| 7WAMM |
The seventh Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting |
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| 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 |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APEC |
Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| Archives Act |
Archives Act 1983 |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| AUSPIC |
The government photographic service |
| Australian Government |
The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| Australiana Fund |
A private company established 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 |
| AWA |
Australian Workplace Agreement |
| biofuels |
Fuels produced from renewable organic sources |
| CABNET |
The secure document management system used to store and transmit
Cabinet documents |
| CAS |
Central Advertising System |
| CEIs |
Chief Executive Instructions |
| CERHOS |
Ceremonial and Hospitality Unit |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSW 48 |
The forty-eighth session of the United Nations Commission on
the Status of Women |
| data warehouse |
An electronic facility for the storage and retrieval of data |
| Defence |
Department of Defence |
| Doha round |
The round of World Trade Organization trade negotiations launched
in Doha in November 2001 |
| FOI |
freedom of information |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| GCU |
Government Communications Unit |
| HIH |
HIH insurance group |
| IT |
information technology |
| MCGC |
Ministerial Committee on Government Communications |
| 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 |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NADC |
National Australia Day Council |
| NCTC |
National Counter-Terrorism Committee |
| NGOs |
non-government organisations |
| NICSA |
National Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault |
| NSC |
National Security Committee of Cabinet |
| NWI |
National Water Initiative |
| 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 |
| RAMSI |
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands |
| reasonable adjustment |
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 |
| SCNS |
Secretaries’ Committee on National Security |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SET Unit |
Science, Engineering and Technology Unit of the National Security
Division |
| SOC |
Secretariat of the Cabinet, Royal Thai Government |
| SOE |
standard operating environment |
| WDP |
Women’s Development Programme |
| White Ribbon Day |
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against
Women (25 November) |
| WMD |
weapons of mass destruction |
