page 1 human settlements author professor peter w newton swinburne university of technology peer reviewers maganov andrew montgomery citation pw 2006 theme commentary prepared for the australian state environment committee department and heritage canberra http www deh gov au soe commentaries index html links to data in following text there are hyperlinks indicator documents which informed particular statement or comment they linked it should be noted that at different points words might trigger same document entirely context dependent some cases made now populated but were unavailable authors time writing introduction need considered from two perspectives reporting firstly constitute an their own right built delivering amenity liveability resident visitor populations australia s was assessed as contributing 40 per cent nation total asset base 3500 billion 2001 by way contrast