Abbreviations and acronyms
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Acronym |
Definition |
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ACC |
Australian Crime Commission |
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ACC |
Amalgamated Crisis Centre |
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AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
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ABCB |
Australian Building Codes Board |
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ACC |
Amalgamated Coordination Centre |
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ACIU |
ASNET Communications Infrastructure Upgrade |
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ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
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ACTU |
Australian Council of Trade Unions |
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ACICA |
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration |
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ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
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AEMC |
Australian Emergency Management Committee |
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AFDO |
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations |
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AFER |
Australasian Forum of Explosives Regulators |
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AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
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AFP PS |
Australian Federal Police Protective Services |
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AG |
Attorney-General |
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AGCTC |
Australian Government Counter-Terrorism Committee |
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AGCTPC |
Australian Government Counter-Terrorism Policy Committee |
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AGD |
Attorney-General’s Department |
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AGDRC |
Australian Government Disaster Recovery Committee |
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AGIMO |
Australian Government Information Management Office |
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AGIS |
Attorney-General’s Department Information Service |
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AGS |
Australian Government Solicitor |
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AGTSPC |
Australian Government Transport Security Policy Committee |
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AHRC |
Australian Human Rights Commission |
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AHTCC |
Australian High Tech Crime Commission |
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AIATSIS |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services |
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AIJA |
Australian Institute of Judicial Administration |
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AIS |
Aboriginal Interpreter Service |
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AIS |
Australian Institute of Sport |
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AJEM |
Australian Journal of Emergency Management |
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ALGA |
Australian Local Government Association |
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All Hazards |
A generic reference to damage, destruction or disruption caused by natural disasters, negligence, accidents or by deliberate acts of terrorism, criminal activity and/or malicious damage |
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ALRC |
Australian Law Reform Commission |
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AM |
Member of the Order of Australia |
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AMLAT |
Anti-Money Laundering Assistance Team |
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AML/CTF |
Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing |
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ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
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ANCOR |
Australian National Child Offender Register |
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ANZLIC |
Australian and New Zealand Land Information Council |
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AO |
Officer of the Order of Australia |
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APAIS |
Australian Public Affairs Information Service |
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APEC |
Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation |
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APMC |
Australasian Police Ministers Council |
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APS |
Australian Public Service |
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ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
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ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
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ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
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ASIC |
Aviation Security Identification Card |
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ASIO |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation |
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ASIS |
Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
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ASNET |
Australian Secure Network |
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AS/NZS |
Australian Standards and New Zealand Standards |
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ASO |
Air Security Officer |
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ASVS |
Australian Security Vetting Service |
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AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
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AusCERT |
Australian Computer Emergency Response Team |
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AusCheck |
Australian Background Checking Service |
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AUSFTA |
Australia – United States Free Trade Agreement |
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AUSTRAC |
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
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AWA |
Australian Workplace Agreement |
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BCI |
Building and Construction Industry |
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BFAG |
Banking and Finance Advisory Group |
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BGAG |
Business – Government Advisory Group on National Security |
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CAR |
Central African Republic |
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CBR |
Chemical, biological, radiological |
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CBRN |
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear |
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CBREP |
Chemical, Biological and Radiological Enhancement Program |
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CCA |
Commonwealth Copyright Administration |
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CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
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CDAC |
Career Development Assessment Centre |
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CDS |
Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
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CEDAW |
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women |
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CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
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CERD |
Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
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CIAC |
Critical Infrastructure Advisory Council |
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CIP |
Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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CIPMA |
Critical Infrastructure Protection Modelling and Analysis |
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CJC |
Criminal Justice Certificate |
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CJD |
Civil Justice Division |
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CLCs |
Community Legal Centres |
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CNVA |
Computer Network Vulnerability Assessment |
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COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
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ComLaw |
Commonwealth Law (with Internet access) |
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CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
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CrimTrac |
Agency responsible for delivery and maintenance of national policing information services |
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CrJD |
Criminal Justice Division |
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CSG |
Corporate Services Group |
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CSIAG |
Communication Sector Infrastructure Advisory Group |
