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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A 2.5G [the first packet overlays on 2G networks] 2G second generation [the first generation of digital cellular networks, as opposed to analog] 3G third generation [next generation of cellular networks] 3GPP 3G Partnership Project [global standards body to oversee 3G] 4D meat from dead, dying, diseased or disabled animals 4GL fourth-generation language [computers] A&C automation and control A&D admission and disposition; alcohol and drugs A&E accident and emergency A&RMC formerly Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre [now Austin Health] AA anti-aircraft; Alcoholics Anonymous; Athletics Australia AAA Agriculture Advancing Australia; Australian Automobile Association; Australian Archaeological Association; Australian Airports Association AAAA Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia AAAE Australian Association of Automotive Electricians AAAGP Australian Association of Academic General Practice AAALAC Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International AAB Australian Associated Brewers AAC Aboriginal advisory committee; Australian Arabic Council; AARNet Advisory Committee AACAP ATSIC-Army Community Assistance Program AACC Aboriginal Affairs Coordinating Committee [WA]; Australian Association of Career Counsellors AACM Australian Association for Computational Mechanics AACS Australian Associations of Christian Schools [note: Associations—plural] AACV Australian Association of Cattle Veterinarians AAD Australian Antarctic Division [Department of the Environment and Heritage] AADCP ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program [taking over AAECP] AADS advanced air defence simulator AADT average annual daily traffic AaE Australian air Express Pty Ltd AAEC Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee AAECP ASEAN-Australia Economic Cooperation Program [finishes in 2005] AAFCANS Army and Air Force Canteen Service [now known as Frontline Defence Services] AAGP Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists Inc. AAHL Australian Animal Health Laboratory [part of CSIRO Livestock Industries] AALD Australian-American Leadership Dialogue AAM air-to-air missile AAMC Australian Army Medical Corps (WWI) AAMI Australian Associated Motor Insurers Ltd [pron = Amy] AAN Army After Next [strategy] AANA Australian Association of National Advertisers AANBUS Australian Antarctic building system AANS Australian Army Nursing Service (WWI &WWII) AAO Anglo-Australian Observatory; administrative arrangements orders AAOC Australian Army Ordnance Corps (WWI) AAP annual audit plan [DIMIA]; Australian Associated Press; Australian Assistance Plan [de-centralising policy of Whitlam government] AAPA Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority [NT]; Australian Asphalt Pavement Association

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 1 AAPBS Australian Association of Permanent Building Societies AAPGA Australian Apple and Pear Growers Association [now APAL] AAPMA Association of Australian Ports and Marine Authorities Inc. AAPR annualised average percentage rate AAPT [telecommunications company] AAPV Australian Association of Pig Veterinarians AAR Australian Army Reserve; air-to-air refuelling; aggregated annual report AARE Australian Association for Research into Education AARF Australian Accounting Research Foundation AARNet Australia’s Academic and Research Network AAS Australian accounting standard: AAS 3, AAS 4; Australian Academy of Science; anabolic androgenic steroids; Australian Anthropological Society AASB Australian Accounting Standards Board AASC Australian Army Service Corps [also known as the Royal Australian Army Service Corps or RAASC ; played important role in the World Wars but disbanded in 1973] AASE Australian Association of Special Education AASM Australian Active Service Medal AASW Australian Association of Social Workers AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal; Anglo-Australian Telescope; Australian Antarctic Territory; Association of Accounting Technicians AATB Anglo-Australian Telescope Board AATCAMS [AAT computerised case management system] AATE Australian Association for the Teaching of English AATO allowable annual turnover AAUQ Associate in Accountancy, University of Queensland AAVC Australian Army Veterinarian Corps [WWI] AAVCC Australian Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Council [now the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, APVMA] AAWL Australia Asia Worker Links AAWS Australian Animal Welfare Strategy [DAFF] AB artificial breeding ABA Australian Bankers Association; Australian Broadcasting Authority; Australian Booksellers Association; American Bankers Association; American Bar Association; Australian Bar Association; Australian Beef Association; Aboriginal benefit account ABAA Australian Business Aircraft Association ABAC APEC Business Advisory Council; Alcoholic Beverages Advertising Code; Australian Biotechnology Advisory Council ABARE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics A-based Australia based [DFAT] ABB Australian Barley Board ABC activity based costing; Audit Bureau of Circulations; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Australian Bicycle Council ABCA American, British, Canadian and Australian [Armies Program] ABCB Australian Building Codes Board ABCC Australian Board of Certified Counsellors; Australian British Chamber of Commerce; Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce ABCI Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence ABE adult basic education ABF Australian Ballooning Federation ABGC Australian Banana Growers Council ABIO Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman ABL Australian Business Ltd ABL Australian Bulletin of Labour ABM Treaty Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems ABM anti-ballistic missile ABMDR Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry ABN Australian Bibliographic Network [an Australian database service]; Australian business number ABN-DSC Australian business number—digital signature certificate

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 2 ABOA Australian Bibliography of Agriculture [database] ABPA Australian Bush Poets Association ABR Australian Book Review; Aboriginal Benefit Reserve; Australian Business Register ABRI Agricultural Business Research Institute; Indonesian Armed Forces ABRS Australian Biological Resources Study ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics; Australian Ballet School; [plastics based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymers; virgin ABS] ABSTUDY [Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Study Assistance Scheme] ABT Australian Broadcasting Tribunal [now known as the Australian Broadcasting Authority] ABTA Aboriginals benefit trust account; Australasian Business Travel Association ABTC APEC Business Travel Card ABTF Aborigines Benefits Trust Fund [estab. 1952, forerunner of ABTA] ABU Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ABW Air Base Wing AC Companion of the Order of Australia ACA Australian Consumers Association; Australian Cricketers Association Australian Communications Authority ACAA Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act; Association of Consultants in Access, Australia Inc. ACAC Aged Care Advisory Committee ACACA Australia-China Agricultural Cooperation Agreement; Australasian Curriculum Assessment and Certification Authorities ACACs aged care advisory committees ACAG Australasian Council of Auditors-General; Anti Counterfeiting Action Group ACAL Australian Council for Adult Literacy ACAM Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring ACAP Aged Care Assessment Program; Australian College of Applied Psychology ACAS airborne collision avoidance system ACAS Aged Care Assessment Services [Victorian program within the National Aged Care Assessment Program] ACAT aged care assessment team ACC Aboriginal Coordinating Council [replaced by ALGAQ in 2004]; Administrative Committee on Coordination [in UN]; area control centre [in aviation]; Australia- China Council [DFAT]; Australian Caption Centre; Australian Christian Churches; area consultative committee; Australian Citizenship Council; Australian Crime Commission ACCA Australian Crohn’s & Colitis Association; Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACCAP Australian Council for Children and Parenting ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCHS Aboriginal community-controlled health service [in different regions] ACCI Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ACCIS Area Clinical Cancer Information System [NSW] ACCORD Australian Coordinating Committee on Organ Registers and Donation ACCS Australian Carpet Classification Scheme ACD automatic call distribution; acid-citrate-dextrose; Acute Care Division [Department of Health and Ageing] ACDP Aboriginal Communities Development Program [NSW] ACE adult and community education ACEA Association of Consulting Engineers Australia ACEE Australian Centre for Equity through Education ACEM Australasian College for Emergency Medicine ACEP Australian Co-operative Entry Program [of ACER] ACER Australian Council for Educational Research ACESA Association for Chinese Economic Studies (Australia) ACF Australian Conservation Foundation; Australian Cat Federation ACFE adult, community and further education [refers to programs funded by Victorian government through its Adult, Community and Further Education Board] ACFOA Australian Council for Overseas Aid

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 3 ACG Australian competitive grant; Australian Centre for Geomechanics ACGC Australian Chicken Growers Council ACGP Australian College of General Practitioners [ see RACGP] ACH Aged Care and Housing [not-for-profit group, SA] ACHA assistance with care and housing for the aged; Australian Complementary Health Association; ACHA Health [formerly Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance] ACHS Australian Council on Healthcare Standards ACHSE Australian College of Health Service Executives ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ACID Australian Criminal Intelligence Database ACIF Australian Construction Industry Forum ACIP Advisory Council on Intellectual Property ACIR Australian Childhood Immunisation Register [administered by Health] ACIRL Australian Coal Industry Research Laboratories [now known as ACIRL] acirrt Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Training [based at University of Sydney and known as acirrt; note the lower-case acronym] ACIS Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme [administered by AusIndustry] ACIVC Australian Council of Independent Vocational Colleges Ltd ACLA Australian Council of Livestock Agents; Australian Corporate Lawyers Association ACLIS Australian Council of Libraries and Information Services ACLOG Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Logistics) ACM Australasian Correctional Management; Australian Chamber of Manufactures [merged with MTIA in 1998 to form Australian Industry Group] ACMA Australian Communications and Media Authority [to be established from July 2005 from ABA and ACA]; Australian Chinese Medical Association ACMF Australian Commonwealth Military Forces; Australian Country Music Foundation ACN Australian company number; Australian customs notice ACNB Australian Commonwealth Naval Board ACNT Australian Council of National Trusts; Australasian College of Natural Therapies ACO Australian Chamber Orchestra; approved care organisation [FACS] ACOSH Australian Council on Smoking and Health ACOSS Australian Council of Social Service [note: not Services] ACP Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries; automotive component producer ACPA Australian Community Pharmacy Authority ACPAC Aged Care Planning Advisory Committee [one in each state and territory] ACPET Australian Council for Private Education and Training [note: for not of] ACPMH Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health ACPR aged care planning region [Health]; Australasian Centre for Policing Research; Australian Centre for Population Research ACPSRO Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations ACR Australian Catholic Relief [now Caritas Australia]; see also ACIAR ACRA Australian Cultivar Registration Authority; Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association ACRD age-related cognitive decline ACROD National Industry Association for Disability Services ACRRM Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine ACRS Australian Coral Reef Society ACS Australian Customs Service; Australian Computer Society; Australasian Correctional Services; ancillary communications services [broadcasting] ACSA Aged and Community Services Australia; AIDS Council of South Australia; (Association of) Consulting Surveyors Australia; Australian Curriculum Studies Association ACSAA Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency ACSI Australian Council of Super Investors Inc. ACSPA Australian Consumer and Specialty Products Association; see ASCPA ACSSA Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault ACSSO Australian Council of State School Organisations ACT Australian College of Theology; Australian Capital Territory ACTA Australian Council of TESOL Associations ACTCOSS Australian Capital Territory Council of Social Service [note: not Services]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 4 ACTEW Australian Capital Territory Electricity and Water Corporation ACTF Australian Children’s Television Foundation ACTION Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network [Canberra buses] ACTPLA Australian Capital Territory Planning and Land Authority ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ACV Australian Customs vessel [eg ACV Arnhem Bay]; air cushion vehicle [like a hovercraft] AD Alzheimer’s disease; Dame of the Order of Australia; airworthiness directive; assistant director AD(JR) Act Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act [but ADJR legislation] ADA Australian Dental Association; Australia Defence Association [note: Australia] ADAC Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council [SA] ADAS Australian Diving Accreditation Scheme ADAT adult disability assessment tool ADATS Australian Defence air traffic system; air defence anti-tank system ADB Asian Development Bank; Anti Discrimination Board [NSW]; African Development Bank ADC access deficit contribution [telecommunications]; Australian Defence College ADCA Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia ADCNET Australian diplomatic communications network ADD attention deficit disorder; automated document dispatch ADDB Australian drugs database ADEC Australian Drug Evaluation Committee ADF approved deposit fund; Asian Development Fund; Australian Defence Force ADFA Australian Defence Force Academy; Australian Dried Fruits Association ADFCC Australian Defence Force Command Centre ADF Australian Dairy Farmers Ltd ADFILS Australian Defence Families and Information Liaison Staff ADGP Australian Divisions of General Practice ADI acceptable daily intake [of pesticide residues]; [Australian Defence Industries – now known only as ADI]; authorised deposit-taking institution ADIC Australian Dairy Industry Council [dairy policy body made up of ADF and ADPF] ADIN Australian Drug Information Network ADL activities of daily living ADMA Australian Direct Marketing Association ADMI area of direct military interest ADO Australian Defence Organisation ADONIS accelerator driven operated nuclear irradiation system ADP Agricultural Development Partnership [Program]; automated data processing ADPP Agricultural Development Partnership Program ADR Australian design rule: ADR 27A; alternative dispute resolution ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency; Australian Dispute Resolution Association ADRC Accreditation Decisions Review Committee ADS approved destination status [immigration scheme]; Australian Diabetes Society; Australian development scholarship ADS-B automatic dependent surveillance—broadcast [technology] ADSL asymmetrical digital subscriber line ADTAC Australian Disability Training Advisory Council ADV Australian declaratory visa AE additional estimates AE1 HMAS AE1 [RAN’s first submarine] AEA Australasian Epidemiological Association; Australian Esperanto Association AEAP Australian-European Awards Program AEAV Ambulance Employees Association of Victoria AEC Australian Electoral Commission AECB acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis AECD aged and extended care department [at a hospital] AECG Aboriginal Education Consultative Group [NSW] AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd; Australian Egg Corporation Ltd

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 5 AEEC Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee [ANU] AEEMA Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association AEF Aboriginal Evangelical Fellowship; Asia Education Foundation AEGIS Australian environmental and geographic information system AEI Australian Education International (formerly AIEF, the Australian International Education Foundation) AEIA Australian Entertainment Industry Association AEIs airways engineering instructions AEMP Advanced English for Migrants Program [amalgamated with another program and now known as the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (Centrelink)] AENA average earnings on a national accounts basis AEO airport environment officer; Australian electoral officer AEP aerodrome emergency plan; [see National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy] AERE Atomic Energy Research Establishment [UK] AEs additional estimates AES Aboriginal Education Strategy [SA]; Aboriginal employment strategy AESA Association of Eisteddfod Societies of Australia Inc AEShareNet Australian Education Sharing Network AESIP Aboriginal Education Strategic Initiatives Program [now the Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program (IESIP)] AESOC Australian Education Systems Officials Committee AESOP Australian Executive Service Overseas Program [now known as ABV, Australian Business Volunteers] AETA Australia-East Timor Association AEU Aboriginal education unit; Australian Education Union AEVA Australian Electric Vehicle Association; Australian Equine Veterinary Association AEW airborne early warning; Aboriginal education worker AEW&C airborne early warning and control [aircraft] AEWAC airborne early warning and control [aircraft] AEWC airborne early warning and control [aircraft] AFA Arthritis Foundation of Australia; Australian Family Association; Advertising Federation of Australia Ltd; Association of Financial Advisers AFAA Agrifood Awareness Australia Ltd AFAC Australasian Fire Authorities Council AFAO Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations AFAP Australian Federation of Air Pilots; Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific AFAR Australian Foreign Affairs Record AFAS Australian-French Association for Science and Technology; Australian Fumigation Accreditation Scheme [DAFF] AFB acid-fast bacilli; air force base AFBC Australia-Fiji Business Council AFC Air Force Cross [medal]; Australian Film Commission; Australian Flying Corps; Australian Finance Conference; audit and fraud control AFCA Australian Film Critics Association; Australian Field Crops Association; Australian Foster Care Association AFCC Australian Federation of Civil Celebrants AFCCRA Australian Financial Counselling and Credit Reform Association AFCN Australian Freight Councils Network AFDA Australian Funeral Directors Association AFDAS aircraft fatigue data analysis system AFEC Aboriginal family education centre; Australian Flower Export Council AFFA Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry AFFC Australian Film Finance Corporation AFFF aqueous film-forming foam; Australian Federation of Fly Fishers AFGC Australian Food and Grocery Council AFI Australian Film Institute AFIC Australian Federation of Islamic Councils; Asian Food Information Centre AFIF Australian Federation of International Forwarders

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 6 AFIS automated fingerprint identification system AFL Australian Flexible Learning [Framework]; Australian Football League AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations [US union association] AFM Advance to the Finance Minister [DOFA] AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority; Australian Financial Markets Association AFMLTA Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations AFMW Australian Federation of Medical Women AFP additional family payment; Agence France Presse; Australian Federal Police AFPA Australian Federal Police Association AFPAS Australian Federal Police Adjustment Scheme AFR Australian Financial Review AFRM Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine AFS average funded strength [Defence] AFSA Australian Fertiliser Services Association AFSC Australian Food Standards Code AFSL Australian financial services licence AFTA Australian Federation of Travel Agents; Australian Fishing Tackle Association; ASEAN free trade area; ASEAN Free Trade Agreement AFTA-CER CEP ASEAN Free Trade Area—Closer Economic Relations Closer Economic Partnership AFTN aeronautical fixed telecommunications network AFTRS Australian Film, Television and Radio School AFULE Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Employees AFV armoured fighting vehicle AFVSO Australasian Film and Video Security Office AFZ Australian fishing zone A-G Attorney-General AGA Australian Gas Association; Australian Government Actuary AGAL Australian Government Analytical Laboratories [former body; now NMI, National Measurement Institute] AGC Australian Guarantee Corporation Ltd; Australian Geoscience Council AGD Attorney-General’s Department AGEC Action Group into the Law Enforcement Implications of Electronic Commerce AGEST Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust AGFUND Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development Organizations AGICC AQIS-Grain Industry Consultative Committee AGIP Australian Government Index of Publications [database] AGIS Attorney-General’s Information Service AGL Australian Gas Light Co. AGM annual general meeting AGO Australian Greenhouse Office AGPAL Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited AGR advanced gas-cooled reactor AGS Australian Government Solicitor AGSO Australian Geological Survey Organisation [now Geoscience Australia] AGSP Australian Greenhouse Science Program AGSRC average government school recurrent costs Agvet agricultural and veterinary AH Australian Hearing AHA Australian Hospital Association; Australian Hotels Association; Aboriginal Housing Authority [SA]; Animal Health Australia AHB Australian Heritage Bibliography [database] AHC Australian Heritage Council; Aboriginal Housing Co. AHCA Australian Health Care Agreement AHEC Australian Health Ethics Committee AHEPA Australasian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association AHIA Australian Health Insurance Association AHISA Association of Head of Independent Schools of Australia

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 7 AHL Aboriginal Hostels Ltd; Animal Health Laboratories [WA] AHMAC Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council AHO Australian Hydrographic Office [RAN Hydrographic Office]; Aboriginal Housing Office [NSW] AHPMC after hours primary medical care AHPMCT after hours primary medical care trial AHRC Australian Human Rights Centre AHRI Australian Human Resource Institute AHSEC ANSTO Health, Safety and Environment Committee AHSPIA Australian Hearing Specialist Program for Indigenous Australians AHTAC Australian Health Technology Advisory Committee AHU air handling unit; Aboriginal Heritage Unit AHURI Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute AHW Aboriginal health worker AHWAC Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee AHWOC Australian Health Workforce Officials Committee AI artificial insemination; artificial intelligence; Amnesty International; avian influenza AIA Australian-Indonesia Association AIAA Australia-Indonesia Arts Alliance AIAM Australian Institute of Advance Motorists AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies [formerly AIAS] AIB Australian Institute of Building; Army-in-Being AIBC Australia-Indonesia Business Council; Australia-India Business Council AIBF Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance AIC Australian Institute of Criminology; Assistance for Isolated Children [scheme]; Australian Institute for Commercialisation AICA Australian Infection Control Association AICC Australia International Cultural Council; Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce AICCA Aboriginal and Islander child-care agency AICCM Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material Inc. AICD Australian Institute of Company Directors AICL Australian Institute of Commerce and Language AICS Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; Aboriginal Independent Community Schools [WA] AIDA Australia-Indonesia Development Area; Australian Indigenous Doctors Association AIDAB Australian International Development Assistance Bureau [formerly Australian Development Assistance Bureau, ADAB; later AusAID] AIDC Australian Industry Development Corporation; Australian International Documentary Conference AIDS-HIV Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIE Australian Institute of Energy AIEAC Australian Information Economy Advisory Council; Australian IEA (International Energy Agency) Consortium AIEPB Affiliation of International Education Peak Bodies AIER Army Individual Emergency Reserve; anonymous individual employee record AIESEC International Association of Economics and Commerce Students AIEW Aboriginal and Islander education worker AIF Australian Imperial Force; Australian Infantry Force AIFS Australian Institute of Family Studies AiG Australian Industry Group AIGN Australian Industry Greenhouse Network AIH Australian Institute of Health; Australian Institute of Horticulture AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare AII Australia-Indonesia Institute AIIA Australian Information Industry Association; Australian Institute of International Affairs AIJA Australian Institute of Judicial Administration AIJAC Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council AILA Australian Institute of Landscape Architects AILO Aboriginal and [Torres Strait] Islander liaison officer [previously ALO]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 8 AILOT allowance in lieu of overtime AIM Australian Institute of Management AIMA Australasian Integrative Medicine Association AIMEX Australian International Marine Export Group AIMIA Australian Interactive Media Industry Association AIMPAC Australian Introduced Marine Pests Advisory Council AIMPE Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers AIMS Australian Institute of Marine Science; automated income matching system [Australian Taxation Office]; Accrual Information Management System [Finance] AIN assistant in nursing [position] AINDT Australian Institute for Non-Destructive Testing AINS acceptance into naval service AINSE Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering AIO Australian Imagery Organisation; Anglican Information Office AIP area improvement program; Australian industry participation; Australian Institute of Petroleum; Aeronautical Information Publication; approval in principle; Australian industry participation AIPA Australian Independent Publishers Association; Australian and International Pilots Association; Australian Investment Planners Association AIPC Australia Institute for Primary Care (at La Trobe University) AIPIO Australian International Pilots Industrial Organisation AIPM Australian Institute of Police Management AIPO Australian Industrial Property Organisation AIPS Australian Institute of Public Safety; Australian Institute of Political Science; Australian Investment Performance Standards AIQS Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors AIR Association of Independent Retirees; Australasian Institute of Radiography; Australian Industrial Refractories Ltd AIRC Australian Industrial Relations Commission AIRG Australian Industrial Research Group AIRN Army Individual Readiness Notice AIRWG Attendance Item Restructure Working Group AIS Aboriginal Interpreter Service; Australian Institute of Sport; Australian Iron and Steel Pty Ltd; ATO Integrated System AISQ Association of Independent Schools of Queensland AISSA Association of Independent Schools South Australia [formerly the Independent Schools Board] AIST Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees AISV Association of Independent Schools of Victoria Inc. AISWA Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia AITAC Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council AITD Australian Institute of Training and Development AITEA Australian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators AITs accident investigation teams AITT Australian Institute of Travel and Tourism AIW Australian Independent Wholesalers AJA Australian Journalists Association [later part of the MEAA] AJBCC Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee AJCP Australian joint copying project AJEA Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture AJF Australia–Japan Foundation AK Knight of the Order of Australia AKF Australia-Korea Foundation; Australian Koala Foundation ALA Aboriginal Languages Association ALA Adult Learning Australia Inc [replaced Australian Association of Adult and Community Education in 1998] ALAA Applied Linguistics Association of Australia ALAC Australian Labor Advisory Council; American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care [now the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC International)]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 9 ALADI [Latin-American Integration Association] ALAEA Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association ALAO Australian Legal Aid Office ALARA as low as reasonably achievable ALARP as low as reasonably practicable ALBE adult literacy and basic education ALBM air-launched ballistic missile ALC Australian Landcare Council; Australian Logistics Council ALC [former] Aboriginal Loans Commission; Australian Logistics Council ALCM air launched cruise missile ALCQ Arts Law Centre of Queensland ALCVD Atomic layer chemical vapour deposition ALEA Australian Livestock Exporters Association ALEC Australian Livestock Exporters Council ALERT Australian law enforcement referencing and targeting (program); Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time [flood warning data collection system]; ALFA Australian Lot Feeders Association ALFC Aboriginal Land Fund Commission ALG Air Lift Group ALGA Australian Local Government Association ALGIS Australian Local Government Information Service ALHMWU Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union ALI Aboriginal Land Inquiry [in WA, by Mr Paul Seaman; report 1984] ALIC Australian Libraries and Information Council [amalgamated into the Australian Council of Libraries and Information Services (ACLIS) in 1988] ALIS Australiawide Loading Information Service ALJ Australian Law Journal ALLP Australian Language and Literacy Policy ALMITAB Australian Light Manufacturing Industry Training Advisory Board [Light Manufacturing Training Australia (LMTA) has changed its name to Manufacturing Industry Skills Council] ALMV air launched MHV [air launched miniature vehicle, which carries a miniature homing vehicle (MHV)] ALO Aboriginal liaison officer [later Aboriginal and Islander liaison officer, AILO]; airline liaison officer; airport liaison officer; Australian Law Online ALON Adult Learning online database [now the DIAL, Directory of Adult Learning] ALOP (Australia’s) appropriate level of protection; aerodrome local ownership plan ALOR Australian Lubricating Oil Refinery Ltd [now Caltex Lubricating Oil Refinery] ALOS average length of stay ALP Arakan Liberation Party [Burma]; Australian Labor Party ALPA Arnhem Land Progress Association ALPGA Australian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association Ltd ALR Australian League of Rights ALRA Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983[New South Wales]; Aboriginal Land Rights[Northern Territory] Act 1976 ALRC Australian Law Reform Commission ALRI Australian Legal Resources International ALRM Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc. [in SA] ALRN Adult Literacy Research Network ALS Aboriginal Legal Service; Australian Landsat Station [now ACRES, Australian Centre for Remote Sensing]; Australian Linguistics Society; Australian Littoral Society; Australian longitudinal survey ALSF Australian Liberal Students Federation ALSWH Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health ALT Aboriginal Lands Trust; adult literacy teaching; Australian Life Tables ALTD Australian Land Transport Development AM amplitude modulation; Member in the Order of Australia; Air Marshal AMA Australian Medical Association AMAC Australian Mayoral Aviation Council AMADS Australian Market Access and Development Strategy

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 10 AMC Australian Medical Council Inc.; Australian Motorcycle Council; Australian Meat Council; Australian Magnesium Corporation Ltd; AMCAFF Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora [1964] AMCOS Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society AMDA Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement AMDEL Australian Mineral Development Laboratories AME apparent metabolisable energy [of animal feeds]; Aviation Medical Examiner AMEB Australian Music Examination Board AMEP Adult Migrant English Program AMES Adult Multicultural Education Services Amex American Express AMG Asset Management Group AMH Australian Meat Holdings AMI Australian Marketing Institute AMIEU Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union AMIL Australian Mezzanine Investments Pty Ltd AMIRA Australian Mineral Industries Research Association Ltd AMIS Australian Maritime Identification System AMLI Act Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997 AMLRDC Australian Meat and Livestock Research and Development Corporation [changed its name to the Meat Research Corporation in July 1991] AMOU Australian Maritime Officers Union AMP Society Australian Mutual Provident Society AMPCo Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd AMPLA Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association Ltd [the Resources and Energy Law Association] AMPTO Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators AMR adaptive multi-rate [new voice and data coding systems] AMRAAM advanced medium range air-to-air missile AMRFP Access to Major Research Facilities Program AMRL Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratory AMS Aboriginal Medical Service [Redfern]; Aboriginal medical service [in general]; accelerator mass spectrometry AMSA Australian Marine Sciences Association; Australian Maritime Safety Authority; advanced manned strategic aircraft [US]; Australian Medical Students Association AMSANT Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory AMSAT Australian Marine Science and Technology Ltd AMSC automatic message switching centre AMSTAC Australian Marine Science and Technology Advisory Committee AMT advanced manufacturing technology AMTA Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association AMTP automotive machine tool producer AMVCB Australian Motor Vehicle Certification Board AMWAC Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee AMWU Australian Manufacturing Workers Union AMZ Australian milking zebu [dairy cattle] ANA Australian Nuclear Association ANAO Australian National Audit Office ANAPHI Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutions ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions ANBF Australian National Beamline Facility [now the Australian Synchrotron Research Program] ANBG Australian National Botanic Gardens ANC African National Congress; Air Navigation Commission; Australian Nursing Council ANCAP Australian New Car Assessment Program ANCAR Australian National Committee for Antarctic Research ANCD Australian National Council on Drugs ANCJDR Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry ANEF Australian noise exposure forecast ANF Australian Nursing Federation

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 11 ANG Australian National Gallery ANGOC Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development ANHECA Australian Nursing Homes and Extended Care Association ANI Australian Naval Institute ANIC Australian National Insect Collection [CSIRO] ANL Australian National Line ANMM Australian National Maritime Museum [referred to also as National Maritime Museum] ANO air navigation order [ANO 95.10] ANP Advanced Networks Program [DCITA] ANR Annual National Report on Schooling in Australia; air navigation regulation [ANR 89(2)]; Australian Naval Reserve ANRPC Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries ANS advanced neutron source; Australian Neuroscience Society; awards and national symbols ANSI American National Standards Institute ANSIR Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource [operated by Geoscience Australia and the ANU] ANSTO Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation ANTA MINCO Australian National Training Authority—Ministerial Council ANTARES Australian National Tandem Accelerator for Applied Research [ANSTO] ANTS A New Tax System [policy and system] ANU Australian National University ANVA Australian Nuclear Veterans Association ANZ Australia and New Zealand Bank ANZAAS Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ANZAPNM Australian and New Zealand Association of Physicians in Nuclear Medicine ANZBC Australia-New Zealand Business Council Ltd ANZCA Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists ANZCAN Australia, New Zealand and Canada [cable] ANZCC Australia-New Zealand Consultative Committee ANZCER Australia-New Zealand closer economic relations [also short for ANZCERTA] ANZCERTA Australia and New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement ANZDATA Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council [now the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, NRMMC] ANZFA Australia New Zealand Food Authority [now Food Standards Australia New Zealand, FSANZ] ANZLIC Australian and New Zealand Land Information Council ANZSIC Australia and New Zealand standard industrial classification [code] ANZSOG Australia and New Zealand School of Government ANZUS [security treaty between Australia, New Zealand and United States—not expanded] AO Australian Opera [now called Opera Australia]; Officer in the Order of Australia; area of operations; adults only AOA Australian Orthopaedic Association AOAC Association of Official Analytical Chemists AOC Air Officer (Commanding); Australian Olympic Committee; air operators certificate AODAW Australian Organ Donor Awareness Week AODC Australian Oceanographic Data Centre [RAN] AODR Australian Organ Donor Register AOFM Australian Office of Financial Management AOG aircraft on the ground; aircraft operationally grounded; Assembly of God [churches] AOL America Online AONM Australian origin nuclear material; Australian-Obligated Nuclear Material AOPA Australian Owners and Pilots Association of Australia AoS assurance of support AOS Australian Optical Society AOSL auto-open, save-link [technology] AOU application to own use [for sales tax purposes]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 12 AP Anangu Pitjantjatjara [Indigenous community]; Australia Post; Asia-Pacific APA Australian Postgraduate Award [DEST program] APAC Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council; Australasian-Pacific Aeronautical College Inc. APACA Australian Performing Arts Centres Association APADA Australian Petroleum Agents and Distributors Association APAG Asia-Pacific Access Grid APAIS Australian Public Affairs information Service APAL Apple and Pear Australia Ltd APAV Accreditation Program for Australian Veterinarians APC armoured personnel carrier; Australian Parents Council; Australian Postal Commission; Australian Press Council; advance passenger clearance [Immigration]; Australian Pork Corporation; Asia-Pacific Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants [Immigration]; Australian Paralympic Committee APCA Australian Payments Clearing Association APCAMS air pressure cable alarm monitoring system APCC Procurement and Construction Council APDC Air Power Development Centre APEA Affiliation of Professional Education Associations APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEF Asia Pacific Economic Foundation APEID Asia-Pacific Program of Educational Innovation for Development [UNESCO] APESMA Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia APF Australian Parachute Federation APFA Australian Prawn Farmers Association APFM Australian Postgraduate Federation in Medicine; Asia-Pacific financial market APG Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering APHCA Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific APHEDA Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad [now known as Union Aid Abroad; aid agency of ACTU] APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [US Department of Agriculture] API advance passenger information; Australian Pharmaceutical Industries APIA Australian Pipeline Industry Association; Asia & Pacific Internet Association APIC Association for Practitioners in Infection Control and Epidemiology APII Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure [APEC] APIMRP Australian Population, Immigration and Multicultural Research Program [Immigration] APIN Army Presence in the North APIS Australian Passport Information Service APL Australian Pork Ltd; acceptable particulate level APLC Australian Plague Locust Commission APLEI Action Plan for the Livestock Export Industry APM Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd; advanced process manipulation [IT] APMA Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; Australasian Promotion Marketing Association APMAIF Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula [DHA] APMC Australasian Police Ministers Council APMP Asia-Pacific Metrology Program; Asia Pacific Network APNGBC Australia-Papua New Guinea Business Council APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Centre APP advance passenger processing APP advanced passenger processing; approved pathology provider; annual post program [foreign affairs] APP average per participant APP advanced passenger processing APPEA Australian Petroleum Producing Explorers Association APPEA Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association APPF Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum APPI Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investment [signed in Port Moresby, 3 Sept. 1990]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 13 APPM Associated Paper and Paper Mills Ltd APPPC Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission APPU Asia-Pacific Postal Union APR April APRA Association for Protection of Rural Australia Inc.; Australasian Performing Rights Association; Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; Australian Professional Rodeo Association APRUP Advisory Panel on Recall and Unsafe Parts [motor vehicles] APS Australian Psychological Society; Australian Protective Service; Australian Public Service; Australian professional statement [on accounting], e.g. APS1 APSA Association of Professional Scientists of Australia; Australian Political Studies Association; Australian Public Service Association; Australian Peak Shippers Association Inc. APSBU Australian Public Sector and Broadcasting Union APSC Asia Pacific Space Centre; Australian Payments System Council; Australian Police Staff College; Australian Public Service Commission APSDEP Asian and Pacific Skill Development Program APSDIN Asian and Pacific Skill Development Information Network APSF Australian Pensioners and Superannuants Federation Inc.; Australian Patient Safety Foundation; Australian Public Service Federation APSO Asia-Pacific Socialist Organisation APSOs Australia Public Service officers APSROs Australian Public Service recruitment offices APSS Australia Post Superannuation Scheme APT Alliance for Public Technology; Asia-Pacific Telecommunity; Association for the Prevention of Torture APTNARC Accessible Public Transport National Advisory Committee APTU Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union APU auxiliary power unit; accredited purchasing unit; audit prosecution units APVMA Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority AQA Australian Quadriplegic Association AQC Australian Quality Council AQF Australian Quality Framework AQF2 Australian Qualifications Framework level 2 AQFAB Australian Qualifications Framework Advisory Board AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service AQTF Australian Quality Training Framework AQUAVETPLAN Aquatic Animal Disease Emergency Response Plan AR autonomous region [China, e.g. Xinjiang autonomous region] ARA Australian Refugee Association; Australian Regular Army; Australian Retailers Association; Australasian Railway Association Inc. ARAC Australian Refugee Advisory Council Aramco Arab American Oil Co. ARB Auditors Registration Board ARC Accreditation and Registration Council; Australian Railtrack Corporation; Australian Red Cross; Administrative Review Council; Australian Research Council ; (in SA) Accreditation and Registration Council; attached resource computer ARCAL (full title) Regional Cooperative Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America; Agreement on Regional Cooperation for Latin America [of IAEA] ARCBS Australian Red Cross Blood Service ARCHI Australian Resource Centre for Hospital Innovation ARCO Australian River Company Ltd ARCS Australian Red Cross Society; analog radio concentrator system ARCWU Australian Rope and Cordage Workers Union ARD Australian Rural Divisions ARDB Australian Resources Development Bank Ltd AR-DRGs Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups ARDS Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc. ARDU Aircraft Research and Development Unit

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 14 AREG Antarctic Research Evaluation Group ARERI Australian renewable energy resources index ARes Army Reserve; Inactive ARes; Active ARes ARF ASEAN Regional Forum; Addictions Research Foundation; Australian Road Federation ArFFA Armed Forces Federation of Australia ARFFS Aerodrome Rescue and Firefighting Service ARHEN Australian Rural Health Education Network ARIA Accessibility Remoteness Index of Australia ARRWAG Australian Rural and Remote Workforce Agency Group ASNUG Australian State National Users Group ARFL Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory; Australian Rugby Football League ARFU Australian Rugby Football Union ARG airspace reform group ARGCM Australian Regulatory Guidelines for Complementary Medicines ARHEN Australian Rural Health Education Network ARHP Aboriginal Rental Housing Program ARHS Australian Railway Historical Society ARI ANSTO Radiopharmaceuticals and Industrials ARIA Australian Record Industry Association; Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia ARIC Australian Railway Industry Corporation ARIs approved research institutes ARIS Adult Education Resource and Information Service (managed by Language Australia) ARL Acoustic Research Laboratories; Aeronautical Research Laboratories; Australian Radiation Laboratory ARLP Australian Rural Leadership Program ARM Australian Republican Movement ARMCANZ Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand subsumed in part by the NRMMC (Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council) and the PIMC (Primary Industries Ministerial Council) in 2001 ARNG US Army National Guard ARO Aeropostale Inc.; assistant returning officer; approved research organisation; assistant research officer; authorised review officer; ARO review—sounds like ‘arrow’ AROC Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre AROU Australian Rail Operations Unit ARPA Australian Retired Persons Association (SA); Australasian Religious Press Association ARPAC Antarctic Research Policy Advisory Committee [replaced 1985 by Antarctic Science Advisory Committee] ARPANSA Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency ARPC Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation ARPE assistant resident project engineer [in Defence project management] ARPF Australian Rural Partnerships Foundation ARPRND Australian Rural Press Regional Newspaper Division ARPOA Association of Railway Professional Officers of Australia ARRA Australian Rough Riders Association; Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association ARRB Australian Road Research Board ARRC Army Reserve Review Committe; Australian Resources Research Centre ARRDO Australian Railway Research and Development Organisation ARRIP Australian rural research in progress [database, available through Csironet and Australis] ARRWAG Australian Rural and Remote Workforce Agencies Group Limited ARS agricultural research scientist ART assisted reproductive technology; Administrative Review Tribunal ARTC Australian Rail Track Corporation; Australian Recognised Trade Certificate ARTD consultancy specialising in the planning and measurement of social programs ARTF Australian Road Transport Federation; Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund; Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods ARTTS Army Reserve Technical and Trade Scheme ARU Australian Rugby Union

