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The past decades have seen a revival of input–output analysis, in particular that of generalized systems featuring physical factors such as energy, greenhouse gas emissions, or employment. The authors are part of a research initiative that uses the static input–output method for ex post reporting across a range of economic, social and environmental indicators (the ‘triple bottom line’; see http://www. isa. org. usyd. edu. au) on individual, company, council, city, regional, state and national scales (Foran et al. 2005). One of the requirements of such an input–output-assisted reporting framework is that it should provide rich regional and commodity detail in order to be able to inform on a wide range of issues. This is especially true for a large country such as Australia, where regions differ substantially in their economic, social and environmental endowments. Most statistical bureaus publish only national input–output tables …