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 "snippet": "The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) uses the geographic definition of Australia, as set out in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which currently defines Australia or the Commonwealth as meaning: \n\n'...the Commonwealth of Australia and, when used in a geographical sense, includes Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but does not include any other external Territory'. \n\nTo align with the ISO 3166 standard, the ASGS Edition 3 code for Geographic Australia is identified by the unique three-character alpha code of AUS. \n\nThe ASGS is constructed on the principle that it must fulfil user needs for geospatially enabled statistics, while also conforming to general classification principles.\nThe ASGS is designed to meet user needs for social, demographic and economic statistics.",
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 "summary": "The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) uses the geographic definition of Australia, as set out in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which currently defines Australia or the Commonwealth as meaning: \n\n'...the Commonwealth of Australia and, when used in a geographical sense, includes Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but does not include any other external Territory'. \n\nTo align with the ISO 3166 standard, the ASGS Edition 3 code for Geographic Australia is identified by the unique three-character alpha code of AUS. \n\nThe ASGS is constructed on the principle that it must fulfil user needs for geospatially enabled statistics, while also conforming to general classification principles.\nThe ASGS is designed to meet user needs for social, demographic and economic statistics.",
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  "STATISTICAL GEOGRAPHY"
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 "accessInformation": "Unless otherwise noted, content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
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