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CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
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CT |
Counter-Terrorism |
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CTLWG |
Counter-Terrorism Legal Working Group |
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CTSPU |
Counter-Terrorism Strategic Policy Unit |
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DCC |
Department of Climate Change |
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DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
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DAWGS |
Data and Workflow of Grants System |
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DBCDE |
Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy |
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DDA Act |
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 |
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DDRIP |
Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
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DEEWR |
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |
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Defence |
Department of Defence |
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DEWHA |
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
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DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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DHA |
Department of Health and Ageing |
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DHS |
Department of Human Services |
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DIGO |
Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation |
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DIAC |
Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
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DIISR |
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
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DIRKS |
Designing and implementing record keeping systems |
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DPP |
Director of Public Prosecutions |
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DRC |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
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DSD |
Defence Signals Directorate |
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DRET |
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism |
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DVA |
Department of Veterans' affairs |
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DVS |
Document Verification Service |
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EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
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EC |
European Commission |
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ECCCF |
Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund |
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ECJ |
European Court of Justice |
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ECP |
Enhanced Cooperation Package |
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ECPPAT |
End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking |
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EDMS |
Electronic Document Management System |
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EL |
Executive Level |
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EM |
Emergency Management |
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EMA |
Emergency Management Australia |
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EMS |
Environmental Management System |
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EMSINA |
Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia |
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ESD |
Ecologically Sustainable Development |
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ESPAC |
E Security Policy and Coordination (Committee) |
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EU |
European Union |
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FaHCSIA |
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
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FATF |
Financial Action Task Force |
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FCA |
Family Court of Australia |
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FESA |
Fire and Emergency Services Authority |
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Finance |
Department of Finance and Deregulation |
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FLLAD |
Family Law and Legal Assistance Division |
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FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
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FMC |
Federal Magistrates Court |
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FOI |
Freedom of Information |
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FRLI |
Federal Register of Legislative Instruments |
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FSG |
Financial Services Group |
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FTA |
Free Trade Agreement |
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FVPLS |
Family Violence Prevention Legal Services |
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GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
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GIRC |
Geospatial Incident Response Capability in DIGO |
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GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
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GovCERT.au |
Australian Government Computer Emergency Readiness Team |
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GSLP |
Government Sector Linkages Program |
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HCO |
Harassment Contact Officer |
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HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now known as Australian Human Rights Commission) |
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HRH |
Her/His Royal Highness |
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HRIS |
Human Resource Information System |
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HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
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IAWJ |
International Association of Women Judges |
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ICACSCP |
International Child Abduction, Child Support and Civil Procedure |
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ICC |
Indigenous Coordination Centre |
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ICC |
International Criminal Court |
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ICCD |
International Crime Cooperation Division |
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ICPC |
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime |
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ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
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ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
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ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
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IGA |
Inter-Governmental Agreement |
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IJLAD |
Indigenous Justice and Legal Assistance Division |
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IKS |
Information and Knowledge Services (Group) |
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ILHRD |
Information Law and Human Rights Division |
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ILSAC |
International Legal Services Advisory Council |
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ILUA |
Indigenous Land Use Agreement |
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Infrastructure |
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government |
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IOC |
International Oceanographic Commission |
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IP |
Intellectual Property |
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IPAA |
Institute of Public Administration Australia |
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ISLD |
Information and Security Law Division |
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ISS |
International Social Service |
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IT |
Information Technology |
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ITEC |
Information Technology Executive Committee |
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ITLOS |
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
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ITSA |
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia |
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JAICCOLS |
Joint Australia – India Consultative Committee on Legal Services |
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JSCOT |
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
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JWG |
Joint Working Group |
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KM |
Knowledge Management |
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LARI |
