The following is a three-part list of approved acronyms and abbreviations that may be used instead of the full expansion when compiling file titles for departmental files. The first part is the list of abbreviations and acronyms representing groups or topics currently in use within the department. The second and third parts are lists of abbreviations for Division, Branch and Section names that will appear in brackets at the end of every file title.
The following terms are abbreviations and acronyms representing groups or topics currently in use within the Department.
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| AAO |
Administrative Arrangements Order |
| AAP |
Australian Associated Press |
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ABA |
Australian Bicentennial Authority |
| ABC |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACSSA |
Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault |
| ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
| ACTU |
Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| AELM |
APEC Economic Leaders Meeting |
| AELW |
APEC Economic Leaders Week |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AGCTPC |
Australian Government Counter Terrorism Policy Committee |
| AGD |
Attorney Generals Department |
| AGGI |
Advisory Group on Gender Integration |
| AGM |
Annual General Meeting |
| AGS |
Australian Government Solicitor |
| AHCA |
Australian Health Care Agreements |
| AHL |
Australian Honours List |
| AIC |
Australian Institute of Criminology |
| AIDS HIV |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| AIFS |
Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| AIRC |
Australian Industrial Relations Commission |
| AIS |
Advertising Investment Services |
| AKA |
Also known as |
| ALP |
Australian Labor Party |
| ALSWH |
Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health |
| ALRC |
Australian Law Reform Commission |
| AMA |
Australian Medical Association |
| AMIL |
Australasian Medical Insurance Limited |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANSTO |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation |
| ANTS |
A New Tax System |
| ANU |
Australian National University |
| ANZAC |
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| APSC |
Australian Public Service Commission |
| APR |
April |
| AQIS |
Australian Quarantine Inspection Service |
| ARC |
Administrative Review Council |
| ARU |
Aboriginal Reconciliation Unit |
| ASIO |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation |
| ASNET |
Australian Secure Network |
| ASTEC |
Australian Science Technology and Engineering Council |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| AUG |
August |
| AUSAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| AVE |
Avenue |
| AWA |
Australian Workplace Agreements |
| AWT |
Australians Working Together |
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B |
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| BAA |
Backing Australia's Ability |
| BAA2 |
Backing Australia's Ability 2 |
| BAS |
Business Activity Statement |
| BCI |
Building and Construction Industry (Royal Commission) |
| BEFR |
Budget Estimates and Framework Review |
| BIAP |
Book Industry Assistance Plan |
| BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
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| CA |
Certified Agreement |
| CAS |
Central Advertising System |
| CBRN |
Chemical Biological Radiological And Nuclear |
| CCT |
Circuit |
| CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
| CDAC |
Career Development Assessment Centre |
| CEDAW |
Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| CEI |
Chief Executive Instructions |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CER |
Closer Economic Relations |
| CHOGM |
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
| CIPMA |
Critical Infrastructure Protection Modelling and Analysis |
| CL |
Close |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CPG |
Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines |
| CR |
Councillor |
| CRES |
Crescent |
| CROC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSS |
Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme |
| CSW |
Commission on the Status of Women |
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| DAFF |
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry |
| DCITA |
Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts |
| DEC |
December |
| DEH |
Department of Environment and Heritage |
| DEST |
Department of Education Science and Training |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DHS |
Department of Human Services |
| DITR |
Department of Industry Tourism and Resources |
| DLO |
Departmental Liaison Officer |
| DOB |
Date of Birth |
| DOD |
Department of Defence (US) |
| DOFA |
Department of Finance and Administration |
| DOHA |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| DOTARS |
Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| DPP |
Director of Public Prosecutions |
| DV |
Domestic Violence |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
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E |
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| EC |
Executive Committee |
| ECLIPSE |
Electronic Claims Information Processing Service Environment |
| EEO |
Equal Employment Opportunity |
| EMM |
Energy Ministers Meeting |
| EMTR |
