| AACES |
Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme |
| AACES |
Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme |
| ACC |
Australian Civilian Corps |
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| ADF |
Asian Development Fund (ADB) |
| AGAG |
Australia–Germany Advisory Group |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANCP |
Australian NGO Cooperation Program |
| APEC |
Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (forum) |
| APO |
Australian Passport Office |
| APPRs |
aid program performance reports |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| ARC |
Australian Red Cross |
| ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AUKMIN |
Australia – United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations |
| AUSFTA |
Australia – United States Free Trade Agreement |
| AUSMIN |
Australia – United States Ministerial Consultations |
| Austrade |
Australian Trade and Investment Commission |
| AVID |
Australian Volunteers for International Development |
| CECA |
Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Australia–India) |
| ChAFTA |
China–Australia Free Trade Agreement |
| COP 21 |
UNFCCC 21st Conference of Parties |
| CRT |
Crisis Response Team |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSP |
Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (Australia–Singapore) |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| EAS |
East Asia Summit |
| Efic |
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation |
| EITI |
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
| EL |
executive level |
| EU |
European Union |
| FOI |
freedom of information |
| FTA |
free trade agreement |
| GCF |
Green Climate Fund |
| GST |
goods and services tax |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty (19 member countries and the European Union) – forum for international economic cooperation |
| HOM |
head of mission |
| HR |
human resources |
| IA-CEPA |
Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement |
| ICN |
international communications network |
| ICT |
information and communications technology |
| IORA |
Indian Ocean Rim Association |
| iXc |
innovationXchange |
| JSCOT |
(Parliamentary) Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
| LES |
locally engaged staff |
| MC10 |
WTO 10th Ministerial Conference |
| MDF |
market development facility |
| MIKTA |
Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia |
| MOU |
memorandum of understanding |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCP |
New Colombo Plan |
| NGO |
non-government organisation |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
| ODE |
Office of Development Effectiveness |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPO |
Overseas Property Office and Services |
| P5+1 |
China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States (UN Permanent Five) + Germany |
| PACER |
Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PGPA |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Act) |
| PIF |
Pacific Islands Forum |
| PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
| RCEP |
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership |
| SAFTA |
Singapore–Australia Free Trade Agreement |
| SATIN |
Secure Australian Telecommunications and Information Network |
| SES |
senior executive service |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SME |
small to medium enterprise |
| SWF |
sovereign wealth fund |
| UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
| UN Women |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women |
| US |
United States of America |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| WASH |
water, sanitation and hygiene |
| WBG |
World Bank Group |
| WMD |
weapons of mass destruction |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| ‘2+2’ |
Meeting of foreign and defence ministers from two countries |