Legal Aid Reporting Initiative |
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LID |
Legislative Instruments Database |
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LJAD |
Law and Justice Advocacy |
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LO |
Legal Officer |
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LSNTD |
Legal Services and Native Title Division |
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M2006 |
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games |
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MA |
Mature Audience |
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MAEB |
Mutual Assistance and Extradition Branch |
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MARCEL |
Marriage Celebrants System |
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MCCA |
Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs |
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MCCOC |
Model Criminal Code Officers Committee |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
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MP |
Member of Parliament |
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MSIC |
Maritime Security Identification Card |
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MSS |
Ministerial Support System |
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NADRAC |
National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council |
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NAJAC |
National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee |
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NATA |
National Association of Testing Authorities |
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National security |
Measures taken to plan for, prevent and respond to natural disasters, acts of politically motivated violence, or damage to Australian assets including critical infrastructure |
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NCC |
National Crisis Committee |
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NCCIP |
National Committee on Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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NCCPP |
National Community Crime Prevention Programme |
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NCP |
National Crime Prevention |
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NCTC |
National Counter-Terrorism Committee |
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NCTC LISC |
National Counter-Terrorism Committee Legal Issues Sub-Committee |
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NEMCC |
National Emergency Management Coordination Centre |
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NFMS |
National Firearms Management System |
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NGO |
Non-Government Organisation |
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NII |
National Information Infrastructure |
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NIMAG |
National Information Management Advisory Group |
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NJCA |
National Judicial College of Australia |
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NMCL |
National Mediation Conference Limited |
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NOIE |
National Office for the Information Economy |
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NSIM |
National Spatial and Information Management Working Group |
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NSINS |
National Spatial Information for National Security |
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NSST |
National Security Science and Technology Unit |
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NSW |
New South Wales |
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NT |
Northern Territory |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
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OFLC |
Office of Film and Literature Classification |
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OH&S |
Occupational Health and Safety |
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OIL |
Office of International Law |
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OIPC |
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
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OLDP |
Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing |
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OLSC |
Office of Legal Services Coordination |
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PAES |
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
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PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
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PDRR |
Preventative, Diversion, Rehabilitation and Restorative |
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PIF |
Pacific Islands Forum |
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PKK |
Kurdistan Workers Party |
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PLO |
Principal Legal Officer |
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PM&C |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
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PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
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PNR |
Passenger Name Record |
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PPI |
Program for Performance Improvement |
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PPRR |
Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery |
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PSCC |
Protective Security Coordination Centre |
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PSI |
Proliferation Security Initiative |
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PSIS |
Prescription Shopping Information Service |
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PSM |
Public Service Medal |
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PSM |
Protective Security Manual |
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PSPC |
Protective Security Policy Committee |
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PWD |
People with Disability Australia Incorporated |
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QC |
Queen’s Counsel |
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RFD |
Reserve Force Decoration |
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RIS |
Regulation Impact Statement |
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RLAU |
Regional Legal Assistance Unit |
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RMIT |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
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RPA |
Regional Partnership Agreement |
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RPVs |
Remote Positioning Vehicles |
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ROK |
Republic of Korea |
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SASWG |
Secretaries Aviation Security Working Group |
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SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
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SCAG |
Standing Committee of Attorneys-General |
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SCAG/APMC |
Standing Committee of Attorneys-General/Australasian Police Ministers Council |
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SCALEplus |
Statutes, Cases Automated Legal Enquiry (with Internet access) |
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SCID |
Security and Critical Infrastructure Division |
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SecVet |
Security Vetting System |
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SES |
Senior Executive Service |
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SIG |
Security in Government |
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SITF |
Special Incident Task Force |
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SLO |
Senior Legal Officer |
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SLRC |
Security Legislation Review Committee |
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SMMC |
Strategic Maritime Management Committee |
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SRA |
Shared Responsibility Agreement |
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TISN |
Trusted Information Sharing Network |
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TMRO |
Trade Measures Review Officer |
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TMRS |
Trade Measures Review Secretariat |
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TPMs |
Technological Protection Measures |
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Treasury |
The Treasury |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNCITRAL |
UN Commission on International Trade Law |
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UNIDROIT |
An international institution for the unification of private law |
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US |
United States (of America) |
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USAR |
Urban Search and Rescue |
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VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
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WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |