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Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations
| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ABAC | APEC Business Advisory Council |
| ABC | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| ABCAP | ABC Asia Pacific (television service) |
| ABTC | APEC Business Travel Card |
| ACC | Australia-China Council |
| ACIAR | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
| ADCNET | Australian Diplomatic Communications Network |
| ADF | Australian Defence Force |
| AFTA-CER | ASEAN Free Trade Area-Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement |
| AIC | Australia-India Council |
| AICC | Australia International Cultural Council |
| AII | Australia-Indonesia Institute |
| AJF | Australia-Japan Foundation |
| AKF | Australia-Korea Foundation |
| AMWU | Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (forum) |
| APIS | Australian Passport Information Service |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| ARF | ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASIS | Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
| ASNO | Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office |
| AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
| AUSMIN | Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations |
| Austrade | Australian Trade Commission |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| BWC | Biological Weapons Convention |
| CA | Certified Agreement |
| Cairns Group | A group of 18 agricultural exporting countries chaired by Australia. |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy (European Union) |
| CAS | Cultural Awards Scheme |
| CCW | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons |
| CDS | Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
| CEP | Closer Economic Partnership (AFTA-CER) |
| CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
| CMAG | Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group |
| CMIS | Consular Management Information System |
| COC | Consular Operations Centre |
| CODEX | Codex Alimentarius Commission (food safety) |
| COP7 | Seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| CPSU | Community and Public Sector Union |
| CSCAP | Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific |
| CTBT | Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty |
| CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention |
| DAP | Direct Aid Program |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DIMIA | Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| DoFA | Department of Finance and Administration |
| DPRK | Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) |
| DTD | DFAT Treaties Database |
| ECOSOC | UN Economic and Social Council |
| EFIC | Export Finance and Insurance Corporation |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| EU | European Union |
| FATA | Foreign Affairs and Trade Association |
| FEALAC | Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation |
| FMA | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FMCT | Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty |
| FMIS | Financial Management Information System |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| GSC | Global Support Centre (IT) |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| HRMIS | Human Resources Management Information System |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMV | International Media Visits |
| INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation |
| IORAG | Indian Ocean Rim Academic Group |
| IOR-ARC | Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation |
| IORBF | Indian Ocean Rim Business Forum |
| IPMT | International Peace Monitoring Team (Solomon Islands) |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITCS | Indirect Tax Concession Scheme |
| IWC | International Whaling Commission |
| JCPAA | (Parliamentary) Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit |
| JSCFADT | (Parliamentary) Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade |
| JSCOT | (Parliamentary) Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
| KEDO | Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization |
| LES | Locally Engaged Staff |
| LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LOTE | Languages Other Than English |
| MDG | Market Development Group |
| MEAA | Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance |
| MIF | Multinational Maritime Interception Force |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| MTCR | Missile Technology Control Regime |
| NAIDOC | National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NCCPD | National Consultative Committee on Peace and Disarmament |
| NGO | Non-Government Organisation |
| NIA | National Interest Account |
| NNS | Non-National Secure |
| NPT | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NTC | National Trade Consultations |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OHS | Occupational Health and Safety |
| OPCW | Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OPO | Overseas Property Office |
| PACER | Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations |
| Paris Club | A group of nations (including Australia) that meets on a case-by-case basis to reach a common approach on rescheduling or reducing the debt service on official loans from their countries. |
| PBS | Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PMG | Peace Monitoring Group (Bougainville) |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| PPQ | Possible Parliamentary Question |
| ROK | Republic of Korea (also known as South Korea) |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region (eg Hong Kong SAR) |
| SATIN | Secure Australian Telecommunications and Information Network |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SME | Small to Medium Enterprises |
| SVP | Special Visits Program |
| TOOS | Trade Outcomes and Objectives Statement |
| TPAC | Trade Policy Advisory Council |
| TRIPS | Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNESCO | United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organisation |
| UNMISET | UN Mission in Support of East Timor |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| US | United States of America |
| WDP | Workplace Diversity Program |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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