Australian state/territory of address code AA[A]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	454148
Registration status:	Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 09/03/2012 Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Housing assistance, Standard 02/05/2013 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021 WA Health, Standard 20/03/2015
Definition:	The code set representing the Australian state or territory of an address.

Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	String
Format:	AA[A]
Maximum character length:	3
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	NSW	New South Wales
	VIC	Victoria
	QLD	Queensland
	SA	South Australia
	WA	Western Australia
	TAS	Tasmania
	NT	Northern Territory
	ACT	Australian Capital Territory
	AAT	Australian Antarctic Territory

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	These Australian state/territory codes are used for addressing purposes only. The codes are listed in the order commonly used for statistical reporting by ABS and used in the National Standard for Australian state/territory identifier.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

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