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