Effective Marginal Tax Rates |
| ERC |
Expenditure Review Committee |
| ERMS |
Electronic Records Management System |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ESM |
Emergency Services Medal |
| ETSS |
Education Textbook Subsidy Scheme |
| EXCO |
Executive Council |
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F |
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| FACS |
Department of Family and Community Services |
| FACSIA |
Department Of Family And Community Services And Indigenous Affairs |
| FARF |
File Action Request Form |
| FBT |
Fringe Benefits Tax |
| FEB |
February |
| FIMS |
Family Income Management Scheme |
| FMM |
Finance Ministers Meeting |
| FMA |
Financial Management Act |
| FMD |
Foot and Mouth Disease |
| FOI |
Freedom of Information |
| FTA |
Free Trade Agreement |
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G |
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| GAPS |
Graduate Australian Public Service |
| GP |
General Practitioner or General Practice |
| GST |
Good and Services Tax |
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H |
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| HECS |
Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Commission |
| HIH RC |
HIH Royal Commission |
| HMM |
Health Ministers Meeting |
| HOG |
Heads of Government |
| HON |
Honourable |
| HOR |
House of Representatives |
| HOSM |
Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal |
| HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| HRH |
His/Her Royal Highness |
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| ICC |
International Criminal Court |
| ICHR |
Institute of Child Health Research |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
| ICTSD |
Information, Communications and Technology Service Delivery |
| IDC |
Interdepartmental Committee |
| IGA |
Inter Governmental Agreement |
| IGIS |
Inspector General for Intelligence and Security |
| ILC |
Indigenous Land Corporation |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMMI |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| IMSC |
Information Management Strategy Committee |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITC |
Information Technology and Communications |
| IT&T |
Information Technology and Telecommunications |
| IVF |
In Vitro Fertilisation |
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J |
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| JAN |
January |
| JCPAA |
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit |
| JEFG |
Joint Economic Forecasting Group |
| JSCEM |
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters |
| JUN |
June |
| JUL |
July |
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L |
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| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LPG |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
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M |
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| MAC |
Management Advisory Committee |
| MAR |
March |
| MAY |
May |
| MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| MCGC |
Ministerial Committee on Government Communications |
| MCN |
Ministerial Communications Network |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| MLI |
Ministerial Letter In |
| MLIS |
Ministerial Letters In System |
| MOPS |
Members of Parliament Staff |
MOU
| Memorandum of Understanding |
| MP |
Member of Parliament |
| MRM |
Ministers Responsible for Mining |
| MRT |
Ministers Responsible for Trade |
| MRQA |
Market Research Quality Assurance |
| MYEFO |
Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook |
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| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NADC |
National Australia Day Council |
| NAP |
National Action Plan |
| NAP |
Normal Administrative Practice |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NATSEM |
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling |
| NAWGP |
National Agenda for Women's Grants Programme |
| NCA |
National Capital Authority |
| NCP |
National Competition Policy |
| NCTC |
National Counter Terrorism Committee |
| NCTC EC |
National Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Committee |
| NCWA |
National Council of Women of Australia |
| NESB |
Non English Speaking Background |
| NGO |
Non Government Organisation |
| NHMRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHS |
National Highway System |
| NHT |
National Heritage Trust |
| NICSA |
National Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault |
| NIDS |
National Illicit Drugs Strategy |
| NIFVGP |
National Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme |
| NMAC |
National Multicultural Advisory Council |
| NOIE |
National Office of the Information Economy |
| NOV |
November |
| NPT |
Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty |
| NRTC |
National Road Transport Commission |
| NRW |
National Reconciliation Week |
| NSC |
National Security Committee |
| NSCT |
National Security Campaign Taskforce |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| NT |
Northern Territory |
| NTC |
National Transport Commission |
| NWC |
National Water Commission |
| NWI |
National Water Initiative |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
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O |
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| OA |
