| Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
ACC | Australian Crime Commission |
ACLEI | Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity |
ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
ACS | Australian Customs Service |
ADF | Australian Defence Force |
AFP | Australian Federal Police |
AFP Act | Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth) |
AGIMO | Australian Government Information Management Office |
ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
ANU | Australian National University |
ANZOA | Australian and New Zealand Ombudsman Association |
AO | Officer of the Order of Australia |
AOS | assurance of support |
APS | Australian Public Service |
APSC | Australian Public Service Commission |
AQIS | Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
ARO | Authorised Review Officer |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
CCC | Customer Contact Centre |
CDDA | Compensation for Detriment caused by Defective Administration |
CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
Complaints Act | Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981 (Cth) |
Crimes Act | Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) |
CSA | Child Support Agency |
CSHC | Commonwealth Seniors Health Card |
Cth | Commonwealth |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
DEEWR | Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
DEST | Department of Education, Science and Training |
DEWR | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DFO | Defence Force Ombudsman |
DHA | Defence Housing Australia |
DHS | Department of Human Services |
DIAC | Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
DIISR | Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
DPO | Departure Prohibition Order |
DSP | disability support pension |
DVA | Department of Veterans' Affairs |
| Executive Level |
| Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
FaHCSIA | Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and IndigenousAffairs |
FOI | freedom of information |
FOI Act | Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) |
FTB | Family Tax Benefit |
| Global Feedback Unit |
GIC | General Interest Charge |
GSL | Global Solutions Limited (Australia) Pty Ltd |
GST | goods and services tax |
| Honourable |
IDC | Immigration Detention Centre |
IGADF | Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force |
IGD | Inspector-General Division |
IOI | International Ombudsman Institute |
IRH | immigration residential housing |
IT | information technology |
| job capacity assessment |
JNM | Job Network Member |
| liquid petroleum gas |
| Migration Act 1958 (Cth) |
MOA | memorandum of agreement |
MP | Member of Parliament |
| originally stood for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (it is now a week of celebration
of the survival of Indigenous culture and the Indigenous contribution to modern Australia) |
NOC | National Ombudsman Commission of Indonesia |
NSA | newstart allowance |
NSW | New South Wales |
NT | Northern Territory |
NTER | Northern Territory Emergency Response |
| Ombudsman Commission of Papua New Guinea |
OH&S | occupational health and safety |
OH&S Act | Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991 (Cth) |
Ombudsman Act | Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cth) |
OPC | Office of the Protective Commissioner |
| public address |
PAES | Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
PBS | Portfolio Budget Statements |
PIO | Postal Industry Ombudsman |
PM&C | Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |
PNG | Papua New Guinea |
PNGDF | Papua New Guinea Defence Force |
PPO | private postal operator |
Privacy Act | Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) |
Prof. | Professor |
Public Service Act | Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) |
| Queensland |
| Royal Australian Air Force |
ROG | redress of grievance |
RPNGC | Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary |
s | section |
SA | South Australia |
SD Act | Surveillance Devices Act 2004 (Cth) |
SES | Senior Executive Service |
SG Act | Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) |
SIS Regulations | Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 |
SSAT | Social Security Appeals Tribunal |
| Tasmania |
TIA Act | Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth) |
TRA | Trades Recognition Australia |
| Victoria |
| Western Australia |
