| AAO |
Administrative Arrangement Order |
| ABCC |
Australian Building and Construction Commission |
| ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
| ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| AEIFRS |
Australian Equivalents of International Financial Reporting Standards |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AFPC |
Australian Fair Pay Commission |
| AGIE |
Australian Government Indigenous Expenditure |
| AIG |
Australian Industry Group |
| AIR |
Australian Industrial Registry |
| AIRC |
Australian Industrial Relations Commission |
| APM |
Active Participation Model |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| APSC |
Australian Public Service Commission |
| ARD |
Asbestos Related Diseases |
| ASL |
Average Staffing Level |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| ATSIS |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services |
| BAA |
Business Achievement Awards |
| BDAP |
Business Development and Assistance Programme |
| BDP |
Business Development Programme |
| BPA |
Business Partnership Arrangement |
| BTA |
Beneficiaries Trust Account |
| CBF |
Case-based funding |
| CDC |
Commercial Development Corporation |
| CDEP |
Community Development Employment Projects |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CES |
Commonwealth Employment Service |
| CRS |
Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service Australia |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DIAB |
Department Items – Adjustments and Borrowings |
| DOES |
Disability Open Employment Services |
| DoFA |
Department of Finance and Administration |
| DSP |
Disability Support Pension |
| EOWA |
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency |
| FaCS |
Department of Family and Community Services |
| Finance |
Department of Finance and Administration |
| FMA |
Financial Management and Accountability |
| GEERS |
General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme |
| GGS |
General Government Sector |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
| HOP |
Home Ownership Programme |
| IBA |
Indigenous Business Australia |
| IEP |
Indigenous Employment Programme |
| ILC |
Indigenous Land Corporation |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| ISBSG |
International Software Benchmarking Standards Group |
| ISca |
Intensive Support – Customised Assistance |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| JNS |
Job Network Services |
| JPET |
Job Placement, Employment and Training (programme) |
| MAA |
Mature Age Allowance |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MYEFO |
Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook |
| NAO |
New Agency Outcomes |
| NDRC |
National Disability Recruitment Coordinator |
| NEIS |
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme |
| NOHSC |
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission |
| NSA |
Newstart Allowance |
| OEA |
Office of the Employment Advocate |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OHS |
Occupational Health and Safety |
| OWS |
Office of Workplace Services |
| PA |
Partner Allowance |
| PAES |
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PP |
Parenting Payment |
| PPP |
Parenting Payment (partnered) |
| PPS |
Parenting Payment (single) |
| PSP |
Personal Support Programme |
| SEESA |
Special Employee Entitlement Scheme for Ansett Group Employees |
Seacare
Authority |
Seafarers’ Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority |
| SPP |
Specific Purpose Payments |
| SRCC |
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission |
| SWS |
Supported Wage System |
| UIG |
Urgent Issues Group |
| ULD |
Unlawful Dismissal |
| VR |
Vocational Rehabilitation |
| WA |
Widow Allowance |
| WM |
Workplace Modifications |
| WRMC |
Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council |
| WSS |
Wage Subsidy Scheme |
| YA(O) |
Youth Allowance (Other) |