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by the Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook (1982) — Australia (1982 |noyear)

ECONOMY GNP: $120.4 billion (1979) , $8,360 per capita; 60% private consumption, 16% government current expenditure, 24% investment (1975) ; 2.8% real average annual growth (1979)
Agriculture: large areas devoted to livestock grazing; 60% of area used for crops is planted in wheat; major products—wool, livestock, wheat, fruits, sugarcane; self-sufficient in food
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by the Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook (1982) — Australia (1982 |noyear)

Pipelines: crude oil, 740 km; refined products, 340 km; natural gas, 6,947 km
Civil air: around 150 major transport aircraft
Airfields: 1,584 total, 1,526 usable; 207 with permanent-surface runways, 2 with runways over 3,660 m; 16 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 570 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications: very good international and domestic service; 7.4 million telephones (52 per 100 popl.) ; 223 AM, 5 FM, and 111 TV stations; 3 earth satellite stations
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