also dwelling tenure
repatriation benefits and allowances 271–8
Repatriation Commission 271
Repatriation General Hospitals 277
Repatriation Pharmaceutical
Benefits Scheme 277
Repatriation Private Patient Scheme 277
Repatriation Transport Scheme 277
reptiles 589
Republic of Korea 95
see also countries
republic referendum 57
research and development 849–79
agriculture 621
development issues 107–8
fisheries 666
forestry 658
manufacturing 724–5, 860–1
mining 674–5
medical 395
mining and minerals 686–8
transport 822–3
research fields 853, 855, 857, 859
reserve assets 1005
Reserve Bank Information and
Transfer System 905
Reserve Bank of Australia 877, 885, 886,
894–6, 898, 904–5
foreign debt levels 1018
foreign ownership of equity 1024
residential aged care 269, 772
residential building 732, 733–9, 740–1, 955–6
finance commitments 312, 313
residential energy use 701
residential psychiatric care 342–3, 355
restaurants and cafes 754
restorative justice 493
retail premise cleaning services 765
retail price index 949–50
retail superannuation funds 889
retail trade 750, 751–2, 753–5, 764
see also industry and industry sector
retail travel agents 763
retention rates (Year 12) 408–9, 445
retirement income 255, 256, 257, 273–4
see also superannuation
Retirement Savings Accounts 889
revenue, see income; industry performance