Order of Australia |
| OAM |
Medal of the Order of Australia |
| OBE |
Order of British Empire |
| OCS |
Office Of Chief Scientist |
| OCT |
October |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFW |
Office For Women |
| OGIA |
Office of Government Information and Advertising |
| OHS |
Occupational Health And Safety |
| OIA |
Office Of Indigenous Affairs |
| OIGIS |
Office of Inspector General of Intelligence and Security |
| OIP |
Office of Indigenous Policy |
| OIPC |
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| ONA |
Office of National Assessments |
| ORS |
Others |
| OSW |
Office of the Status of Women |
| OWP |
Other Women's Programmes |
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P |
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| PACCT |
Proposed Publicly Funded Agencies Collaborative Counter Terrorism |
| PADV |
Partnerships Against Domestic Violence |
| PAV |
Protection Against Violence |
| PAYG |
Pay As You Go |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PCA |
Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
| PEFO |
Pre Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook |
| PL |
Place |
| PLC |
People and Leader Committee |
| PLO |
Parliamentary Liaison Officer |
| PMC |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| PMO |
Prime Minister's Office |
| PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
| PPQ |
Possible Parliamentary Question |
| PQDS |
Parliamentary Questions Database System |
| PROF |
Professor |
| PSCC |
Protective Security Coordination Centre |
| PSM |
Public Service Medal |
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Q |
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| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QLD |
Queensland |
| QON |
Question on Notice |
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| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
| RAIN |
Records and Information Network |
| RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
| RCIS |
Royal Commission into Intelligence and Security |
| RD |
Road |
| RDAA |
Rural Doctors Association of Australia |
| RFA |
Regional Forest Agreement |
| RFC |
Request for Change |
| RFQ |
Request for Quotation |
| RFRI |
Request for Registration of Interest |
| RFT |
Request for Tender |
| RMC |
Royal Military College |
| RNSA |
Research Network for a Secure Australia |
| RSL |
Returned Services League |
| RT HON |
Right Honorable |
| RTA |
Roads and Traffic Authority |
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| SA |
South Australia |
| SAAP |
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program |
| SAC |
Standing Advisory Committee |
| SAG |
Scientific Advisory Group |
| SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SBS |
Special Broadcasting Service |
| SBT |
Southern Bluefin Tuna |
| SCNS |
Secretaries Committee on National Security |
| SDA |
Sex Discrimination Act |
| SEN |
Senator |
| SEP |
September |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SIDC |
Special Interdepartmental Committee |
| SIEV |
Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel |
| SME |
Small and Medium Enterprise |
| SOE |
Standard Operating Environment |
| SOGW |
Senior Officials Group on Water |
| SOM |
Senior Officials Meeting |
| SPA |
Special Purpose Aircraft |
| SPCG |
Strategic Policy Coordination Group |
| SPP |
Special Purpose Payments |
| SQ |
Square |
| ST |
Street |
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| TAS |
Tasmania |
| TCF |
Textiles Clothing and Footwear |
| TES |
Telstra Enterprise Services |
| TFN |
Tax File Number |
| TGA |
Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| TSRA |
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
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U |
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| UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UMP |
United Medical Protection |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| USA |
United States of America |
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| VAG |
Visits Assessments Group |
| VIC |
Victoria |
| VIP |
Very Important Person |
| VLSM |
Vietnam Logistics and Support Medal |
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| WA |
Western Australia |
| WAM |
Women's Advisors Meeting |
| WAN |
Wider Area Network |
| WDP |
Women's Development Programme |
| WDW |
Women's Data Warehouse |
| WHA |
Women's Health Australia |
| WHO |
World Health Organisation |
| WOG |
Whole of Government |
| WOM |
Women's Official Meeting |
| WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
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| YMCA |
Young Men's Christian Association |
| YWCA |
Young Women's Christian Association |
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The following terms are abbreviations of the Divisions in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. These terms are applied to the end of a file title and are enclosed within brackets.
The following terms are abbreviations of Branches, Sections and Units in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet that, due to the diverse nature of the work, require acknowledgement in the file title instead of the above divisions. These terms are applied to the end of a file title and are enclosed within brackets.
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