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 15 ASA anti-submarine; average salary [under superannuation scheme]; Australian Standard—Australian/New Zealand Standard; Advertising Standards Authority; Australian Soccer Association; Australian Shareholders Association Ltd ASAA Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAC Australian Sports Aviation Confederation; Antarctic Science Advisory Committee; Administrative Sciences Association of Canada; Australian Statistics Advisory Council; ASAE Australian Society of Association Executives; American Society of Association Executives; American Society of Agricultural Engineers ASAL Association for the Study of Australian Literature ASAP Australian Science Archives project; Australian Society of Animal Production; ASAS Asylum Seekers Assistance Scheme; Australian Staffing Assistance Scheme ASAT anti-satellite system ASAVA Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association ASB Accounting Standards Board (UK); Auditing Standards Board [of Australian Accounting Research Foundation] ASBA Australian Small Business Association; Australian Sheep Breeders Association; Association of School Bursars and Administrators ASBs Australian saving bonds ASBJ Accounting Standards Board (Japan) ASBT Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion ASC Australian Sports Commission; Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd; Australian Shippers Council; Accounting Standards Committee (UK); Advertising Standards Council; Asian Studies Council; Australian Securities Commission [preceded by National Companies and Securities Commission], now ASIC ASCA Association for Science Co-operation in Asia; Australian Securities Commission Act 1989 ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ASCC Australian Soil Conservation Council; Australian Society of Cosmetic Chemists; Australian standard commodity classification (now ANZSPC—Australian and New Zealand standard product classification; Australian Stem Cell Centre ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASCED Australian Standard Classification of Education ASCH annual student contact hours, also, actual student contact hours; Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists ASCI 33 Protective Security and Australian Communications—Electronic Security Instruction 33 ASCII American standard code for information interchange [not usually spelt out] ASCIS Australian Schools Catalogue Information Service ASCJ Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia ASCL Australian standard classification of languages; aircraft station class licence ASCPA Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ASCO Australian standard classification of occupations; Australian Services Canteens Organisation ASO administrative services office ASOC Australian standard offence classification ASCOT [database, Australian Securities and Investments Commission] ASCPA Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants ASCU Agricultural and Scientific Collections Unit; Aetiology, Statements of Principles and Commentary Unit ASDA Australian Sports Drug Agency; ASDA Act ASDAR aircraft to satellite data relay (weather data collection and transmitting units to be installed in civil aircraft, 1985) ASDD Australian Spatial Data Directory ASDE airport surface detection equipment ASDI Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure Asdic [precursor to sonar; originally, Allied Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee] ASDIC Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (an Anglo-French committee device called Asdic)

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 16 ASDMAC Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee ASDT Australian Society of Dairy Technology; American Society for Training and Development; Associacao Social Democratica Timor (Social Democratic Association of Timor) ASDTL Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory ASFC Australian Space Forecast Centre ASE Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology; Australasian Society of Engineers ASEA Association for South East Asia (also ASA; later ASEAN) ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia—formerly Association of South East Asia, ASEA or ASA) ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting; Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine Inc. ASTweb Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Science and Technology, web site ASF Australian Shipping Federation; Aviation Safety Forum; Australian Sports Foundation Ltd; Australian Speleological Federation; Anarcho-Syndicalist Foundation ASFA Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Ltd; Aviation Safety Foundation Australia ASFF Australian Stocks and Flows Framework; Australian School of Fine Furniture ASFV African swine fever virus ASGS Aboriginal study grant scheme ASH Aboriginal special housing program; ASH Enterprises (Aboriginal Self-Help— Kalgoorlie) ASHC after school hours care ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Airconditioning Engineers ASI Australian Shipbuilding Industries Ltd (taken over by Eglo Engineering Services Ltd 1988); Australia Sport International ASIA Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority ASIAC Australian Society for Intercountry Aid Children Inc. ASIAT Australian Society for Intercountry Aid—Timor (an Australian private medical team in 1982) ASIC Australian standard industrial classification; Australian Securities and Investments Commission Classification; Australian Seafood Industry Council; aviation security identification card ASICJ Australian Section of the International Commission of Jurists ASIO Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ASIS Australian Secret Intelligence Service ASIST applied suicide intervention skills training ASL average staffing level ASLAVs Australian light armoured vehicles ASLLP Australian Second Language Learning Program ASLPR Australian second language proficiency ratings (now ISLPR, international second language proficiency ratings ASM Australia Service Medal; air-to-surface missile; American Society for Metals ASMA Australian Stipendiary Magistrates Association; Australian Software Metrics Association ASMAPS Army survey management and planning system ASMAT assistant secretary, materiel (3 positions, Army, Navy and Air Force) ASMC Australian Sugar Milling Council ASME American Society of mechanical Engineers ASMF Australian Sports Medicine Federation Ltd ASN actual staff number; American Society of Nephrology; autonomous system number (IP communications coding system) ASNET Australian Secure Network; Academic Services Network ASNO Australian Safeguards and Non-proliferation Office: ASNT Australian School of Nuclear Technology; American Society of Non-destructive Testing ASO Australian Space Office; Australian Survey Office; Australian Safeguards Office; administrative service officer (in Australian Public Service, formerly clerk or clerical assistant)—ASO1, ASO2; Australia’s strategic outlook; air security officer

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 17 ASOC Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition; Actuarial Society of UNSW; Australian standard offence classification ASOP Australian Society of Poets; Aetiology, statements of principles ASOSAI Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions ASP Alice Springs; Australian Seafood Producers Pty Ltd ASPA Australian Secondary Principals Association; Australian Ski Patrol Association; Australian Sugar Producers Association Ltd ASPAC Asian and Pacific Council ASPBAE Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education ASPC Social Policy Research Centre ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute ASPS Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons; Australian Society of Plant Scientists ASPT Aspect Communications Corp.; American Society of Plant Taxonomists ASR Army staff requirement; assistance to steel regions; Australian Rural Group Ltd ASRA Australian Sports Rotorcraft Association; Australasian Sound Recordings Association ASRAAM Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile system ASRB Accounting Standards Review Board ASRI Australian Space Research Institute ASRIP Aviation Safety Regulatory Improvement Program ASRIS Australian Soil Resource Information System ASROC antisubmarine rocket ASRP Advanced Rural Skills Posts; Australian Synchrotron Research Program ASRRF Australian Special Rural Research Fund ASRS Aviation Self Reporting System ASSA Academy of the Social Sciences; Astronomical Society of South Australia ; Australian Stevedoring Supervisors Association; Australian Students Space Association ASSIFS Asian Studies in Schools Incentive Fellowships Scheme ASSO arrest, search and seizure order; Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity ASSP Aboriginal Staff Sponsorship Program ASSPA Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness Program; Aboriginal Services Supporting Parents Association ASTA Australian Science Teachers Association; Aerospace Technologies of Australia Pty Ltd (called Government Aircraft Factories until 1987) ASTEC Aboriginal Studies and Teacher Education Centre; Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council ASTEN Australasian Science and Technology Exhibitors Network ASTF Australian Student Traineeship Foundation (now ECEF, the Enterprise and Career Education Foundation) ASTINFO Asian Scientific and Technological Information Organisation ASTIS advanced satellite terrestrial infrastructure system; Australian Science and Technology Information Service ASTJIC Australian Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre ASTJIC-TAF Australian Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre Target Analysis Facility ASTM American Society for Testing Materials ASTN Australasian Stroke Trials Network ASTOA Australian Shipping and Travel Officers Association ASTP Australian system of tariff preferences ASTRA Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association ASU Australian Services Union; Arab Socialist Union [formed in Libya 1971]; Australian Municipal, Transport, Energy, Water, Ports, Community and Information Services Union ASuW anti-surface warfare ASVS Australian Security Vetting Service; Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule; Australian Specialised Vehicle Systems Pty Ltd ASW anti-submarine warfare; Australian standard white (wheat) ASWU Australian Social Welfare Union ASX Australian Stock Exchange Ltd

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 18 ASY average staff years AT Assistive Technology: aviation technician; Advocacy Team AT(EP) Act Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act (ratified Agreed Measures for the Protection and Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora) ATA Australian Trucking Association; American Tunaboat Association (based in San Diego); anti-terrorism assistance (program, managed by US State Department); American Trucking Association; Automotive Training Australia Ltd; Alternative Technology Association; Australian Teleservices Association; Automative Training Australia ATAC Australian Transport Advisory Council (a ministerial council; later called Australian Transport Council) ATAEA Australian Theatrical and Employees Association ATAGI Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation ATAS Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme ATAX Australian Taxation Studies Program (independent university program of studies supported by the Australian Taxation Office) ATB Asian Development Bank; advanced technology bomber (the Stealth bomber); Australian Tobacco Board ATMAC Australian Tobacco Marketing Advisory Committee (formerly, the Australian Tobacco Board) ATBM anti-tactical ballistic missile ATC Australian Tourism Commission (Tourism Australia); Australian Transport Council (formerly Australian Transport Advisory Council); Aboriginal Treaty Committee; Australia Tibet Council; Australian Telecommunications Commission; Air Training Corps; Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical Classification Index; Australian Telecommunications Cooperative Research Centre; Army Training Command; activity therapy centre; air traffic control ATCAP Aboriginal town campers assistance program ATCI Aboriginal Training and Cultural Institute (in Sydney); Australians Today Consumer Insights program ATCM Antarctic Treaty consultative meeting; advanced technology cruise missile; Association of Town Centre Management (UK) ATCPs Antarctic Treaty consultative parties ATCS Australian Trade Commissioner Service (=TCS); All-Tasks Computer Services; air traffic control system; automatic tablet counters ATCSR air traffic control surveillance radar ATD anthropomorphic test dummy; advanced technical development (CRA); automatic telephone dialler ATDP Australian Tourism Development Program ATEA Army Technology and Engineering Agency ATE Association of Teacher Educators; asset test exempt; automatic test equipment; ALSO, automated test equipment; Australian Tourism Exchange; ATEA Army Technology and Engineering Agency; Australian Telecommunications Employees Association; Australian Teacher Education Association ATEA-ATPOA Australian Telecommunications Employees Association-Australian Telephone and Phonogram Officers Association ATEP Aboriginal Teacher Education Program; AT(EP)A Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act ATEPPs Antarctic Treaty environment protection permits ATF Australian Teachers Federation; Australian Type Foundry; Australian Thyroid Foundation; Australian Theological Forum Inc. ATG Australian Technology Group; Art Technology Group; Advanced Technology Group ANTM anti-tank guided missile ATGW anti-tank guided weapon ATI apprentice training incentive; artillery target intelligence; Australian tourism index ATIA Australian Taxi Industry Association; Assistive Technology Industry Association; Association of Translators and Interpreters of Australia; Australian Travel Industry Association; ATID Australian transport information directory (computer based information system of former Bureau of Transport Economics)

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 19 ATIF Australian Timber Importers Federation ATIS Association of Teachers in Independent Schools (in SA); airport traffic information service; Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (US); Australian trade information service; advanced traveller information systems ATLIS Australian transport literature information system ATLR average time lost rate; active transport layer rate ATLT asset tested long-term income stream ATM automated teller machine ATMA Association of Taxation and Management Accountants; Australian Technical Millers Association; Aboriginal Tourism Marketing Association; Australian TAFE Marketing Association; Australian Tyre Manufacturers Association ATMOEA Australian Tramways and Motor Omnibus Employees Association ATMS Australian Traditional Medicine Society ATN Australian Technology Network; Aeronautical Telecommunications Network; Australian Trading News ATNF Australia Telescope National Facility ATO Australian Taxation Office ATO Extra internal electronic magazine for ATO ATOF Australian Transport Officers Federation ATOM Australian Teachers of Media ATP Australian Technology Park; adenosine triphosphate; adult training program; airways transition project; Australian Training Products Ltd ATPA AIDS Treatment Project Australia; Australian trade payment analysis; Australian Therapeutic Pilates Association ATPC Australian Timber Producers Council Ltd; Association of Tin Producing Countries; Australian Timber Promotion Council ATPL air transport pilots licence ATR above threshold rate; air transport rating (US); Advanced Television Research; Association of Tourist Railways Inc ATRF Australian Transport Research Forum; Australian Tax Research Foundation; Arafura Timor Research Facility ATS Advanced Telescope Supplies; Apprentice Training School (UK); Australian Technology Showcase; Antarctic Treaty System; Associated Tin Smelters Ltd; air traffic services; Australian Traineeship Scheme; Australian Traineeship System (superseded by New Apprenticeships) ATS-1 applications technology satellite 1 (old NASA satellite used for weather experiments) ATSB Australian Transport Safety Bureau ATSC Australian Tree Seed Centre; Air Traffic Services Centre; the Australian advanced air traffic system ATSI Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ATSIAC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission ATSIEIS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Electoral Information Service (formerly Aboriginal and Islander Electoral Information Service, AIEIS) ATSILF Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land fund ATSILS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services ATSIPTAC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Training Advisory Council—now AITAC Australian Indigenous Training Council ATSIS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services ATSRAC Atherton Tableland Sustainable Regions Advisory Committee i ATST Australian Training Support Team; asset-tested short term income stream ATU Australian Teachers Union ATUG Australian Telecommunications Users Group ATUTA Australian Trade Union Training Authority (also called TUTA) ATV attached training vessel ATV advanced television; Amateur Television Group ATWU Australian Timber Workers Union AuASB Auditing and Assurance Standards Board AUB American University in Beirut AUP 32 [statement of auditing practice; AUP 32]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 20 AuSB Auditing Standards Board AUC Australian Universities Commission; authenticated user community; assets under construction AUCC Australia-Uruguay Chamber of Commerce; Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada AUD Australian dollars; Australian Urban Divisions AUF Australian Ultralight Federation (now the Recreational Aviation Australia); Australian United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association; AUG Australian United Gold Ltd; August; Australian University Games AUIDP Australian Universities International Development Program (later IDP International Development Program of Australian Universities and Colleges Ltd) AULLA Australasian Universities Languages and Literatures Association AUM all-up mass (aviation) AUPs statements of auditing practice AUPT Australian urban passenger train AUQA Australian Universities Quality Agency AND Australian Universities Quality Assurance AUR Australian United Retailers; active unattached reserve (Navy) AURISA Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association AUS 1 an auditing standard AUS Australian Union of Students AUSA Aboriginal undergraduate studies award; Australasian University Safety Association AusAID Australian Agency for International Development AUSBIO Australian Biodiversity AUSCATS [radar software system] Auscat [an Australian catamaran] AusCERT Australian Computer Emergency Response Team AUSCID Australian Council for Infrastructure Development AusDIN Australian Disaster Information Network Auseinet Australian Network for Promotion and Early Intervention for Mental Health AUSFTA Australia and United States Free Trade Agreement AUSINET Australian Information Network Auslang [Australian computer language system] AUSLIG Australian Surveying and Land Information Group AUSMIMPS Australian standard materiel issue and movement priority system [Defence] AUSMIN Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations AUSPELD Australian Federation of SPELD Associations [SPELD = specific learning difficulties] AUSTRAC Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre AUSs auditing standards Ausrep the Australian ship reporting system AusSAR Australian Search and Rescue, part of AMSA Austaccs Australian Army tactical command and control system Austel Australian Telecommunications Authority AUSTEO for Australian eyes only (ie top secret) AustLII Australasian Legal Information Institute AustLit Australian Literary Database Austnet electronic funds transfer service (operated by Perth Building Society) AUSTRAC Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Austrade Australian Trade Commission Australis (public access network, using Csironet) Austudy an income support scheme for full-time students aged 25 years and over AUTC Australian Universities Teaching Committee Autodin automatic digital network Autovon automated voice network Autoproc Automated procurement (defence term) ATG Australian Technology Group Ltd ATMOSS Australian Trade Marks Online Search System AVA Australian Veterinary Association; Australian Volunteers Abroad AVADSC Australian Veterans and Defence Service Council

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 21 AVC Australian vocational certificate; Australian Visual Communications Ltd AVCA Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Association of Australia; Australian Veterinary Chiropractic Association AVCC Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee; Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Committee AVCTS Australian Vocational Certificate Training System (superseded by AVTS, then MAATS, now New Apprenticeships) AVDA Audio Visual Distributors Association of Australia AVEC audio-visual education centre Avescom Aviation Security Command (Philippines) AVETMISS Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard AVETRA Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association AVF Australian Volleyball Federation AVGA Australian Vegetable Growers Association AVHRR advanced very high resolution radiometer readout AVPGF Australian Vegetable and Potato Growers Federation Inc. AVO Australian Valuation Office; Australian virtual observatory AVI Australian Veterinarians in Industry AVM Air Vice Marshal AVMA Australian Valve Maunufacturers Association AVMED Royal Australian Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine AVO Australian Valuation Office; apprehended violence order AVPA Australian Veterinary Poultry Association; Australian Video Producers Association AVS Association for Volunteer Service AVTS Australian Vocational Training System; air vehicle training system AWA Airlines of Western Australia; Australian workplace agreement; AWA Defence Industries Pty Ltd; AWA Microelectronics (Australian owned company, also called AWM); Australian Water Association AWAA Antarctic Wives Association of Australia AWACS airborne warning and control system; AWA Computer Services Pty Ltd (South Australia based subsidiary of AWA, which developed and supports Urica library system AWAR Australian working age residence AWB Australian Wheat Board AWB(I) Australian Wheat Board (International) Ltd; AWB (International) Ltd AWBC Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation; American West Bancorporation AWC Australian Wool Corporation; Australian Weeds Committee; Alumina Ltd AWCH Association for the Welfare of Child Health AWD approvals and wildlife division; Action for World Development AWDC Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation AWE average weekly earnings; average wage earner AWEC Australian Wine Export Council AWERF Australian Workforce Eligible Rollover Fund AWF Australian Weightlifting Federation AWGC Australian Woolgrowers and Graziers Council AWI Australian Wool Innovation Ltd; Australian Wire Industries Pty Ltd (became BHP Steel Pty Ltd, now Onesteel Wire Pty Ltd); Australian Welding Institute AWIRS Australian workplace industrial relations survey AWL Australian Wine Holdings Ltd AWLR Australian working life residence AWM Australian War Memorial; AWA Microelectronics AWMPF Australian Wool and Meat Producers Federation AWMSA Australian Wool Measurement Standards Authority AWOTE average weekly ordinary time earnings AWRA Australian Welding Research Association AWRAP Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation AWRC Australian Water Resources Council AWRE Atomic Weapons Research Establishment AWRI Australian Wine Research Institute

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 22 AWS Australian Wool Services; automatic weather station; advanced warning system AWSS adult wage subsidy scheme AWST Aviation Week and Space Technology AWT Australians Working Together (welfare reform package); average operator work time(s) AWTA Australian Wool Testing Authority AWU Australian Workers Union AWWA Australian Water and Wastewater Association; American Water Works Association AWX all-weather fighter AXE [name given to telecommunications equipment by manufacturer, L.M. Ericsson] AYC Asian Youth Council AYO Australian Youth Orchestra AYPAC Australian Youth Policy and Action Coalition AZT azidothymidine Back to top B B&T Act Broadcasting and Television Act 1942 B2B business to business B2C business to consumer BA Biosecurity Australia; Biotechnology Australia BAA Backing Australia’s Ability; British Airports Authority BAC Biodiversity Advisory Committee; blood alcohol concentration; blood alcohol content; British Aircraft Corporation BACE Board of Adult and Community Education [in NSW] BACL Brisbane Airport Corporation Ltd BACT best available control technology BAD bank account debits [a tax] BAE BAE Systems Australia [formerly British Aerospace]; Bureau of Agricultural Economics BAF Backing Australia’s Future; Business Assurance Framework; Business Authentication Framework BAFO best and final offer/s BAG Broadband Advisory Group BAH Bureau of Animal Health BAL blood alcohol level Balitvet [Research Institute for Veterinary Sciences, at Bogor, West Java, Indonesia] BAM [Baikal-Amur Magistral—railway across Siberia] BAMS building asset maintenance system BANZARE British-Australia-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition BAOR British Army of the Rhine [not on] BAP Business Advisory Panel; business allocation process BAPEDAL Badan Pengendalian Dampak Lingkungan [Impact Control Agency] BAPINDO Bank Pembangunan Indonesia Bappenas [National Development Planning Agency, in Indonesia] BARA Board of Airline Representatives of Australia BARAC Business Planning and Resource Allocation Committee BARC Building Ageing Research Capacity [a Commonwealth initiative] BARN Building Additional Rural Networks BAS British Antarctic Survey [at Cambridge]; business activity statement [GST]—BAS1; BAS2; BAS3; BAS4; BAS5; BAS6 BAs business advisers BASB Base Administrative Support Battalion [sounds like ‘Basby’] BASC base administrative support centre BASF [West German chemicals company] BASI Bureau of Air Safety Investigation BASIC Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code [computer language] BASS Business Analysis and Support Section [Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 23 BATAN Badan Tenaga Nuklir Atom Nasional [National Nuclear Energy Agency, in Indonesia] BATEA best available technology economically achievable BAWRA British Australian Wool Realisation Association Ltd BBA born before arrival [childbirth]; budget balancing assistance BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BBCT broad based consumption tax BBD Bank Bumi Daya [Indonesia] BBFC British Board of Film Classification BBI Barclays Bank International Ltd [renamed Barclays PLC] BBJ Boeing business jet BBM [Indonesia: oil fuel]; Bugis, Butonese and Makassarese [ethnic groups] BBrMV banana bract mosaic virus BCA Badgerys Creek airport; Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia; Building Code of Australia; Business Council of Australia BCAG Bulk Cargoes Advisory Group BCAL British, Commonwealth and Allied veterans BCC Basal Cell Carcinoma; Board Commercial Committee; Brisbane City Council BCCI Bank of Credit and Commerce International BCF bromochlorodifluromethane [halon gas fire extinguishers against electrical fires] BCG Bacille Calmette-Guerin [vaccine] BCGP British College of General Practitioners BCI building and construction industry; Bureau of Criminal Intelligence BCL Bougainville Copper Ltd BCLV Brown Coal Liquefaction (Victoria) Pty Ltd BCM bromochloromethane BCN bilingual consultants network BCOF British Commonwealth Occupation Force BCP Basutoland Congress Party [Lesotho]; Beneficiary Choice Program [Victorian government]; Business Continuity Planning BCPA British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines [former] BCSA British Commonwealth Sugar Agreement BCTR Business Coalition for Tax Reform BCWD Booked Car With Driver [project] BD&C Business Development and Commercialisation BDA Brisbane Development Association BDF Business Development Fund BDHRL Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor BDN Bank Dagang Negara [Indonesia] BDO BDO Nelson Parkhill [accountants] BDP Business Development Program BDRI Brick Development Research Institute BDUs business development units BDW Blake Dawson Waldron BEACH Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health [study] BECC Beverley Environmental Consultative Committee BECs business enterprise centres BEF bovine ephemeral fever BEFG Business Econometrics and Forecasting Group [University of New South Wales] BEFR Budget Estimates and Framework Review BEK bleached eucalypt kraft BEP Business Entry Point BERD business expenditure on research and development BESFA Bakery Employees and Salesmen’s Federation of Australia BEST Building Excellence in Support and Training [program] BFC Board of Fire Commissioners [in NSW] BFF Bureau of Flora and Fauna BFP basic family payment BFS business funding scheme [NT—ATSIC] BGAs block grant authorities

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 24 BHA Better Hearing Australia BHAGs big, hairy, audacious goals BHAS Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd BHAs bulk handling authorities BHC [a chemical dust (gamma BHC etc)] BHP BHP Billiton; Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd BI business intelligence BIA Board of Immigration Appeals BIAC Building Industry Advisory Council [NZ] BIAS Book Industry Assistance Plan BIBB Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, the German Federal Institute for Vocational Training BIE Bureau of Industry Economics; Bureau International des Expositions (International Exhibitions Bureau) BIF Biotechnology Innovation Fund BIMPR Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research [formerly Bureau of Immigration and Population Research—BIPR] BIMS business initiative management system Bingo bilateral non-government organisations [program] BIO bilingual information officer; Broadcasting Information Office BIOMA [Foundation for Conservation of Biological Diversity, Venezuela] BIOMASS Biological Investigation of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks [program] BIPM Bureau International des Poids et Mesures BIPR Bureau of Immigration and Population Research [formerly Bureau of Immigration Research, BIR] BIS Bank for International Settlements; Broadcasting Interface Standard; Business Information System BISCA Building Industry Specialist Contractors Association BIT binary digIT BITES Basic IT Enabling Skills (BITES) for Older Workers program BITS Bank Interchange and Transfer System [a high-value electronic payment system]; Building on Information Technology Strengths program BIV Bicycle Institute of Victoria; Business Institute of Victoria BJD bovine Johne’s disease BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics [US] BKD bacterial kidney disease [of salmon] BKPM Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal [Investment Coordinating Board, in Indonesia] BLAISE British Library Automated Information Service BLEC Business Law Education Centre [Melbourne] BLF Builders Labourers Federation BLIPS Basic Learning in Primary Schools [program] BLMR Bureau of Labour Market Research BLS Business Longitudinal Survey BLUP best linear unbiased predictor BMA Bahrain Monetary Authority; BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance; brigade manoeuvre area; British Medical Association B-MAC [a variant of MAC, multiplexed analogue component (system), for stereo television and satellite transmission] BMD ballistic missile defence BMEWS ballistic missile early warning system BMF Bumiputra Malaysia Finance BMI Blue Metal Industries Ltd BMJ British Medical Journal BMMS Better Medication Management System [now MediConnect] BMP [tracked armoured personnel carrier];bitmap; business migration program BMR [former] Bureau of Mineral Resources [full name: Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics; later Australian Geological Survey Organisation, AGSO] BMRC Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre [formed after disbandment of ANMRC] BMS building management system BN basic needs

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 25 BNFL British Nuclear Fuels BNI Bank Negara Indonesia BNLC Bureau of the Northern Land Council BNP Bangladesh Nationalist Party; Banque Nationale de Paris BNSCRPH Bush Nursing, Small Community and Regional Private Hospitals initiative BNZ Bank of New Zealand BOC Bank of China BOCM BOCM PAULS [amalgamation of BOCM Silcock (Unilever) and Pauls Agriculture, two businesses in the animal feed industry] BOCP Broadcasting Operators Certificate of Proficiency BOD biological (biochemical) oxygen demand BOF basic oxygen furnace BofA Bank of America BOGG Brisbane Organic Growers Group BOI board of inquiry BOMA Building Owners and Managers Association BOO build, own and operate [scheme]] BOOT build, own, operate and transfer [scheme] BOP balance of payments BORIS Budgetary and Output Reporting Information System BOSTID National Academy of Sciences Board on Science and Technology for International Development [a US aid agency] BOT build, operate, transfer [contract] BOTPLS Bridging Course for Overseas Trained Professionals Loans Scheme BP British Petroleum BPA business partnership agreement; business partnership arrangements; Bush Pilots Airways; Bus Proprietors Association of Victoria BPC British Phosphate Commission BPEM best practice environmental management BPI British phonographic industry BPMC 2-sec-butyl phenyl-N-methyl carbamate [McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th edition—a pesticide] BPP Better Practice Program; business planning principles BPPMC Better Practice Program Monitoring Committee BPPT Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi [Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia] Bps bits per second BPSD behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia BPT Balai Penelitian Ternak [at Ciawi, Indonesia]; best practical technology BRA Bougainville Revolutionary Army BRACS Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme BRAMS Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service BRDAC Building Research and Development Advisory Committee BRF Business Research Facility BRI Biomolecular Research Institute [of CSIRO]; BRI Australia [formerly Bread Research Institute of Australia] BRIAN Barrier Reef image analysis [methodology and computer system] BRRU Business Regulation Review Unit BRS Bureau of Resource Sciences; Bureau of Rural Sciences BRUVs baited remote underwater videos BRW Business Review Weekly BS British standard BSA Broadcasting Services Act BSAA Business Software Association of Australia BSC base station controller; British Steel Corporation; business skills visa class BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy [mad cow disease] BSEG Broadband Services Expert Group BSES Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations BSFF buffer stock financing facility [IMF] BSG Business Services Group

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 26 BSI bloodstream infection BSM buffer stock manager BSP bank settlement plan BSPP Burma Socialist Programme Party BSPVES Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme BSQWG Blood Safety and Quality Working Group BST Business Services Training Australia BSTA business services trust account Bt bacillus thuringiensis BT Bankers Trust; British Telecom BTA Bankers Trust Australia Ltd; Business Technology Association BTC Brisbane Tribal Council; Brisbane Turf Club BTCE Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics [formerly Bureau of Transport Economics, BTE] BTE Bureau of Transport Economics [apparently the same as BTCE] BTEC brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication campaign BTG Bougainville Transitional Government; British Technology Group BTI Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis [bacterium lethal to mosquitoes, used in anti-malaria insecticide] BTR below threshold rate; BTR Nylex; Bureau of Tourism Research BTRE Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics BTS base transceiver station; Blood Transfusion Service [British] BTT Bougainville Transition Team btu British thermal unit [also BThU] BTW behind-the-wheel [instruction] BTX benzene, toluene and xylene BUSSQ Building Unions Superannuation Scheme (Queensland) BVA bereavement allowance BVE bridging visa E BVET NSW Board of Vocational Education and Training BVSc bachelor of veterinary science BW biological weapons BWC Biological Weapons Convention BWIU Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia BWR boiling water reactor BZW [former investment banking arm of Barclays Bank] Back to top C C and F cost and freight [always expand] C and K creche and kindergarten C of A certificate of approval [see also COA certificate of approval] C3 command, control and communications; Clinical Cell Culture C3I command, control, communications and intelligence C4 comand, control, communications and computers; compound 4 [explosive] CA certified agreement; child-care assistance; carer allowance; chartered accountant; clerical assistant; commission agent; controlled atmosphere CAA Civil Aviation Authority [UK]; Community Aid Abroad; CAAB Certified Australian Angus Beef CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China; Central Australian Aboriginal Congress CAAIP Committee to Advise on Australia’s Immigration Policies CAALAS Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service CAAMA Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association; [also CAMA Council of Australian Museum Associations Inc.] CAAP Civil Aviation advisory publication CAAS Continence Aids Assistance Scheme CAB Civil Aeronautics Board [USA]; Citizens Advice Bureau CAC Act Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 27 CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Ltd; Corporate Affairs Commission [now ASIC] CACP community aged care package CACs community advisory committees CACS Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Services Ltd; coronary artery calcium score CAD computer aided design or drafting; current account deficit CAD/CAM computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing CAE computer aided engineering; Council of Adult Education; Centre for Adult Education; Commission on Advanced Education; caprine arthritis encephalitis CAEC community adult education centres [sounds like cake] CAEP Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection CAEPR Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research CAF Chief of Air Force; currency adjustment factor CAFE corporate average fuel economy [US regulation] CAFNEC Cairns and Far North Environment Centre CAFS Child and Family Services [VIC] CAFTA Central American FTA CAG community action group CAGEO Council of Australian Government Employee Organisations CAGS Claims Assistance Grants Scheme [replaced by BEST] CAI computer aided instruction; computer assisted instruction; Confederation of Australian Industry CAIR confidential aviation incident reporting CAIRS computer assisted information retrieval system CAL Copyright Agency Ltd; computer aided learning; computer assisted learning CALD culturally and linguistically diverse CALDB Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board CALM Department of Conservation and Land Management [WA, formed 1985] CALP Commonwealth Assistance for Local Projects CAM care aggregated module CAM/SAM care aggregated module/standard aggregated module [relates to federal government nursing home funding mechanism] CAMA Council of Australian Museum Associations [also CAAMA Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association CAMAC Companies and Markets Advisory Committee [formerly CASAC CAMBA China-Australia migratory birds agreement [Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic for the Protection of Migratory Birds and their Environment] CAMS Confederation of Australian Motor Sport CANATA Canada-Australia Trade Agreement CANDU Canada Deuterium Uranium [reactor] CANGAROO Collaboration of Australia and Nippon (Japan) for a Gamma Ray Observatory in the Outback CAO civil aviation order CAOOAA Civil Air Operations Officers Association of Australia CAP chloramphenicol; CAP Common Agricultural Policy [Europe]; Consumer Advisory Panel; community agent program; country area program; crisis accommodation program CAPA Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations CAR Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation; civil aviation regulations CARICOM Caribbean Community [12 member nations, forming a Caribbean common market] CARPA Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association CAS Confederation of Australian Sport; Court of Arbitration for Sport; Chief of Air Staff CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority; Companies (Acquisition of Shares) Act CASAC Companies and Securities Advisory Committee [now CAMAC] CASP Commodities Assistance Program CASS Chinese Australian Services Society CAT computerised axial tomogram; Centre for Appropriate Technology; Committee Against Torture; convention against torture [Convention Against Torture and Other

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 28 Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment]; career and transition pilot project CATIA Central Australian Tourism Industry Association CAUL Council of Australian University Librarians CAWISE Commonwealth AIDS workforce information, standards and exchange [grant] CB citizen’s band [radio] CBA Commonwealth Broadcasting Association; cost-benefit analysis; Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Commercial Bank of Australia [former; acquired by Bank of New South Wales, which became Westpac] CBAA Community Broadcasting Association of Australia CBC Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney [former; absorbed by National Australia Bank] CBD central business district; Convention on Biological Diversity CBFCA Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia CBH Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd CBR chemical, biological and radiation CBREP Chemical, Biological and Radiological Enhancement Program CBRS Citizen Band Radio Service CBT competency based training CBW chemical and biological warfare; chemical and biological weapon CCA Cattle Council of Australia CCAAC Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council CCAMLR [pronounced camel-R] Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources [drawn up in Canberra 1980]; Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources [Hobart based; established under the convention] CCB child-care benefit CCC Concepts and Capabilities Committee [Defence]; Corruption and Crime Commission; Customs Co-operation Council; Commodity Credit Corporation [US] CCCI [also called C3I] command, control, communications and intelligence CCD census collection district CCEAD Consultative Committee on Emergency Animal Diseases CCF Civil Contractors Federation; Customs connect facility; central computing facility CCH Commerce Clearing House Australia Ltd CCI Chamber of Commerce and Industry [WA] CCIF Coordinated Communications Infrastructure Fund CCIMPE Coordinating Committee on Introduced Marine Pest Emergencies CCITT International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee [precursor ITU] cCJD classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. CCNCO Commonwealth Competitive Neutrality Complaints Office CCOP/SOPAC Committee for Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in South Pacific Offshore Areas CCP Cities for Climate Protection; CCPM case categorisation and prioritisation model CCPS compensation claims processing system [Department of Veterans’ Affairs] CCS commercial cane sugar; commercial content of sugar CCSBT Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna CCST Coordination Committee on Science and Technology CCT compulsive competitive tendering CCTC Commonwealth Counter-Terrorism Committee CCTF Climate Change Task Force CCTPC Commonwealth Counter-Terrorism Policy Committee CCTs coordinated care trials CCTV closed circuit television CD census data; collector’s districts; collection district [census]; Conference on Disarmament; compact disc CDA Centrelink Development Agreement; child disability allowance; Cultural Development Assistance [US] CDAT Child Disability Assessment Tool CDB Commonwealth Development Bank CDC Committee for Development Cooperation; Curriculum Development Centre [also Council]; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commercial Development

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 29 Corporation; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [US]; census collection district CDDA compensation for detriment caused by defective administration [also a scheme] CDE Commonwealth Department of Education [former]; community development employment; Conference on Disarmament in Europe CDEP Community Development Employment Projects; Community Development Employment Program CDEYA Commonwealth Department of Education and Youth Affairs [former] CDF Chief of the Defence Force; ACT Community Development Fund; Canadian Defence Force; comprehensive development framework CDFS Chief of Defence Force Staff CDI Centre for Democratic Institutions; Communicable Diseases Intelligence CDM Clean Development Mechanism CDMA code division multiple access CDNA Communicable Diseases Network Australia CDNANZ Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand [now CDNA] CDP community development plan or community development program; Christian Democratic Party CD-R CD-recordable CD-ROM compact disc—read-only memory CEA Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918; Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique [French Atomic Energy Commission] CeBIT annual global IT conference CEDA Committee for Economic Development of Australia CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEDEFOP European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training [French acronym: Centre Européen pour le Développement de la Formation Professionnelle] CEE Commonwealth environment expenditure CEET Centre for the Economics of Education and Training [Monash] CEF cargo examination facilities CEFA Committee for Environmentally Friendly Aviation; flight data analysis; CEFA index; CEFA scores CEI chief executive instructions CEIDA Centre for Education and Information on Drugs and Alcohol CELA customs and excise legislation amendment act CEMC CAN Electronics Management Centre CEMP Commonwealth Energy Management Program CEN European Committee on Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation); Centrelink Education Network CEO Catholic Education Office; Chief Executive Officer CEP closer economic partnership; community employment program; commercial evaluation permit CEPA Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency; Closer Economic Partnership Agreement [between Hong Kong and China] CEPU Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia—consists of three major divisional organisations, the Communications Division, the Electrical Division and the Plumbing Division CER closer economic relations [i.e. Australia-New Zealand closer economic relations; also short for ANZCERTA]; contender evaluation report CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination which monitors the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination CER FTA Closer Economic Relations Free Trade Agreement CERHOS ceremonial and hospitality unit, PM&C CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CERTA short for ANZCERTA CES Commonwealth Employment Service [now defunct] CETP competitive employment, training and placement CFA Country Fire Authority (Victoria); chartered financial analysts; Consumer Federation of America CFC controlled foreign company; Construction Forecasting Council; chlorofluorocarbon

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 30 CFDs contracts for difference CFE controlled foreign entity CFM Commonwealth Funds Management Ltd [formerly Superannuation Fund Investment Trust] CFMEU Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union CFO Chief Financial Officer CFP certified financial planner CFS consolidated financial statements; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Country Fire Service (SA) CFT Commonwealth financial transactions CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission [in US] CGC Commonwealth Grants Commission CGEA Certificates in General Education for Adults CGI Corporate Governance International CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGS Commonwealth Grant Scheme; Chief of the General Staff; Commonwealth government securities; Centre for Groundwater Studies CGT capital gains tax CHASP Community Health Accreditation and Standards Program CHERE Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation CHESS community health evaluations scoring system; clearinghouse electronic subregister system CHESSN Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number CHF Consumers’ Health Forum; Swiss francs CHIP Community Housing and Infrastructure Program; Child and Youth Health Intergovernmental Partnership CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGRM Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting CHP community health program CHR Commission on Human Rights (of the United Nations) CI Christmas Island CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIBC Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control [British Commonwealth] CIC Construction Industry Council CICS Customer Information Control System CIDA Construction Industry Development Agency CIE Centre for International Economics CIF cost insurance freight CIMMYT Centro Internacional de Mejorimento de Maid y Trigo [International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre] CINCPAC Commander in Chief Pacific from Pacific Command CIO Chief Information Officer CIP Christmas Island Phosphates; capital investment program; critical infrastructure protection CIPA Classified Information Procedures Act (US) CIR Christmas Island Resort Pty Ltd; citizen initiated referenda CIRCIT Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies (at RMIT University) CIS Centre for Independent Studies; Country Information Service [DFAT]; Commonwealth of Independent States; CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CIV collective investment vehicle CJC Criminal Justice Commission [QLD] CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Civil Justice Division CJLOG Chief of Joint Logistics CJSV Criminal Justice Stay Visa CKD completely knocked down CKI Cocos (Keeling) Islands CLA Commercial Law Association CLC Central Land Council; Communications Law Centre;

