The ACT has a proportionately higher share of the Australian computer services industry than any other state or territory _ largely because of the Federal Government’s presence. Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures put the ACT’s share of the Australian computing-service industry income at 4.1 per cent _ compared to its population share of 1.7 per cent. In absolute terms the ACT’s share was bigger than the Northern Territory’s and bigger than the more populous states of Tasmania South Australia and almost as big as Western Australia. The industry brings $166 million income to the Act out of an Australian total of $4032 million. NSW has 54 per cent of the Australian total income. In terms of people employed in the industry, the ACT has a tad under 5 per cent _ more than all but NSW, Victoria and Queensland. The ACT has 261 of Australia’s 4827 computer-services businesses.