List of abbreviations
Updated: 20 October 2011
- AAT
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- ACARA
- Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
- AEC
- Australian Electoral Commission
- ANAO
- Australian National Audit Office
- AO
- Officer of the Order of Australia
- APS
- Australian Public Service
- APSC
- Australian Public Service Commission
- ATO
- Australian Taxation Office
- BRIDGE
- Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections
- CABER
- Commissioner’s Advisory Board on Electoral Research
- CALD
- culturally and linguistically diverse
- Commission, the
- The three-person Australian Electoral Commission established under s.6 of the Electoral Act
- CRU
- Continuous Roll Update
- DG BRIDGE
- Democracy and Governance BRIDGE
- Electoral Act
- Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
- EPBC Act
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- EQAP
- Enrolment Quality Assurance Program
- ESD
- environmentally sustainable development
- FMA Act
- Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
- FOI Act
- Freedom of Information Act 1982
- GST
- goods and services tax
- Hon, the
- the Honourable (a title accorded to certain Commonwealth office holders)
- HSMAs
- Health and Safety Management Arrangements
- IEPP
- Indigenous Electoral Participation Program
- IIOP
- Investing in Our People
- IPS
- Information Publication Scheme
- JSCEM
- Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters
- MP
- member of parliament
- NCCEG
- National Capital Civics Education Group
- NEEC
- National Electoral Education Centre
- OHS
- occupational health and safety
- PAB
- protected action ballot
- PDF
- portable document format
- PVA
- postal vote application
- Referendum Act
- Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
- SAF
- sample audit field work
- SCVP
- School and Community Visits Program
- SES
- Senior Executive Service
- TSRA
- Torres Strait Regional Authority
- VITS
- VITS LanguageLink
- VTR
- Virtual Tally Room