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 31 CLCs community legal centres CLEICC Commonwealth Law Enforcement Intelligence Consultative Committee CLERP Corporate Law Economic Reform Program CLG corporate leadership group CLI calling line identification CLIK Consolidated Library of Information and Knowledge CLM career limiting move; contaminated land management CLP Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory CLRC Copyright Law Review Committee CMA Council for Multicultural Australia; Commonwealth marine area CMAC Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee; Cambodian Mine Action Centre CMAG Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group CMB Catchment Management Board CMC Crime and Misconduct Commission [QLD]; catchment management committee CMD Corporate Management Division CME crisis management and evacuation [guidelines]; Continuing Medical Education CMF Citizen Military Forces [now Army Reserve] CMI Certain Maritime Incident; Court of Marine Inquiry CMM capability maturity model CMO Commonwealth Medical Officer; Chief Medical Officer CMR cargo management re-engineering project CMS critical incident mental health support; Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CMVH Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health CN Chief of Navy CNA Commercial Nominees of Australia Ltd [see below] CNAL Commercial Nominees of Australia Ltd CNC Computer Numerical Control CNCC Customs National Consultative Committee CND calling number display; Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament [UK]; Commission on Narcotic Drugs [UN] CNG compressed natural gas CNI Council for the National Interest; customer network improvement [Telstra] CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corporation CNRM National Council of Maubere Resistance [East Timor] CNRT National Council of Timorese Resistance CNS centralnervous system COA chart of accounts; certificate of approval; Customs Officers Association of Australia, Fourth Division COAG Council of Australian Governments [formerly Premiers Conference] COALAR Council on Australia Latin America Relations COC Committee on Contributions [UN] COCI Committee on Culture and Information [ASEAN] COE Centre of Excellence COGEMA Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires COMAST Commander Australian Theatre COMELEC Philippine Commission on Elections COMET Commercialising Emerging Technologies Comsat Communications Satellite Corporation Comsec Commonwealth Securities Ltd ComSuper Commonwealth Superannuation Administration COP conference of parties—COP6 COPO Commonwealth Own Purpose Outlays COSBOA Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia Ltd COSC Chiefs of Staff Committee COSP Community Organisations Support Program [previously called national community health program] COSSs councils of social service [note also ACOSS, ACTCOSS, NSWCOSS, SACOSS, VCOSS] COT casualties of Telstra

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 32 COTA Council on the Ageing CPA Coalition Provisional Authority; certified practising accountant; Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; Communist Party of Australia; community participation agreements CPAS cable pressure alarm system CPC combined pensioner couple CPD Consumer Protection Directorate; continuing professional development; Chief of Defence Force Preparedness Directive; CPE customer premises equipment; certificate of proficiency in English; continuing professional education CPGs Commonwealth procurement guidelines; clinical practice guidelines CPI consumer price index CPO Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPRS CrimTrac Police Reference System CPS Community Development Employment Project (CDEP) Participant Supplement; conditional price support CPSA Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW CPSM Commonwealth Protective Security Manual CPSU Community and Public Sector Union CPT Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CPU central processing unit CQCA Central Queensland Coal Associates CQU Central Queensland University CRA Complaints Resolution Agency; Commonwealth rent assistance; Commercial Radio Australia CRAFT Commonwealth Rebate for Apprentice Full-time Training Scheme CRANA Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia CRB Classification Review Board CRC cooperative research centre; career reference centre CREATE Australia Cultural Research Education and Training Enterprise Australia CRF consolidated revenue fund CRG community reference group CRICOS Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students CRIMP Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Pests CRIS Commonwealth Regional Information Service CRN Customer reference number CROC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRP continuous record of personnel [Department of Finance, for Australian Public Service]; Coordinated Research Project CRS Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service CRSS Community Refugee Settlement Scheme CRU Communications Research Unit CSA Child Support Agency; Casino Surveillance Authority CSB Commonwealth Savings Bank CSC Computer Sciences Corporation; customer service centre CSD Corporate Services Division; Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd CSDA Commonwealth-State Disability Agreement CSG customer service guarantee; Corporate Services Group CSHA Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement CSHC Commonwealth Seniors Health Card CSI Container Security Initiative CSIG Corporate Services and Infrastructure Group CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIS Centre for Strategic and International Studies [Jakarta, Indonesia] CSL Create a Simple Life [Hong Kong company purchased by Telstra]; Commonwealth Serum Laboratories CSLRC Companies and Securities Law Reform Committee CSM company sergeant major

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 33 CSMAC Community Services Ministers’ Advisory Committee CSO community service obligation; computer systems officer CSP Community Support Program [replaced by PSP=Personal Support Program]; commercial support program CSR Community Support for Refugees [Migration; part of Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy]; client service request CSRCA Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 CSS Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme; community settlement services; child support scheme; child support solicitor; client services system; customer service system CSSS Community Settlement Services Scheme [Migration]; Community Sector Support Scheme [Health] CST Client Service Team [AFP] CSTC Community Skills Training Centre [WA] CSTDA Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement CST community support team CSU Charles Sturt University; centre support unit CSV Community Services Victoria CSW Commission on the Status of Women [ECOSOC, UN] CSWE Certificate in Spoken and Written English CSWO community social welfare organisation CT counter-terrorism; computerised tomography [CAT scans] CTA close training area [Defence]; Committee on Trade in Agriculture [GATT]; control area; Corporate Tax Association of Australia Inc.; Construction Training Australia [ITAB] CTARC Clinical Trials and Research Committee [ANCAHRD] CTB comprehensive test ban [nuclear] CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty CTC counter-terrorism committee [UN]; competitive tendering and contracting; centralised traffic control [railway signalling] CTD capability and technology demonstrator [project demonstrating how technology can be used in a new way to enhance Defence capability] CTEC Canberra Tourism and Events Corporation CTFR counter-terrorist first response CTM chemistry transport model CTMS commercial tender management system; central traffic management system CTN Consumers Telecommunications Network CTO communications technical officer CTOL conventional takeoff and landing CTP Community Training Partnerships [program; QLD government]; compulsory third party [insurance] CTR controlled zone CTSI Centre for Tax System Integrity CUB Carlton and United Beverages CUC capital use charge CUSTA Canada-US Trade Agreement CV curriculum vitae CVA cerebrovascular accident CVC central venous catheter CVD countervailing duty [fee to protect an industry from subsidized imports] CVO Chief Veterinary Officer CVP continuing voyage permit; community volunteer program; community visitors program CVS chorionic villus sampling [pre-natal test; also called chorion sampling]; customer value survey CW chemical weapon; chemical warfare CWA Community Writers Association; Country Women’s Association of Australia CWC Chemical Weapons Convention; community work coordinator CWCO Chemical Weapons Convention Office [responsible for CWC implementation in Australia]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 34 CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission CWJ comparative wage justice CWP capital works program CWRI chemical weapons regional initiative CYPLUS Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy CZ conservation zone CZCS coastal zone colour scanner [now the sea-viewing wide field-of-view sensor, or SeaWiFS] Back to top D D&C dilation and curettage DA deferred annuity; development application; (formerly) Department of Aviation D DAA Dairy Adjustment Authority; Development Allowance Authority; Drug and Alcohol Authority (NSW); Department of Aboriginal Affairs (formerly Commonwealth) DAB Decentralisation Advisory Board; Democratic Alliance of Burma; digital audio broadcasting DAC Development Assistance Committee [OECD] DACA [former] Disability Advisory Council of Australia DACC Defence Assistance to the Civil Community DADS Dads Against Discrimination DAEC Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee DAF drought affected farmers; Development Assessment Forum DAFF Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (formerly AFFA) DAFGS Diesel And Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Dairy RAP Dairy Regional Assistance Program DAIS [an accounting system] DALY disability-adjusted life year DAMA demand assigned multiple access [to satellite responders] DAMEs designated aviation medical examiners DAN debit advice notice DAO Defence Acquisition Organisation DAP data acquisition processor; Democratic Action Party [Malaysia]; diammonium phosphate; direct aid program DARA Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs [Vic] DARE Disabled Adults Residential Establishments ACT Inc. DARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency [US Defense] DART disappearing automatic retaliatory target DAS Direct Athlete Support [scheme]; DAS Department of Administrative Services; disadvantaged area subsidy; dynamic automation systems DASH disabled advocate self help DAT digital audio tape DAV data above voice [link for DDN in telecommunications] DAVID [or DAV TV] data [or digital] above video [link facility for DDN in telecommunications] DB funds defined benefit funds dB decibel [always expand] dBAs decibels A-weighted; 30 dBA; six dBA [sic Chambers Dict. of Science and Technology but sometimes written db(A)] D-BATE Deakin-Batchelor Aboriginal teacher education [program] DBCP [a pesticide] DBIRD Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development [NT] DBM Australia consultants; DBM report DBMS database management system DBR Division of Building Research [CSIRO] DBS direct broadcast satellite; direct broadcasting system dBu decibel unit dbx [noise reduction system, cf Dolby]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 35 DC Disarmament Commission [US]; deputy commissioner; developing country; direct current; District of Columbia DCA deed of company arrangement; Defense Communications Agency [US]; Department of Communications and the Arts DCAA Defence Contract Audit Agency [USA] DCAS Deputy Chief of the Air Staff DCC Defence Capability Committee; digital coincidence counting; Department Consultative Council DCD Department of Community Development [NT] DCFL Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands [Vic] DCGS Deputy Chief of General Staff DCIC Defence Capability and Investment Committee DCISWP Defence Computing Infrastructure Study Working Party [report called blue book] DCITA Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts DCLS Defence Co-operation Language School DCNS Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff DCO Defence Community Organisation DCP Defence Capability Plan; defence cooperation program; development control plan DCPS developing country preference scheme DCRS domiciliary care and rehabilitation services [SA] DCS Defence Corporate Support; defence communications system; Department of Community Services [QLD, later Department of Community Services and Ethnic Affairs; later still Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs (DFSAIA)] DCSH Department of Community Services and Health [later Department of Health, Housing and Community Services] DCT deferred company tax DCTAP developing country technical assistance program DCW Department for Community Welfare [in SA, Tas. and WA—note for; in WA later called Department for Community Services] DCWS Department of Community Welfare Services [in Vic.] DD Deca-Durabolin [steroid] DDA Disability Discrimination Act 1992 DDAC Divisions Development Advisory Committee ddC dideoxycytidine [HIV treatment] DDDD see 4D DDE direct data entry; distributed data entry; [also a chemical] DDGs [guided missile destroyers] ddI dideoxyinosine [HIV treatment] DDL [a light destroyer] DDOHS Directorate of Defence Occupational Health and Safety DDS direct deductions scheme; Department of Defence Support [later Office of Defence Production] DDSR debt and debt service reduction [agreement for developing countries] DDT [poison—do not expand] DE destroyer escort; digestible energy [of animal feeds]; drug evaluation DEA Drug Enforcement Administration [US]; Drug Enforcement Agency [US] DEAG Divisions Evaluation Advisory Group DEaR Defence Ethics and Resources [newsletter] DEC drought exceptional circumstances; Digital Equipment Corporation; DEC VAX10 cluster system [computing] DECS Department of Education and Community Services [ACT] DEET Department of Employment, Education and Training, superseded by DEETYA [also NT] DEETYA Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, superseded by DETYA and DEWRSB DEFAC Defence Ethics and Fraud Awareness Campaign DEFCARE Department of Defence IT system for OHS and compensation DEFF departmental expenses funding frameworks DEFMIS Defence Financial Management and Information System

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 36 DEFPAC Defence Pay Accounting Centre DEG [a shareholder in Ok Tedi Mining Ltd] DEH Department of the Environment and Heritage [formerly Environment Australia] DEIA Department of Employment and Industrial Affairs [Vic.] DEIP Dairy Export Incentive Program [US] DEIS draft environmental impact statement DELP Department of the Environment, Land and Planning [ACT] DEP Dairy Exit Program DER Defence Efficiency Review; deeming exemptions register DES diethylstilboestrol [a stilbene compound—synthetic hormone banned from use in meat production] DESINE Defence EDP systems integrated network environment DEST Department of Education, Science and Training DET Department of Education and Training [NSW];) Department of Employment and Training [Qld] DETE Department of Education, Training and Employment superseded by DECS [SA] DETYA Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, superseded by DEST DEVET Department of Employment, Vocational Education and Training [WA and Qld] DEVETIR Department of Employment, Vocational Education, Training and Industrial Relations [QLD, formerly DEVET] DEWR Department of Employment and Workplace Relations DEWRSB Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business DF deficit finance(d); direction finding DFA Diabetes Federation of Australia; duty free allowance DFAS driver fatigue and alertness study DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade DFCP Defence Fraud Control Plan; DFCP1 [1989]; DFCP2 [1992] DFD dark, firm, dry [meat] DFDA Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 DFDAT Defence Force Discipline Appeals Tribunal DFDC Defence Force Development Committee DFE Department of Further Education [SA] DFIs development finance institutions DFISA Defence Force Income Support Allowance DFLE disability-free life expectancy DFM Defence Force Magistrate DFMR Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources [PNG] DFPCC Defence Force Pay and Conditions Committee DFRB Defence Forces Retirement Benefits DFRDB Scheme Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme DFRS Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme DFRT Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal DFS Directorate of Flying Safety; Direccion Federal de Seguridad [Federal Security Directorate, in Mexico; an arm of the Interior Ministry] DFSAIA Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs [Qld; formerly Department of Community Services and Ethnic Affairs] DFSS Democratic Front for the Salvation of Somalia DFZ declared fishing zone DGAW-A Director General Accommodation and Works [military position] DGE Director-General of Education DGFD(AIR) [defence position] DGI Dirección General de Inteligencia [Cuban secret service]; Dewan Gereja Indonesia = Indonesian Council of Churches DGP Division/s of General Practice DGPI Director-General Public Information [defence] DGRES-N Director-General Reserves - Navy DGSC Director-General Service Conditions DGSE Direction Generale de la Securite Extérieure = French secret service DGTA Director General Technical Airworthiness

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 37 DH Department of Health [UK] DHA Defence Housing Authority DHA Department of Health and Ageing, formerly DHAC, Department of Health and Aged Care DHC [former] Department of Housing and Construction DHEW Department of Health, Education and Welfare [US], superseded by DHHS, Department of Health and Human Services DHFS Department of Health and Family Services, superseded by DHA DHHCS Department of Health, Housing and Community Services [former] DHL worldwide postal company DHS Department of Human Services DHSS Department of Health and Social Security (UK). DHTVET Department of Higher Technical and Vocational Education and Training [in Cambodia] DHW domestic hot water DI diagnostic imaging DI(G) Defence Instructions (General) DI(N) Defence Instruction (Navy) DIA Drug Information Association; direct investment abroad DIAB departmental items/adjustments and borrowings DIAC Defence Industry Advisory Council DIAP Dairy Industry Adjustment Package DID [formerly] Department of Industry Development [Qld] DIDD Department of Industrial Development and Decentralisation [NSW] DIDP defence industry development program Dids Dads in Distress DIDS Defence Integrated Distribution System [Australia]; Defence Integration Distribution System [US] DIFAR [buoy] DIFF development import finance facility; DIFF scheme DIGO Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation DIGS development import grant scheme DIH Division for the Intellectually Handicapped [Mental Health Services of Western Australia] DILGEA Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs [former] DIMA Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [superseded by DIMIA] DIMIA Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs DINGO discounted investment in negotiable government obligations [deferred interest securities being offered in 1984 by merchant bank BA Australia] DINKS double income, no kids DIO Defence Intelligence Organisation DIP driver improvement program DIR Department of Industrial Relations [former] DIRKS designing and implementing record keeping systems DIS draft international standard; Defence Intelligence Service [UK] DISCON defence integrated secure communications network DISPLAN disaster plan [military] DISR [former] Department of Industry, Science and Resources DIT Darwin Institute of Technology [formerly DCC, Darwin Community College] DITAC Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce [NSW] DITR Department of Industry, Technology and Resources [Vic] DITR Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources DIV data in voice [link for DDN in telecommunications] DiVA Department of Veterans’ Affairs intranet site DIY do-it-yourself; DIY superannuation fund DJFH Deployable Joint Force Headquarters [Land] DJP Democratic Justice Party [ruling party in South Korea until 1985, at least] DKP Democratic Korea Party DKSPIA Dewan Kerja Sama Perusahan Indonesia Australia = Australia Indonesia Business Council

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 38 DLCs dual-listed companies DLM depot level maintenance DLO departmental liaison officer; document-like object; divisional liaison officer DLOC directed level of capability DLPP Department of Lands and Physical Planning [PNG] DLRA Divorce Law Reform Association DLRP Defence Logistics Redevelopment Program DLWC Department of Land and Water Conservation [NSW] DMA direct memory access [computers]; Direct Marketing Association; debt management authority [set up by UN] DMAA Defence Manufacturers Association of Australia DMC Defence Management Committee DME distance measuring equipment; Department of Mines and Energy [Northern Territory]; Department of Minerals and Energy [WA] DMIS departmental management information system DMMR Domiciliary Medication Management Review DMO Defence Materiel Organisation DMP Director of Military Prosecutions DMR Department of Main Roads [NSW] DMRS debt management and recovery system DMS Defence Maritime Services; dimethylsulfide DMSS dairy market support scheme; domestic market support scheme DMV Disabled Motorists Victoria DNA dexoyribonucleic acid DNB Darwin Naval Base DNC Distributed National Collection DNCB domiciliary nursing care benefit DNOP Directorate of Naval Officers Postings DNS domain name system DNSDC Defence National Storage and Distribution Centre DNVT digital non-secure voice terminal DOA [former] Department of Aviation; Defence of Australia DOB date of birth DOC duty of care; [former] Department of Communications DOCA Department of Communications and the Arts (now DCITA Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) DOCITA Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts DOCS Department of Community Services [NSW] DOD Department of Defence [US] DODIG Department of Defense Inspector-General [US] DOF Department of Finance [Aust.; PNG]; Department of Forestry [University of PNG] DOFA Department of Finance and Administration DOGIT deed of grant in trust [Aboriginal land rights] DOGS Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools; Directors of Graduate Studies DOH Division of Occupational Health DOHA Department of Health and Ageing DOI digital object identifier DOLA Department of Land Administration [WA] DOLARS departmental on-line accounting and reporting system DOLGAS Department of Local Government and Administrative Services [former] DOME don’t overlook mature expertise domgas domestic gas domsat domestic satellite DOM-TOMs Départements Outre Mer and Territoires Outre Mer [French overseas departments and dependencies] DOORS departmental outcome and output reporting system DOP double orphan pension DORATSIA Department of Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs DORIC Defence Organisation Integrated Communications

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 39 DORS determination of refugee status DOS disk operating system] DOSMOS [former] Department of the Special Minister of State DOT [former] Department of Transport DOTARS Department of Transport and Regional Services DOTC [former] Department of Transport and Construction DoTRS Department of Transport and Regional Services DOTS diploma of tertiary studies DOV data over voice [link for DDN in telecommunications] DOVE Department of Vocational Education [Thailand] DP disability pension DPA diphenylamine DPAO Defence Public Affairs Organisation DPE Defence Personnel Executive DPGP Demonstration Practice Grants Program DPI Australia Disabled People’s International [Australia] DPI Department for Planning and Infrastructure; dots per inch; disability pre-employment instrument DPIE Department of Primary Industries and Energy (former department) DPMC Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet DPP Director of Public Prosecutions; Department of Primary Production [NT] DPR Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat = People’s Consultative Assembly [Indonesian central parliament] DPRD Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah = Regional Representatives Council [East Timor] DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [North Korea] DPSC Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee DPTEP domestic protection temporary entry permit DRA Defence Research Agency [UK]; Democratic Republic of Afghanistan DRAC Digital Radio Advisory Committee DRAP Dairy Regional Assistance Program DRB Digital Radio Broadcast DRC Dairy Research Council [successor to Australian Dairy Research Committee]; Defence Review Committee; digital radio concentrator DRCS Defence Research Centre, Salisbury; digital radio concentration system DRDC Dairy Research and Development Corporation DRE [former] Department of Resources and Energy DRES-AF Directorate of Reserves, Air Force DRG diagnostic related group; diagnosis related group; Defence Research Group [NATO] DRI direct reduction iron; district radio inspector DRN Defence Restricted Network DRO district/divisional returning officer DRP-SMART the DRP Strategic Management and Reporting Team DRP Defence Reform Program; disaster relief payment DRS Doctors Reform Society DRSC Defence Reserves Support Committee DRSR defence regional support review DRT Document Review Tribunal DRVN Democratic Republic of Vietnam DSACs disability services advisory committees DSAP Dairy Structural Adjustment Program DSARC Defense Systems Acquisiton Review Council [US] DSB digital sound broadcasting DSBM deep seabed mining DSCS defense satellite communications system [USA] DSD Defence Signals Directorate DSDC Defence Source Definition Committee DSDP deep sea drilling program [succeeded by ODP—ocean drilling program] DSE Development Services Exchange DSG Divisions Steering Group DSH Defence Service Homes

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 40 DSHC Defence Service Homes Corporation DSHIS Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme DSICA Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia DSIF deep space instrumentation facilities DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research [NZ] DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer DSMA Defence Safety Management Agency DSMDs driver specific monitoring devices DSO Distinguished Service Order DSP Disadvantaged Schools Program; disability support pension; disability services program; double superphosphate DSP(SD) Disability support pension (severely disabled) DSR dynamic spatial reconstructor [giant X-ray machine] DSS Department of Social Security; decision support system [in computers, to help users write own programs] DST [former] Department of Science and Technology; Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire—France’s counter-terrorism unit DSTO Defence Science and Technology Organisation DSU Divisional Support Unit DSUPS Disabled Supplementary Services Program DT [former] Department of Territories DTAVE Department of Technical and Vocational Education [Myanmar] DTC day therapy centre; Department of Transport and Communications [formerly Housing and Construction, and previously Department of Transport and Construction] DTH direct-to-home DTI directed traffic information DTM domestic tourism monitor DTPA vaccine DTR [former] Department of Trade and Resources DTSS data transmission and switching system DTTB Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting DTVE (in Indonesia) Directorate of Technical and Vocational Education DUI driving under the influence [of alcohol] DUKWs [amphibious landing craft] DUNS data universal numbering system DURC descriptor utilisation review committee [for GP qualifications] DURD [former] Department of Urban and Regional Development DUS distinct, uniform and stable [plant variety characteristics] DV domestic violence DVA Department of Veterans’ Affairs DVASS Department of Veterans’ Affairs Secure Services D-VASS Dynamic-Vehicle Allocation and Scheduling System DVC Department for Victorian Communities DVD digital video disk DVDC Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre DVF dried vine fruit DVI disaster victim identification DVIRC Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre Inc. DVP digital voice protection DVT deep vein thrombosis DW Deutsche Welle [media] DWG designated work group DWI driving while intoxicated; dividend withholding tax dwt deadweight tonnes DXing [hobby of trying to pick up as many new radio stations as possible] DYNAMOD dynamic microsimulation modelling Back to top

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 41 E EA Environment Australia; efficiency audit; export availability; ethical assurance EA3000 Employment Assistant 3000 EAA extra allowable amount; The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia EAC Echelons Above Corps [also called theatre level]; ACT Employment Advisory Committee [established Sept. 1983] EACH Extended Aged Care at Home [program] EAD emergency animal disease EAEC East Asian Economic Caucus EAGAR Expert Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance EAGLE [electoral system used in SA] EALs exclusive Australian licences EAN European Article Number [product code]; European Article Numbering EAR environmental assessment report EARC Electoral and Administrative Review Commission [Q] EAS Employee Assistance Service; equipment acquisition strategy EASY Emergency Accommodation Service for Youth [YWCA] EB enterprise bargaining; effective berth; eligible business [for venture capital tax incentives, 1983] EBA enterprise bargaining agreement; employee benefit arrangements; enrolment benchmark adjustment EBASAL Equipment Breakdown and Spares Assessing Lists [Defence stores accounting manual] EBB Edmund Barton Building EBC Electric Boat Corporation; European business consultants EBHC evidence based health care EBIT earnings before interest and tax EBITA earnings before interest, tax and amortisation EBITDA earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EBL enzootic bovine leucosis EBP enterprise bargaining principle EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBS environment budget statements EBT electronic benefits transfer EBU European Broadcasting Union EBV Epstein-Barr virus; estimated breeding value EC European Commission; exceptional circumstances; electronic commerce EC declared exceptional circumstances declared ECA Economic Commission for Africa [UN] ECC employer contact certificate; Ethnic Communities Council of New South Wales ECDPs early childhood development programs ECEF Enterprise and Career Education Foundation ECF enhanced combat force ECG electrocardiogram ECGD Export Credit Guarantee Department [UK; equivalent of Export Finance and Insurance Corporation in Australia] ECHO European Community Humanitarian Office ECI electronic commerce interface ECIA [mentioned at hearing on manufacturing industry revitalisation] ECIRS exceptional circumstances interest rate subsidy ECIS exceptional circumstances interim support ECITA Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America [UN] ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECM electronic countermeasures; European Common Market ECMT Enhanced Cash Management Trust ECN employment category number ECNT Environment Centre Northern Territory eCoE electronic Confirmation of Enrolment

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 42 ECoG electrocorticogram ecorats economic rationalists ECOSOC Economic Society of Australia; Economic and Social Council of the United Nations ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECP engineering change proposal [Defence] ECR electronic cash register; efficient consumer response ECRP exceptional circumstances relief payment ECS environmental control system; Energy Conservation Systems Pty Ltd ECU European currency unit; Exceptional Case Unit ED efficiency dividend; Efficiency Decoration [a CMF decoration]; executive development [scheme]; exposure draft—ED 28 = exposure draft 28 [accounting]; emergency department EDA extreme disablement adjustment EDB ethylene dibromide [fumigant, pesticide and petrol additive—a carcinogen] EDC Export Development Corporation [Canada] EDE Engineering Design Establishment [in Australian Army] EdEP education entry payment EDF European Development Fund; employment declaration forms EDGAR Energy Data Gathering and Reporting system EDGB Export Development Grants Board EDI electronic data interchange [of commercial documents] EDM electronic document management EDMS electronic document management system EdNA Education Network Australia, also called EdNA Online EDO Environmental Defenders Office EDP electronic data processing EDR exposure draft ruling; EDR 73; EDR 88 EDRMS electronic document and records management systems EDS Executive Development Scheme [Australian Public Service] EDT electronic data transfer EDYCOMP [program used by former Department of Education] EE ecosystem evaluation; environmental education EEA enterprise employment allowance [scheme implemented by Department of Employment, Education and Training] EEBPP Energy Efficiency Best Practice Program EEC Electoral Education Centre; European Economic Community; EECS electrical engineering and computer science EEF Enhanced Equity Fund EEFSU Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union EEG export expansion grants; electroencephalograph EEGS Export Expansion Grants Scheme [in Australia, ceased 30.6.83] EEI Electric Energy Industry EEO equal employment opportunity EEO(CA) Act Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987 EEP Export Enhancement Program (US); employment entry payment EES environmental effects statement EESS Employee Entitlements Support Scheme EESs environmental effects statements EETEP extended eligibility temporary entry permit EEZ exclusive economic zone [200 miles] EFA Electronic Frontiers Australia EFFs extended fund facilities EFIC Export Finance and Insurance Corporation [was EPIC] EFL English as a foreign language EFLA European Food Law Association EFS emergency foster care; export facilitation scheme; EFT equivalent full time; electronic funds transfer; EFT code EFTPOS electronic funds transfer at point of sale EFTS equivalent full-time student EFTSU equivalent full-time student unit

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 43 EFTU equivalent full-time units EGCS Energy Grants Credits Scheme EGF epidermal growth factor EHO Emergency Housing Office [of South Australia] EIA environmental impact assessment; equine infectious anaemia EIAAG Energy Infrastructure Assurance Advisory Group EIB European Investment Bank EIC Energy Information Centre EID electronic intruder device EiR Entrepreneurs in Residence EIS environmental impact study/statement; Export Inspection Service [now AQIS]; executive information system EL executive level—EL1, EL2 ELA exploration licence application; ELA shelters; export licence application [UK] Elcom Electricity Commission of New South Wales; Papua New Guinea Electricity Commission ELDO European Launcher Development Organisation ELF Eritrean Liberation Front; extremely low frequency ELIC early literacy in-service course ELICOS English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students; ELICOS Association ELINT electronic intelligence ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ELLS English Language and Literacy Services [in SA] ELMNet Eligibility Module on the Internet ELS electronic lodgement service [tax returns] ELSA extended local service area ELSAC Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee [OECD] ELSEM emergency live export management ELT English language teaching; entry-level training ELU emergency logistics unit EM explanatory memorandum EMA Emergency Management Australia; Educational Media Australia EMAS Energy Management Advisory Service EMC environment management charge; Executive Management Council EMDG Export Market Development Grants; EMDG Scheme EMDTI export market development taxation incentive [in NZ] EME electromagnetic energy EMEA European Medicines Evaluation Agency EMF European Management Forum EMG Executive Management Group; electromagnetic gun; electromyography. EMIS Entitlements Management Information System EMMP Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan EMP electromagnetic pulse(d); environmental management plan emplan emergency management plan EMR expected movement record EMS Environmental Management System; European monetary system; electronic mail service; electronic message system; escort maintenance ship EMSs environmental management systems EMSS Equity and Merit Scholarship Scheme [of Australia] EMT electronic mail transfer EMTR effective marginal tax rates EMTS enterprise management training scheme [Department of Employment, Education and Training] EMU European Monetary Union EN Employment National; EN1; employee notification of insufficient employer contributions (a form); enrolled nurse ENA Employment National (Administration) Pty Ltd END European nuclear disarmament ENEA European Nuclear Energy Agency ENG electronic news gathering

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 44 ENMOD environmental modification; the ENMOD convention = Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques [1977] ENRC Environment and Natural Resources Committee ENS employer nomination scheme ENSO El Nino southern oscillation ENT ear, nose and throat EO education officer; ethylene oxide EO1 executive officer, level 1, also EL1 EOA expenses of office allowance EOAPS Expanded Overseas Assembly Provision Scheme EOB Equal Opportunity Board [Vic] EOC Equal Opportunity Commission [WA] EOD explosive ordnance disposal EOI expression of interest; EOI process EOMP Equal Opportunity Management Plan [NT] EOQ economic order quantity EOWA Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency [as per web site] EP executive producer; endogenous pyrogen [a hormone] EPA Act Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) EPA Environmental Protection Agency [Queensland]; Environmental Protection Agency [USA]; Environmental Protection Authority [Vic, WA]; Employment Protection Act 1982 (NSW); Environment Protection Authority [NSW] EPAC Economic Planning and Advisory Commission [formerly Economic Planning and Advisory Council’ EPAD Economic and Policy Analysis Division [Department of Employment, Education and Training] EPAG Evaluation and Policy Advisory Group (on after hours care) EPAS Fund Employees Productivity Award Superannuation Fund EPAS export production assistance scheme [in NZ] EPBC Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EPBS Enhanced Project By-laws Scheme EPC enhanced primary care EPCs exempt proprietary companies EPDC Electric Power Development Corporation of Japan EPDM Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement EPED entitlement period end day EPG Environment Protection Group; education planning group; eminent persons group EPHC Environment Protection and Heritage Council EPI Expanded Program On Immunisation [of UNICEF] EPIC Education Program for Infants and Children; Electronic Privacy Information Centre; later EFIC; El Paso Intelligence Centre EPICS Enhanced Printing Industry Competitiveness Scheme EPIRBs emergency position indicating radio beacons EPNL effective perceived noise level EPO erythropoietin (a drug banned in sports); EPO testing; EPO 2000 project EPOA External Plant Officers Association EPOS electronic point of sale EPRI Electric Power Research Institute [in US] EPROM erasable and programmable read only memory [computer chip] EPS Environment Protection Service [ACT] EPTI export performance taxation incentive [NZ’s major export incentive - replaced increased exports taxation incentive, IETI] EPZ export processing zone [in Taiwan] ERA Energy Resources of Australia Ltd; effective rate of assistance ERAP Eden Region Adjustment Package; Eden Regional Adjustment Package ERC environmental review committee; Expenditure Review Committee; Energy Recycling Corporation Pty Ltd; ERCAS Ethnic Radio Current Affairs Service ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 45 ERCs [US satellites for use in war—pronounced erks] ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration [US] ERF eligible rollover fund ERG external reference group ERI education resources index; ERI category 1 ERIC Educational Research Information Center [USA] ERIC/ACVE Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education [United States Department of Education] ERICA effective reading in content areas ERIN Environmental Resources Information Network ERISS Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist ERL Electronics Research Laboratory [of Defence Science and Technology Organisation, at Salisbury, SA] ERM environmental risk management ERMA Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand ERMP environmental review and management program ERMS electronic records management system ERO Environment Resource Officer; ERO Scheme EROs environment resource officers ERP effective radiated power; effective rate(s) of protection; estimated resident population ERR environment review report; electoral roll review ERS eligible rollover scheme ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite ERW enhanced radiation weapon [neutron bomb] ESA exchange service areas; European Space Agency; endorsed supplier arrangement; Employment Service Area ESA-km equivalent standard axle kilometres ESAP Employee Share Acquisition Plan ESAS Education Student Assistance Scheme ESB Emergency Services Bureau; English-speaking background ESBL extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing bacteria ESC Employment Services Contract; English-speaking country—ESC2, ESC3 ESCA electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific [UN] ESD ecologically sustainable development ESDWGs ecologically sustainable development working groups ESF economic support funds ESFC Employment and Skills Formation Council [no longer exists] ESG Evaluation Steering Group ESHs explosives storehouses ESIF Employment Services Industry Forum ESL English as a second language ESL English as a second language; extended shelf life ESM electronic support measures [equipment for electronic warfare] ESO ex-service organisation ESOL English for speakers of other languages ESOP Employee Share Ownership Plan ESOS Act Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 ESP English for specific purposes; extra sensory perception ESRA Employment Services Regulatory Authority ESRF end stage renal failure ESRO European Space Research Organisation ESS eastern searoad service [operated jointly by ANL (Australian Emblem and Australian Escort) and Japanese K Line (Australian Searoader)] ESSCO Electronic Space Systems Corporation ESSD essential sterile supply department [in hospital] ESTHR emergency short term home relief ESU Efficiency Scrutiny Unit [David Block, Chairman; later Chairman, Tony Ayers] ESV experimental safety vehicle

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 46 ET emissions trading; East Timor; embryo transfer; epitestosterone-testosterone [test]; executive team ETA electronic travel authority ETC electronic training concepts; export trading company [Export Trading Company Act 1982, in US] ETDC English teaching development course ETF engineering test facility ETM economics transaction method ETMs elaborately transformed manufactures ETNPAC Employment and Training Needs Planning Advisory Council [NT] ETOs exchange traded options ETP eligible termination payment; experimental training program [or projects] ETPs eligible termination payments ETS emissions trading system/scheme; environmental tobacco smoke; exchange trading systems ETSS Education Textbook Subsidy Scheme ETT extended travelling time ETU Electrical Trades Union of Australia EU European Union EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community EUR–OP [official publisher of the institutions of the European Union] EUS epizootic ulcerative syndrome [i.e. red-spot fish disease] EV electric vehicle EVAG EdNA VET Advisory Group EVAO estimated value of agricultural output EVS Executive Vehicle Scheme EW early warning; electronic warfare EWC East-West Center [Hawaii] EWG Energy Working Group [APEC] EWIS Emergency Warning and Intercommunication System EWP Economic Wool Producers Ltd EWS electronic warfare system EXANDIS Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Consultative Council ExCo executive council Eximbank [contracted term sometimes used for US Export-Import Bank] EZs extended zones Back to top F (FA)(A)A A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 F female; fighter; fluoride F3 Sydney to Newcastle freeway FAA fares allowance; Federal Aviation Administration [US] FAAA Flight Attendants Association of Australia FAB First Australians Business FAC fast attack craft; Federal Airports Corporation; First Assistant Commissioner; forward air controller; Food and Agriculture Council [US]; Foreign Affairs Council FAC(G) fast attack craft (gun) FAC(M) fast attack craft (missile) FAC(P) fast attack craft (patrol) FAC(T) fast attack craft (torpedo) FACE Foundation Friends of African Children Educational Foundation FACE Fellow of the Australian College of Education FACMAN2 [military manual—now Manual of Fire Protection Engineering, MFPE] FaCS Department of Family and Community Services FACTS Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations FACTS CAD Commercials Acceptance Division of the Federation of Commercial Television Stations FADG First Assistant Director-General

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 47 FAE II second general fuel-air explosive FAE fuel-air explosive FAFPESC Forest and Forest Products Employment Skills Company Ltd FAFPIC Forest and Forest Products Industry Council FAG financial assistance grant FAICD Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors FAIRA Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action FALINTIL Armed Forces of National Liberation of East Timor [Forcas Armadas de Libertacao Nacional de Timor-Leste] FAM Food Aid Management FAME Foundation for Australian Manufacturing Education FAMQIS Family Quality Strategy and Information System FAMT family actual means test FANC French Armed Forces, New Caledonia FANG Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group FANS Future Air Navigation System [UK][ICAO endorsed worldwide navigation plan] FANSS Federation of Australian Narrowcasting Subscription Services FANT Forces Armees Nationales Tchadiennes [Chad] FAO Family Assistance Office; Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAPL Film Australia Pty Ltd FAPM Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers FAQ frequently asked question FAR Foundation for Australian Resources; Rebel Armed Forces [Guatemala]; Federal Aviation Regulations [US]; FAR 139; Federal Acquisition Regulations [US] FARB Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters FARC Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia] FARM Commonwealth Bank booklet [FARM—finance, agriculture and rural management] FARMS Financial Accounting and Resource Management System FAS family allowance supplement; First Assistant Secretary; final average salary; Financial Accounting System; family allowance supplement FAs flight attendants FAS free alongside ship FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board [US] FAST flexible accelerated securities transfer FASTS Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies FATA Foreign Affairs and Trade Association FATF Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering FAUSA Federation of Australian University Staff Associations FAW Fellowship of Australian Writers; fighter all-weather FAWAC Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council [UK] FAYS Family and Youth Services [SA] FB fighter bomber FBC Future Building Code FBCA Federal Bureau of Consumer Affairs FBI Fderal Bureau of Investigation [US] FBM fleet ballistic missile [US] FBMS fleet ballistic missile submarine [US] FBO final budget outcome FBSI Federasi buruh Seluruh Indonesia [later All Indonesia Workers Union, SPSI] FBT fringe benefits tax FBTAA Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 FBTPIU Federated Brick, Tile and Pottery Industrial Union of Australia [ceased to exist in 1995] FCA Family Court of Australia; Family Counsellors Association; Financial Control and Administration Audit; Federal Court of Audit [Germany]; FCAATSI Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders FCAFC Federal Court of Australia Full Court FCAI Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries FCBA Foreign Currency Borrowers Association

