Acronyms and Abbreviations

Date

A&TSI

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

AAT

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASO

Administrative Service Officer

ASOCC

Administrative Service Officers Consultative Committee

AWAs

Australian Workplace Agreements

ASX

Australian Stock Exchange

ATAX

Australian Taxation Studies Program

ATO

Australian Taxation Office

BLD

Business Law Division

CDEP

Community Development Employment Projects

CNPS

Competitive Neutrality Policy Statement

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CPSU

Community and Public Sector Union

DAA

Development Allowance Authority

DEETYA

Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs

EAP

Employee Assistance Program

EBC

Enterprise Bargaining Committee

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECD

Economic Division

EEO

Equal Employment Opportunity

EMU

European Economic and Monetary Union

 

FEMM

South Pacific Forum Economic Ministers Meeting

FID

Financial Institutions Division

FIF

Foreign Investment Fund

FINEST

Financial Management and Personnel System

FIRB

Foreign Investment Review Board

FIS

Foreign Investment System

FMD

Farm Management Deposit

FMIS

Financial Management Information System

FOI

Freedom of Information

FPD

Fiscal Policy Division

FSAC

Financial Sector Advisory Council

FSI

Financial System Inquiry

GBE

Government Business Enterprise

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GE

GE Capital Ltd

HLIC

Housing Loans Insurance Corporation

IED

International Economic Division

IID

International and Investment Division

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IPPA

Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement

ISC

Insurance and Superannuation Commission

IJTA

Inter-jurisdictional Taxation Agreement

ITO

Information Technology Officer

JCPA

Joint Committee of Public Accounts

Legal

Legal Officer

MAI

Multilateral Agreement on Investment

MINCO

Ministerial Council for Corporations

MYEFO

Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

NAB

New Arrangements to Borrow

NCC

National Competition Council

NCP

National Competition Policy

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OH&S

Occupational Health and Safety

PDI

Public Debt Interest

PEFO

Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Outlook

PNG

Papua New Guinea

PO

Professional Officer

PRISMOD

Price, Revenue and Incidence Simulation Model

RBA

Reserve Bank of Australia

RO

Research Officer

RTGS

Real Time Gross Settlement

SES

Senior Executive Service

SITO

Senior Information Technology Officer

SMART

System for Ministerial Answering, Routing and Tracking

SO

Senior Officer

SO-A

Senior Officer Grade A

SO-B

Senior Officer Grade B

SO-C

Senior Officer Grade C

SPD

Structural Policy Division

PO

Professional Officer

SPO

Senior Professional Officer

TAB

Treasury Adjustable Rate Bond

TES

Treasury Expenditures Statement

TGL

Ten Group Limited

The Mint

The Royal Australian Mint

TIB

Treasury Indexed Bond

TPG

Taxation Policy Group

TRG

Tax Reform Group

TRYM

Treasury Macroeconomic Model of the Australian Economy

TWERP

Treasury Wholesale Sales Tax, Excise, Revenue and Price Model

WTO

World Trade Organisation

WRC

Workplace Relations Committee

Y2K

Year 2000