| administered items |
those assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses
that are controlled by the Australian Government but managed
or overseen by the department on the government’s behalf |
| AIC |
Australian Institute of Criminology |
| AIR 9000 project |
project to acquire additional troop lift helicopters |
| AMR |
Advertising and Market Research |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| Archives Act |
Archives Act 1983 |
| AUSPIC |
the government photographic service |
| Australiana Fund |
The Australiana Fund was established as a private
company in 1978 to encourage direct public participation in the
acquisition and preservation of a permanent collection of works
of Australian artistic and historical interest for the four official
residences |
| Australian Government, the |
the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| AWA |
Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BEFR |
Budget Estimates and Framework Review |
| biofuels |
fuels produced from renewable organic sources |
| CABNET |
secure document management system used to store
and transmit Cabinet documents |
| CAS |
Central Advertising System |
| CEIs |
Chief Executive Instructions |
| CERHOS |
Ceremonial and Hospitality Unit |
| CHOGM |
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| data warehouse |
electronic facility for the storage and retrieval
of data |
| DE |
direct engagement |
| Doha round |
a new round of World Trade Organisation trade negotiations
launched in Doha in November 2001 |
| eGovernment |
the delivery of government services through the
appropriate use of new technologies |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| FTA |
Free Trade Agreement |
| GCU |
Government Communications Unit |
| HIH |
HIH insurance group |
| IT&T |
information technology and telecommunications |
| JEFG |
Joint Economic Forecasting Group |
| Mutual Recognition Agreement |
a 1992 agreement between Australian governments
to address the difficulties caused by regulatory differences
between jurisdictions in relation to goods and occupations |
| MCGC |
Ministerial Committee on Government Communications |
| MCU |
Ministerial Correspondence Unit |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NADC |
National Australia Day Council |
| NGOs |
non-government organisations |
| NOIE |
National Office of the Information Economy |
| NSC |
National Security Committee of Cabinet |
| OH&S |
occupational health and safety |
| OSW |
Office of the Status of Women |
| OWP |
Other Women’s Programmes |
| PAD scheme |
Performance Appraisal and Development scheme |
| PADV |
Partnerships Against Domestic Violence |
| PT |
public tender |
| reasonable adjustment principle |
providing an employee with a disability with services
and/or facilities to assist them in carrying out the inherent
requirements of their employment where this does not impose unjustifiable
hardship on the employer |
| SARS |
severe acute respiratory syndrome |
| SCNS |
Secretaries’ Committee on National Security |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SOE |
Standard Operating Environment |
| ST |
selective tender |
| TRIM |
records management system |
| TTY |
telephone typewriter |
| WDP |
Women’s Development Programme |
