| ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
| ADCNET |
Australian Diplomatic Communications Network |
| AFTA-CER |
ASEAN Free Trade Agreement–Australia-New Zealand Closer
Economic Relations Trade Agreement |
| AJF |
Australia–Japan Foundation |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APEC |
Australia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (includes Australia,
Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea [Republic of], Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, the United
States, and Vietnam) |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (includes Brunei
Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) |
| ASIS |
Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
| ASNO |
Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office |
| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| AUSMIN |
Australian–US Ministerial Consultations |
| Austrade |
Australian Trade Commission |
| BOP |
Balance of payments |
| BSE |
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| Cairns Group |
(A group of 15 agricultural exporting countries: includes
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Fiji, Indonesia,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand
and Uruguay) |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DIMA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| DPRK |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (also known
as North Korea) |
| ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations) |
| EEO |
Equal employment oppportunity |
| EFIC |
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| EU |
European Union (includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| G7 |
Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
United Kingdom and the United States) |
| G16 |
Group of Sixteen (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cote d’Ivoire,
Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan,
Mexico, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, South Africa and Sweden) |
| GSCC |
Global Support and Communications Centre |
| HOM |
Head of Mission |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IOC |
International Olympics Committee |
| IOR-ARC |
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation |
| JSCOT |
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
| LAN |
Local area network |
| LNG |
Liquified natural gas |
| Mercosur |
The Southern Cone Common Market (of South America),
(includes Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay) |
| MP |
Member of Parliament |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Area |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NGO |
Non-government organisation |
| NNS |
Non-national Secure (‘in-confidence’ communications
system) |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
(includes Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Korea [Republic of], Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United
Kingdom and United States) |
| OH&S |
Occupational health and safety |
| OPCW |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| Paris Club |
A group of nations that meets on a case-by-case basis
to reach a common approach on rescheduling or reducing the debt service
on official loans to their countries. Members are Australia, Austria,
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland (Republic
of), Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
the United Kingdom and the United States. There are a few additional
ad hoc member countries. |
| PECC |
Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee |
| PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
| PPQ |
Possible parliamentary question |
| ROK |
Republic of Korea (also known as South Korea) |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SOCOG |
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games |
| SOG |
Senior Officer Grade |
| SPS |
Sanitary and phytosanitary |
| TSE |
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy |
| UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAMET |
United Nations Mission in East Timor |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organization |
| UNIDROIT |
Administrative Council of the International Institute
for the Unification of Private Law |
| UNSCR |
United Nations Security Council Resolution |
| UNSCOM |
United Nations Special Commission (in relation to weapons
inspection in Iraq) |
| US |
United States |
| VAT |
Value added tax |
| WGDDRIP |
Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples (of the United Nations) |
| WGIP |
Working Group on Indigenous Populations (of the
United Nations) |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| Y2K |
Year 2000 |