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 48 FCC Federal Communications Commission [US] FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change [United Nations] FCHP Federation Cultural and Heritage Projects FCL foreign currency loan FCMIS Fraud Control Management Information System FCNI Family and Community Network Initiative FCP fraud control plan FCPB Fremantle class patrol boat FCPV forward control passenger vehicle FCSMPEU Federated Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees Union of Australasia [ceased to exist in 1992] FCTC Framework Convention on Tobacco Control FCU Federated Clerks Union of Australia [ceased to exist in 1993] FCWA Family Court of Western Australia FDA Food and Drug Administration [USA]; FDC family day care FDCQA family day care quality assurance FDD frequency division duplex FDI foreign direct investment FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [US] FDMA frequency-division multiple access FDTA Fisheries Development Trust Account FE further education FEA Fellow of Engineers Australia [formerly Institution of Engineers, Australia] FEALAC Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation FEAT Family Emergency Accommodation Townsville FEB February FEC Federal Electorate Council; forward exchange contract FECA Flower Export Council of Australia Inc. FECCA Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia FEDCAMS Federal Court case management system FEDFA Federated Engine Drivers’ and Firemen’s Association of Australasia FEG Force Element Group [Defence] FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency [US] FEMM South Pacific Forum Economic Ministers Meeting FENASTRAS Salvadoran National Federation of Trade Unions; Federacion Nacional Sindical de Trabajadores Salvadorenos [biggest trade union confederation in El Salvador] FESCO Far Eastern Shipping Company FESR Far East Strategic Reserve; Far East Strategic Reserve Navy Association (Australia) Inc. FET field-effect transistor; further education and training [South Africa] FEUs 40-foot equivalent units [shipping] FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second [measure of forced vital capacity] FEVC forced expiratory vital capacity FF fruit fly FFA Forum Fisheries Agency FFC Film Finance Corporation Australia FFDI forest fire danger index [Germany] FFG guided missile frigate FFH Anzac class frigates FFI fatal familial insomnia FFP Farm Forestry Program [National Heritage Trust]; fresh frozen plasma FFRS Farm Family Restart Scheme FFS fee for service FFTSA Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia [now the CFMEU] FFU Federal Firefighters Union FFV foreign fishing vessel FG fighter ground attack FGEIU Federated Gas Employees Industrial Union FGL fourth generation language

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 49 FGR fighter ground attack reconnaissance FH familial hypercholesterolaemia FHBH Fixing Housing for Better Health FHOG First Home Owners Grant FHOS First Home Owners Scheme FHP Farm Help program FHS farm household support FHSS Farm Household Support Scheme FHWA Federal Highway Administration [US] FIA Fashion Industries of Australia; flight information area FIAC see PHIAC [Private Health Insurance Administration Council] FIAEP Federation of Independent Aboriginal Education Providers FIAF International Federation of Film Archives FIAT Forest Industry Association of Tasmania FIBEX First International BIOMASS Experiment FIC Forest Industries Council FICA Food Industry Council of Australia FICS Financial Industry Complaints Service FICs Forum island countries FID financial institutions duty FIDA Financial Industry Development Account FIDO Federal Inland Development Organisation; financial information delivered online FIDWA Forest Industry Development Assistance Program for South-West Western Australia FIF foreign investment fund FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFO first in, first out FIG Fisheries Issues Group; food innovation grants FILA Farm Improvement Loans Act [Canada] FILP Fiscal Investment and Loan Program [Japan] FIM financial information management FIMEE Federation of Industrial Manufacturing and Engineering Employees [ceased to exist in 1992] FIMS Family Income Management Scheme FIND Family Information Network for Defence FIP Farm Innovation Program; fire indicator panel FIR flight information region FIRA Foreign Investment Review Agency [Canada] FIRB Foreign Investment Review Board FIRM Finance Information on Resource Management FIRS Federal Interstate Registration Scheme FIRTA Fishing Industry Research Trust Account FIS Financial Information Service [Centrelink]; family income supplement; Islamic Salvation Movement [Algeria]; free into store FISAP Forest Industry Structural Adjustment Package FISCLE Financial Information Systems—Clerical, Legal, Executive [Attorney-General’s Department] FIT financial institution transaction; Fiji Institute of Technology FIU financial intelligence unit FLA family law affected FLA Family Law Act; family law affected FLAG Flexible Learning Advisory Group; Free Legal Assistance Group [Philippines] FLAIEU Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Employees Union of Australia FLC Family Law Council FLIR forward-looking infrared radar FLLAD Family Law and Legal Assistance Division [Attorney-General’s Department] FLM Family Life Movement FLN Front de Libération Nationale [Algeria] FLNKS Front de Libération Nationale Kanake et Socialiste; [National Kanak Socialist Liberation Front, New Caledonia] FLO family liaison officer

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 50 FLP Fiji Labor Party FLRA Family Law Reform Association FLS file location system; finance ledger system FLW Family Liaison Worker FM frequency modulation FMA financial management accountability; floodplain management authorities FMAA Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 FMC fully mission capable; Flinders Medical Centre; FMCA Flour Millers Council of Australia FMCT Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty FMD farm management deposit; foot-and-mouth disease FMDS farm management deposit scheme FMF Fiji Military Forces; Financial Management Framework FMI financial management instructions; Frontline Management Initiative FMIP Financial Management Improvement Program FMIS financial management information system FMMGEA Federated Millers and Manufacturing Grocers Employees Association of Australasia FMO future mode of operation FMOs Finance Minister’s Orders FMP Family Medicine Program [Royal Australian College of General Practitioners]; fatigue management program FMRC Financial Management Research Centre (University of New England) FMS Federal Magistrates Service; Foreign Military Sales [US]; financial management system; feedback management system; flight management system FMSCEU Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees Union of Australia FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard [US] FMWU Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia FN National Front [New Caledonia] FNC Federal Networking Council [US] FNCA Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia FNQ Far North Queensland FNS far north section [of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park]; Force Nationale de Securite [National Security Force, Djibouti] FNTC Fiji National Training Council FNYC Fiji National Youth Council FOB free on board FOC Flagship Oversight Committee [CSIRO]; free of charge FOD follow-on destroyer; foreign object damage; foreign object debris; Forward Ordnance Depot [UK Army] FOET Friends of East Timor FOI freedom of information FOIA Freedom of Information Act 1982 FONSC Flag Officer Naval Support Command FOPA Festival of Pacific Arts FOR frame of reference FOR free on rail FOREST Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco [UK] forex foreign exchange FORS Federal Office of Road Safety FORTRAN computer language for scientific calculations FORWAARD Foundation of Rehabilitation with Aboriginal Alcohol Related Difficulties FOSU Friends of the Soviet Union FP family payment FPA Australia Fire Protection Association Australia FPA Financial Planning Association of Australia Ltd FPC full performance controller FPDA Five Power Defence Arrangements [UK] FPI Front Pembela Islam FPLP Federal Parliamentary Labor Party FPME Federation of Professional and Managerial Employees

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 51 FPO family planning organisation FPP family planning program [US] FPU Fraud Prevention Unit [US] FPUA Food Preservers Union of Australia FR fighter reconnaissance FRA Food Regulation Agreement; fleet replenishment area FRACS Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons FRAs forward rate agreements FRATADD Foundation for Research and Treatment of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in New South Wales FRC Financial Reporting Council [Australia and UK] FRCs family resource centres [UK] FRDC Fisheries Research and Development Corporation FRE family relationships education FRED fraud risk evaluation database [Department of Defence] FreDi Fatigue Resource Directory [US] FRETILIN Frente Revolucionaria do Timor-Leste Independente [Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor] FRG [former] Federal Republic of Germany [i.e. West Germany] FRI New Zealand Forest Research Institute FRLI Federal Register of Legislative Instruments FRN Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research FRNN further returns not necessary [tax] FRP Financial Reporting Panel FRRF Fisheries Resources Research Fund FRRP Financial Reporting Review Panel [UK] FRRR Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal FRS fighter reconnaissance strike FRSB Financial Reporting Standards Board [New Zealand] FRSC Food Regulation Standing Committee FRSP Family Relationships Services Program FSA Family Services Australia; Financial Services Authority [UK]; full self-assessment [taxation] FSAC Financial Sector Advisory Council FSANZ Food Standards Australia New Zealand FSC flight service centre FSDP financial systems development project FSE feline spongiform encephalopathy. FSF Flight Safety Foundation [US] FSFA Foreign Services Families Association FSGS fuel sales grants scheme FSH follicle stimulating hormone FSM Federated States of Micronesia FSO flight service officer FSPI financial services performance indicators FSR force structure review; financial services reform; FSRA Financial Services Reform Act 2001 FSSS Family Support Services Scheme FSSSC Federal Sea Safety and Surveillance Centre [now Australian Maritime Safety Authority; formerly Australian Coastal Surveillance Centre, Marine Operations Centre and Civil Coastal Surveillance Centre] FSU Finance Sector Union FTA free trade agreement; family tax assistance; Finance and Treasury Association; formal training assistance; fixed term arrangement; free trade area FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas FTB family tax benefit [FTB A= family tax benefit part A; FTB B = family tax benefit part B] FTC Federal Trade Commission [US] FTCS foreign tax credit system FTD failure to deduct

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 52 FTE full-time equivalent FTG Federation Task Group FTP family tax payment FFRS Farm Family Restart Scheme FTP family tax payment; file transfer protocol FTR Act Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 FTS full-time staff; flying training school; FTS Australia FTSE Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering FTT full-time training FTUC Fiji Trades Union Congress FTV film and television FTWUA Federated Tobacco Workers Union of Australia FTZ free trade zone FULK Front Uni de Liberation Kanak [New Caledonia] FVB Fiji Visitors Bureau FVC forced vital capacity FVF Fruit Variety Foundation FVIU Federation of Vehicle Industry Unions FVPLS Family Violence Prevention Legal Services FWC flood warning centre; fixed-wing charter FWE full-time workload equivalent FWRAP Federal Water Resources Assistance Program FX foreign exchange FYDP five-year defence program; five-year defence plan FYE full year effect FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia NFACP National Feral Animal Control Program Back to top G 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] G20 Group of Twenty G7 Group of Seven [Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States] G77 Group of 77 G8 Australia’s leading ‘group of eight’ universities GA Geoscience Australia; general aviation GAA General Aviation Association; Gallery of Aboriginal Australia; grants for Aboriginal advancement; graduate administrative assistant GAAP general aviation airport procedures; generally accepted accounting principles; generally accepted accounting practice GAAS generally accepted accounting standards GAAuP generally accepted audit practice GAB Great Artesian Basin GABCC Great Artesian Basin Consultative Council GABSI Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative GAF Government Aircraft Factories [later Aerospace Technologies of Australia Ltd, ASTA] GAIT general aviation infrastructure tariff GAM Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka); General Audit Manual GAMSAT Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Test GAO General Accounting Office [US] GAP Greening Australia program GAPA General Aviation Professional Association GAPAN Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators GAPS Graduate in the Australian Public Service GAR general accounting rate

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 53 GARIOA government and relief in occupied areas [program which took 50 Japanese professors to US after World War II] GARIP government administrative reform and improvement program [in PNG] GARP Guide to the Assessment of Rates of Veterans’ Pensions issued by DVA; Global Atmospheric Research Program GAS government assisted student GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board [US] GASP Group Apprenticeship Support Program GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GAVIN Government Agency Voice Integration Network GBA German Burma Association GBE government business enterprise GBF Gordon below Franklin [also rendered GbF] GBIMC growth business investment and management company [recommended in Espie report] GBR Great Barrier Reef GBRMP Great Barrier Reef Marine Park GBRMPA Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority GBRTSSMG Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Shipping Management Group GBRW Great Barrier Reef Wonderland GBRWHA Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area GCA Grains Council of Australia GCBS Global Collaboration for Blood Safety GCC Gulf Cooperation Council [Middle East] GCE general certificate of education GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters [in UK, Cheltenham] GCI ground control intercept [radar] GCMs general circulation models GCN general computer network GCRMN Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network GCU Government Communication Unit within PM&C GDP gross domestic product GEB Grain Elevators Board [NSW, replaced by GHA]; Grain Elevators Board of Victoria GEC General Electric Corporation GECC General Electric Credit Corporation GECCAP General Election Co-ordinating Committee Campaign for Animal Protection [UK, 1979; Chairman: Lord Houghton] GEERS General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme GEF Global Environment Facility [World Bank] GEIS General Electric Information Services GEM government energy management [program; GEM in Victoria, GEMP in SA and Tasmania]; General Enrolment Manual GEMS global environmental monitoring system GENCA Gastroenterological Nurses College of Australia GENSA Gastroenterological Nurses Society of Australia (Pre 2001) GEOSTAT GEOmagnetic STorm Alert Tracking System GEPLACEA Grupo de los Países Latinoamericanos y del Caribe Exportadores de Azúcar [sugar exporting organisation in Latin America] GERD gross expenditure on research and development [note also: GIRD—grants for industry research and development] GESA Gastroenterological Society of Australia GESAMP Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection GFA gross floor area GFCV Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria GFE government furnished equipment GFS government finance statistics GGAP Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program GGSN gateway GPRS support node

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 54 GHA Grain Handling Authority; Grain Handling Authority of New South Wales [replaced GEB] GHG greenhouse gases GHS globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals GHTF Global Harmonisation Task Force gHz gigahertz GI geographical indication GIA grant-in-aid [scheme] GIC general interest charge; Government Internet Committee GID Garden Island Dockyard GIECS General Insurance Enquiries and Complaints Scheme GIF graphics interchange format GIFAP International Federation of National Associations of Pesticide Manufacturers [also called International Association of Agrochemical Manufacturers] GIMAC Garden Island Modernisation Advisory Committee GIMPT Garden Island Modernisation Planning Team GIO Government Insurance Office [NSW] GIR General Investigations and Review Branch, Department of Defence GIRD grants for industry research and development [note also: GERD—gross expenditure on research and development] GIS geographic information system GISOF Gas Industry Salaried Officers Federation GIT group inclusive tour; gastrointestinal tract GIUK gaps [shallow-water gaps between Greenland, Iceland and the UK] GKTT Gereja Kristen di Timor Timur [Christian Church in East Timor] GLCM ground launched cruise missile GLLOs gay and lesbian liaison officers GM genetically modified GMA Grocery Manufacturers of Australia; guaranteed minimum amounts GMAC Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee GMC General Medical Council GMCS Greater Murray Clinical School GMD general managing director GMDP guaranteed minimum delivery price [for wheat] GMDSS global maritime distress and safety system GMGA General Manager, General Aviation GMH General Motors-Holden Ltd GMI glass, mass and insulation; guaranteed minimum income GMK Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie Ltd GMLS guided missile launching system GMO genetically modified organism GMP good manufacturing practice; genetically modified plant; guaranteed minimum price GMRA Global Mining Research Alliance GMS Government Members Secretariat; geostationary meteorological satellite, e.g. [Japanese] GMS2 GMT Greenwich Mean Time GMU Gajah Mada University [Indonesia] GNE gross national expenditure GNP gross national product; good neighbour program GNR gross to net ratio GNSS global navigation satellite systems GNU Government of National Unity [Vanuatu] GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification [UK] GOA government of Australia GOC Gulf of Carpentaria GOI government of Indonesia GOLD Government Online Directory Golkar [government party in Indonesia, formed for 1971 elections; full name Golongan Karya, or Functional Groups; the Indonesian Government’s non-party party] GOLS Government Online Strategy

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 55 GOPNG government of Papua New Guinea GORS grant of resident status GOSI General Overseer and Superintendent of Inspection [position, person and office] GOSIEAA General Overseer and Superintendent of Inspection East Australian Area [position, person and office] GOSIP government open systems interconnections profile [or interface policy]; GOSIP standards GP general practitioner; general practice; general purpose; [also a type of plastics resin] GPA Government Procurement Agreement of the WTO GPAC General Practice Advisory Council/s [states/territories] GPARIA General Practitioner Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia GPAS General Practice Access Scheme GPASC General Practice Accreditation Steering Group GPB General Practice Branch GPC General People’s Committee; General People’s Congress [both Libya] GPCC General Practice Consultative Committee GPCG General Practice Computing Group; General Practice Coordinating Group GPCR Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution [China] GPEP General Practice Evaluation Program GPET general practice education and training GPETC General Practice Education and Training Council GPFG General Practice Financing Group GPH Greenslopes Private Hospital GPIHSP General Practice Indigenous Health Improvement Support Program GPII General Practice Immunisation Incentives Program GPKA government public key authority GPKs [Indonesian acronym for `disturbance creating elements’, used for people arrested or killed in Aceh] GPO General Post Office [e.g. Sydney]; general post office GPOC Government Prices Oversight Commission [Tasmania] GPP general practitioners program GPPAC General Practice Partnership Advisory Council GPRG General Practice Representative Group GPRIP General Practice Rural Incentives Program GPRRP General Practice Rural and Remote Program GPRS general packet radio service GPs general practitioners GPS global positioning system; General Practice Strategy GPSA General Practitioners Society of Australia GPSCU General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit [University of Sydney] GPSR general practice strategy review GPSRG General Practice Strategy Review Group GPTR general practice training review GPTs gross pollutant traps GPU ground power unit [at airport] GPV general-purpose vessel GPWD general-purpose weather damaged [wheat] GPWG General Practice Working Group GPWS ground proximity warning systems GR general reaction [to aircraft noise] GRA Global Research Alliance GRAMS Geraldton and Regional Aboriginal Medical Service GRAPPLE Group for Rational Advancement of Progressive Liberalism GRC Geelong Regional Commission GRDC Grains Research and Development Corporation GRE graduate record examination GREAT Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal [NSW]; Group for Research in Employment and Training (based at Charles Sturt University) GRF growth hormone-releasing factor GRG general revenue grants

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 56 GRIT graduated reciprocation in international tension reduction GRM Garden of Remembrance [Northern Territory] GROW Group Recovery Organisations of the World GRP glass reinforced plastic GRU Glavnoye Razedyvatelnoye Upravleniye [Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff] GRX GPRS roaming exchange GS generalised system [of preferences] GSA graduate skills assessment test; Geological Society of Australia GSAM AMP generalised Southeast Australian method for assessing maximum precipitation GSAM generalised Southeast Australian method GSAP general supported accommodation program GSCC Global Support and Communications Centre GSE ground support equipment GSFMO Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organisation [Saudi Arabia] GSGB Government and semi-government bonds GSI Geophysical Service International; general salaries index; government share of income GSL Global Solutions Ltd GSLP Government Sector Linkages Program GSM Global System for Mobile communications [formerly Groupe Spéciale Mobile] GSO Government Superannuation Office [Victoria]; general service officer GSP generalised system of preference; government selling price [Indonesia: oil]; gross state product GSS Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker disease GST general skills training; goods and services tax GSTVSA Graduate School of Tropical Veterinary Science and Agriculture GSVQ general Scottish vocational qualification [Scotland] GTA Group Training Australia; general training assistance GTC group training company GTCCC Gene Technology Community Consultative Committee GTEC Gene Technology Ethics Committee GTEs government trading enterprises GTGC Gene Technology Grains Committee [part of the Farmers Federation Grains Council] GTK gross tonne kilometre GTTAC Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee GUI graphical user interface GUNT Government of National Unity and Transition [Chad] GVCO grants to voluntary conservation organisations program GVDTC Goulburn Valley Driver Training Complex GVEHO grants to voluntary environment and heritage organisations GVH graft versus host [disease] GVM gross vehicle mass GVP General Voters Party [Fiji]; gross value of production GW guided weapon GWh gigawatt hours [always expand] GWN Golden West Network [television, serves Albany et cetera, WA] GWP greenhouse warming potential GWS Gulf War Syndrome Back to top H HAA Hospital Affiliates of Australia Pty Ltd HAC Health Advisory Committee [of the NHMRC] HACBSS Homestead and Community Broadcast Satellite Service HACC Home and Community Care program [Homecare] HACCAC HACC Advisory Committee HACCP hazard analysis critical control point HAELS housing and enterprise loans system

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 57 HAHO high altitude high opening [parachute drop] HAI Hospital Affiliates International HAL Horticulture Australia Limited [formerly HRDC—Horticultural Research and Development Corporation] HALE health-adjusted life expectancy; also, healthy life expectancy [name of World Health Organisation indicator to measure healthy life expectancy] HALO high altitude low opening [parachute drop] HARM high-speed anti-radiation missile HAS Health Assessment Service [DIMIA] HASA Hyperactivity Association of South Australia Inc. HASAC Health and Allied Services Advisory Council HATS health assistance transaction system HAV hepatitis A virus HBFC hydrobromofluorocarbon HBH Award Hospitals and Benevolent Homes Award [industrial award] HBMA home based maintenance allowance HBV hepatitis B virus HBW home based work HC historical cost HCA High Court of Australia HCA Hospital Corporation Australia Pty Ltd HCB hexachlorobenzene HCC Health Call Centres program (Primary Care Division, Department of Health and Ageing) HCC hepatocellular carcinoma HCC Heritage Collections Council; Hospitals and Charities Commission HCF Hospital Contribution Fund of Australia HCFC hydrochlorofluorocarbon hCG human chorionic gonadotrophin [hormone beta] HCN Health Communication Network HCO harassment contact officer HCoA Health Care of Australia [subsidiary of Mayne Nickless; Mayne Group Ltd] HCP household consumption purchases HCV Ab hepatitis C virus antibody HCV hepatitis C virus HCW health care worker HD signals high definition signals HD1.1 hazard division 1.1 [explosive ordnance] HDA higher duties allowance HDCV human diploid cell vaccine [immunisation against rabies] HdH Hawker de Havilland Australia Pty Ltd HDPE high density polyethylene HDTV high definition television HDW Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft [German submarine builder] HEAC higher education administration charge HEADP heavy engineering adjustment and development program HEBAC Higher Education Bandwidth Advisory Committee HEC Hydro-Electric Commission [Tasmania] HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme HEDC Hunter Economic Development Corporation; Horticultural Export Development Committee [NZ] HEEP Higher Education Equity Program HEFA Higher Education Funding Act 1988 HEIIAC Higher Education Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee HEIMS Higher Education Information Management System HELP Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy [joint UNESCO and WMO initiative] HEP humanitarian evacuation program HEPA high-efficiency particle arrest HERA Heritage Australia Information System HERDSA Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc.

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 58 HERT higher education research training HES Higher Education Support Act HES household expenditure survey [Australian Bureau of Statistics] HESB Higher Education Support Bill HESTA Health Employees Superannuation Trust Australia [national industry superannuation fund for employees in health and community services] HF high frequency; HF modernisation project [Defence] HFA Housing for Aborigines program[NSW Department of Housing, now managed through the Aboriginal Housing Office, NSW] HFC hybrid fibre coaxial [cable] HFE horizontal fiscal equalisation [principles] HFP Huon Forest Products HGF hair growth factor HGFA Hang Gliding Federation of Australia hGH human growth hormone HGP hormonal growth promotants HHCS [former] Commonwealth Department of Health, Housing and Community Services HIA Housing Industry Association HIAC Health Insurance Advisory Committee HIAL high intensity approach lighting [system] Hib haemophilus influenzae type b HiBIS Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme HIC Health Insurance Commission; HIC Online HICPAC Healthcare [formerly Hospital] Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (USA) HIFAR high flux Australian reactor HIID Health Industry and Investment Division HILDA Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey [longitudinal study] HIMI Australian Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve [McDonald Island is the largest island in the McDonald Islands group] HIMI Heard and McDonald Islands [Macquarie] HIMS health insurance medical statistics [file or system] HIPC heavily indebted poor countries initiative Hiport high powered radio system; Hiport/Medport project HIPP Commonwealth health infrastructure priority projects HIRC Health Inequalities Research Collaboration HIV human immunodeficiency virus HKSAR Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [of the People’s Republic of China] HLG Australia-Japan High Level Group on Energy Forecasts and Energy Resources Development HLH heavy-lift helicopter HLIC Housing Loans Insurance Corporation HLR Home Location Register [the central database containing subscriber identity details and call register] HMAC Housing Ministers Advisory Council HMAS Her Majesty’s Australian Ship HMC Headmasters Conference of Independent Schools of Australia HMCs housing management centres [run by Defence Housing Authority] HMI human-machine interface HMNZS Her Majesty’s New Zealand Ship HMO health maintenance organisations HMS Anglican Home Mission Society HMS Her Majesty’s Ship HOA heads of agreement HOCLEA Heads of Commonwealth Law Enforcement Agencies HOCOLEA Heads of Commonwealth Operational Law Enforcement Agencies HODSU Hydrographic Office Detached Survey Unit [Australian]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 59 HOE homing overlay experiment [missile developed by Lockheed for use against missiles; deploys wide circular ‘net’ to expand its radius and increase chances of collision with incoming missile] HOI Health Outcomes International HOM head of mission HOMA Houston Oil and Minerals Australia Inc. HOMs heads of missions HONLEA Heads of Narcotics Law Enforcement Agencies [UN] HOP head of post HOP Home Ownership Program [formerly ATSIC program, now in Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination, DIMIA] HOPO holder of public office HoTARAC Heads of Treasuries Accounting and Reporting Advisory Committee HOTSPUR hospital purchasing system HP Hewlett-Packard; hire-purchase HPA home purchase assistance HPAA Homeless Persons Assistance Act HPC spool high pressure compressor spool HPCC high performance computing and communications HPG health program grants [Department of Health and Ageing] hPG human pituitary gonadotropin HPP homeless persons program [Royal District Nursing Service] HQADF Headquarters Australian Defence Force HQAST Headquarters Australian Theatre HQLC Headquarters Logistic Command HQNORCOM Headquarters Northern Command HQOC Headquarters Operational Command HQSC Headquarters Support Command HR human resources HRC Human Rights Commissioner HREA Health and Research Employees Association of Australia [also written and said as HAREA] HREC Human Research Ethics Committee HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission HRH His/Her Royal Highness HRM human resource management HRMF human resource management framework HRMIS human resource management information system HRMS human resource management system; human resource monitoring system HRSS Home Rehabilitation and Support Scheme HRT hormone replacement therapy HRTC Human Rights Technical and Cooperation Program [Australia-China] HS [harmonised commodity description and coding system] HSA Health Services Australia Group HSB Health Services Battalion [Army Reserve] HSC Higher School Certificate [NSW] HSCSD high speed circuit-switched data HSD horizontal situation display [in aircraft] HSE health, safety and environment HSI Humane Society International HSU Health Services Union of Australia [formerly HEFA—Hospital Employees Federation of Australia] HSV herpes simplex virus [HSV1 and HSV2] HT high-tension HTLV Human T-cell lymphotropic virus HTML hypertext mark-up language [most widely used authoring language on the Internet] HTS home tutor scheme HTTP hypertext transfer protocol HUAC House Committee on Un-American Activities, or House Un-American Activities Committee [in US]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 60 HUB [universities in Indonesia: Universitas Hasanuddin (Hasanuddin University, at Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi), Universitas Udayana (Udayana {State} University, at Denpasar, Bali) and Universitas Brawijaya (Brawijaya University, at Malang, East Java)] HUD head up display [in aircraft] HUDU head up display unit [television prompter system used by President Reagan and Mrs Thatcher] HUG Hornet upgrade HVAC heating, ventilation and air conditioning HVLV high value, low volume HWI high-worth individual [banking term] HWIs high-wealth individuals [tax] HYMOD hybrid modular processor HyTime hypermedia/time-based structuring language Back to top I IA Intensive Assistance program IAA Institute of Actuaries of Australia IAAAS Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations I IAASB International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board IAATM International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine IAAust Institute of Actuaries of Australia IAB interim advisory board [wool] IABC Indonesia Australia Business Council IABO International Association for Biological Oceanography IABWMAC Interim Australian Ballast Water Management Advisory Council IAC Industries Assistance Commission [now the Industry Commission]; International Antarctic Centre IAccP Innovation Access Program IACE International Association of Community Educators IAD Institute for Aboriginal Development IADB Inter-American Development Bank IADS Integrated Air Defence System [Malaysia] IAE institute of advanced education IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency IAIS International Association of Insurance Supervisors IALF Indonesia Australia Language Foundation IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IAOPA International Aircraft Owner and Pilot Association IAP industry assistance program; Internet access program; Internet Assistance Program; innovation action plan IAPC International Auditing Practices Committee IAPUDP Indonesian Australian provincial universities development project IARC Immigration Advice and Rights Centre; International Agency for Research on Cancer; International Audit Review Committee IARCs international agricultural research centres IAS Institute of Advanced Studies; instalment activity statement; international accounting standard IASA Insurance Accounting and Systems Association; International Aviation Safety Assessment; International Association of Sound Archives; IASA (Australia) IASB International Accounting Standards Board IASC International Air Services Commission; International Accounting Standards Committee IASOS Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies [University of Tasmania] IASS immigration advisory services scheme IASSF integrated avionics system support facility IASSP Invest Australia Supported Skills program

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 61 IASTP Indonesia-Australia Specialised Training Project IATA International Air Transport Association IATSIA Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs IATTC Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission IBA Indigenous Business Australia; Institute of Business Administration; International Bauxite Association; ion beam applications; Independent Broadcasting Authority [UK] IBAC International Business Aviation Council; IBC International Broadcast Centre; integrated broadband communications [postulated in the study of artificial intelligence]; international banking centre [there’s one in most banks] IBD interest bearing deposit IBEA International Biomedical Expedition to the Antarctic IBF international business forum; international banking facility IBIS international business information systems IBM GSA IBM Global Services Australia IBNR incurred but not reported IBOC in band on channel IBP Interim Batasang Pambansa [National Assembly, in the Philippines, during Marcos’ rule] IBPGR International Board for Plant Genetic Resources IBRA interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia IBRC in band reserve channel IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [World Bank] IBSRAM International Board for Soil Research and Management IBTOS Infrastructure Borrowings Tax Offset Scheme [replaced Infrastructure Bonds] IC Industry Commission [formerly the Industries Assistance Commission]; integrated circuit; internal combustion; internal communications; intergovernmental consultations ICA Institute of Cultural Affairs; Insurance Council of Australia; International Cocoa Agreement 1972 ICAA Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption [NSW]; Independent Commission against Corruption [for example, Hong Kong]; International Cotton Advisory Committee; Interstate Corporate Affairs Commission [seems to trade more often as the Corporate Affairs Commission] ICACSCP International Child Abduction, Child Support and Civil Procedure ICAE International College for Advanced Education ICAEW Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANZ Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation ICARA International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas [based in Aleppo, Syria] ICAs international commodity agreements ICBC International Commercial Bank of China [branch of Bank of China until 1949, went to Taipei control, licence in Australia reclaimed by China 1984] ICBM intercontinental ballistic missiles ICC International Criminal Court ICC Interstate Commerce Commission [US]; Island Coordinating Council [i.e. Torres Strait islands]; International Cricket Council ICCA Islamic Coordinating Council of Australia; ICCAT International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ICCO Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation [in Holland] ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICCROM International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICCT Indigenous Communities Coordination Taskforce ICD International Classification of Diseases [produced by WHO]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 62 ICDF Iraqi Costal Defence Force ICE Institution of Civil Engineers; internal combustion engine; ICEA International Community Education Association ICEC International Cost Engineering Council ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination [also CERD]; International Centre for Environmental Resources and Development ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [1966] ICESD Intergovernmental Committee on Ecologically Sustainable Development ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions ICFTU-APRO ICFTU-Asian and Pacific Regional Organisation ICH Institute of Child Health ICHR Institute for Child Health Research ICI Imperial Chemical Industries; ICI Australia Ltd; ICI-Hoechst ICIA ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd ICIL Institute for Comparative and International Law ICJ International Court of Justice; International Commission of Jurists ICJW International Council of Jewish Women ICLA International Committee on Laboratory Animals [changed 1979 to ICLAS] ICLARM International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management [Manila, Philippines] ICLAS International Council for Laboratory Animal Science [before 1979 was ICLA] ICM integrated catchment management ICMSF International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods ICN Ltd Industry Capability Network Limited [formerly called ISONET] ICN International Council of Nurses; Industry Capability Network ICNT informal composite negotiating text [of UNCLOS, re manganese nodule mining] ICOM International Council of Museums ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites ICON Inter-Commonwealth Optic Fibre Network, AQIS’s import conditions database ICORC International Committee for the Reconstruction of Cambodia ICOs international commodity organisations ICP inductively coupled plasma; infection control practitioner ICPA Isolated Children’s Parents Association ICPC International Centre for the Prevention of Crime ICPC-2 International Classification in Primary Care, second edition ICPM Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures ICPO International Criminal Police Organisation ICR intelligent character recognition ICRA Indo-China Refugee Association [now Australian Refugee Association] ICRAF International Centre for Research in Agroforestry [based in Kenya] ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross [Internationale Comite de la Rouge-Croix] ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICRP Independent Complaints Review Panel; International Commission of Radiological Protection ICRS Innovative Care Rehabilitation Service ICS integrated cargo system ICSA Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators ICSC International Civil Service Commission [formerly the International Civil Service Advisory Board] ICSE integrated client service environment [computer system] iCSi International Consumer Support for Infertility [note: lower-case i’s] ICSI intracytoplasmic sperm injection ICSID International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ICSO Indigenous Customer Service Officer ICSPG Information and Communications Services Policy Group ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions [established SCAR in 1958] ICT information and communication technology ICTC Industrial Commercial Training Commission [in SA] ICTCG International Counter-Terrorism Coordination Group

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 63 ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ICU intensive care unit ICVA International Council of Voluntary Agencies [not for] ICWWTD Independent Committee on Worldwide Telecommunications Development ICYS innovative and collaborative youth servicing pilots ID industrial democracy IDA International Development Association; International Dairy Arrangement [under GATT]; industry development arrangement IDAG Immigration Detention and Advisory Group IDAS integrated development assessment system IDC Industry Development Centre; IDC interdepartmental committee; immigration detention centre; international data centre IDCA Islamic Development Centre of Australia; Industrial Design Council of Australia [now the Australian Design Council] IDD international direct dialling IDF immigration detention facility; International Dairy Federation; Israel defence forces; intermediate distribution frame IDG Industries Development Group; International Deployment Group [part of the AFP] IDI international development initiative IDMS integrated document management system IDO interim development order IDP integrated data processing; International Development Program of Australian Universities and Colleges Ltd [formerly AUIDP and before that AAUCP]; individual development plan; internally displaced persons IDRC International Development Research Centre [of Canada] IDRS Illicit Drug Reporting System IDS immigration detention standard IDT initial development team [for defence projects] IDWG interdepartmental working group IEA International Energy Agency IEAC independent ethics advisory committee IEAust. Institution of Engineers Australia [trade as Engineers Australia] IEC Institute of Early Childhood; Indigenous employment centre IEC institutional ethics committee IECB Indigenous education consultative bodies IEDA Indigenous Education Direct Assistance program IEDS Income Equalisation Deposit Scheme IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers IEFR international emergency food reserve [part of FAO-world food program] IELTS International English Language Testing System IEN interexchange network IEP Indigenous Employment Policy; International Exchange Programs IES integrated employment system IESC information exchange steering committee IESIP Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program (previously AESIP, the Aboriginal Education Strategic Initiatives Program) IET initial employment training IETA Indigenous Education and Training Alliance; isolated establishment travelling allowance IETCs industry employment training councils IETG International Education and Training Grants Program IEU Independent Education Union of Australia IFAC PSC IFAC Public Sector Committee IFAC International Federation of Accountants IFACCA International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFALPA International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations IFAP International Federation of Agricultural Producers IFATCA International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 64 IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare IFC International Finance Corporation IFCC Imported Food Consultative Committee IFE Institution of Fire Engineers IFER in-flight emergency response IFF identification friend or foe; Intergovernmental Forum on Forests IFGMA International Federation of Grocery Manufacturers Associations IFIAC International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission IFIP International Federation for Information Processing IFIQ International Food Institute of Queensland IFIs international financial organisations IFLA International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions IFMS Integrated Fisheries Management Strategy [WA] IFP integrated fruit production IFPC Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission IFPI International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IFR instrument flight rules IFRB International Frequency Registration Board IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRI International Forensic Research Institute [US] IFRIC International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee IFRS international financial reporting standards IFSA Investment and Financial Services Association [formerly Investment Funds Association of Australia] IFZ international fishing zone IG Inspector-General [of Intelligence and Security or Taxation] IGA intergovernmental agreement IGADF Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force IGAE Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment IGC International Grains Council; intergovernmental consultation; intergovernmental committee IGCD Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs IGG industry guidance group IGGI Intergovernmental Group on Indonesia [a World Bank aid consultative group] IGOC Act Immigration (Guardianship Of Children) Act IGOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IGOSS Integrated Global Ocean Services System IGR Intergenerational Report IGS institutional grants scheme IHANT Indigenous Housing Authority of the Northern Territory IHC indexed historical cost; in-home care IHEAC Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council IHEU International Humanist and Ethical Union IHN infectious haematopoeitic necrosis IHRC in-home respite care IHSS integrated humanitarian settlement strategy IIA Internet Industry Association; Institute of Internal Auditors IIAG Industry Implementation Advisory Group IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIC Insearch Institute of Commerce [University of Technology, Sydney] IIED International Institute for Environment and Development IIF Innovation Investment Fund IIL ICHACA International Limited IIP international investment position; International Ice Patrol; Industry Innovation Program IiP Investors in People IIPA International Intellectual Property Alliance IIPC Interim Inspection Policy Council IIR Institute for International Research;

