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Federal Hansard Acronyms List Remember: Ctrl+F for quick searches 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,