ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics

AIR
Australian Industrial Registry

AIRC
Australian Industrial Relations Commission

APVMA
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

ASL
Average Staffing Level

CAC
Commonwealth Authority and Company (CAC) Act 1997

CEO
Chief Executive Officer

CES
Commonwealth Employment Service

CTC
Competitive Tendering and Contracting

DEWR
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

DFRT
Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal

EO
Equal Opportunity

EEO
Equal Employment Opportunity

EESS
Employee Entitlements Support Scheme

EOWA
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency

Finance
Department of Finance and Administration

FMA
Financial Management and Accountability

FMA Act
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

GEERS
General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme

HLS
Harvest Labour Services

IBT
Interim Building Taskforce

IC(NA) Act
Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

IEC
Indigenous Employment Centres

IEP
Indigenous Employment Programme

ILO
International Labour Organisation

JN
Job Network

JST
Job Search Training

MO
Mutual Obligation

MYEFO
Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

NEIS
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme

NHLIS
National Harvest Labour Information Service

NOHSC
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission

OEA
Office of the Employment Advocate

OHS
Occupational Health and Safety

OHS Act
Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991

PB Statements
Portfolio Budget Statements

RT
Remuneration Tribunal

SRC Act
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

SRCC
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission

SSRCA
Seafarers’ Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority

WfD
Work for the Dole

WRMC
Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council