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 65 IISS International Institute for Strategic Studies IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [in Ibadan, Nigeria] IJISC see JISC IKAMA [the alumni of Indonesian people who have studied in Australia] IKIP Institut Keguruan Dan Ilmu Pendidikan [educational institution in Indonesia] IKS Information and Knowledge Services Group ILA integrated local area [planning] ILAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation; International Labour Affairs Committee ILAP integrated local area planning ILC Indigenous Land Corporation; Insearch Language Centre [of Insearch Institute of Commerce] ILCA International Livestock Centre for Africa [set up by the Crawford Fund] ILG industry liaison group ILL interlibrary loan ILLW intermediate level liquid waste ILM Indigenous Land Management; internal labour market ILMS integrated library management system ILN integrated logistics network ILO International Labour Organisation; International Labour Office ILS instrument landing system; integrated logistic support ILSAC International Legal Services Advisory Council ILT infectious laryngotracheitis [poultry disease] ILTF International Tennis Federation ILUAs Indigenous land use agreements ILW intermediate level waste [nuclear] IM information management IMA Institute of Modern Art; Institute of Municipal Administration; Institute of Mercantile Agents; Institute of Management Accountants IMATT International Military Advisory and Training Team IMC Inland Marketing Corporation; instrument meteorological conditions; Institute of Management Consultants; Institute of Management Consultants IMCRA Interim Marine and Coastal Regionalisation for Australia IME improved monitoring of entitlements IMEG Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics IMF International Monetary Fund IMG information management group IMIRS integrated management information and reporting system IMO International Maritime Organisation [was IMCO] i-mode proprietary mobile internet technology developed by Japan’s NTT DoCoMo. IMP income maintenance period; IMPC information management priorities committee IMPRC Information Management Project Review Committee IMS international monitoring system; international medical statistics IMSC Information Management Steering Committee IMT 2000 International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 IMT information management and technology IMTT Information Management and Technology Team IMU Information Management Unit IMVS Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science [SA] IMWP interstate movement working party INA individual needs assessment; Institute of National Affairs [in PNG] INB individual non-business INC intensive neighbourhood care INCB International Narcotics Control Board INCD Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee INCOSAI International Congress of the Supreme Audit Institutions INFACT Infant Formula Action Coalition INFOSEC Information Security INGO international non-government organisation

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 66 INHOPE Internet Hotline Providers in Europe Association INIS International Nuclear Information System Inmarsat international maritime satellite INP Indonesian National Police INR initial negotiating rights INRA International Natural Rubber Agreement INRO International Natural Rubber Organisation INS inertial navigation system INSTRAW International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women [UN] Intelsat International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation [also its satellites, e.g. Intelsat IV] INTERFET International Force in East Timor [UN sanctioned] Interpol [called International Criminal Police Commission prior to 1956] INTOSAI International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions IOC integrated operating concept; International Olympic Committee; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOCU International Organisation of Consumers Unions [now Consumers International] IOM inter-office memorandum; International Organisation for Migration IOR-ARC Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation IOSCO International Organisation of Securities Commissions IOT institute of technology IOTC Indian Ocean Tuna Commission IOTs Indian Ocean Territories [Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Island] IOV International Office of Vine and Wine IP induced polarisation [geology—detects underground anomalies]; intellectual property; internet protocol; information paper; information provider; import permits IPA Intellectual Property Australia; Institute of Public Affairs; isolated pharmacy allowance; investment protection agreement; in-principle agreement IPAA Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia; Institute of Public Administration Australia IPARC Independent Pricing and Regulatory Commission [ACT] IPART Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal [NSW] IPB Infringement Processing Bureau [NSW]; Institut Pertanian Bogor; IPC International Paralympic Committee; Indicative Planning Council; Integrated Program for Commodities [UNCTAD]; international patent classification; Inter- Parliamentary Conference IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCS International Program on Chemical Safety [WHO] IPD implicit price deflator; invasive pneumococcal disease IPEC Interstate Parcel Express Co. Pty Ltd IPEG Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group IPF indicative planning figure IPHRWG Interstate Plant Health Regulatory Working Group IPM integrated pest management IPMA International Project Management Association IPMT International Peace Monitoring Team [Solomon Islands] IPN infectious pancreatic necrosis [of fish] IPO initial public offering IPOA international plan of action IPOD integrated ocean drilling program IPP import parity pricing [policy]; information privacy principles [of the Privacy Act]; individual program plan; Indigenous Partnerships Program IPPA Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement IPPC International Plant Protection Convention; International Plant Protection Commission IPPD Influenza Pandemic Planning Committee IPPF International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPNW International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War IPPP Institute of Plant Production and Processing [CSIRO] IPPS International Plant Propagators’ Society IPR intellectual property rights

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 67 IPRC immigration processing and reception centre IPs insolvency practitioners IPS Ionospheric Prediction Service IPT intertown public transport IPTAS Interstate Patient Travel Assistance Scheme [ACT] IPTASS Isolated Patient Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme [NSW] IPU Indigenous Program Unit; Inter-Parliamentary Union IPV inactivated polio vaccine IQ import quota [system] IQI increased quarantine intervention [program] IR industrial report; interim report; industrial relations IR&D industry research and development IRA import risk analysis; individual retirement account [US]; Industrial Relations Act IRAAP import risk analysis appeal panel IRAC Industrial Relations Advisory Committee; International Radiocommunications Advisory Committee IRAN inspect and repair as necessary [aircraft testing] IRAS infrared astronomical satellite IRAT import risk assessment team IRB Industrial Relations Bureau; investment review board IRBM intermediate range ballistic missile IRC Indonesian Red Cross; Industrial Relations Commission [NSW] IRD Institute for Regional Development; integrated receiver decoder IRDB integrated regional data base; Industry Research and Development Board IRDPs integrated rural development programs IRDTA International Research and Development and Technology Access [the competitive grants component of IAccP, administered by AusIndustry] IRP immigration review panel IRPC immigration reception and processing centre IRPTC International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals IRR Incident Response Regiment IRRI International Rice Research Institute [the Philippines] IRS Internal Revenue Service [US]; information and research services [a tax technical database] IRSED index of relative socioeconomic disadvantage IRSV Industrial Relations Society of Victoria IRT (former) Immigration Review Tribunal; international review team IRUA Innovative Research Universities Australia IS income support; Independence Society [Korea, formed 1896]; information services; international standard ISA Institution of Surveyors Australia; international sugar agreement; International Seabed Authority [UN] ISACs information sharing and analysis centres; independent selection advisory committees ISAD Internal Security and Audit Division [AFP] ISANA International Student Advisers Network of Australia ISAV infectious salmon anaemia virus ISB Independent Schools Board [see AISSA] ISBF Indigenous Small Business Fund ISBN international standard book number ISBP Income Support Breakthrough Project [DVA] ISC Insurance and Superannuation Commission; industry skills council ISCED International Standard Classification of Education ISCU International Council of Scientific Unions ISD international subscriber dialling ISDA International Swaps and Derivatives Association [US] ISDN integrated services digital network ISE in-service education ISES International Solar Energy Society ISF Indigenous support funding ISI Institute for Scientific Information

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 68 ISIG Information Security Interest Group ISIS Income Support Information Systems ISLD Information and Security Law Division [A-G’s] ISM international safety management [code] ISME International Society for Music Education ISMN international standard music number ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural Research ISO International Sugar Organisation; Industrial Supplies Office; International Organisation for Standardisation [also known as International Standards Organisation] ISONET isolated networks; Industrial Supplies Office Network [now known as ICN] ISOS In Search of Sustainability [online conference] ISOs industrial supplies offices [in NSW, Victoria, QLD, SA] ISP Internet service provider ISPM International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures ISPS code International Ship and Port Facility Security code ISRM International Safety and Risk Management ISRN International Strategic Relevance of Nuclear Science ISS International Social Services [relates to migration and international movement]; income support supplement; Institute of Strategic Studies ISSA International Social Security Association ISSD income support start date ISSF International Shooting Sport Federation ISSN international standard serial number ISSS International Seminar Support Scheme [AusAID] ISTA International Security Training Academy; International Seed Testing Association ISV in situ vitrification IT information technology IT&T information technology and telecommunications ITA International Tin Agreement ITAA Income Tax Assessment Act ITAB industry training advisory board [ITABs are being superseded by industry skills councils] ITAG information technology architecture and governance ITB International Tourism Bourse; international terminal building ITC International Trade Commission [US]; International Tin Council; Independent Television Commission; industry training council; information technology and communications; intensive training centre; information technology centre ITCS Indirect Tax Concession Scheme ITDC international trade development centre ITEC Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee; income tax exempt charity ITEES Information, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering Society ITES International Trade Enhancement Scheme ITI international training institute ITLG Indigenous Tourism Leadership Group ITLOS International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ITO industry training officer; information technology officer ITPA Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities ITQ individual transferable quota [fishing] ITR invitation to register interest; income tax ruling; industry, tourism and resources ITS intelligent transport systems; industry training services ITSA Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia ITT International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation; invitation to treat ITTA International Tropical Timber Agreement ITTO International Tropical Timber Organisation ITTPAC Information Technology and Telecommunication Policy Advisory Committee ITU International Telecommunications Union; intensive therapy unit IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources IUD intra-uterine device IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Organisations

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 69 IUHF International Union for Housing Finance IULA International Union of Local Authorities IUOTO International Union of Official Travel Organisations [WTO] IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry IUS International Union of Students IUU illegal, unreported and unregulated [fishing] IV intravenous IVB International Vaccine Bank IVC International Visitors Council [US] IVD in vitro diagnostics IVETA International Vocational Education and Training Association IVF in vitro fertilisation IVR interactive voice response IVRU interactive voice response unit IVS international visitor survey [Australian Bureau of Statistics] IWA International Water Association; Independent Wineries Association; International Wheat Agreement IWC Inhumane Weapons Convention; International Whaling Commission; International Wheat Council IWD International Women’s Day [8 March, since 1975] IWDA International Women’s Development Agency IWS International Wool Secretariat [ended 1997]; international wheat secretariat IWT interest withholding tax IWTO International Wool Textile Organisation IXL [Elders IXL Ltd] J IYF International Youth Foundation; International Year of the Family Back to top J J2EE Java 2, enterprise edition J2ME Java 2, micro edition JAA Judge Advocate Administrator [see Chief Judge Advocate] JAC joint advisory council JACOPIS Joint Advisory Committee on Pets in Society JAG Judge Advocate General JAGGPPH Joint Advisory Group on General Practice and Population Health JAL [Japanese airline] JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association JAMBA Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement JAPEX Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd JAPSTC Joint Australian Public Service Training Council JARs joint aviation requirements [Europe] JARUD Japan Australia Uranium Resources Development Co. Ltd JAS-ANZ Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand JAT Jugoslav Air Transport [JAT Airways] JBC joint border committee JBT Jervis Bay Territory JCC joint consultative committee JCCI Jakarta Chamber of Commerce and Industry JCD Japan Coal Development Co. JCEA Japan-China Economic Association JCEMEC Joint Captured Enemy Materiel Exploitation Centre JCP Japanese Communist Party JCPAA Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit JCSMR John Curtin School of Medical Research JCSS Joint Command Support System JCU James Cook University JD Juris Doctor [an program for non-law graduates who want to enter the profession] JDP joint declaration of principles

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 70 JDRF Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation JDSCS Joint Defence Space Communications Station [Nurrungar] JEFG Joint Economic Forecasting Group JET Jobs, Education and Training [Centrelink program] JETACAR Joint Expert Technical Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance JETCC Jobs, Education and Training Child Care JETCCRW JET Child Care Resource Workers JETRO Japan External Trade Organisation JFAO Joint Force Area of Operations JFHQ Joint Force Headquarters JFY Japanese fiscal year [starts 1 April; JFY 1987] JHD Joint House Department JHU-APL Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory JI Jemaah Islamiah JIC Joint Intelligence Committee [UK] JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JICHIRO All Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union JIO Joint Intelligence Organisation [now called the Defence Intelligence Organisation] JIRT Joint Investigative Response Teams [between DoCS and NSW] JISC Joint Information Systems Committee [UK] JIT just-in-time [manufacturing inventory system] JJAC Juvenile Justice Advisory Council [NSW] JJJ Radio Station Triple J Jjt juvenile justice team [WA] JKMRC Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre [Qld uni; with CSIRO has formed CRC for Mining Technology and Equipment, with operations in Latin America] JKTech [commercial division of Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre] JM job matching JMEC joint ministerial economic commission [between Australia and China]; Japan market entry competition JMPR Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues [between FAO-WHO] JMR joint management review JMRC Joint Microelectronics Research Centre JMRP joint management review program JMS joint ministerial statement JMTSS joint multichannel trunking and switching system JN Job Network JN1 Job Network 1 etc JNM Job Network member JNOC Japan National Oil Corporation JO joint organisation JODM justified on duty man hours JORN Jindalee Operational Radar Network JOSF joint oil storage facility [pronounced Joseph] JOTA Jamboree on the Air JPDA Joint Petroleum Development Area JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group; computer file type for photos JPET Job Placement, Employment and Training [program] JPP Jobs Pathway Program [not Job Pathways Program] JRS Jesuit Refugee Service JSA Job Search allowance JSC joint selection committee; joint standing committee JSCEM Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters JSCI job seeker classification instrument JSCNCET Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories JSCOT Joint Standing Committee on Treaties JSF joint strike fighter JSG joint study group JSM Japanese steel mills JSR joint staffing review

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 71 JSSC Joint Services Staff College [military college] JST Job Search training JTTRE Joint Tropical Trials and Research Establishment JUHI joint user hydrant installation JUNIC Joint United Nations Information Committee JUSMAG Joint United States Military Assistance Group [joins US and the Philippines] JV joint venture JVA joint venture agreement JVB joint venture board JVP joint venture participants [or partners] JVS joint venture scheme JWP joint working party Back to top K k.cal/kg kilocalories per kilogram KANA Komiti for the Advancement of Nutrition and Agriculture [Fiji] KANGAROO see CANGAROO KASH Kalkadoon Aboriginal Sobriety House KAVHA Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area KBL Kilusang Bagong Lipunan [New Society Movement; ruling Philippines political party led by Ferdinand Marcos until 1986] kbps thousand bits per second [computers] KBS Korean Broadcasting System [not the same as Korean Broadcasting System Enterprises] KBSE Korean Broadcasting System Enterprises [in Seoul; South Korean Government owned] KCIA Korean Central Intelligence Agency [later called Agency for National Security Planning] KDP Kurdistan Democratic Party [Iraq] KE Koori English KEDO Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation KEMH King Edward Memorial Hospital [for Women, Perth] KEPCO Korea Electric Power Corporation KFV Ltd [do not expand] KGB Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti [Committee for State Security, in the former USSR] KGT King George Terrace [Canberra] kHz kilohertz [always expand] KIO Kachin Independence Organisation [Burma] KIST Korea Institute of Science and Technology KL Kuala Lumpur KLTT Kuwait Livestock Transport and Trading Co. KM Kabataang Makabayan [Nationalist Youth, in the Philippines; formed 1964 as youth wing of PKP, the old Communist party]; knowledge management KMM Kumpulan Mujaheddin Malaysia [Islamic organisation in Malaysia] KMU Kilusang Mayo Uno [May First Movement - Philippine trade union federation] KNDO Karen National Defence Organisation KNP Kosciuszko National Park; Kakadu National Park KNU Karen National Union [Burma] KODAM [Military Regional Command in Indonesia] KOP key punch operator KOR Workers Defence Committee [Poland] KORAMIL [military subdistrict command, in Indonesia] KOREM [military provincial command, in Indonesia]; KOREM 164 [Resort Military Command 164, in the Dili area, East Timor] KOSTRAD [Army Strategic Reserve Command, in Indonesia] KOTA Klibur Oan Timur Aswain [‘sons of the mountain warriors’; literally, in Tetum] KOWILHAN [four joint defence area commands in Indonesia, before reorganisation]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 72 kPa kilopascal KPI key performance indicator KPM key performance measure KPNLF Khmer People’s National Liberation Front KRA key result area KRI Feris [Indonesian patrol boat] KRI Malahayati [Indonesian corvette] KRI Ngurah Rai [Indonesian frigate] KRI Rencong [Indonesian patrol boat] KRI Sambu [Indonesian oiler] KRIBB Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology KRIVET Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training KSA Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport KSCI [call letters of a US broadcasting firm which formed agreement with Korean Broadcasting System in 1983] KT kiloton [always to be spelled out] KTE Korean Television Enterprises Ltd [in Los Angeles; said to disseminate South Korean Government propaganda] KTPs knowledge transfer partnerships; key threatening processes KU Kindergarten Union KUHAP [Indonesian Code of Criminal Procedure] KUNA Kuwait News Agency kVa kilovolt amps [always expand; no hyphen: cf kilowatt hour in Macq.] kW kilowatt [always expand] kWh kilowatt-hour [always expand] Back to top L L. L&D leadership and development; learning and development L(PE) Act Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 (ACT) LAA Lands Acquisition Act 1993 LADECO Linea Aerea del Cobre [Chilean airline] LADS Laser Airborne Depth Sounder LAFHA living away from home allowance LAFTA Latin American Free Trade Association LAG Lachlan Advisory Group LAGEOS laser geodynamic satellite LAME Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association LAN local area network (LAN) or an intranet [LANs - plural] LanChile Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile Landcom Land Commission of New South Wales Landsat Landsat D, Landsat 1, Landsat 2 et cetera LANRC Language Australia National Resource Centre [Language Australia is now closed] LAP licence area plan LAPA linguistic availability performance allowance LAPC Local Air Pollution Control [UK] LAPPC Local Air Pollution Prevention and Control [UK] LARC light amphibious resupply cargo [replaced DUKW, or ‘Duck’—D Stands for the year it was designated, 1942; U for its amphibious nature; K for its all-wheel drive; and W for its dual rear axels]; Language Acquisition Research Centre [at University of Sydney in conjunction with University of Western Sydney] LARP Licensing, Aircraft Registration, Publications (LARP) system; Live Action Role Play LASA Lions and Salvation Army LASC Language and Society Centre [at Monash University] LATA Labour Adjustment Training Arrangements program LATTICE Language and Technology Centre [at University of Queensland]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 73 LAV lymphadenopathy [diseased lymph gland syndrome; virus associated with it now thought to be connected with AIDS; retrovirus called French virus because found at Institut Pasteur in Paris] LAW light anti-tank weapon LAWP liquid assets waiting period LBL Limited Broadcasting Licence LBMC Lavarack Barracks Medical Centre LBMTR land based magnetic test range LBP lump sum bereavement payment LC Laffer Curve [economic effects of taxation, USA] LC50 lethal concentration 50 per cent LCA landing craft, assault; Law Council of Australia; life cycle assessment LCAF Local Commemorative Activities Fund LCBI laboratory confirmed (primary) bloodstream infection LCBP lump sum child related bereavement payment LCC Land Conservation Council [Victoria]; Lockheed California Company; Learning Communities Catalyst LCF local cost financing; local currency funding LCG landing craft (gun) LCH landing craft (heavy) LCIR Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve LCL Liberal and Country League; less than car load [railway]; less than container load LCT landing craft (tank); lower critical temperature [animal husbandry] LCU landing craft (utility) LCVP landing craft (vehicles and personnel) LD50 lethal dose 50 per cent [test; there is also LD100] LDC less-developed country; long day care LDCIS Long Day Care Incentive Scheme LDH Lady Davidson Hospital; also Lady Davidson Private Hospital [see LDPH] LDL liability discharge limit LDL low-density lipoprotein [cholesterol] LDO local dental officer LDP Liberal Democratic Party [Japan] LDP London daily price [sugar] LDPE low density polyethylene; LDPE film [plastic] LDPH Lady Davidson Private Hospital LDRTA Long Distance Road Transport Association LDS longitudinal data set LDT laser detector tracker LE locally engaged (staff members) LEA learning English in Australia LEAC Law Enforcement Access Committee—Austel LEAN Law Enforcement Access Network; LEAN system LEAP Livestock Export Accreditation Program; local ethnic affairs policy LEAPS local ethnic affairs policy statement(s) LECA Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) LECP Law Enforcement Cooperation Program LEE locally engaged employee LEI local employment initiative LEICC Livestock Export Industry Consultative Committee LEMHANNAS [Indonesian National Resilience Institute] LENS Learning Environment for New Strategies [program] LEO low earth orbit satellite LEP local environment plan LES locally engaged staff [staff employed at Australian overseas mission and recruited from local residents] Lexis LexisNexis [online legal database] LFA local forest area LFT large fire tender LGA Local Government Association; local government area

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 74 LGACHP see LGCHP LGANT Local Government Association of the Northern Territory LGAQ Local Government Association of Queensland LGASA Local Government Association of South Australia LGCHP Local Government and Community Housing Program [e.g. under Commonwealth- State Housing Agreement; also LGACHP; replaced by Community Housing Program, CHP] LGDP Local Government Development Program LGEA Local Government Engineers Association LGFA Act Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 LGFA Local Government Finance Authority [SA] LGH Launceston General Hospital LGIP Local Government Incentive Program LGIS Local Government Insurance Services [WA] LGMA Local Government Managers Australia LGPA Livestock and Grain Producers Association of New South Wales LGS liquid and government securities [ratio of liquid assets and government securities to deposits] LHA [amphibious assault ship] LHSTC Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre LIASB Life Insurance Actuarial Standards Board LIBOR London interbank offered rate LIC low income card LICHEE Life Cycle House Energy Evaluation [CAD-based life cycle analysis tool for detached housing] LICs listed investment companies LID legislative instruments database LIDAR light detection and ranging [uses reflected pulses of radar light] LIFA Life Insurance Federation of Australia LIFDC Low-Income Food Deficit Countries LIFFE London International Financial Futures Exchange LIFT Leadership Imperative For Tomorrow LIMAC Low-Income Measures Assessment Committee LIMS Land Information Management System LIPI Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia [Indonesian Institute of Sciences] LIRSA Liquor Industry Road Safety Association LIS Legislative Information Service LISA Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture LISAC Land Information System Advisory Committee [WA] LLDC least developed country LLMA local labour market area [UK] LLN language, literacy and numeracy LLNP Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program LLNS Language, Literacy and Numeracy Supplement LLP late lodgment penalty LLWP Local Liaison Working Party LMAQ Livestock and Meat Authority of Queensland LMC labour and monopoly capital; Leyland Motor Corporation of Australia Ltd [later JRA Ltd]; Liaison Monitoring Committee [for CER] LMCS local monitoring and control system LME L.M. Ericsson Pty Ltd; London Metals Exchange LMIPC Livestock and Meat Industry Policy Council LMO local medical officer; locum medical officer LMOAC Local Medical Officers Advisory Committee LMP labour market program; Land Mobilisation Program [in PNG]; lease for mining purposes LMR lost members register [a central register of lost superannuation fund members and RSA holders administered by the ATO] LMS library management system; London Missionary Society LMWQCC Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 75 LNA League for National Advancement [PNG] LNG liquefied natural gas LNO Lahu National Organisation [Burma] LO liaison officer LOA letter of acceptance LOGJOG Local Government Joint Officers Group LOP low oil pressure LORAN long range aid to navigation [US system] LOS Law of the Sea; length of stay LOSC Law of the Sea convention [Convention on the Law of the Sea] LOTE languages other than English LP long playing LPA amphibious transport LPAA Little People’s Association of Australia LPD landing platform, dock LPG liquefied petroleum gas LPH landing platform, helicopter LPHAM Lembaga Pembela Hak-Hak Asasi Manusia [Institute for the Defence of Human Rights, in Indonesia] LPI labour price index LPO licensed post office; local post office LPOA Licensed Post Officers of Australia Ltd LPP late payment penalty LPPS Lembaga Penelitian dan Pembangunan Sosial [Institute for Social Research and Development, in Indonesia] LPSM Lembaga Pengembangan Swadaya Masyarakat [Institution for Promoting Self- Reliant Community Development; a private development organisation in Indonesia] LQ living quarters LRB Legislation Review Board [a board of AARF] LRC Australian Law Reform Commission [also ALRC]; learning resource centre LRCS League of Red Cross Societies [in Geneva], now renamed International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [IFRC] LRDG Long Range Desert Group [in North Africa against Rommel, 1940-43] LRINFs longer-range INF [missiles] LRMPA long range maritime patrol aircraft LRP lead replacement petrol LRR last remaining relative LRS Legislative Research Service; Levies Revenue Service LRT light rail transit LRTA Light Rail Transit Association LRTNF long-range theatre nuclear forces L-Sat large satellite [of European Space Agency] LSAY Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth LSD lysergic acid diethylamide; landing ship, dock LSDs legal services directions LSE London School of Economics LSF Logistic Support Force LSG Logistic Support Group; Legislative Services Group LSH landing ship (heavy) [amphibious, e.g. HMAS Tobruk] LSI large-scale integration LSIA Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia LSL logistic ship (landing) [British; Australian equivalent may be LCH]; long service leave LSM landing ship (medium); Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat [Self-Reliant Community Development Institution; a private development organisation in Indonesia] LSNTD Legal Services and Native Title Division LST landing ship (tank) LSUs earning support units; limited support units LTAA Lawn Tennis Association of Australia LTAC light tactical airlift capability

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 76 LTACC Language Testing and Curriculum Centre [at Griffith University] LTCE long-term care establishment LTCM Long-Term Capital Management [very large and prominent hedge fund] LTIFR lost time incident frequency rate LTO licence testing officer LTOP long-term operations plan LTP legislative training program LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam [Sri Lanka] LTU long-term unemployed; La Trobe University LUA Life Underwriters Association LVAD left ventricular assist device LWM low-water mark LWRRDC Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation LWSI livestock weather safety index [US] Back to top M M male; mega [prefix for SI units] M1A1 AIM M1A1 Abrams integrated management [tank] MA Master of Arts MAA mature age allowance; Agreement on Mutual Acceptance of Oenological Practices [mutual acceptance agreement] MAB market access and biosecurity [AFFA]; Management Audit Branch [Defence] MAC Management Advisory Committee [advises government on Public Service]; migrant advisory committee; ministerial advisory committee MACA NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing MACC Media and Communications Council MACS multifunctional Aboriginal children’s service MAD mutual assured destruction [deterrence strategy] MADD Mothers Against Drunk Driving [USA] MAE Master of Applied Epidemiology MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry [NZ] MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan MAFFS modular airborne fire-fighting system MAG More Accessible Government [initiative] MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment MAIF Marketing in Australia of Infant Formulas MAIS Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies [bibliographic database] MAJGEN Major General MAL Movement Alert List [Migration] MALEP move to an area of lower employment prospects MALU mobile adult learning unit [NT] MAN metropolitan area network [communications]; [European bus manufacturer] MANs metropolitan area networks MAP maximum allowance period; Multilevel Assessment Program [DEET, NT]; Mutual Assistance Program [NZ] MAP maximum allowance period MAPKE migration advice profession knowledge entry [examination] MaPS Ministerial and Parliamentary Services [division of NSW Premier’s department] MAPW Medical Association for Prevention of War, Australia MARA Migration Agents Registration Authority MARDI Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute MARPOL International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships MARS Market Attitude Research Services MARTAC Maralinga Rehabilitation Technical Advisory Committee MAS Malaysia Airlines MASH Moree Aboriginal Sobriety House MASP medical assessment service provider MAT maternity allowance

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 77 MATF Migration Agent Task Force MATV master antenna television MAV Municipal Association of Victoria MB methylene blue MBA Master Builders Association; Master of Business Administration MBAV Master Builders Association of Victoria MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery MBCC Medical Benefits Consultative Committee MBF MBF Australia Ltd [formerly Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd] MBL maximum benefit limit MBO management by objectives MBR maximum basic rate MBS market basket survey; Medical Benefits Scheme; Medicare Benefits Schedule; Medicare Benefits Scheme MBZ mandatory broadcast zones MCA Minerals Council of Australia; Music Council of Australia MCAJ Ministerial Council on the Administration of Justice MCATSIA Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs MCC Melbourne City Council MCCA Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs MCCOC Model Criminal Code Officers Committee [of the Standing Committee of Attorneys- General] MCDS Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy MCE Ministerial Council on Energy MCEETYA Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs MCES major city earth station MCGC Ministerial Committee on Government Communications MCH maternal and child health [e.g. MCH services] MCIMA Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [also MIMA] MCM mine countermeasure/s MCMPR Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources MCN Ministerial Communications Network MCRS Military Compensation and Rehabilitation Scheme; Military Compensation and Rehabilitation Service MCRT Ministerial Council for Road Transport MCS Military Compensation Scheme; multichannel seismic [e.g. MCS data]; multiple chemical sensitivity MD managing director; military district [e.g. 1MD = 1st Military District] MD&A management discussion and analysis MDBC Murray-Darling Basin Commission MDBMC Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council MDF main distribution frame; medium density fibreboard MDG Market Development Group [of DFAT] MDI manual data input MDMA methylenedioxymethamphetamine MDO medical defence organisation MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis [also MDRTB] MDS medical deputising service; microwave distribution system; minimum data set; multipoint distribution system; multipoint distribution service ME metabolisable energy [of animal feeds]; myalgic encephalomyelitis MEAA Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance [incorporated former Australian Journalists Association] MEC manufacturing, engineering and construction MEDA maintenance error decision aid MEDIC-GP Medical Enquiry Drug Information Centre—General Practice MEG monitoring and evaluation group MEL minimum equipment list [aircraft] MEN2 multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 [similarly, MEN1] MEPC Marine Environment Protection Committee

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 78 Mercosur Mercado Comun del Sur [the Southern Cone Common Market—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay; also known as Mercosul (Portuguese)] MERSITAB Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Industry Training Advisory Body Ltd MESC main English-speaking countries METS mobile engine test stand MF medium frequency MFA Media Federation of Australia MFAT Murray Flow Assessment Tool MFB Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board [Melbourne] [also MFESB] MFD multifunction display [in aircraft and elsewhere] MFN most-favoured nation [trading strategy] MFO Multinational Force and Observers [non-UN peacekeeping mission] MFP multifunction polis; Multi-function Polis [defunct; 1987-1997;also known as MFP Adelaide and MFP Australia] MFSA medium frequency spaced antenna MFT microphyll fern thicket MGI military geographic information; military geo-spatial information MHC minehunter (coastal) MHD magnetohydrodynamics [power generation technology] MHE mechanical handling equipment MHF major hazard facility MHI minehunter (inshore) MHQ Maritime Headquarters MHV miniature homing vehicle MHz megahertz [always expand] MI Macquarie Island; management information MI5 [do not expand; UK Security Service] MI6 [do not expand; UK Secret Intelligence Service] MIA Managed Investments Act 1998; maternity immunisation allowance; Media International Australia; Migration Institute of Australia; Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area; missing in action MIC management and investment company MIDCAB minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass MIER management-initiated early retirement MIFCo Maritime Industry Finance Co. Ltd MIG metal inert gas [welding] MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency [a World Bank agency]; MIGA treaty = Agreement of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIU Marine Investigation Unit [ATSB] MIM Mount Isa Mines Ltd; MIM Holdings Ltd [Australian company] MIMA Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs MIMI [Japan Australia LNG (MIMI); joint venture company of Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi; North West Shelf interest] MINCO ANTA Ministerial Council MINTACS Mine Warfare Tactical Command Software [RAN] MIP Major Infrastructure Program [Torres Strait] MIPS millions of instructions per second [computers] MIRAB migration, remittances, aid and bureaucracy [model for dependent economies of micro-states] MIRO Migration Internal Review Office MIRV multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle MIS management information system MISA mortgage interest saver account MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology [USA]; Melbourne Institute of Technology MIU management information unit MJ megajoules MJA Medical Journal of Australia MLA Meat and Livestock Australia MLIS ministerial letters in system

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 79 MLOC minimum level of capability MLRS multiple launch rocket system MLS microwave landing system MLTAV Modern Language Teachers Association of Victoria MMA MacRobertson Miller Airline Services MMAJ Metal Mining Agency of Japan MMC Mitsubishi Motors Corporation [Japan]; Monopolies and Mergers Commission [UK] MMD middle management development [program] MMEL master minimum equipment list [aircraft] MMO Mercantile Marine Office [AMSA]; movement monitoring officer MMR measles, mumps, rubella [vaccine] MNC multinational corporation [or company] MNE multinational enterprise MNF multinational force [Multinational Force in Iraq = MNF-I] MNPP Minimum Nationwide Person Profile [project] MNRF major national research facility/facilities; MNRF grant; MNRF Program = Major National Research Facilities Program MO medical officer; mutual obligation MOA memorandum of agreement MOB mobility allowance MODL Migration Occupations in Demand List MOF Major Organisations Fund MOG machinery of government MOI mutual obligation initiative MoMA Museum of Modern Art [Manhattan, USA] MOP staff members of parliament staff MOP(S) Act Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 MOPS members of parliament staff [note: MOPS legislation but MOP(S) Act] MOSC management of serious crime [AFP] MOUs memoranda/memorandums of understanding MOW Meals on Wheels MP member of parliament; military police [Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, RACMP] MPA marine protected area MPa megapascals [pressure] MPAA Motion Picture Association of America MPAs marine protected areas MPD maintenance planning data/document MPDAA Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia MPF status major project facilitation status MPG Maritime Patrol Group [RAAF, now the SRG, Surveillance and Response Group]; Marine and Ports Group [of Australian Transport Council] MPI matter of public importance; Meeting Professionals International MPLA Metropolitan Public Libraries Association NSW M-plan see emplan (emergency management plan) MPMS Migration Program Management System [DIMIA] MPP Melanesian Progressive Pati [Vanuatu] MPR Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat [People’s Consultative Assembly, Indonesia] MPRA Merit Protection and Review Agency [former body, now Australian Public Service Commission, APSC] MPS maritime pre-positioning ship; multipurpose service; MPSs MPSD Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Division [DHA] MR maintenance release MRA Mutual Recognition Act 1992; mutual recognition agreement MRB medical rural bonded [scholarships] MRBM medium-range ballistic missile MRC migrant resource centre MRCA Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 MRCP magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography MRCs migrant resource centres

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 80 MRD Main Roads Department [former, Qld, now Department of Main Roads] MRDA Mineral Resources Development Act 1990 (Vic.) MREA Medical Research Endowment Account MREF Medical Research Endowment Fund MRET mandatory renewable energy target MRI magnetic resonance imaging MRL maximum residue limit; multiple rocket launcher MRQA market research quality assurance MRSA methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSF Mineral Resource Stabilisation Fund [Papua New Guinea] MRT Migration Review Tribunal; milk ring test [for brucellosis] MRV multiple re-entry vehicle MS multiple sclerosis MSA migrant service agency; most seriously affected [countries, areas]; mission subsistence allowance MSAC Medical Services Advisory Committee MSAs migrant service agencies MSAT [North American] mobile satellite system [Canada, USA] MSAW minimum safe altitude warning [pronounced ‘emsaw’] MSB Act Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991 MSB Maritime Services Board [former body, New South Wales, now NSW Maritime Authority] MSBS Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme MSC Maritime Safety Committee [of IMO, International Maritime Organisation] MSD mass service disruption [telecommunications] MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System MSDS material safety data sheet MSEP Meat Safety Enhancement Program MSF multisite franchise/franchisee/franchising MSG Melanesian Spearhead Group MSI maintenance supply item; medium-scale integration [technology] MSIA Medical Software Industry Association MSO Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Mount Stromlo Observatory; multiple site operator MSPB Merit Systems Protection Board [USA] MSQ Maritime Safety Queensland MSRIP Management Systems Review and Improvement Program MSS Ministerial Support System [A-G’s] mSv millisieverts MSY maximum sustainable yield [fishing] Mt megatonnes; million tonnes MT miscellaneous tax/taxes [e.g. Miscellaneous Tax Ruling MT 93/1] MTA Motor Traders Association of New South Wales [also e.g. MTA ACT, Motor Trades Association of the ACT; similarly for NT, SA Q. and WA] MTAA Motor Trades Association of Australia MTACO market testing and contracting out [e.g. MTACO project, program et cetera] MTAWE male total average weekly earnings MTBE methyl tertiary butyl ether [a chemical compound that is added to fuel; e.g. MTBE standards]) MTC mine-site technical committee MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime MTFR medical treatment frequency rate MTIA Metal Trades Industry Association [now part of the Australian Industry Group] MTN multilateral trade negotiations MTOW maximum take-off weight MTRP Medical Training Review Panel MTS mining technology service/s [e.g. MTS companies; MTS sector] MUA Maritime Union of Australia MUP Melbourne University Private MV merchant vessel; motor vessel [e.g. MV Gondwana] MVA motor vehicle accident

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 81 MVE murray valley encephalitis MVU Medals Validation Unit MWP Mature Workers Program MYEFO Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook MYOB Mind Your Own Business [accounting software] Back to top N NA not applicable NAA neutron activation analysis; National Archives of Australia NAALAS North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service NAAP New Apprenticeships Access Program N NAASRA National Association of Australian State Roads Authorities NAATI National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd NAATSISU see NATSISU in Style Guide list NAB National Association of Broadcasters [US]; National Australia Bank NABA Newspaper Advertising Bureau of Australia NAC National Aquaculture Council; National Aboriginal Conference NAC InfoService web site providing information on training packages for New Apprenticeships Centres; New Apprenticeships Centre; National Asthma Council NACA Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific; National Aged Care Alliance NACAP National Aged Care Advisory Program NACCHO National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation NACD National Association of Corporate Directors [US] NACH National Advisory Council for the Handicapped NACHUD National Advisory Committee on Housing and Urban Development NACLC National Association of Community Legal Centres NACSDE National Advisory Committee on School Drug Education NACSP National Advisory Council on Suicide Prevention NACVETS National Advisory Committee on Vocational Education and Training Statistics [replaced ACVETS, the Australian Committee on Vocational Education and Training Statistics and is now called NTSC, the National Training Statistics Committee] NADAC national air defence and aerospace control [system] NADA Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies NADC National Animal Disease Centre [US]; National Australia Day Council; [former] National Agricultural Development Commission NADOC National Aborigines Day Observance Committee [later National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee, NAIDOC] NADRAC National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council NAFC national average fuel consumption; National Aerial Firefighting Centre NAFCOM National Audit and Fraud Committee NAFE National Association for Female Executives; non-advanced further education [UK] NAFI National Association of Forest Industries NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement; North American Free Trade Area; NAFTA- plus NAFTO North American Free Trade Organisation NAGPA National Association of General Practitioners of Australia NAHS National Aboriginal Health Strategy NAIBA National Aboriginal and Islander Broadcasting Association NAIC Northern Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd NAIDOC National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee [formerly National Aborigines Day Observance Committee, NADOC] NAIHO National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation NAILG National Awards for Innovation in Local Government NAIP New Apprenticeships Incentive Program NAIPS National Aeronautical Information Processing System NAIRU non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment NAJAC National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee NAL National Acoustic Laboratories

