| ACARA |
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |
| AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
| AHRI |
Australian Human Resources Institute |
| AO |
Officer of the Order of Australia |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| APVIS |
Automated Postal Vote Issuing System |
| 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 |
| CNE |
Comissão Nacional de Eleições |
| COAN |
Change of Address Notification |
| DHS |
Department of Human Services |
| ECCA |
Election Call Centre Application |
| EL |
Executive Level |
| Electoral Act |
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 |
| EMG |
Executive Management Group |
| EPBC Act |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| GENESIS |
general enrolment, elections support and information system |
| GST |
goods and services tax |
| HR |
human resource |
| ICT |
information and communications technology |
| IEPP |
Indigenous Electoral Participation Program |
| IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
| IT |
information technology |
| IVR |
interactive voice recognition |
| JSCEM |
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters |
| KPI |
key performance indicator |
| KPU |
Komisi Pemilihan Umum (Indonesian electoral administration body) |
| MP |
member of parliament |
| NEEC |
National Electoral Education Centre |
| PDF |
portable document format |
| PIANZEA network |
Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators’ Network |
| PNGEC |
Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission |
| PRINCE2 |
Projects in Controlled Environments |
| PVAs |
postal vote applications |
| Referendum Act |
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SMS |
short messaging service |
| SRC Act |
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 |
| TAFE |
technical and further education |
| TSRA |
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| URL |
uniform resource locator |
| VITS |
VITS LanguageLink |
| WHS |
work health and safety |
| WCAG |
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
| YMCA |
Young Men’s Christian Association |