Acronyms
AASB	Australian Accounting Standards Board	
AAT	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics	
ACCC	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	
ADB	Asia Development Bank	
AGA	Australian Government Actuary	
AISF	Australian Independent Superannuation Fund	
ANAO	Australian National Audit Office	
ANCP	Australian National Contact Point	
AOFM 	Australian Office of Financial Management	
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation	
APRA	Australian Prudential Regulation Authority	
APS	Australian Public Service	
APS	Australian Public Service	
ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nations	
ASIC	Australian Securities and Investments Commission	
ATO	Australian Taxation Office	
AWAs	Australian Workplace Agreements	
BAS	Business Activity Statements	
CASAC	Companies and Securities Advisory Committee	
CEO	Chief Executive Officer	
CGT	Capital Gains Tax	
CMI	Chiang Mai Initiative	
COAG	Council of Australian Governments	
CPSU	Community and Public Sector Union	
CSD	Corporate Services Division	
DIRKS	Developing and Implementing Records Keeping System	
DTAs	Double taxation agreements	
EAP	Employee Assistance Program	
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	
EEO	Equal Employment Opportunity	
EL	Executive Level	
EL2	Executive Level 2	
EVO	Independent Evaluation Office	
FEMM	South Pacific Forum Economic Ministers’ Meeting	
FID	Financial Institutions Duty	
FIRB	Foreign Investment Review Board	
FMA	Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997	
FOI	Freedom of Information	
FSAC	Financial Sector Advisory Council	
FSF	Financial Stability Forum	
FTA	Free Trade Agreement	
G20	Group of Twenty	
GFS	Government Finance Statistics	
GST	Goods and Services Tax	
GSTSAO	GST Start-Up Assistance Office	
HIH	HIH Claims Support	
HIPC	Heavily Indebted Poor Countries	
HR	Human Resource	
IAP	Individual Action Plan	
IMF	International Monetary Fund	
IT	Information Technology	
MCM	Ministerial Council Meeting	
MFG	Manila Framework Group	
MYEFO	Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook	
NCP	National Competition Policy	
NTER	National Tax Equivalent Regime	
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	
OH&S	Occupational Health and Safety	
PAYG	Pay As You Go	
PBS	Portfolio Budget Statements	
PNG	Papua New Guinea	
PSMPC	Public Service and Merit Protection Commission	
R&D	Research and Development	
RBA	Reserve Bank of Australia	
SEB	Senior Executive Band	
SES	Senior Executive Service	
SMECEs	Small and medium enterprises and community sector and educational bodies	
TPA	Trade Practices Act 1974	
TVM	Tax Value Method	
WRC	Workplace Relations Committee