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 82 NALSAS National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools [strategy] NALSS National Asian Languages Scholarship Scheme NAMD National Association for Medical Deputising NAME national average male earnings Namfrel National Citizens Movement for Free Elections [Philippines] NAO National Audit Office [UK] NAP naval air power [study] NAPCAN National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect NAPIA National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters NAPSWQ National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality NAQS Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy; National Awards for Quality Schooling NARA Nippon-Australia Relations Agreement 1976 [also known as the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation] NARG National Asthma Reference Group NARGA National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia NARL National Analytical Reference Laboratory NARSP National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program; National Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Program NARWP newly arrived residents waiting period NAS National Airspace System; National Advanced Systems [company name]; naval air station NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAA National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia Ltd NASF National Aboriginal Sports Foundation NASIG National Airspace System Implementation Group NASOG National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists NASPAG National Airspace System Program Advisory Group NASS New Apprenticeship Support Services NAT nucleic acid amplification testing NATA National Association of Testing Authorities NATAS New Apprenticeship Training Assessment Scheme NATDOW National Association for Training the Disabled in Office Work Natex National Exhibition Centre [Trust]; [National Exhibition Centre later called EPIC, for Exhibition Park in Canberra] NatHERS Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme NOHSC National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. National WRAPS National Wholesale, Retail and Personal Services Industry Training Council NATMAA National Management Agencies Alliance NATMISS National Management Information and Statistics System [superseded] NATMOC National Treatment Monitoring Committee NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATSEM National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling NATSIHC National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council NATSIHS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Strategy NATSINSAP National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan NATSOPA National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel [UK] NAUTIC naval autonomous intelligent console [used for NAUTIS systems] navaids navigation aids NAVCOMSTA [e.g. Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, at North West Cape] NAVOCFORMED Naval On-Call Force—Mediterranean NAVPRO Naval Plant Representative Office [US] NAWGP National Agenda for Women’s Grants Program NAWHSL National Association of Women Highway Safety Leaders [US] NAWTB National Assessors and Workplace Trainers Body NBA National Blood Authority NBC National Broadcasting Co. Inc.; nuclear, biological, chemical NBCC National Breast Cancer Centre NBCD nuclear, biological and chemical defence NBCG national bulk commodities group NBEET National Board of Employment, Education and Training

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 83 NBER National Bureau of Economic Research [US] NBFI non-bank financial institution; NBFI agreement NBI national bandwidth inquiry; National Bureau of Investigation [Philippines] NBRS National Beef Recording Scheme [note also the External Panel of Review of the National Beef Recording Scheme] NBS National Bicycle Strategy; National Benefits System; National Biotechnology Strategy; National Broadcasting Service NBTC National Building Technology Centre NBTS national broadcasting and television service NC nominated capacity; numerically controlled [machine] NCA National Capital Authority; National Colleges of Australia; National Crime Authority; National Coal Association [Washington, DC]; National Command Authorities [US] NCAC National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc.; National Consistency Advisory Committee NCACE National Centre for Advanced Cell Engineering NCADA national campaign against drug abuse NCAFA National Catholic Association of Family Agencies NCAS national carbon accounting system NCAVAC National Campaign Against Violence and Crime NCB National Central Bureau [Interpol]; National Computer Board [Singapore; also Mauritius] NCBA National Children’s Bureau of Australia NCC National Competition Council; National Civic Council; Nature Conservation Council [New South Wales]; National Computer Centre; National Consultative Council; National Crimes Commission [eventually set up as National Crime Authority] NCCAW National Co-ordinating Committee on Aquatic Weeds NCCD National Council on Crime and Delinquency [US] NCCI National Cancer Control Initiative NCCPD National Consultative Committee on Peace and Disarmament NCDA non-callable deposit account [note also NCADA]; National Career Development Association [US] NCDC National Centre for Disease Control NCDE national cattle disease eradication [note also the National Cattle Disease Eradication Trust Account] NCDS National Centre for Development Studies [ANU] NCEC National Catholic Education Commission NCEPH National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health NCF National Communications Fund NCGUB National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma NCGSS National Consultative Group of Service Spouses NCHC National Cultural Heritage Committee NCHECR National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research NCHRE National Committee for Human Rights Education NCHS National Center for Health Statistics [US] NCHSAG National Cardiovascular Health and Stroke Advisory Group NCHSR National Centre in HIV Social Research NCI National Cancer Institute [US] NCIC National Continuous Improvement Committee NCID National Council on Intellectual Disability NCIDD National Criminal Investigation DNA Database NCIS National Coroners Information System NCISA National Council of Independent Schools’ Associations NCJW National Council of Jewish Women of Australia NCM numerically controlled machine NCNs non-compliance notices NCO non-commissioned officer; non-callable deposit NCOSS Council of Social Service of New South Wales [also NSWCOSS]; national capital open space system NCP national competition policy; national capital plan

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 84 NCPA National Capital Planning Authority NCPP National Crime Prevention Program NCPR National Cardiac Procedures Register NCR [computer company] NCRFR National Centre for Rural Fire Research NCRVE National Center for Research in Vocational Education [US] NCS Naval Control of Shipping [organisation] NCSA National Conservation Strategy for Australia NCSC National Companies and Securities Commission NCSOS National Child Sex Offender System NCSS national communications satellite system NCSSA Nature Conservation Society of South Australia NCSU National Crime Statistics Unit [in Australian Bureau of Statistics] NCT non-continuous training NCTC National Counter-Terrorism Committee NCTP National Counter-Terrorism Plan NCTR non-cooperative target reconciliation NCVAW National Committee on Violence against Women NCVER National Centre for Vocational Education Research NCWA National Council of Women of Australia Inc. Ltd ND newcastle disease NDARC National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre NDB non-directional beacon NDC network design and construction; NDC partners NDC National Debt Commission; National Disaster Council [Solomons, formed 1980] NDDB National Dairy Development Board [India] NDE near-death experience NDEC National Distance Education Conference [mentioned in inquiry on Australia’s relations with Latin America] NDEP [the number of days from and including the date of death until and including the end of the entitlement period.]; Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership NDF National Democratic Front [Philippines; also NDFP] NDHP National Demonstration Hospitals Program NDI non-destructive inspection [especially of aircraft] NDIP National Diabetes Improvement Project NDIS National Drug Information Service NDOQRIN National Diabetes Outcome Quality Review Initiative NDP Nuclear Disarmament Party NDRA national disaster relief arrangements; natural disaster relief arrangements NDRMSP Natural Disaster Risk Management Studies Program NDS National Data Set for Compensation-based Statistics NDS National Diabetes Strategy NDSF National Debt Sinking Fund [US]; National Drug Strategic Framework NDSG National Diabetes Strategies Group NDSP National Dryland Salinity Program NDSP National Drug Strategic Plan [of Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy] NDT no disadvantage test; non-destructive testing NDU National Democratic Union [Zimbabwe] NEA Nuclear Energy Agency [OECD] NEC noise exposure concept; not elsewhere classified; National Executive Council [in PNG]; Nippon Electric Co. NECA National Electricity Code Administrator NECF National Environment Consultative Forum NEDA National Economic Development Authority [Philippines, created by former President Marcos] NEESS National Employee Entitlement Support Scheme NEF New Education Fellowship; noise exposure forecast NEGP National Estate Grants Program NEHF National Environmental Health Forum NEI not elsewhere identified; Netherlands East Indies [now Indonesia]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 85 NEIS New Enterprise Incentive Scheme NEM national electricity market; new economic mechanism [Hungary] NEMCC National Emergency Management Coordination Centre NEMMCO National Electricity Market Management Company NEP new economic policy; National Ecotourism Program NEPC National Environment Protection Council NEPED [the number of entitlement period end days for which the deceased customer was paid after and including the date of the death] NEPI national exchange of police information NEPM national education performance measurement; national environment protection measure NEPMT National Education Performance Measurement Taskforce NEPOD National Evaluation of Pharmacotherapies of Opioid Dependence NERC new en route centre [UK] NERDA New England Rural Development Association NERTAC National Ex-Service Round Table on Aged Care NES not elsewhere specified; national environmental significance; non-English-speaking; national electronic system NESA National Employment Services Association NESB non-English-speaking background [NESB1= non-English-speaking background, first generation; NESB2 = non-English-speaking background, second generation] NESC non-English-speaking country; National Elite Sports Council NETS national exhibitions touring structure NETTFORCE National Employment and Training Taskforce [former body] NFAC Native Forest Action Council [Canberra] NFACP National Feral Animal Control Program NFB National Forests Board [in PNG] NFBTF National Fire Blight Task Force NFCA Northern Fishing Companies Association Ltd NFCU National Fraud Control Unit [DVA] NFD National Fisheries Development Ltd [Solomons] NFE national framework for excellence [TCF industry]; non-formal education NFF National Farmers Federation NFFA National Freight Forwarders Association NFFF National Federation of Fish Friers [UK] NFI National Forest Inventory [located in Bureau of Rural Sciences]; National Fisheries Institute [US] NFIAC National Food Industry Advisory Committee NFIC National Food Industry Council NFIS National Flock Identification Scheme; National Food Industry Strategy NFITAB National Finance Industry Training Advisory Body NFLC National Federation of Land Councils NFMRS national farm management record study [eggs] NFPA National Fire Protection Association [US]; National Federation Party [Fiji] NFROT National Framework for the Recognition of Training NFS National Forestry Service [PNG] NFSA National Film and Sound Archive [now ScreenSound Australia] NFSB Noarlunga Family Services Board [SA] NFZ nuclear free zone NG natural gas NGA National Gallery of Australia; National Geoscience Agreement NGAC NSW government access centres; National Greenhouse Advisory Committee NGAP NSW Government Agents Program NGBT Negotiating Group on Basic Telecommunications N-Gen [Convergent Technologies/Unisys networked microcomputer system] NGEs non-government expeditions NGF National Guarantee Fund NGGI National Greenhouse Gas Inventory NGO nongovernment organisation

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 86 NGOTGP NGO Treatment Grants Program [Non Government Organisation Treatment Grants Program] NGS National Greenhouse Strategy NGV natural gas vehicles NHB Natural Heritage Board NHCDC National Hospital Cost Data Collection NHF National Heart Foundation NHFA National Heart Foundation of Australia NHGATs national health goals and targets NHHSC National Hospitals and Health Services Commission NHIMAC National Health Information Management Advisory Council NHISAC National Health Information Standards Advisory Committee NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute [US] NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council NHPA national health priority areas NHPAC National Health Priority Action Council NHPC National Health Performance Committee NHPPAG National Health Priority Performance Advisory Group NHS National Health Survey (by Australian Bureau of Statistics); [former] national highway system; national housing strategy; national health scheme NHT Natural (not National) Heritage Trust NHTP nursing home type patient NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [US] NI Norfolk Island; North Island [NZ] NIA National Institute of Accountants; national interest analysis NIAAA National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association; National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [US, set up after Hughes Act] NIAB National Institute of Agricultural Botany [UK] NIAC National Innovation Awareness Council NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [US] NIAS National Innovation Awareness Strategy NIASHS National Indigenous Australians’ Sexual Health Strategy NIB normal invalidity benefit [under superannuation scheme] NIBA National Insurance Brokers Association of Australia NIC National Industrial Council [US]; newly industrialising country NICC National Industrial Construction Council NICNAS National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme NICRI National Information Centre on Retirement Investments Inc. NICS National Institute of Clinical Studies NICSA National Initiative to Combat Sexual Assault NICTA National ICT Australia NIDA National Institute of Dramatic Art; National Investment and Development Authority [PNG] NIDC National Illicit Drugs Campaign NIDP National Integrated Diabetes Program NIDS National Illicit Drug Strategy NIE National Intelligence Estimate [US] NIEF National Industry Education Forum; National Infrastructure and Engineering Forum NIEIR National Institute of Economic and Industry Research NIELNS National Indigenous Education Literacy and Numeracy Strategy NIEO new international economic order NIES National Industry Extension Service NIF national income forecasting [model]; National Islamic Front NIFS National Institute of Forensic Science NIFVGP National Indigenous Family Violence Grants Program NIGH normal immunoglobulin (human) NIHHS National Institute of Health and Human Sciences NII National Interest Initiative; national information infrastructure; National Investment Institute

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 87 NILS National Information and Library Service; National Indigenous Land Strategy; National Institute of Labour Studies [based at Flinders University, SA] NIMAA National Indigenous Media Association of Australia nimby not in my backyard [lower-case in Macquarie] NIMPCG National Introduced Marine Pests Coordination Group NINSS Nosocomial Infection National Surveillance Scheme [UK] NIO National Intelligence Organisation [in PNG] NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [US] NIP national information plan [of Department of Social Security] NIPIIP National Indigenous Pneumococcal and Influenza Immunisation Program NIS non-indigenous species; National Information Service; National Immunisation Strategy; national innovation system; NATO identification system NISC National Information Services Council NISO National Information Standards Organisation [US] NISS National Integrated Settlement Strategy NISSPO NATO Identification System Special Project Office NISI groups National Industry Skills Initiative groups NITE National Inquiry into Teacher Education [1981]; [proposed] National Institute of Tertiary Education NIWS national integrated wage structure NJCA National Judicial College of Australia NJI National Jet Italia NJS National Jet Systems [Australian aviation contract company] NKDP New Korea Democratic Party NLA National Library of Australia; National Legal Aid NLC National Liaison Committee [for international students in Australia] NLCC National Labour Consultative Council NLD National League for Democracy [Burma; also Sri Lanka] NLFP National Landcare Facilitator Project NLG National Liaison Group NLIA National Languages Institute of Australia [in Melb.] NLIS National Livestock Identification Scheme or National Livestock Identification System NLP National Landcare Program; national language policy; neurolinguistic programming NLWRA National Land and Water Resources Audit [Natural Heritage Trust initiative] NMA National Museum of Australia NMAA National Meat Association of Australia NMAC National Multicultural Advisory Council [DIMIA] NMC National Medical Cyclotron [major facility of ANSTO] NMD national missile defence NMEC national metals engineering curriculum NMF National Managed Fund [insurance arrangement of Red Cross] NMG National Management Group NMG Network Management Group [FaCS] NMHB National Materials Handling Bureau NML National Measurement Laboratory [CSIRO] NMLS National Media Liaison Service [former body, called aNiMaLS] NMM National Maritime Museum [referred to also as Australian National Maritime Museum] NMPA National Meat Processors Association NMR nuclear magnetic resonance NMRB National Mutual Royal Bank NMRI nuclear magnetic resonance imaging NMSC non-melanocytic skin cancer NMSP New Mon State Party [Burma] NMVTRC National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council NNAP National Network Alliance Program NNBIS national narcotics border interdiction system [US] NNDSS National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System NNF Namibia National Front

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 88 NNI National Names Index [ASIC index of corporate and registered business names] NNLC Ngwane National Liberatory Congress [Swaziland] NNP Namadgi National Park NNS non-national secure [in-confidence communications system]; [satellites] NNTT National Native Title Tribunal NNWLS National Network of Women’s Legal Services NO national office NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [US] NOAG National Oceans Advisory Group NOGSAC National Oil and Gas Safety Advisory Committee NOHSC National Occupational Health and Safety Commission NOI notice of intent [or intention] NOIE National Office for the Information Economy NOLG National Office of Local Government (NT) NOM net overseas migration NOMAD national organisational management database NOMB National Oceans Ministerial Board NOO National Oceans Office NOOSR National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition NOPEC non-oil-producing or exporting country [e.g. India, Bangladesh]; also non-oil power exporting communities NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command NORFORCE North West Mobile Force [reserve unit for NT and Kimberleys] NORINCO North Industries Corporation [China] NORM naturally occurring radioactive material NORMAC Northern Prawn Management Advisory Committee NORML National Organisation for Reform of Marijuana Laws NORQEB North Queensland Electricity Board NORTHCOM Northern Command [Defence] NOSEC National Oil Supplies Emergency Committee NOSFAB National Office Skills Formation Advisory Board NOSHSA National Out of School Hours Services Association NOSI NOHSC Online Statistics Interactive NOSIC Naval Ocean Surveillance Information Center [US] NOSS national oceanic satellite system [US]; national orbiting space station [US]; NIMBUS Operational Satellite System [US] NOTAM notice to airmen NOV November NOVEL Network of Online Veterans’ Electronic Lodgement NOW National Organization for Women [US] NOWinFE Network of Women in Further Education NPA National Parks Association of New South Wales [later National Parks Foundation of New South Wales]; National Parks Association of the Australian Capital Territory Inc.; National Parks Authority [WA]; National Party of Australia; New People’s Army [Philippines; military arm of National Democratic Front; formed 29 March 1969; at one time referred to by people as the Nice People Around] NPAAC National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council NPAP National Priority Action Plan NPAQ National Parks Association of Queensland NPB naval project brief NPC National Population Council; National Press Club NPC National People’s Congress [China]; National Population Council; Nauru Phosphate Corporation; net present cost NPDP national procurement development program NPEP national public expenditure plan [PNG] NPF Northern Prawn Fishery NPHP National Public Health Partnership NPI National Pollutant Inventory; national performance indicators NPIDG National Pork Industry Development Group NPIDP National Pork Industry Development Program

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 89 NPK nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium NPL national policy on languages NPLL national policy on languages and literacy NPFIA Northern Prawn Fishing Industry Association NPMs national performance measures; national program managers NPOC net personnel and operating costs NPP new policy proposal; National Privacy Principles [Office of Federal Privacy Commissioner]; notional purchase price NPPC National Passenger Processing Committee [chaired by Customs] NPRM notice of provisional rule making NPS National Prescribing Service Ltd; national priority system [AFP]; non-pensioner spouse NPT network planning technique; nuclear non-proliferation treaty [Treaty on the Non- proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] NPV net present value NPVP National Pneumococcal Vaccination Program NPW nuclear-powered warships NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service [also ANPWS] NPY Council Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council NQCC North Queensland Conservation Council NQEA North Queensland Engineers and Agents Pty Ltd [formerly known as NQEA Australia Pty Ltd] NR Pty Ltd [computer systems consultants in ACT] NR noise rating; national report; nature reserve NRA National Registration Authority [now known as Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority]; National Registrars Association NRAAVC National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals NRAC National Rural Advisory Council NRB normal retirement benefit [under superannuation scheme] NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission [US]; National Rail Corporation; Naval Reserve cadet NRCCPH National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health NRCP National Respite for Carers Program NREC National Research and Evaluation Committee NRG National Research Group [of Australian Coal Consultative Council] NRHA National Rural Health Alliance NRHN National Rural Health Network NRIT National Research Infrastructure Taskforce NRM natural resource management NRMA National Roads and Motorists’ Association Ltd NRMMC Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council NRMS natural resources management strategy NRP National Religious Party [Israel]; national research priorities NRPB National Radiological Protection Board [UK] NRR net reproduction rate NRRG North Ryde Residents Group NRS National Reserve System [established under Natural Heritage Trust]; National Residue Survey [DAFF]; national reporting system NRSAP National Road Safety Action Plan [DoTaRS] NRT net registered tonne NRTC National Road Transport Commission NRW National Reconciliation Week NRWC National Rural Women’s Coalition NSA National Security Agency [US] NSA Newstart allowance NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSB Nuclear Safety Bureau; non-statutory body NSBF National Small Business Forum NSC National Security Committee [of cabinet] NSC National Security Council [US, also PNG]; North Sydney Council

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 90 NSCA National Safety Council of Australia NSCC National Stem Cell Centre NSCF National Staff Consultative Forum NSCHQ Naval Support Command Headquarters NSCP National Subterranean Clover Improvement Program NSCT National Security Campaign Taskforce NSE net subsidy equivalent NSELS National School English Literacy Survey NSES nuclear science for environment and sustainability NSF National Science Foundation NSFSB Northern Suburbs Family Services Board [SA] NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group NSO national sporting organisation; National Support Office NSP Nursing Services Package [software program developed by DVA]; North Solomons Province [PNG] NSPS National Suicide Prevention Strategy NSPs needle and syringe programs NSQAC National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee NSRRC National Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre NSS national skills shortage NSTAG National Science and Technology Analysis Group NSTC National Science and Technology Centre [Questacon] NSWAG New South Wales Auditor-General NSWCCPA New South Wales Combined Colliery Proprietors Association NSWCOSS New South Wales Council of Social Service [also NCOSS] NSWEPA New South Wales Environment Protection Agency [formerly State Pollution Control Commission] NSWHEB New South Wales Higher Education Board NSWIT [former] New South Wales Institute of Technology NSWLRC New South Wales Law Reform Commission NSWTF New South Wales Teachers Federation NTA National Transmission Agency; notified trust account; Native Title Act 1993; National Tourism Alliance NTAAAC National Tourism and Aviation Advisory Committee NTAC National Transport Advisory Council; Northern Territory Aboriginal Council NTAMS Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service NTAs notified trust accounts NTAC National Transport Advisory Council NTB non-tariff barriers [GATT]; National Training Board [former company, now ANTA’s National Training Framework Committee] NTC National Transport Commission; National Tripartite Council [in PNG] NTCA Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association Inc. NTCAP [mentioned at Aboriginal homeland centres inquiry] NTCC Native Title Coordination Committee NTCC see CCNT NTCE Northern Territory Certificate of Education NTCF Native Title Consultative Forum NTCS National Teaching Company Scheme NTD Native Title Division [of A-G’s department]; neutron transmutation doped NTDC Northern Territory Development Corporation NTDE Northern Territory Department of Education NTDSF Northern Territory Debt Sinking Fund NTEC Northern Territory Electricity Commission NTEO Northern Territory Electoral Office NTEU National Tertiary Education Union; National Tertiary Education and Research Industry Union NTF new tactical fighter; National Training Framework NTFC National Training Framework Committee NTFIC Northern Territory Fishing Industry Council NTG Northern Territory government

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 91 NTHC Newcastle Trades Hall Council NTHL Network Ten Holdings Ltd NTIS National Training Information Service (online database at http://www.ntis.gov.au/) NTISSA Northern Territory Independent Schools Staff Association NTLG National Tax Liaison Group NTM non-tariff measures NTMRC National Training Markets Research Centre (former collaborative research centre of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd and the National Institute of Labour Studies Inc.) NTN Networking the Nation; national transmission network; Niugini Television Network NTOC Northern Territory Open College NTP natural terminal port NTPBC non-trustee prescribed body corporate NTPS National Test Pilot School [US]; Northern Territory Public Service NTQC National Training Quality Council [previously National Training Framework Committee] NTR National Tally Room NTRBs native title representative bodies NTS national taxpayer system NTSB National Transportation Safety Board [US] NTSC National Technical Standards Committee [of Australian Society of Practising Accountants] NTSC National Training Statistics Committee (replaced NACVETS, the National Advisory Committee on Vocational Education and Training Statistics) NTT Nusa Tenggara Timur [Indonesia] NTTC Northern Territory Tourist Commission NTTF Northern Territory Teachers Federation NTTIADP Nusa Tenggara Timur integrated area development project NTU Northern Territory University [now Charles Darwin University]; network terminating unit NU Nahdatul Ulama [Indonesia: an Islamic social and educational organisation; a constituent part of the Partai Persatuan Pembangunan] NUC National Unification Committee [Philippines; an anti-Marcos bloc; NUC board decided on the unity candidate against Marcos] NUCSC National Uniform Crime Statistics Committee [established by Australian Police Ministers Council] NUEITAB National Utilities and Electrotechnology Industry Training Advisory Body Ltd NUFA National United Front of Arakan [Burma] NUMAS numerical multifactor assessment system NURDA National Urban and Regional Development Authority NURWA National Union of Rail Workers of Australia NUS National Union of Students Nuship [a ship that is yet to be commissioned into the fleet] NUSPRAW National Union of Storeworkers, Packers, Rubber and Allied Workers NUTs nuclear use and tactics NUW National Union of Workers NV nutritive value NVE non-violent erotica [category] NVETRE National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program NVH nominated visa holder NVQ National Vocational Qualification [UK] NWAC National Women’s Advisory Council NWAD-NP no work as directed—no pay NWB [a type of naval workboat] NWC national wage case NWCC National Women’s Consultative Council NWFZ nuclear weapons free zone NWQMS National Water Quality Management Strategy NWRCC National Workplace Relations Consultative Council NWWYF Nationwide Workers with Youth Forum

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 92 NYARS National Youth Affairs Research Scheme NYCA National Youth Council of Australia NYCH National Youth Coalition on Housing NYMP national youth movement program [PNG] NYR National Youth Roundtable NYSPS National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy NZAC New Zealand Airways Corporation NZAO New Zealand Audit Office NZCMA New Zealand Carpet Manufacturers Association NZDB New Zealand Dairy Board NZDFC New Zealand Development and Finance Corporation NZEF New Zealand Expeditionary Force NZIB New Zealand invalids benefit NZIIA New Zealand Institute of International Affairs NZIO New Zealand Institute of Oceanography NZITF New Zealand International Trade Fair NZMF New Zealand Manufacturers Federation [also called Manfed] NZMPB New Zealand Meat Producers Board NZNA New Zealand Nurserymen’s Association NZNFZ New Zealand nuclear-free zone NZPSA New Zealand Public Service Association Inc. NZQA New Zealand Qualifications Authority NZS New Zealand Superannuation NZTIF New Zealand Timber Industry Federation NZWAR New Zealand working age residence Back to top O OA [mildly intellectually handicapped]; office automation; Order of Australia OAA on-arrival accommodation OAD overseas arrivals and departures OAG Office of the Auditor General [of Canada] O OAM Medal of the Order of Australia OAP on-arrival program; online action plan OARS Offenders Aid and Rehabilitation Services of South Australia Inc. OAS office automation system; operator assisted services [telephone]; Organisation of American States; other approved studies OASACS Office of Asset Sales and Commercial Support [formerly OASITO] OASIS occurrence analysis and safety information system OASITO [former] Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing [now OASACS] OATSIA Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs OATSIH Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health OAU [former] Organisation of African Unity [now the African Union] OAWG Office of Australian War Graves OB outside broadcast OBE Order of the British Empire OBF outcomes based funding OBLF Overseas Burma Liberation Front OBO ore-bulk-oil [vessels] OBP on-line benefits processing OBRM objectives based resource management OBU offshore banking unit OC officer commanding; organochlorine OCA Olympic Coordination Authority OCAB Overseas Correspondents Association of Bangladesh OCB occupational cervical brachial [disorder] OCBC Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd OCC occasional care; Office of Child Care; operations coordination centre

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 93 OCE Office of the Chief Executive [in Family Court of Australia; was previously called Principal Registry] OCEC Office of the Commissioner for Employees Compensation OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCIMF Oil Companies International Marine Forum OCL Overseas Containers Ltd OCLC Online Computer Library Centre OCOS overseas conditions of service OCR optical character recognition; operating crew report; ordinary capital resources OCRE other cost reimbursed expenditure OCS offshore constitutional settlement OCTs overseas countries and territories OCTU officer cadet training unit OCU operational conversion unit OD Office of Disability ODA official development assistance; office document architecture; overseas development assistance ODECC Olympic Dam Environmental Consultative Committee ODEOPE [sounds like ody-opy] Office of the Director for Equal Opportunity in Public Employment [NSW] ODF operational deployment force ODHAG Oficina de Derechos Humanos Arzobispado de Guatemala [Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala] ODIF office document interchange format ODLAA Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia ODP [former] Office of Defence Production [now Australian Defence Industries]; online data processing; ocean drilling program; orderly departure program ODP ozone depleting potential ODPP Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ODW oven-dried weight OEA Office of the Employment Advocate; Office of Evaluation and Audit OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECS Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OEIA Office Equipment Industry Association OEM original equipment manufacturer [of computers, but being equated with system builder, and with system supplier] OER officer evaluation report OET Occupational English Test; [former] Office of Employment and Training [SA] Ofcom Office of Communications [UK; formerly Oftel] OFF oil for food program [UN program] OFLC Office of Film and Literature Classification OFPC Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner OFT operational flight trainer OFW Office for Women [formerly Office of the Status of Women] OGIA Office of Government Information and Advertising OGIT Office of Government Information Technology OGO Office for Government Online OGPU [Russian Security organisation from 1923-34, forerunner to KGB] OGTR Office of the Gene Technology Regulator OH&S Act Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 OH&S occupational health and safety OHR over-the-horizon radar OHS Act Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 OHS Office of Hearing Services; occupational health and safety OHS(CE) Act Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 OHSC Occupational Health and Safety Commission OHSE Occupational Health, Safety and Environment OIC Ord Irrigation Cooperative; officer in charge OIE Office International des Epizooties [Office of International Epizootiology] OIGIS Office of Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 94 OII Open Information Interchange [organisation managed by the European Commission] OIL Office of International Law OIP Office of Indigenous Policy OIR Office of the Industrial Registrar OIV Organisation of Vine and Wine OJD ovine Johne’s disease OJT on-the-job training OKG [a Swedish electricity utility which signed supply contracts with Energy Resources of Australia] OKO Overseas Karen Organisation OL occupation licence; opportunity language OLA [former] Open Learning Australia [now Open Universities Australia]; ordnance loading apron OLAFS Office of Legal Aid and Family Services OLD Office of Legislative Drafting OLDPS Open Learning Deferred Payment Scheme OLE on-line enquiry OLG Office of Local Government OLGAA Online Gambling Association of Australia OLIMCH Open Learning Information and Materials Clearing House OLM occupational labour market OLMA Office of Labour Market Adjustment OLOC operational level of capability OLSC Office of Legal Services Coordination OLSH Our Lady of the Sacred Heart [schools] OLSU open learning support unit OLTC Open Learning Technology Corporation OMA Office of Multicultural Affairs [ACT]; orderly marketing arrangement OMB Office of Management and Budget [US] OMC ongoing management charge; [former] Office of Motor Carriers [US; now Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration] OMD organic matter digestibility [of pasture grasses] OMP ongoing monitoring program; other medical practitioner OMPA [a pesticide] OMS output per man shift ONA Office of National Assessments OO observing office [for weather, e.g. in Hobart, Launceston] OOS occupational overuse syndrome OOSH out of school hours OOTW operations other than war OP ordinary pathology OPA Official Public Account [the main bank account of the Commonwealth]; organisational performance agreement; Office of the Public Advocate OPAL One People of Australia League OPANAL [Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe; the body responsible for the treaty of Tlatelolco] OPC Office of Parliamentary Counsel; offshore processing centre; outpatients clinic OPCAB off pump coronary artery bypass OPCETE Office of Post Compulsory Education Training and Employment [VIC] OPCV Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPD operational preparedness directive OPDU Operative Painters and Decorators Union OPDUA Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries opex operational expenditure OPG [former] Overseas Property Group [of the former Department of Administrative Services] OPH Old Parliament House

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 95 OPM Office of Personnel Management [US]; Organisasi Papua Merdeka [Free Papua Movement] OPMT Organizacao Popular da Mulher Timorense [Popular Organisation of Timorese Women] OPO Overseas Property Office [of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade] OPPWFA Operative Plasterers and Plaster Workers Federation of Australia OPR output pricing review OPV optional preferential voting OR operational requirement; open registry ORAC Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations ORBAT order of battle ORDS Organisational Development and Support [ANSTO core business area] ORER Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator ORES ores, radioactivity and environmental solutions ORG Office of the Regulator-General [VIC] ORHA Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance [US] ORMOSOLS organically modified silicates ORR Office of Regulation Review [part of Productivity Commission]; operational readiness review ORS [former] Office of Road Safety [federal; now Australian Transport Safety Bureau] ORs other ranks OS open systems [computers] OSA [former] Office of State Administration [NSW]; overseas students association OSB Office of Small Business; Overseas Service Bureau [based in Melbourne] OSC overseas student charge; Occupational Superannuation Commissioner OSCA Office of Strategic Crime Assessments OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCORD [Customs—overseas coordination unit] OSDM Office of Spatial Data Management OSHC outside school hours care OSHCQA outside school hours care quality assurance OSI office structures implementation; open systems interconnection [sometimes ‘interconnect’] OSI-SIG Open Source Information Special Interest Group OSO overseas student office; [former] Offshore Supplies Office [UK] OSP overseas student program OSPAT Occupational Safety Performance Assessment Technology OSR Office of State Revenue [states] OSRA Overseas Shipping Representatives Association OSRC outstation resource centre OSRP objective setting and review process OSS Office of the Supervising Scientist OSSA Operative Stonemasons Society of Australia OSSM on-scene spill model OSW [former] Office of the Status of Women [now Office for Women, part of the Department of Family and Community Services] OT occupational therapist; occupational therapy; overtime OTA [former] Office of Technology Assessment [US] OTAE Office of Training and Adult Education [ACT] OTC [former] Overseas Telecommunications Commission; over the counter; overseas trading corporation [proposed by government but rejected by Ferris report 1985 of National Export Marketing Strategy Panel] OTC(A) [former] Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia) [same as OTC] OTCI OTC International OTD overseas trained doctor OTE ordinary time earnings OTEC ocean thermal energy conversion OTEN-DE Open Training and Education Network-Distance Education [TAFE NSW] OTFE [former] Office of Training and Further Education [VIC] OTGR Office of the Gene Technology Regulator

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 96 OTHR over-the-horizon radar OTJ on-the-job [training]; off-the-job [rebate] OTLU [former] Office of Traditional Land Use [WA and NT] OTML Ok Tedi Mining Ltd OTN Office of Trade Negotiations [DFAT] OTS Office of Transport Security OTTE Office of Training and Tertiary Education [VIC] OUA Open Universities Australia [formerly OLA] OUP Oxford University Press OVA overhead value analysis OVD optical variable device OVET Office of Vocational Education and Training [SA] OVTA Overseas Vocational Training Association [Japan] OWLS Oxford Word and Language Service OWP Operational Working Party [DVA]; ordinary waiting period; Other Women’s Programmes [PMC] OWS Office of Workplace Services OYA Office of Youth Affairs [states] OZJAC [subtitled the Australian Courses and Careers Database; formerly known as JAC or Job and Course Explorer] Back to top P P&I club protection and indemnity club P&I protection and indemnity; principal and interest P&L profit and loss P&O Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. P P&WC Pratt and Whitney Canada Corp. P2P network peer-to-peer network P3 Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program P5 the permanent five members of the Security Council [China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and US] PA Parkville Association Inc. [in Melbourne]; principal applicant; partner allowance; personal advisor PABV pre-existing audited book value PABX private automatic branch exchange PAC JTFEX Pacific Joint Task Force Exercise PAC Pan Africanist Congress of Azania [Swaziland]; public accounts committee; policy advisory council; Purnululu Aboriginal Corporation; preservation and conservation; promotion appeals committee PAC planning advisory committee PACD Plan of Action to Combat Desertification PACER Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations PACSC Pesticides and Agricultural Chemicals Standing Committee [of NHMRC] PACT Public Access Cordless Telephone PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler PADP Program of Aids for Disabled People [Commonwealth scheme] PADV Partnerships Against Domestic Violence PAES portfolio additional estimates statements PAF Permanent Air Force; Philippines Air Force [eg PAF Nomad aircraft] PAFTA Pacific free trade area PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development [forum/conference] PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon PAHO Pan American Health Organisation PAHRIS Personnel and Human Resources Information System PAIGC Partido Africano da Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde [African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde] PAIR performance accountability improvement reporting PAIRS Probability and Impact Rating System

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 97 PAL personal access line [telephone]; performance and learning [scheme/agreement]; phase alternate line [television transmission system]; pilot activated lighting; PT PAL [ship construction company, Indonesia]; public and Aboriginal lands [digital spatial databases] PALIKA Parti de Liberation Kanake [one of the component groups in the FLNKS, New Caledonia] PALM Planning and Land Management PAM Probe Public Affairs Media Probe PAM Procedures Advice Manual PAN Parks Australia North; Partido Accion Nacional [National Action Party, in Mexico]; peroxyacetyl nitrate; Pesticide Action Network Pancon Pancontinental Mining Ltd PANDA Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Action PANOC Physical Abuse and Neglect of Children [South East Health therapy team] PANR People Against a Nuclear Reactor PAO public affairs officer PAP People’s Action Party [Papua New Guinea]; Pen Apparel Sdn Bhd [Malaysia] PAPAS personnel and pay administration system PAPS Act Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 PAR prime assets requirement PARS Prior Approval and Review System PAS Parti Islam Se-Malaysia [Malaysia; its English acronym is PMIP, Pan Malaysian Islamic Party] PAS Pilotage Application System [computer program] PASS Passenger Automated Selection System PATA Pacific Area Travel Association PATCRA Papua New Guinea-Australia Trade and Commercial Relations Agreement PATEFA Printing and Allied Trades Employers Federation of Australia PATTS Papua New Guinea Australia Treasury Twinning Scheme PAV Protection Against Violence [Standing Advisory Committee for Commonwealth- State Cooperation on Protection Against Violence (SAC-PAV); Special Interdepartmental Committee on Protection Against Violence (SIDC-PAV)] PAVE Centre for Professional and Vocational Education (based at the University of Canberra) PAVN People’s Army of Vietnam PAWA Power and Water Authority [NT] PAX passenger PAY [Department of Finance pay system] PAYE pay as you earn [taxation] PAYG pay as you go [taxation] PB pyridostigmine bromide [used in antidote to nerve agents like organophosphorus]; Papua Besena; program budget/budgeting PBA purpose based audit; public benefit assessment PBAA Public Broadcasting Association of Australia PBAC Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee PBBs polybrominated biphenyls PBC prescribed body corporate PBCC Pacific Basin cooperation concept PBEC Pacific Basin Economic Council PBF Public Broadcasting Foundation PBI Public Broadcasters International PBL Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd PBP performance based pay PBPA Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority PBR private binding ruling; plant breeder’s rights PBRT Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal PBS Parti Bersatu Sabah [opposition party in Malaysia]; Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; portfolio budget statements; Pension Bonus Scheme PBT public benefit test PC Productivity Commission; personal computer

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 98 PCA Pork Council of Australia Ltd; prescribed concentration of alcohol PCARRD Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development [institution in the Philippines] PCB Pacific Commercial Bank Ltd [Western Samoa]; printed circuit board PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls PCC Pathology Consultative Committee; Pacific Conference of Churches; public compliance commitment; pensioner concession card PCCh Partido Comunista de Chile [Communist Party of Chile] PCD Primary Care Division PCG Producer Consultative Group [Australian Meat and Livestock Corp.] PCGG Presidential Commission on Good Government [Philippines] PCM plug compatible manufactures; pulse code modular [encoder—a digital transmission system, used for video recording] PCMS Parliamentary Correspondence Management System PCN postal communications network PCP pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; printing, communications and pooling; privately constructed plant [policy] PCR polymerase chain reaction PCRC Pacific Concerns Resource Centre PCS palliative care service; Parliamentary Catering Service; patient care system [Department of Veterans’ Affairs]; personal care subsidy PCSP Permanent Commission of the South Pacific PCSS Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme PCSs position classification standards PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty PD productive diversity PDA partnership for development agreement; Private Doctors Association PDAA Professional Divers Association of Australasia PDAC Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada PDD presidential decision directive PDF Pioneer Development Fund; pooled development fund; portable document format PDGF platelet-derived growth factor [a protein produced by blood cells to repair injury, can be stimulated into excessive production by an oncogene, or cancer causing gene] PDH pyruvate dehydrogenase [muscle stimulant] PDI Partai Demokrasi Indonesia [Indonesian Democracy Party; nationalist plus Christian]; port development information; public debt interest PDM People’s Democratic Movement [Papua New Guinea] PDP personal development plan; Pharmacy Development Program PDR primary dispute resolution PDRY People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen PDS product disclosure statement; performance development scheme; pensioner dental scheme; people development strategy PDU policy development unit PE polyethylene; price earning [ratio] PEC Priority Existing Chemicals PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee PED personal emergency device PEG polyethylene glycol [wax used in preservation] PEL public education lobby PELS Postgraduate Education Loan Scheme PEMD Program for Export Market Development [Canada] PEP petroleum exploration permit; participation and equity program; postexposure prophylaxis PEPAE permanent entry permit after entry PER public environment report; price earning ratio; program evaluation and review; Pensioner Entitlement Review PERT program evaluation and review technique PERUMKA Perum Keteta Api [Indonesian railway company] PES Pensioner Education Supplement; Parliamentary Executive Service; publicly examined subjects; Post Enumeration Survey

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 99 PET positron emission tomography; PET scanners; PET scans; personal emergency transmitter; polyethylene terephthalate [recyclable plastic] PETE Office of Post Compulsory Education Training and Employment [Victoria] PF patrol frigate PFAT Professional Fishermen’s Association of Tasmania PFC public financial corporation PFD Partnerships for Development [program] PFI private financing initiative PFL Pacific Forum Line [Nauru shipping line] PFMCs provincial forest management committees PFR post-flight report PFRAs publicly funded research agencies PFWA preparing-for-work agreement PgA parenting allowance PGA Pharmacy Guild of Australia; Professional Golfers Association; postgraduate award(s) PGHAV Private Geriatric Hospitals Association of Victoria PGMs precision-guided missiles PhA pharmaceutical allowance PHA Plant Health Australia PhARIA Pharmacy Access/Remoteness Index of Australia PHARM Pharmaceutical Health and Rational Use of Medicines PHAT Private Hospital Access Taskforce PHB pensioner health benefit PHC primary health care PHCAP Primary Health Care Access Program PHCRED Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development PHCRED Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (strategy) PHCRIS Primary Health Care Research and Information Service PhD Doctor of Philosophy PHERP Public Health and Education Research Program PHI private health insurance PHIAC Private Health Insurance Administration Council PHIIS Private Health Insurance Incentives Scheme PHIO Private Health Insurance Ombudsman PHIQS Private Health Industry Quality and Safety Committee PHLN Public Health Laboratory Network PHMB polyhexamethylene biguanide PHOFA Public Health Outcome Funding Agreement PHRDC Public Health Research and Development Committee [NHMRC] PI professional indemnity; performance indicator PIA Plastics Institute of Australia Inc. PIAA Pharmaceuticals Industry Action Agenda; Printing Industries Association of Australia PIAC Public Interest Advocacy Centre PIADRAC Palm Island Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Aboriginal Corporation PIANGO Pacific Islands Association of Non-Government Organisations PIAPH Product Integrity/Animal and Plant Health (part of AFFA) PIARC Permanent International Association of Road Congresses PIB project initiation brief PIBA Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; Primary Industry Bank of Australia Ltd PIC public information campaign; Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention PIC/S Pharmaceutical Inspection Cooperation Scheme PICAC Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care project PICs Pacific island countries; personal investment centres [Westpac] PICS Printing Industry Competitiveness Scheme PICTA Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement PIDP Pacific Islands Development Program [established 1979 by East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii] PIERD Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development PIF Pacific Islands Forum

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 100 PIFAC Public Information Functional Area Coordinator PIGS Pest Industry Government Sector PIIP Pharmaceuticals Industry Investment Program PIJAC Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council of Australia Ltd PIK payment in kind [to US farmers to reduce production] PILCH Public Interest Law Clearing House PILOM Pacific Island Law Officers Meeting PIM Pacific Islands Monthly; pre-implementation meeting PIMC Primary Industries Ministerial Council PIN personal identification number; Provisional Improvement Notice PINA Pacific Islands News Association PINZ Plastic Institute of New Zealand PIP Practice Incentives Program; previous import performance PIPA Pacific Islands Producers Association PIPS Pension Information Processing System PIR pensioner initiated review; post implementation review PIRA Provisional Irish Republican Army PISA Program for International Student Assessment PISO Parliamentary Information Systems Office PIT parental income test PITS personal income tax sharing PITT Pacific Islands Trust Territory PJC parliamentary joint committee PJT Prices Justification Tribunal PJV Porgera Joint Venture [Placer (PNG) Pty Ltd-Placer Highlands Gold Pty Ltd, Mount Isa Mines Ltd, Renison Goldfields Consolidated Ltd] PKI public key infrastructure; Partai Komunis Indonesia [Communist Party of Indonesia] PKIU Printing and Kindred Industries Union PKK Kurdish Workers Party PKNS Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor [Selangor State Development Corporation, Malaysia] PKO peacekeeping operation PKT person kilometres of travel PLAO Port Lincoln Aboriginal Organisation PLATO computer software PLC Australian Plague Locust Commission PLN Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara [Indonesian national electricity utility] PLO Palestine Liberation Organisation PLOC present level of capability [a level of defence capability] PLR public lending right; Public Lending Right Scheme PLRA Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA) PLS personnel licensing system; pension loans scheme PLT provision lead time PLUC Public Land Use Commission PM performance measure PM&C Prime Minister and Cabinet PMA Petroleum and Minerals Authority; Philippine Military Academy PMAA Proprietary Medicines Association of Australia PMAP program management and acquisition plan PMB program management and budgeting PMC passenger movement charge; Patent Management Committee; Australian Police Ministers Council PMCBP Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership PMD Petroleum and Marine Division, Geoscience Australia; processing, marketing and distribution [including transportation of commodities] PMF Permanent Military Forces; Performance Management Framework PMG Peace Monitoring Group (Bougainville) PMH porcine malignant hypothermia PMI Palang Merah Indonesia [Indonesian Red Cross] PMIP Pan Malaysian Islamic Party [Malaysia; its Arabic acronym is PAS]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 101 PMKeyS personnel management key solution [Defence payroll system] PML paid maternity leave PMMA polymethylmethacrylate PMO principal medical officer; Prime Minister’s office PMP probable maximum precipitation PMRS performance management and recognition system [US] PMRT Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce PMS pensioner medical service; personnel management system [in Australian Public Service]; project management system [competitive PMS; nominative PMS] PMSEIC Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council PMU power management unit PMV paramyxovirus; PMV-1 PMY professional man years PND People for Nuclear Disarmament PNET Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty PNF Permanent Naval Forces [RAN] PNFC public non-financial corporations PNG Papua New Guinea PNGDF Papua New Guinea Defence Force PNGLIS Papua New Guinea land information system PNGRIS Papua New Guinea resource information system PNI Partai Nasional Indonesia [Indonesian National Party] PNO Pa-O National Organisation [Burma] PO professional officer PO(SPSI)A Professional Officers (State Public Services and Instrumentalities) Association POA priority of access; power of attorney POAAL Post Office Agents Association Ltd POAV Professional Officers Association (Victoria) POCA Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 POE post occupancy evaluation; property operating expenses POEM Partnership Outreach Education Model POI proof of identity POITAG Presiding Officers Information Technology Advisory Group POL petrol, oil, lubricant [operations] POLWIL Kepolisian Wilayah [police headquarters, Dili, East Timor] POM polycyclic organic matter [e.g. benzo(a)pyrene, e.g. in wood smoke and tobacco] POP Personnel Operations Program POPC Perth Offshore Parents Centre POPs persistent organic pollutants; POPs treaty POS point of sale [system] POSIX portable operating system interface [a computer operating system interface standard] POUNC Post Office Users National Council [UK] POW prisoner of war PP parenting payment PPB Pacific patrol boat; program performance budgeting PPBS program and performance budgeting system PPC polypropylene copolymer [plastic resin] PPCA Phonographic Performance Company of Australia; Productivity Promotion Council of Australia PPD purified protein derivative [tuberculin] PPE part privately erected [telephone line] PPE personal protective equipment PPFSS Petroleum Products Freight Subsidy Scheme PPH polypropylene homopolymer [plastics resin] PPI prices paid index ppm parts per million PPM post program monitoring PPO personal protection order PPP Pakistan Peoples Party; Partai Persatuan Pembangunan [Unity Development Party, in Indonesia; a Muslim party]; People’s Patriotic Party [Burma]; People’s Progress

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 102 Party [PNG]; purchasing power parity; public private partnership; public participation phase PPP parenting payment partnered PPPA Petroleum Products Pricing Authority PPQ possible parliamentary question PPR performance, planning and review; Principal Parliamentary Reporter; program performance review PPS prescribed payments system [= withholding tax]; program performance statement(s) [formerly explanatory notes, for estimates committees]; parenting payment single PPT Papeete PPTE permanent part-time employment PPTL project procurement team leader [for defence projects] PPTW permanent part-time work PPV permanent protection visa PPWFA Pulp and Paper Workers Federation of Australia PQC product quality centre (Westpac) PQI pre-qualified institution PR proportional representation; public relations; Procedural Rules PRA Petroleum Refineries (Australia) Pty Ltd; probabilistic risk assessment; primary recognition authority PRAC Poultry Research Advisory Committee PRACSYS Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation System [computer based system used by Comcare] PRC People’s Republic of China; project review committee [for defence projects]; promotion review committee PRD Partido de la Revolucion Democratica [Democratic Revolutionary Party, in Mexico] PREIA Professional Radio and Electronics Institute of Australasia Prepcom Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea [United Nations] PRI Partido de la Revolucionario Institucional [Institutional Revolutionary Party in Mexico] PRIA Public Relations Institute of Australia PRISM performance related information system for managers PRISMS provider registration and international students management system PRM precision runway monitor PRNP prion protein gene PRO Public Records Office; public relations officer PROMIS police real-time online management information system PrP prion protein PRRT Petroleum Resource Rent Tax PR-STV proportional representation by single transferable vote PRTC present rate to continue PRU problem resolution unit(s) PS (GP) polystyrene (general purpose) PS Act Public Service Act 1999 PSA Prices Surveillance Authority; probabilistic safety assessment; Public Service Act 1922; Prices Surveillance Act; Pharmaceutical Society of Australia PSAL Petroleum Securities Australia Ltd PSAR preliminary safety analysis report PSASB Public Sector Accounting Standards Board [part of Australian Accounting Research Foundation] PSB Professional Standards Board; public service board PSBR public sector borrowing requirement PSC Public Service Commission [C’wealth]; Public Service Commissioner [NT] PSCC Protective Security Coordination Centre; Postal Services Consultative Council PSD power spectral density; Portfolio Strategies Division; professional staff development PSDN packet-switched data network PSE pale, soft, exudative [meat] PSETA Public Service Education and Training Australia PSF pre-seed fund

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 103 PSI rules personal services income rules PSI personal services income [rules]; Public Services International; Policy Studies Institute [UK] PSL Act Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 PSLP Private Sector Linkages Program; Palaung State Liberation Party [Burma] PSM Commonwealth Protective Security Manual 2000; protective security manual; public sector management [course]; Public Service Medal PSMC Public Sector Management Commission [QLD]; public sector management course PSMPC Public Service and Merit Protection Commission PSN Plant Standard Network PSO product stewardship arrangements for waste oil PSO protective service officer PSOA Postal Supervisory Officers Association PSOs public service obligations [also called community service obligations, CSOs] PSP Personal Support Program; PSP tender PSPC Protective Security Policy Committee PSR Professional Services Review PSRS Professional Services Review Scheme PSS Parliamentary Systems Suite; packet switching system; porcine stress syndrome; public sector superannuation PSSS Public Sector Superannuation Scheme PST public switched telephone PSTA Property Services Training Australia PSTC Pathology Services Table Committee PSTN public switched telephone network PTAs preferential trade agreements PTAVE Parents and Teachers Against Violence in Education PTC Pacific Telecommunications Council PTC Public Transport Commission [NSW, later Urban Transit Authority, and State Rail Authority]; Professional Teachers Council PTEs public trading enterprises PTF Presidential Task Force PTI part-time instructor; Press Trust of India PTO provincial telegraph office PTR pupil-teacher ratio PTS [Army] Parachute Training School; public telegram service PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder PTTB PT Trans Bakrie [in Indonesia; 60 per cent owned by Transfield] PTTI Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International PTU public transport unions PTUF Pacific Trade Union Forum PUK Patriotic Union of Kurdestan PUMA Public Management Committee [OECD] PURL Persistent Uniform Resource Locators PUS permissible unserviceability schedule (aircraft) PV photovoltaic; polyvinyl; protection visa PVA pre-visa application; pre-visa assessment PVC GP polyvinyl chloride general purpose [type of plastic resin] PVC polyvinyl chloride PVC Pro Vice Chancellor PVDC polyvinylidene chloride PVF 2 polyvinylidene fluoride [Pyroelectric PVF 2 infrared detector, mentioned at Perth hearing on airports/air traffic] PVP plant variety protection PVR plant variety rights PVRP Photovoltaic Rebate Program PVs protection visas PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers PWDs people with disabilities PWI Indonesian Journalists Association

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 104 PWR pressurised water reactor [light water nuclear reactor] PY per year PYC Pacific Youth Council PYO promising young officer [scheme, in banks] PZ protected zone PZJA Protected Zone Joint Authority [for Torres Strait protected zone] Back to top Q QA quality assurance QA&CE Quality Assurance and Continuing Education Program [RACGP] QAA quality assurance authority QACC Queensland Automobile Chamber of Commerce QAFIC Queensland branch of the Australian Fishing Industry Council QAIAS Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Alcohol and Drug Dependence Services [formerly Queensland and Aboriginal and Islander Alcoholic Society] QAITAD Queensland Aboriginal and Islander teacher aide development project QAL Queensland Aluminium Ltd Qantas [originally Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services] QAR quality assurance representative QATB Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade QBP Queensland Bioscience Precinct QC quality control QCA Qualifications and Curriculum Authority [UK] QCA Queensland Competition Authority QCATSPS Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service QCB Queensland Coal Board QCC Queensland Conservation Council QCCI Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry QCCL Queensland Council for Civil Liberties QCFO Queensland Commercial Fishermen’s Organisation QCGC Queensland Cane Growers Council QCI Queensland Confederation of Industry QCOA Queensland Coal Owners Association QCOSS Queensland Council of Social Service QCOTA Queensland Council on the Ageing QCP quality control plan QCPCA Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens Associations QCS Queensland Clerical Solutions QDAS Queensland Dairy Accounting Scheme QDFSAIA Queensland Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs QDPI Queensland Department of Primary Industries QE quality endorsement QEA to QEI [administrative areas for Aboriginal affairs in Queensland, not acronyms] QEAC Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council QEC quality endorsed company; Queensland Electricity Commission [on 1.1.85 succeeded Queensland Electricity Generating Board and State Electricity Commission] QEGB Queensland Electricity Generating Board [after 1.1.85 merged with State Electricity Commission to form Queensland Electricity Commission] QETO quality endorsed training organisation QF Qantas flight [e.g. QF9] QFB Queensland Fish Board QFCO Queensland Commercial Fishermen’s Organisation QFD Queensland Forestry Department QFDO Queensland Film Development Office QFF Queensland Farmers Federation QFMRAAC Queen’s Fellowship and Marine Research Allocations Advisory Committee QFS Queensland Fisheries Service

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 105 QFVG Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers QGAP Queensland Government Agents Program QGV Queensland government vessel QIAS quality improvement and accreditation system QIC Quality Improvement Council QIDC Queensland Industry Development Corporation [previously Agricultural Bank] QIF quality improvement funding QIMR Queensland Institute of Medical Research QML Queensland Mines Ltd QMR Queensland Main Roads Department QMS quality management systems QNET [Queensland Government private telecommunications network] QNPWS Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service QOL quality online QoS quality of service QPF Queensland Producers Federation QPR quality price ranking QPS Queensland Police Service QPT quarterly provisional tax QR Queensland Rail QRB Qualifications Review Board [US; more than one] QRC quinquennial review conference [of Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux] QRE qualifying residence exemption QRSC Queensland Road Safety Council QSBC Queensland Small Business Corporation QSIA Queensland Seafood Industry Association QSL Queensland Sugar Ltd QSRA quiet shorthaul research aircraft [US] QSTV Queensland Satellite Television QTAC Queensland Tertiary Admission Centre QTBs question time briefs QTU Queensland Teachers Union QTV Queensland Television quango quasi non-governmental organisation or quasi-autonomous national government organisation [Mq] QUASARS quality assurance sampling assessment and recording system QUEST Queensland United Employers Superannuation Trust; Queensland electronic stock trading QUF Queensland United Foods; QUF Industries Ltd QUM quality use of medicines QUR Queensland University Regiment QUT Queensland University of Technology [formerly Queensland Institute of Technology, QIT] QWL quality of working life; QWL Corporation Pty Ltd [a Comcare subsidiary] QYA Queensland Yachting Association Back to top R R&C (NSW) Restaurant and Catering NSW and ACT [association] R&D Start R&D Start program R&D research and development R&I research and innovation R&M repairs and maintenance R&R redeployment and retirement R2R Roads to Recovery program RA registration authority; resolution advisory; Radio Australia; Royal Academy [UK]; Royal Academician [UK]; rent assistance RA&A risk assessment and audit

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 106 RAA remote area allowance; Royal Automobile Association of South Australia; NSW Rural Assistance Authority [formerly Rural Assistance Board] RAAA Regional Aviation Association of Australia [formerly Regional Airlines Association of Australia] RAAF Royal Australian Air Force RAAFAR RAAF Active Reserve RAAFGR RAAF General Reserve RAAFR RAAF Reserve RAAFSR RAAF Specialist Reserve RAAFStR RAAF Standby Reserve RABS remote area broadcasting service RAC Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations; Resource Assessment Commission; room airconditioner; Rail Access Corporation RACF remote access control facility RACGP Royal Australian College of General Practitioners RACGPTP RACGP Training Program RACP Royal Australasian College of Physicians RACR Royal Australasian College of Radiologists [probably former name of RANZCR] RACs reintegration assessment committees RACS Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; Refugee Advice and Casework Service (Aust.) Inc. [Sydney]; residential aged care service RACT Royal Australian Corps of Transport; Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania RACV Royal Automobile Club of Victoria RADA Royal Academy of Dramatic Art [United Kingdom] RADCOM [radio communications management system] radcom radio communications RADM Rear Admiral RAER Regular Army Emergency Reserve [pre 2001] RAF regulatory accounting framework; Royal Air Force RAFS Retirement Assistance for Farmers Scheme RAGE redundancy in Australian government employment [e.g. RAGE guidelines] RAH repatriation auxiliary hospital RAIA Royal Australian Institute of Architects RAIPA Royal Australian Institute of Public Administration [later Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia, then Institute of Public Administration Australia] RAIPR Royal Australian Institute of Parks and Recreation [now Parks and Leisure Australia] RAM Project Refugees, Asylum-seekers and the Media Project RAMA [sounds like] see RRMA = Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps [UK] RAMMP Records and Mail Management Project RAMSI Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands RAMUS Scheme Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme; also RAMUSS RAN radio access network; Royal Australian Navy RANR Royal Australian Naval Reserve RANZCO Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists [formerly Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists] RANZCR Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists RAO registration and accountability of organisations [RAO legislation in 2003 established the RAO Schedule within the Workplace Relations Act 1996] RAP Regional Assistance Program [integrated into Regional Partnerships program as at 1 July 2003]; Rehabilitation Appliances Program; Representative Areas Program; risk analysis panel RAPAC Regional Airspace Users Advisory Committee RAPP Rock Art Protection Program [AIATSIS] RAPS remote area power supply/supplies; also RAPS Program = Remote Area Power Supply Program [WA] RAPTOR Rehabilitation Appliances Program terms of reference RAR Royal Australian Regiment

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 107 RAS radar advisory service; Regional Australia Strategy; replenishment at sea; Royal Astronomical Society [UK]; Rural Adjustment Scheme [replaced by the FarmBis program by 2000] RASF retirement assistance for sugarcane farmers scheme RASS Scheme Remote Air Services Subsidy Scheme RATE Register of Australian Tertiary Education [replaced by AQF, Australian Qualifications Framework and phased out by 1999] RATEP Rural Area Teaching Education Program [QLD] RAW Scheme Registered Automotive Workshop Scheme RAWG Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research Agenda Working Group; Research Agenda Working Group RAWS Registered Automotive Workshop Scheme RBA Reserve Bank of Australia RBDA regional business development analysis [note: Regional Business Development Analysis Panel] RBF Retirement Benefits Fund [Tasmania] RBLs reasonable benefit limits RBS Royal Blind Society RBT random breath testing; rose bengal test [for brucellosis] RC rehabilitation consultant; rehabilitation counselling; research committee; running costs RCA [International] Regional Cooperative Agreement [Note: RCA—Australia and IAEA RCA]; RCA agreement = Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific; Royal College of Art [UK] RCBCI Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry [Cole royal commission] RCC recognition of current competencies; Registry Consultative Committee [Australian Industrial Registry] RCCS Repatriation Comprehensive Care Scheme RCDI Rural Chronic Disease Initiative RCDS Residential Care Development Scheme RCF recurrent cost financing RCG Regional Consultative Group RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners [UK] RCH Royal Canberra Hospital [amalgamated with former Woden Valley Hospital and renamed the Canberra Hospital in 1996]; Royal Children’s Hospital [Melbourne] RCIADIC Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody RCOA Refugee Council of Australia RCP Rural Communities Program RCPA Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia [formerly Royal College of Pathologists of Australia] RCRS remote commercial radio service RCS resident classification scale RCTS remote commercial television service RCU Regional Cadet Unit RCV residual capital value RCVET Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training [formerly at the University of Technology, Sydney; appears to have been replaced by OVAL Research—the Australian Centre for Organisational, Vocational and Adult Learning] RD&D research, development and demonstration RDA records disposal authority; Racial Discrimination Act 1975 RDAA Rural Doctors Association of Australia RDC research and development corporation RDCU Rural Divisions Coordinating Unit [e.g. NSW RDCU] RDF ready deployment force RDFWA Regular Defence Force Welfare Association RDM rapid delivery methodology RDNS Royal District Nursing Service of SA Inc. RDO rostered day off

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 108 RDP regional development program; Reunification Democratic Party [South Korea] RDTL Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese; Democratic Republic of East Timor/Timor Leste] RDX [explosive ingredient in C4 plastic explosive] RE responsible entity REBA regional established business in Australia [migration category] REC renewable energy certificate RECP Renewable Energy Commercialisation Program REDI Resilience Education and Drug Information [DEST program] REEF Renewable Energy Equity Fund REF review of environmental factors REIA Real Estate Institute of Australia REIT real estate investment trust RELC SEAMEO Regional Language Centre [also SEAMEO RELC; established in Singapore by SEAMEO, South-East Asia Ministers of Education Organisation] REM rapid eye movement [sleep] REOC see HREOC REP regional equalisation plan; regional environmental plan REPBM reducing employment prospects by moving repromat reproduction material [mapping] REST Retail Employees Superannuation Trust RETRA Radio, Electrical and Television Retailers Association [UK] RETWA Rural Export and Trading WA REVY Royal Edward Victualling Yard RF radio frequency RFA regional forest agreement; Royal Fleet Auxiliary [UK; e.g. RFA Olmeda, RFA Regent, RFA Appleleaf] RFACA Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia RFC Regional Forecasting Centre [e.g. NSW RFC]; Royal Flying Corps [UK, 1912-1918]; Rural Finance Corporation [Vic.] RFCD classification research fields, courses and disciplines classification [ABS, commenced 1998]; also RFCD codes RFDS Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia RFE reason for encounter RFI Radio France Internationale; request for information RFID radio frequency identification RFL regulatory functions levy; recreational fishing licence RFM relative funding model RFMF Republic of Fiji Military Forces RFMO regional fisheries management organisation RFMP Regional Flood Mitigation Program RFP request for proposal RFQ radio frequency quadrupole; request for quotation RFRI request for registration of interest RFT request for tender RGA Ricegrowers Association of Australia Inc. RGB red, green, blue RGG regional guidance group RGH Repatriation General Hospital [SA] [RGHs in each state were run by DVA until the mid 1990s] RGIC regional grant interview committee RGICAC Retail Grocery Industry Code Administration Committee Rh D rhesus D RH relative humidity RHAWS radar homing and warning system RHEF Rural Health Education Foundation RHP residential housing project RHS Regional Health Services [program] RHSET Program Rural Health Support, Education and Training Program RHTU rural health training unit

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 109 RI Refugees International RIAP Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific [University of Sydney] RIAT research, information and advice team RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects RIBG Scheme Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme RIC Rail Infrastructure Corporation [now merged into RailCorp, Rail Corporation New South Wales, but still operating as a distinct entity] RICO racketeer influenced and corrupt organisation/s [reference RICO Act, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, USA] RIEF Scheme Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Scheme RIGH rabies immunoglobulin, human RILC Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre Inc. [formerly VIARC, Victorian Immigration Advice and Rights Centre] RIM remote integrated multiplexer; RIM device; [or RIM Unit] Retirement and Income Modelling Unit [formerly Retirement Income Modelling (RIM) Task Force] RIMGROUP main policy model of the Retirement Income Modelling (RIM) Task Force RIMPAC Rim of the Pacific 2004 [multinational maritime warfare exercise] RIP Rural Incentives Program RIPIC Rural Incentives Program Implementation Committee RIRDC Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation RIS regional impact statement; regulation impact statement; regulatory impact statement RISC reduced instruction set computer/computing [and e.g. RISC 6000 computer] RL reserve lease; residence lease; reward lease; road licence RLS Royal Life Saving Society Australia [also RLSS and RLSSA] RM&E research, monitoring and evaluation RMA Repatriation Medical Authority; Ranger mill/milling alternative RMAC Red Meat Advisory Council RMANS Roll Management System [AEC] RMB roadside mail box [e.g. RMB 6]; renminbi [Chinese currency] RMC Royal Military College; [RMC-A, Royal Military College of Australia; RMC-D, Royal Military College Duntroon] RMIHE Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education [former body, combined with MCAE, Mitchell College of Advanced Education, to form CSU, Charles Sturt University] RMIS Research Management Information System [NHMRC]; Risk Management Internet Services RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology [now RMIT University] RMO resident medical officer; Risk Management Office [University of Melbourne] RMP raw materials processing; Regional Minerals Program RN registered nurse; Royal Navy [UK]; Radio National RNC radio network controller RNE Register of Notifiable Events [ASDA]; Register of the National Estate RNLI Royal National Lifeboat Institution [UK] RNR Royal Navy Reserve [former body, now NR, Naval Reserve] RNSWR Royal New South Wales Regiment RNT Rural Networks Taskforce RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force RNZN Royal New Zealand Navy RO regional office; returning officer ROA Railways of Australia [former organisation]; return on assets ROC Republic of China [i.e. Taiwan] ROCS Run-off Cover Scheme [medical indemnity] RODUM report on defective or unsatisfactory materiel [Defence] ROE return on equity; rules of engagement ROI registration of interest ROK Republic of Korea [also known as South Korea] ROMAN Resource and Output Management Accounting Network [Defence] ROMP rural other medical practitioner RONI Roads of National Importance; RONI program ROO rules of origin [trade] ROR rate of return

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 110 RORC Royal Ocean Racing Club [UK] RORO roll-on roll-off [cargo, shipping et cetera] ROS resolution of status ROSO return of service obligation ROV remotely operated vehicle RPA Royal Prince Alfred Hospital RPBS Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme RPE resident project engineer; respiratory protective equipment RPF Regional Protection Fund RPG rocket-propelled grenade RPH radio for the print handicapped [and e.g. RPH Australia; 4RPH, QLD] RPI retiree price index; rural policy and innovation; Rural Policy and Innovation [division of AFFA] RPIs relative price/pricing indices RPL recognition of prior learning; Rural Press Ltd RPNGC Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary RPP Rural Partnership Program [former program] RPPO regional plant protection organisation RPPP Repatriation Private Patient Principles RPPS Repatriation Private Patient Scheme RPRC Repatriation Pharmaceutical Reference Committee RPS redeemable preference share/s; reset preference share/s; reserve price scheme [for wool, ended 1991] RPT regular passenger transport; regular public transport RQR Royal Queensland Regiment RRA reciprocal recognition authority RRAC Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council RRF Reserve Response Force RRFOC resources received free of charge RRGPP Rural and Remote General Practice Program RRI Radio Republik Indonesia RRMA rural, remote and metropolitan areas classification/s [RRMA1 to RRMA7] RRO regional returning officer RRPGP Renewable Remote Power Generation Program RRR resource rent royalty RRS rural and remote services RRT Refugee Review Tribunal [replaced RSRC, the Refugee Status Review Committee]; resource rent tax RRV resident return visa; ross river virus RSA retirement savings account RSAR Royal South Australia Regiment RSC Road Safety Council [WA] RSD refugee status determination RSG Reserve Staff Group [RAAF] RSI repetition strain injury RSL Returned and Services League of Australia Ltd [formerly Returned Services League of Australia Ltd] RSMS Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme RSN Republic of Singapore Navy RSP Regional Solutions Program [now integrated into Regional Partnerships program] RSPAS Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies [ANU] RSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSSA Rudolf Steiner Schools of Australia RSSS Research School of Social Sciences [ANU] RSTV radiated subscription television [i.e. over-the-air pay TV] RSV research and supply vessel; respiratory syncytial virus RSVP Review of the Student Visa Program; Retired and Senior Volunteer Program RTA regional trade agreement; regional trading arrangement; Roads and Traffic Authority, NSW; return to Australia RTAG regional travel assistance grant

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 111 RTBU Rail, Tram and Bus Union NSW RTC rural transaction centre; RTCs RTCA Rural Training Council of Australia RTD ready to drink [e.g. RTD market = ready-to-drink market] RTI Regional Telecommunications Inquiry RTIF Regional Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund RTO registered training organisation RTP Regional Tourism Program RTR Royal Tasmania Regiment RTS Research Training Scheme; Repatriation Transport Scheme; Rural Training Stream RTW return to work RTWP return-to-work plan RUC road user charge RUSC Program Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination Program RUSI Royal United Services Institute of Australia RV recreational vehicle; re-entry vehicle RVR Royal Victoria Regiment RVS relative value study RWA Rural Workforce Agency RWAC Regional Women’s Advisory Council RWAR Royal Western Australia Regiment RWAV Rural Workforce Agency Victoria RWC Rugby World Cup RWMP Regional War Memorials Project RWT royalty withholding tax RYIS Rural Youth Information Service Back to top S SA Standards Australia [formerly Standards Association of Australia]; sickness allowance; special appropriation; statutory authority SAA South African Airways; structural adjustment assistance; systems application architecture S SAAA Sport Aircraft Association of Australia SAAB Saudi Arabian Agricultural Bank SAAP Supported Accommodation Assistance Program; SAAP 3 SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAC Sydney Airports Corporation; special assistance category; Security Advisory Committee; Standing Advisory Committee; special assistance category [visas] SACAE South Australian College of Advanced Education SACBH South Australian Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd [now AusBulk] SACCA South Australian Child Care Agency SACE South Australian certificate of education SACF Sydney Airport Community Forum SACL Sydney Airports Corporation Ltd SACOSS South Australian Council of Social Service SACOTA South Australian Council on the Ageing SAC-PAV Standing Advisory Committee on Commonwealth-State Cooperation for Protection against Violence SADA South Australian Department of Agriculture SADCC Southern African Development Cooperation Conference SADRA South Australian Dispute Resolution Association SAE Society of Automotive Engineers; standard Australian English SAF small APRA funds SAFC South Australian Film Corporation SAFCOL South Australian Fishermen’s Cooperative Ltd [Safcol] SAFE surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness and environmental improvements [strategy to combat trachoma] SAFF South Australian Farmers Federation

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 112 SAFTA Singapore-Australia free trade agreement SAG scientific advisory group SAHT South Australian Housing Trust SAI Standards Australia International SAISO Strategic Assistance for Improving Student Outcomes program SAIT South Australian Institute of Teachers SAL surface air-lifted; skilled—Australian linked [category]; School of Australian Linguistics; supplementary airline licence SALT I Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms [1979] SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SAM surface-to-air missile; single aviation market; Standard Aggregated Module SAMAG Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group SAMEX South Australian Meat Company SAMP Supplier Access to Major Projects program SAMS Strategic Agreement for Munitions Supply SAN storage area network SANIP Sydney Airport Noise Insulation Program SANMA special assistance for non-metropolitan areas SAOG South Australian Oil and Gas Corporation SAP strategic audit plan SAR search and rescue; International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue [1979]; synthetic aperture radar SARDI South Australia Research and Development Institute SAREX search and rescue exercises SARP special adviser resources policy [for defence projects] SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS task force SAS Special Air Service SASR Special Air Service Regiment SAT scholastic aptitude test; serum agglutination test [for brucellosis]; special apprentice training SATAC South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre satcom satellite communications SATIN Secure Australian Telecommunications and Information Network satnav satellite navigation SATO Senior Australians tax offset SATRA Shoe and Allied Trades Research Association SAWS State Administration of Work Safety [People’s Republic of China] SB sickness benefit SBA systems based approach SBAP Small Business Answers Program SBC Small Business Council [UK]; surveillance boat charter SBCC Small Business Consultative Committee SBDC Small Business Development Corporation [Australia and PNG] SBE screen based equipment SBECP Small Business Enterprise Culture Program SBLC Stettin Bay Lumber Co. SBMC Small Business Ministerial Council SBN State Bank of New South Wales SBO state based organisation [of divisions of general practice] SBRS Self-help Broadcasting Reception Scheme SBS Special Broadcasting Service SBSA State Bank of South Australia SBSI see SPSI SBT southern bluefin tuna SC Commonwealth Schools Commission SCA Support Command Australia; Sheepmeat Council of Australia SCAG Standing Committee of Attorneys-General SCALE statutes and cases automated legal inquiry [database and system] SCALS South Coast Aboriginal Legal Service Ltd [Nowra, NSW]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 113 SCAN suspected child abuse and neglect; [SCAN teams supervised by Coordinating Committee on Child Abuse, in Q] SCAP saved compensation affected payment SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCARD safety case analysis and review determination [process] SCARM Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management SCARS single circuit analogue radio system SCC squamous cell carcinoma SCCB Special Child Care Benefit SCEC Sunshine Coast Environment Council SCMA Soldier Career Management Agency SCNS Secretaries Committee on National Security SCOA Superannuated Commonwealth Officers Association SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research SCORD Standing Committee on Regional Government SCPC single channel per carrier SCR Security Council resolution SCRSSP Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth State Service Provision SCS Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales SCSC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance SCT Superannuation Complaints Tribunal; Southern Cross Tasmania SCV Special Category Visa SDA Sex Discrimination Act; Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association; supplementary dairy assistance SDH synchronous digital hierarchy SDI selective dissemination of information; Strategic Defence Initiative SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Organisation [US] SDRs special drawing rights SDSS Standard Defence Supply System SEA Software Engineering Australia; special employment advance SEAC Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee[UK] SEAL sea, air and land SEALPA South-East Asian Lumber Producers Association SEAMEO South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation SEANWFZ South-East Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone [pronounced Sean fizz] SEAP Sugar Enterprise Activity Plan SEARCA SEAMEO Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture SEATO South-East Asia Treaty Organisation SEB senior executive band SEC Secretary, Department of Defence; Securities and Exchange Commission [US]; senior executive conference SECTSE Special Expert Committee on Transmissible Spongiform SECV State Electricity Commission of Victoria SECWA State Energy Commission of Western Australia SEDP senior executive development program SEEDS see CEEDS SEESA Special Employee Entitlements Scheme for Ansett group employees SEF Senior Executive Fellowships program SEIFAs socioeconomic indices for areas SELP Senior Executive Service Leadership Program SEM scanning electron microscopy SEO State Electoral Office SEP ship/s estimating package; special education program; structural efficiency principle SEPA schools education program for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders SERIWA Solar Energy Research Institute of Western Australia SES Senior Executive Service [in Australia and US]; state emergency services; socioeconomic status SETF south-eastern trawl fishery SEVA sugar enterprise viability assessment

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 114 SEZ special economic zone [in China—Shenzhen economic zone] SF scheduled flight SFA state fishing authority [general] SFAR 41 [a standard, not aircraft type] SFAS Statement of Financial Accounting Standards [of Financial Accounting Standards Board of the USA]; SFAS 5 SFCS submarine fire control system [US, to be used in Australia] SFE Sydney Futures Exchange SFEU Scottish Further Education Unit SFIA Sea Fish Industry Authority [UK] SFLEX Stronger Families Learning Exchange SFM statutory formula method; Sydney Fish Market SFNs single frequency networks SFSS Student Financial Supplement Scheme SG superannuation guarantee [SG contributions]; states grants SGC superannuation guarantee charge; superannuation guarantee contribution SGDCN second generation defence communications network SGHW steam generating heavy water [reactor] SGIO SGIO Building Society [later Suncorp] SGL superannuation guarantee levy SGML standard generalised markup language SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance [Swiss company]; Societe Generale de Surveillance Australia Pty Ltd SGT Spencer Gulf Telecasters Ltd SH&F Committee Sydney Harbour and Foreshores Committee SHAR Superannuation Holding Accounts Reserve SHAs state housing authorities SHC State Housing Commission; selective hand clearing SHF super high frequency SHFT Sydney Harbour Federation Trust SHOAMP Study of Health Outcomes in Aircraft Maintenance Personnel SHOT Serious Hazards of Transfusion Scheme [UK] SHP Special Humanitarian Program SI Socialist International; Solomon Islands; South Island [NZ] SI[S] Act Superannuation Industry [Supervision] Act 1993 SIA Securities Institute of Australia; Steel Industry Authority; social impact assessment SIAB Science and Industry Against Blood doping SIBEX Second International BIOMASS Experiment [1983-84] SIC Strategic Investment Coordinator SICR see SIDCOR SID standard instrument departure SIDA Swedish International Development Authority SIDC special interdepartmental committee; standing interdepartmental committee [also SIC] SIDF Saudi Industrial Development Fund SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIEV suspected illegal entry vessel; SIEV4 incident; SIEV X SIFC Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee SIG secure Internet gateway SIGINT signal intelligence SIGNAL strategic inter-governmental nutrition alliance SIME strategic information management environment SIMF strategic information management framework SIMP strategic information management plan SIMS secondary ion mass spectrometry SIP Strategic Investment Program SIPV Solomon Islands patrol vessel [SIPV Savo] SIR Act Science and Industry Research Act 1949 SIRC Seafarers International Research Centre SIRCA Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 115 SIROS school/s in receipt of subsidy [status] SIRP Sugar Industry Reform Program SIS shipbuilding innovation scheme SISC scientific industry steering committee SISFA Small Independent Superannuation Funds Association Ltd SITC standard international trade classification; SITC code 583.33.01-19 SITO senior information technology officer SLA service level agreement; statistical local area SLAP serviced land availability plans SLAPP strategic lawsuits against public participation SLAR [side-looking or sideways-looking airborne radar] SLAs statistical local areas SLASO Space Licensing and Safety Office SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile SLCM sea-launched cruise missile SLD specific learning difficulty SLG Strategic Leaders Group SLN Societe le Nickel SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council [Burma] SLSA Surf Life Saving Australia SLSC surf life saving club SLTEC shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli SM1 standard missile 1 SMA Spectrum Management Agency; state marketing authority; statutory marketing authority SMA/SMHEA Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority SMAC sequential multiple analysis channel [system] SMACs spacecraft maximum allowable concentrations SMART strategic materiel acquisition request for tender SMB statutory marketing board SME small to medium enterprise SME specialist military equipment SMEC Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation SMG senior management group SMIL synchronised multimedia integration language SML special mining lease SMP senior management program; skilled migration program; skim milk powder; supplementary minimum price SMR specific metabolic rate; United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice [Beijing rules] SMS short message service SMSF self-managed superannuation fund SMT supplementary monophonic transmission SNA safety net adjustment; systems network architecture SNAG sensitive New Age guy SNAICC Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care SNAP Sydney Noise Amelioration Program; Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical Activity SNCO senior non-commissioned officer SNG substitute natural gas SNIS school nursing information system SNR special need relative SNSS Special Needs Subsidy Scheme SNT single negotiating text [Law of the Sea] SNVF simple notophyll vine forest SO senior officer SOAP simple object application protocol SOC State of Cambodia; sector operations centre; state owned corporation SOCS secure online communications system SOE standard operating environment

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 116 SOFA status of forces agreement SOFFEX Swiss Options and Futures Exchange SOG senior officer grade [SOGB = senior officer grade B]; special operations group SOHEP safety, occupational health and environment policy SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea SOMA system surveillance of market activity system SOP statement of principles; standard operating procedure SOPA Sydney Olympic Park Authority SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission SP report see Espie report SP service pension; specialist pathologist; self-propelled SPA Socialist Party of Australia; specific purposes area; Salaried Pharmacists Association; specially protected area; special purpose aircraft SPAA Screen Producers Association of Australia SPARTECA South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement SPC South Pacific Commission SPCA State Pollution Control Authority SPDC State Peace and Development Council [Burma] SPEC South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation [later the South Pacific Forum Secretariat]; South Pacific Executive Council [Noumea] Spectel South Pacific regional telecommunications SPELD Specific Learning Difficulties Association of Australia SPEX special examinations SPF South Pacific Forum SPFS South Pacific Forum Secretariat SPHTM School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine SPI share price index SPIDA statistical package for interactive data analysis SPIRT Strategic Partnerships with Industry, Research and Training Scheme SPL special purpose lease SPLA Sudan People’s Liberation Army SPMDP South Pacific Maritime Development Program SPNFZ South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty SPOCC South Pacific Organisations Coordinating Committee SPP Southern Pacific Petroleum NL; special purpose payment; Specified Partner Program; sole parent pension; share purchase plan SPRC Social Policy Research Centre SPREP convention Convention for the Protection of the National Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region SPS sanitary and phytosanitary [SPS agreement = Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures] SPSF State Public Services Federation SPTC South Pacific Trade Commission SPV special purpose visa SQA Scottish Qualifications Authority SQIDs stormwater quality improvement devices SQUID superconducting quantum interference device SR sea research SRA State Rail Authority SRAM short-range attack missile SRBM short-range ballistic missile SRC Act Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 SRC student representative council SRCC Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission SRCOLA Act Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2001 SRD statutory reserve deposit SRDC Sugar Research and Development Corporation SRDs statutory reserve deposits SRG special research grant; Strike Reconnaissance Group

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 117 SRI socially responsible investment; Sugar Research Institute SRL Surveillance Research Laboratory [Defence Science and Technology Organisation]; self-represented litigant SRMC Sport and Recreation Ministers Council SRO Australian Shipping Registration Office; single regional organisation SRRA Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association SRRI schools recurrent resources index SRS shelf registration statement [filed with US Securities and Exchange Commission] SSA ScreenSound Australia; Service Station Association; [computer architecture]; sub- Saharan Africa; supply support arrangement SSAB Skills Standards and Accreditation Board [WA] SSABSA Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia SSAT Social Security Appeals Tribunal SSAU superannuation scheme for Australian universities SSBN [ballistic missile submarine—USSR] SSC superconducting super collider [project] SSCE Senior Secondary Certificate of Education SSEM South Sea Evangelical Mission SSG Supervising Scientist Group SSGN [cruise missile attack submarine—USSR] SSI special scientific interest; surgical site infection SSM surface-to-surface missile SSMS state specific migration mechanisms SSN [nuclear attack submarine—USSR] SSO software and service organisation [computers]; Sydney Symphony Orchestra SSR secondary surveillance radar SSR student to staff ratio SSU sterilisation service/supply unit ST skills training STA State Transit Authority of New South Wales; state/territory training authority; Supermarket to Asia [initiative] STAP Science and Technology Awareness Program START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks [formerly SALT] STAT Special Tertiary Admissions Test STAV Science Teachers Association of Victoria STCW International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers [1978] STD sexually transmitted disease; subscriber trunk dialling STEA short-term emergency assistance STEC/HUS shiga toxin producing escherichia coli/haemolytic uraemic syndrome STEL short-term exposure level STEP Structured Training and Employment Projects STI sexually transmitted infection STL Seatainer Terminals Ltd STM simply transformed manufacture STNI state/territory nominated independent scheme STOL short take-off and landing STOs state tourism organisations STOVL short take-off and vertical landing STV subscription television; single transferable vote SUA Seamen’s Union of Australia SUNC suspected unlawful non-citizen SUPS Supplementary Children’s Service Program; SUPS worker SUPs supplementary service workers SUR Sydney University Regiment SUSDP Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons [of NHMRC] SUVs sports utility vehicles SVGA super video graphics adaptor SVP single voyage permit; Special Visits Program SVQ Scottish Vocational Qualification

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 118 SWAPO South West Africa People’s Organisation SWBTA Shoalwater Bay training area SWF screw-worm fly SWIM Senior Women in Management [program] SWP Socialists Workers Party Back to top T T&A [written as Ts and As] tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies T&E [written as T and E] travel and entertainment T(UCT) Act Taxation (Unpaid Company Tax) Assessment Act 1982 TA traffic advisory; technology assessment; Territorial Army [in UK]; travelling allowance TAA Trans Australia Airlines [former airline]; Taxation Administration Act 1953; Transport Accident Act 1986 [Vic] T TAAATS The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System TAAM Total Airspace and Airport Modeller TAB Totalizator Agency Board TAC tertiary access courses; Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc.; Tax Advisory Committee; Technical Advisory Committee [of CGIAR]; total allowable catch; Transport Accident Commission [Vic] TACAMO take command and move out [missiles] TACAN tactical air navigation [air navigation aid] TACC Telecom Australia Consumer Council [changed name to Telstra Consumer Council] TACT Technical and Administrative Cooperation in Transport [discussions between Australia and NZ] TAD Technical Aid to the Disabled [organisation helping disabled] TADP Tasmanian Association of Disabled Persons TADS Tourism Accommodation Development Survey TADVIC Technical Aid for the Disabled, Victoria TAECC Tasmanian Aboriginal Education Consultative Committee TAFE Technical and Further Education TAFEC Technical and Further Education Council TAFETAA Technical and Further Education Teachers Association of Australia TAG tactical assault group; Taxpayer Assistance Group; Telecom Action Group; Technical Advisory Group TAI Telecom Australia International; Transport Australia Institute TAIC Transport Accident Investigation Commission TAIMA Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Media Association TAL telephone allowance TALC teaching aids at low cost; Tax Agent Liaison Centre TAM Traineeship and Apprenticeship Management TAM transparent anatomical manikin [health education aid] TANSTAAFL there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch TAP Training for Aboriginals Program; Training for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders Program TAPRIC Telecommunications Action Plan for Remote Indigenous Communities TAPS see TTAPS TAR Tibet Autonomous Region TAReC Tasmanian Accreditation and Recognition Committee. TAS tuition assurance scheme; Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme; TAS-SGC account; treatment accounts system TASC Centre for Technology and Social Change TASM Tomahawk anti-ship missile [a cruise missile] Tasrail [ATN Tasrail is part of Australian Transport Network] TASS Tasmanian Association of State Superannuants TASTA Tasmanian State Training Authority TasTv Tasmanian Television Pty Ltd TAV transatmospheric vehicle [design being studied by McDonnell Douglas Corporation]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 119 TaxLAN tax local area network TB tuberculosis TBA to be advised; to be announced TBDF transborder data flow(s) [also TDF] TBL triple bottom line TBO Tenaga Bantuan Operasi [militia in West Papua]; time between overhauls TBP tributyl phosphate TBPE trade based pre-employment [course] TBT WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; technical barriers to trade; tributyltin TC Transport Canada; target capacity; tariff concession; time charter TCA Tourism Council Australia; Territory Construction Association [NT] TCA tariff classification advice TCAC Technical Committee on Agricultural Chemicals TCAE Tasmanian College of Advanced Education TCAP Town Campers Assistance Program TCAS traffic alert and collision avoidance system TCC Technological Change Committee [of Australian Science and Technology Council]; the Computer Co. TCC Telstra Consumer Council [formerly TACC: Telecom Australia Consumer Council] TCCC Transnational Crime Coordination Centre TCCI Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry TCCs teaching and curriculum centres TCD transferable certificate of deposit TCE Tasmanian Certificate of Education TCF textile, clothing and footwear [industries] TCF (SIP) Textiles Clothing and Footwear (Strategic Investment Program) Scheme [also see TCF SIP] TCF EOAP textiles, clothing and footwear expanded overseas assembly provisions TCF ICS Textiles Clothing and Footwear Import Credit Scheme TCF SIP Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program [also see TCF (SIP)] TCFDA Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Development Authority TCFL textiles, clothing, footwear and leather TCFUA Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia TCM total catchment management TCOA Trustee Companies Officers Association TCP tricresyl phosphate; two-candidate preferred [vote] TCP/IP transmission control protocol/internet protocol TCPA Town and Country Planning Association TCS Trade Commissioner Service [Canadian; also ATCS]; Teachers Credit Society [in WA]; tariff concession system TCSC Treasury and Civil Service Committee [UK] TCUs terminal control units TCVD Technical Committee on Veterinary Drugs TCW Telstra Country Wide TDA Tasmanian Development Authority TDB Trade and Development Board [of UNCTAD] TDC Trade Development Council TDCA Training Development Council of Australia TDD time division duplex [system of wireless communication] TDF tactical digital facsimile; transborder data flow(s) [in business, also TBDF] TDG The Development Group [US] TDMA time division multiple access TDP Technology Diffusion Program TDR treating doctor’s report TDS Tonga Defence Service TDT Transport and Distribution Training Australia TDU Timorese Democratic Union TE tertiary entrance [TE score]; transport equipment TEAL Tasman Empire Airways Ltd [former]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 120 TEASA Tertiary Education Authority of South Australia TEAV Totalisator Employees Association of Victoria TEB Tender Evaluation Board tEC the Environment Centre TEC Total Environment Centre; Traffic Engineering Committee [of NAASRA] TECC Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre TEDs turtle exclusion devices TEFAP see TFAP TEFL teaching of English as a foreign language [also TOEFL] TEK traditional ecological knowledge TEMCO Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company Pty Ltd TENS transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [against pain] TEP temporary entry permit TEP temporary entry permit; EETEP [extended eligibility temporary entry permit]; DPTEP [domestic protection temporary entry permit] TEPA Tertiary Education Program for Aboriginals; Tertiary Entrance Procedures Authority [Qld] TER tax-equivalent regime; tertiary entrance rank TERIHPC Top End Regional Indigenous Health Planning Committee TERTAC Territory Ex-Service Round Table on Aged Care TES Telstra Enterprise Services; used to be called Advantra TESAL Towards Ecologically Sound Australian Landscapes TESDA Technical Education and Skills Development Authority [Philippines] TESL teaching of English as a second language TESOL teaching English to speakers of other languages TESS Tertiary Education Superannuation Scheme TEUs 20-foot equivalent units TeV trillion electron volts TEXCO Tariff Export Concession Scheme TF Territorial Force [NZ] TFAP [sometimes pronounced tee-fap] tropical forestry action plan [PNG, 1985] TFC Tourism Forecasting Council TFDA Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority TFES Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme TFF tactical fighter force TFG Tactical Fighter Group TFIC Tasmanian Fishing Industry Council TFMS Transitional Fatigue Management Scheme TFN tax file number TFR total fertility rate TGA Therapeutic Goods Administration; Therapeutic Goods Act TGAL Therapeutic Goods Administration Laboratories TGL training guarantee levy TGP therapeutic group premiums TGV Train a Grande Vitesse [French high-speed train] THP treating health professional THSS training and helicopter support ship TI Transparency International; Thursday Island TIA Taxation Institute of Australia; temporary incapacity allowance; Taxation Incentives for the Arts [scheme] TIAC Technology and Industry Advisory Council [WA] TIAF Trade and Investment Access Facility TIAS Travel Industries Automated Systems [company owned jointly by Qantas, Ansett and Australian Airlines; TIAS reservations system] TICA Tenancy Information Centre of Australia TIDA Telecommunications Industry Development Authority TIDs tax instalment deductions; travelling ionospheric disturbances TIETAC/APP Timatic Electronic Travel Authority Check [travel industry electronic travel authority check-in] advance passenger processing

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 121 TIFA Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement (with the United States); Tooling Industry Forum of Australia TIFF tagged image file format TIG tetanus immunoglobulin TIGERS Trials in Innovative Government Electronic Regional Services TIHCS Taxation Incentives for Heritage Conservation Scheme TIL Targeted Institutional Links [program] TILA Transition to Independent Living Allowance TIMBRS Tree Identification Methodology Based on Remote Sensing TIO Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman; Territory Insurance Office [NT] TIP Training Information Program ; Training and Information Program; Technology and Innovation Program TIPP Trade and Investment Promotion Program TIPS Travel and Immigration Processing System TIS Translating and Interpreting Service; technology impact statement; Telephone Interpreter Service; Translator and Interpreter Service OR Translating and Interpreting Service TISC Tertiary Institutions Service Centre [incorporated body established in 1975 by Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and University of Western Australia] TISG Transport Industry Safety Group [Vic] TISN Trusted Information Sharing Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection TIWG tourism industry working groups TLAB Taxation Laws Amendment Bill [note that there are many of these (No. 4, No. 5)] TLAR that looks about right [principle] TLC Trades and Labour Council TLG Tax Liaison Group TLIP Tax Law Improvement Project TLM tax liability method TLV threshold limit value TM thermatic mapper OR thematic mapper [used in remote sensing] TMA Theatre Managers Association TMAP Technical Market Access Program TMC Tourism Ministers Council; Tourism Ministerial Council; Treatment Monitoring Committee; Trade Ministerial Council TMD theatre missile defence TMI Three Mile Island [US—site of nuclear accident] TMIS Trade Mark Investigation Services TMP Top Management Program TMPU town management and public utilities [program, for minor communities, NT] TMRO Trade Measures Review Officer TMRS Trade Measures Review Secretariat; Treatment and Management of Man-made and Naturally Occurring Radioactive Substances TMS Transition Management Service TNA Tax Notice of Assessment; training needs analysis TNAS Trade Negotiations Analysis System [tariff and import database] TNF theatre nuclear force TNI Indonesian military; Indonesian armed forces TNI-AL Indonesian Navy TNI-AU Indonesian Air Force TNIP Transparent Noise Information Package [software] TNL Times Newspapers Ltd [UK] TNQ Telecasters North Queensland TNT TNT Australia Pty Ltd; Thomas Nationwide Transport Ltd; Terror Against Terror [Jewish underground group in Israeli occupied territories] TO technical officer TOA Telecommunications Officers Association TOC Time Office Computers Pty Ltd TOCP triorthocresyl phosphate TOD taxation officer development [program]; TOD 1, TOD 2, TOD 3

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 122 TODS training of divisional staff [Australian Electoral Commission] TOE transoesophageal echocardiography [American spelling: transesophageal] TOEFL Teaching of English as a Foreign Language; [see TEFL] TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language TOFA taxation of financial arrangements TOGA tropical oceans global atmosphere [international program] TOIL time off in lieu TOOCS Type of Occurrence Classification System TOOS Trade Outcomes and Objectives Statement (published report) TOP Trade Opportunities Program TOPAZ technique for the optimum placement of activities in zones TOPS Training of Polling Staff program TORs terms of reference TOs traditional owners TOT terms of trade TOVALOP Tank Owners Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability for Oil Pollution TPA tissue plasminogen activator [sometimes Trade Practices Act—drug to help dissolve clots in coronary artery]; Trade Practices Act TPAC Trade Policy Advisory Council TPC tertiary preparation course; Trade Practices Commission TPD total and permanent disablement or total and permanent disability TPF Television Production Fund TPF&C Towers Perrin Forster and Crosby Inc. [actuarial consultants] TPGs technical planning guidelines TPHUN Tropical Public Health Unit Network TPI Totally and Permanently Incapacitated; Town Planning Institute TPIVA Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Veterans Association TPOs travelling post offices TPP triphenyl phosphate TPRC Trade Policy Research Centre TPTWG APEC Transportation Working Group TPV temporary protection visa TQA tick quarantine area TQC total quality control TQI total quality improvement TQM total quality management TR taxation ruling—followed by number, ie TR92/20; TR97/D17; taxa referencial = reference rate; timber reserve [Q]; tonnes of refrigeration TR51 Trunk Road 51 [= Kings Highway] TRA Trades Recognition Australia; temporary rental allowance; TRA system/housing TRAC Training for Retail and Commerce TRACE [system of Australian Customs Service] TRACSA Tax Reform and Community Sector Alliance TRAFFIC Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce TRAIN Australian Training Information Network TRANSAC Transport Strategy Advisory Committee [NSW] TRANSTEP [transportation and urban development computer program] TRB Transport Regulation Board [Vic] TRC Tender Review Committee; telephone rental concession TRD temporary resident doctor TREDAT [a tree performance database] TRG Tactical Response Group TRI Trucking Research Institute Trico Tricontinental TRIM Total Records Information Management system TRIMS Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures [TRIMs Agreement] triple D drinking, drugs, driving TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property; Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights [note also TRIP and TRIPs] TRIPs trade related intellectual property rights [note also TRIPS]

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 123 TRL Telstra Research Laboratories TRMPA Tamar Region Master Planning Authority TROLL [software package] TRP total remuneration package; timber rights purchase [procedures] TRQ tariff rated quota; TRQ arrangement; TRQ unit TRRA Tradesmen’s Rights Regulation Act TRS Tourist Refund Scheme TRU Technology Research Unit [NSW Government] TRV torpedo recovery vessel TRYM model Treasury Macroeconomic (TRYM) Model Macroeconomics TS&D technology strategy and development or technical service and development TSA Technology Safeguards Agreement; Training Services Australia TSANZ Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand TSC Torres Strait Creole TSE transit security element; transmissible spongiform encephalopathy TSEAC Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee TSEs transmissible spongiform encephalopathies TSF technical support facility TSG Technical Service Guild of Australia; Transport and Storage Group [former, of Department of Administrative Services] TSGCEE Tri-Service Group on Communications and Electronics Equipment [NATO] TSI telecommunications service inquiry (the Besley report); Torres Strait Islander TSIT Tasmanian Institute of Technology TSN The Surveillance Network TSO Time Sharing Option [a time-sharing computer system] TSP triple superphosphate TSPGP Targeted Sports Participation Growth Program TSPZ Torres Strait Protected Zone TSRA Torres Strait Regional Authority TSRC Torres Strait Regional Council TSS Telstra Superannuation Scheme TSVA trading stock valuation adjustment TT Tenggara Timur TTA Tourism Training Australia TTAP Tax Treaties Advisory Panel TTAPS paper [on disarmament; by Turco, O.B. Toon, T.P. Ackerman, J.B. Pollock and Carl Sagan] TTBT Threshold Test Ban Treaty [limit underground nuke tests treaty] TTC Technology Transfer Council TTCM tracking, telemetry, command and monitor [for satellites] TTF Tasmanian Teachers Federation; Tuna Task Force TTI temporarily totally incapacitated; totally temporarily incapacitated TTIAC Travel and Tourist Industry Advisory Council TTICG Transport Trade Industry Consultative Group TTLC Tasmanian Trades and Labour Council TTMRA Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement TTOA Telecommunication Technical Officers Association TTPI Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands TTRB Technical Teachers Registration Board TTSOA Telecommunications Traffic and Supervisory Officers Association TTWMB Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau [Republic of China] TTY telephone typewriter ; teletype TUC Trade Union Congress [in PNG] TUCP Trade Union Congress of the Philippines TUE therapeutic use exemption TUEC Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee TUNA trans urethral needle ablation TUPAS Trade Unions of the Philippines and Allied Services TUSS Taxi Users Subsidy Scheme TVA Tennessee Valley Authority [US] TVAG Tourism and Visa Advisory Group

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 124 T-VASIS T-visual approach slope indicator system [aircraft] TVB Television Bureau of Advertising TVD [Russian theatre of military operations] TVE technical and vocational education (equivalent term for VET in some countries) TVEI technical and vocational education initiative [UK] TVEs township and village enterprises [China] TVET technical and vocational education and training [equivalent term for VET, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and the term now used by UNESCO] TVMSA the Victorian Motor Schools Association [more commonly VMSA] TVOCP television operators certificate of proficiency TVPDA Television Programme Distributors Association TVRI Televisi Republik Indonesia [Republic of Indonesia Television] TWA Trans World Airlines Pty Ltd; time-weighted average exposure TWI trade-weighted index TWOV Transit Without Visa [program] TWT travelling wave tube [amplifier] TWU Transport Workers Union of Australia TWWHA Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area TYIMS Training and Youth Internet Management System TZG Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects Back to top U U3A University of the Third Age [universities for older people; there are various] UAC Universities Admissions Centre [NSW and ACT] UAE United Arab Emirates UAI universities admission index [UAC]; unprotected anal intercourse UAV unmanned aerial vehicle UB unemployment benefit UC Union Caledonienne [political party in New Caledonia]; University of Canberra UCC Universal Copyright Convention UCCC Uniform Consumer Credit Code UCI International Cycling Union; Urban and Coastal Impacts [Geoscience program] UCIW Union of Christmas Island Workers UCLA University of California, Los Angeles UCR uniform crime report UCT upper critical temperature [animal husbandry] UCV unimproved capital value UDR unregistered design right UDRH University Department of Rural Health UDT Uniao Democratica Timorense [Democratic Union of Timorese, in East Timor] UDV United Dairyfarmers of Victoria UF6 uranium hexaflouride UFAW Universities Federation for Animal Welfare [UK] UFC up-front control [in aircraft] [NV] UFU United Firefighters Union [Victoria] UH1 army helicopter [UH1-H Iroquois helicopter] UHF ultra-high frequency UHM unaccompanied humanitarian minor UHT ultra heat treatment/treated; ultra-high transmission; ultra-high temperature UIC Uranium Information Centre UIG Urgent Issues Group UIN unique identification number UK United Kingdom ULCC ultra-large crude carrier UMAP Australian University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific Program [DEST] UMAT Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test UMLS unified medical language system UMNO United Malays National Organisation

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 125 UMP/AMIL United Medical Protection/Australasian Medical Indemnity Insurance Limited [AMIL is a subsidiary of UMP] UMT United Milk Tasmania [Bonlac Foods] UN United Nations UN/EDIFACT United Nations Directories for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport UNAA United Nations Association of Australia UNAIDS Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS UNAMET United Nations Mission in East Timor [June 1999 to 25 October 1999] UNAMIR United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda [1993–1996] UNAVEM II United Nations Angola Verification Mission Internet [1991—1995] UNCAT UN Committee Against Torture [NB: the CAT is the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment UNCCD UN Convention to Combat Desertification [formal name = United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa] UNCHR United Nations Commission on Human Rights [note also UNHCR] UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law UNCIVPOL UN Civilian Police UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTC United Nations Centre for Transnational Corporations UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNDAW United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women UNDC UN Development Corporation UNDG United Nations Development Group UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force [Golan Heights] UNDP United Nations Development Program UNE University of New England, Armidale UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNEF United Nations Emergency Force UNEP United Nations Environment Program UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNEVOC UNESCO’s International Project on Technical and Vocational Education [now a network of TVET centres] UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFDAC United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control UNFICYP [United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ] UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation UNIDROIT International Institute for the Unification of Private Law; L’institut International Pour L’unification Du Droit Privé UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission UNITA União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola [National Union for the Total Independence of Angola] UNJLC United Nations Joint Logistics Centre UNMCK United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, Korea UNMISET United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan UNMOVIC United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNOMIG United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia UNOMIL United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia UNOMUR United Nations Observer Mission in Uganda-Rwanda

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 126 UNOSOM United Nations Operation in Somalia UNPAA United Nations Police Association of Australia UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force [former Yugoslavia] UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration UNSC United Nations Security Council UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission [Iraq] UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution UNSG United Nations Secretary-General UNSW University of New South Wales UNTAC United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia [1992—1993] UNTAET United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor [1999—2002] UNTAG United Nations Transition Action Group [Namibia, 1989—1990] UNTEA United Nations Temporary Executive Authority UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation [Middle East] UNU United Nations University UNV United Nations Volunteers [program] UPC universal product code UPI unique patient identifier; United Press International UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants UPP undeducted purchase price [pensions] UPS uninterrupted [or uninterruptable] power supply/ies UPT unlisted property trust UPU Universal Postal Union UQ University of Queensland URD unit-ready days URL uniform resource locator URN uniform resource name US United States USA PATRIOT Act Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act 2001 [USA] USA United States of America USADA United States Anti-Doping Agency USAF United States Air Force USAID United States Agency for International Development USAR urban search and rescue USG United States Government USGW underwater-to-surface guided weapon USI Urban Stormwater Initiative [former program with Living Cities program, DEH] USL Uniform Shipping Laws [Code] USN United States Navy USO universal service obligation USP University of the South Pacific; Universal Service Plan [Telstra]; universal service provider USS United States Ship USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USTR United States Trade Representative [Office of the US Trade Representative] UTLC United Trades and Labor Council [South Australia] UTS University of Technology, Sydney UV ultraviolet radiation UW underwater UWA University of Western Australia UWS University of Western Sydney UXO unexploded ordnance Back to top V V/Line V/Line Passenger Corporation; V/Line Passenger Pty Ltd V4 [a strain of newcastle disease virus] VA voluntary administration

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 127 VACC Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce VACCA Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co-operative Ltd V VADM Vice Admiral VAEAI Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. [formerly VAECG, Victorian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group] VAEIS video and audio entertainment and information services [sounds like vaze] VAFI Victorian Association of Forest Industries VAFIS Veterans Affairs Financial Information Service VAHEC Victorian Association of Health and Extended Care VAHS Victorian Aboriginal Health Service VALS Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Inc. VAM value-added management; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza [helps crops to grow] VAN value-added network; Veterans Affairs Network VAPAC Veterans Affairs Pharmaceutical Approvals Centre VAPS Victorian Association for Peace Studies VAR vector autoregression VAS Vehicle Assistance Scheme; value-added services VASIS visual approach slope indicator system [e.g. T-VASIS] VAT value-added tax [UK] VATC Victoria Amateur Turf Club [now Melbourne Racing Club] VAV variable air volume VAX [type of computer] VBIA Victorian Building Industry Agreement VC venture capital; Victoria Cross VCA Victorian College of the Arts VCAA Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority VCAL Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning VCAT Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal VCCL Victorian Council for Civil Liberties VCDF Vice Chief of the Defence Force VCE Victorian Certificate of Education VCEB Veterans’ Children Education Board [one in each state] VCES Veterans’ Children Education Scheme vCJD variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease VCLP venture capital limited partnership VCOSS Victorian Council of Social Service VCP Vietnam Communist Party; voluntary cooperation program VCR video cassette recorder VDC Volunteer Defence Corps VDIA Victorian Dairy Industry Authority [former] VDU visual display unit VEA Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 VEAC Vocational Education and Assessment Centre VECCI Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry VECO Vocational Education Community Online VEETAC Vocational Education, Employment and Training Advisory Committee [replaced by the Australian National Training Authority, ANTA] VEGAS Vocational and Educational Guidance for Aboriginals Scheme VERSE Vietnam Veterans Rehabilitation Services Exit database VET vocational education and training VETAB NSW Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board VETEC [Qld] Vocational Education, Training and Employment Commission [now the Training and Employment Board] VFA volatile fatty acids VFD value for duty VFF Victorian Farmers Federation [formerly VFGA, Victorian Farmers and Graziers Association] VFI vertical fiscal imbalance VFM value for money VFR visual flight rules; visiting friends and relatives

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 128 VFT very fast train VGPB Victorian Government Purchasing Board VHC Veterans’ Home Care; VHC program VHF very high frequency; viral haemorrhagic fever VHSIC very high speed integrated circuit VHST very high speed train VHSV viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus VicHERS [Victorian home energy rating system] VicTrack Victorian Rail Corporation VIEW Veteran Information Enquiry Window system; VIEW Clubs of Australia established by the Smith Family to promote the voice, interests and education of women VIP very important person VIPP Vision Impairment Prevention Program VISLINK [computer link between Centrelink’s VIS, Veterans Information Service, and DVA] VITA Veterans Indemnity and Training Association Inc. VKDB vitamin K deficiency bleeding VKT vehicle kilometres travelled VLA very large array [telescope] VLGA Victorian Local Governance Association VLO veterans liaison officer VLSIC very large scale integrated circuit [ref: computers] VMC visual meteorological conditions VMDA Veterinary Manufacturers and Distributors Association VMF Vanuatu Mobile Force VMIS Veterans Management Information System VMO visiting medical officer VMPF Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Inc. VMS Vessel Monitoring System VMT vehicle miles travelled VNPA Victorian National Parks Association VNR video news release VOA Voice of America VOC volatile organic compound VOCED [UNESCO/NCVER research database for technical and vocational education and training] VOIC veterinary officer in charge VOIP voice over internet protocol VOR VHF omnidirectional radio range VOTE Voice of the Elderly VP Vanua’aku Pati [Vanuatu] VP veteran partnering [hospitals] VPAD Veteran Practitioner Activity Database VPS Victorian Public Service VQA Victorian Qualifications Authority VR voluntary redundancy; voluntary retrenchment; vocational registration VRA voluntary restraint agreement VRB Veterans Review Board VRD Victoria River Downs station [NT] VRE vancomycin resistant enterococcus VRGP vocationally registered general practitioner VSA volatile substance abuse VSD Veterans Service Delivery project VSOP VLBI Space Observatory Program [VLBI = very long baseline interferometry] VSS Veterans Satisfaction Survey VSSB Vehicle Safety Standards Branch VST Victoria Service Team VSTOL vertical/short take-off and landing VSU voluntary student unionism VTA Victorian TAFE Association Inc. VTAC Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 129 VTE vocational and technical education VTEC verotoxin-producing E. coli; vocational training and education centre VTET vocational and technical education and training VTHC Victorian Trades Hall Council VTOL vertical take-off and landing VU Victoria University VVA Vietnam Veterans Association VVAA Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia VVCS Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service VVCSP Vietnam Veterans’ Children Support Program VVER [light-water pressurized reactor, also PWR] VVFA Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia Inc. VVRS Veterans’ Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme VWA Victorian WorkCover Authority VWL Victorian Women Lawyers VZV varicella-zoster virus [ref: chickenpox and shingles] Back to top W W3 World Wide Web W3C World Wide Web Consortium W3C—WAI World Wide Web Consortium—Web Accessibility Initiative WA Western Australia; widow allowance WAA Woolclassers Association of Australia WAAAF Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force W WAACCHO Western Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation WAACOHS Western Australian Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances WACA Western Australian Cricket Association WACAE Western Australian College of Advanced Education WACC weighted average cost of capital WACCI Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry WADA World Anti-Doping Agency WADRS Western Australian Dispute Resolution Service WADET Western Australian Department of Education and Training WAEC Western Australian Electoral Commission WAFA Western Australian Forest Alliance WAFF Western Australian Farmers Federation WAFIC Western Australian Fishing Industry Council WAG Woolgrowers Advisory Group WAGR Western Australian Government Railways WAIS Western Australian Institute of Sport WALGA Western Australian Local Government Association WAMA Western Australian Municipal Association WAMMCO Western Australia Meat Marketing Cooperative WAMP water allocation and management plan WRP water resource plan WAN wide area network WAP wireless application protocol WAPET West Australian Petroleum WAPIC Wood and Paper Industry Council WAR Women Against Rape WARC World Administrative Radio Conference WASO West Australian Symphony Orchestra WASON Western Australian School of Nursing WASP white Anglo-Saxon Protestant WATCH Women and Their Children’s Health [PNG project] WATs work ability tables WAUW We All Use Water project WAWA Water Authority of Western Australia

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 130 WAY World Assembly of Youth WBL work-based learning WBSA Wool Brokers Staffs Association WC World Cup WCA Wool Council of Australia WCC World Council of Churches WCF working capital fund WCI wage cost index WCIP World Council of Indigenous Peoples WCOTP World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession WCP Western and Central Pacific; World Climate Program WCPFC Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission WCS World Conservation Strategy WCT World Championship Tennis WCTU Woman’s Christian Temperance Union WDI Wool Development International WDL working days lost WDOs work and development orders WDP Women’s Development Program WEA Wheat Export Authority; Workers Educational Association WEF World Economic Forum WEHI Walter and Eliza Hall Institute WEL Women’s Electoral Lobby WELL Workplace English Language and Literacy WEN Water Education Network WEOG Western European and Other Group WEPA Willoughby Environment Protection Association WEPOCS Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study WESNET Women’s Emergency Services Network WET wine equalisation tax WEU Western European Union WFA Winemakers Federation of Australia WFD Work for the Dole WFDY World Federation of Democratic Youth WFP World Food Program WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions WFYS World Festival of Youth and Students WGDDRIP Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples WGIP Working Group on Indigenous Peoples WHA World Health Assembly WHA World Heritage Area; Women’s Hospitals Australia; Women’s Health Australia WHC World Heritage Committee WHO World Health Organisation WHOS We Help Ourselves program WI Wool International WIB wheat industry benchmark WidB widow B pension WIG Women’s Interest Group WILPF Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WIMS Workflow Information Management System WINVET Women in Vocational Education and Training WIPM Workplace Injury, Prevention and Management strategy WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation WIRE Women’s Information and Referral Exchange WIS Women’s Information Service WLR working life residence WMC Western Mining Corporation WMDs weapons of mass destruction WML wireless markup language WMO World Meteorological Organisation

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 131 WOAH World Organisation for Animal Health WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment Wocol World Coal Study WONCA World Organisation of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Association of General Practitioners/Family Physicians; otherwise known as World Organisation of Family Doctors woopies well-off older persons WP wife pension WPC World Peace Council WPFCC Western Pacific Fisheries Consultative Committee WPRO Western Pacific Regional Office WPSA World’s Poultry Science Association WPSQ Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland WQC Water Quality Council WR Act Workplace Relations Act 1996 WRAPS (National) Wholesale, Retail and Personal Services Industry Training Council WRC Water Resources Commission; Workplace Relations Committee WRDC Wool Research and Development Council WRE Weapons Research Establishment WRI War Resisters International WRMC Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council WROLA Act Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996 WRSA World Rabbit Science Association WRSL Weapons Systems Research Laboratory WRU Wildlife Research Unit WSAA Water Services Association of Australia WSLF Western Somalia Liberation Front WSLS War Service Land Settlement scheme WSMV wheat streak mosaic virus WSRL Weapons Systems Research Laboratory WSROC Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development WST wholesale sales tax WT withholding tax WTMA Wet Tropics Management Authority WSCA Wool Scourers and Carbonisers of Australia WTMA Wool Textile Manufacturers of Australia WTO World Trade Organisation; World Tourism Organisation WTO-SPS World TradeOrganisation-Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures WTTC World Travel and Tourism Council WVA World Vision of Australia WWDA Women With Disabilities Australia WWF Waterside Workers Federation; World Wildlife Fund WWMCCS Worldwide Military Command and Control System WWW World Weather Watch; World Wide Web Back to top Y X XBTs expendable bathythermographs XD executive development XML extensible markup language Back to top Y Y2K year 2000 bug YA youth allowance YAA Young Achievement Australia YAC Youth Access Centre; Youth Accommodation Coalition

Hansard Acronyms List (HAL) Page 132 YACA Youth Affairs Council of Australia YACS former NSW Department of Youth and Community Services YACSA Youth Affairs Council of South Australia YAGAP Youth Affairs Grants and Publicity Program YARN Young Australian Rural Network YARN Youth Affairs Research Network, Young Australian Rural Network YAS Youth Activity Service YEP Youth Employment Program YES Youth Emergency Shelter; Youth Employment Scheme YFO Youth Forum Online YHA young homeless allowance YLD years of life lost due to disability YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association YOP Young Offenders Program YOPP Young Offenders Pilot Program YPAP Youth Pathways Action Plan YSJS Youth Social Justice Strategy YSL Young Socialist League YTA youth training allowance YVP Younger Veterans Program YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association Back to top Z ZBB zero based budgeting ZDV zidovudine Z ZIG zoster immunoglobulin ZIP Zone Improvement Plan ZOPFAN Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality ZPG zero population growth

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