Annual Report 2004-05 Part 6 Glossaries and indexes
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| ACSI - 33 | The main Defence Signals Directorate publication that all Government departments are required to use in developing IT security policy. |
| all-hazards | Threats to the national critical infrastructure can come from a range of sources including natural disasters, criminal activity, terrorism, espionage/foreign interference etc. |
| APS employee | A person engaged under section 22, or a person who is engaged as an APS employee under section 72, of the Public Service Act 1999. |
| AusCERT | An organisation, located in the University of Queensland, which provides computer incident prevention, response and mitigation strategies for members, a national alerting service and an incident reporting scheme. |
| CobiT standard | CobiT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology) is an international standard for information technology governance, better practice and audit. |
| ComLaw | The new web site which provides access to the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments as well as to Acts and other legislative material in a single integrated system. |
| common law | Law derived from custom and judicial precedent (case law) rather than from legislation. |
| competitive tendering and contracting (CTC) | The process of contracting out the delivery of government activities previously performed by a Commonwealth agency to another organisation. The activity is submitted to competitive tender, and the preferred provider of the activity is selected from the range of bidders by evaluating offers against predetermined selection criteria. |
| consent determination | A decision by an Australian court (or a recognised State or Territory body) that native title does or does not exist in a particular area of land or waters after the parties have reached an agreement as to the terms of the determination. |
| consultancy services | A particular type of service delivered under a contract for services, distinguished from other contracts by the nature of the work performed. A consultant is an entity (whether an individual, a partnership or a corporation) engaged to provide professional independent and expert advice or services. Consultancy services involve the application of expert professional skills to investigate or diagnose a defined issue or problem, carry out defined research, reviews or evaluations; or provide independent advice, information or creative solutions to assist the agency in management decision making. A consultancy contract typically defines the nature, purpose and duration of the task to be performed but not (in any detail) the manner in which the task is to be performed. The consultant is usually paid on completion of milestones or in a lump sum. Consultants are not employees of the department and are not paid wages or other employee entitlements. |
| corporate governance | The process by which agencies are directed and controlled. It is generally understood to encompass authority, accountability, stewardship, leadership, direction and control. |
| countervailing measures | An extra duty of Customs imposed on subsidised imports to offset the injury to domestic producers that may be caused by that subsidy. |
| emergency management sector | Organisations and individuals involved in the prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and management of risk to communities—ie Federal, State and Local Government authorities, community organisations, volunteers. |
| extradition | Surrender by one country to another of a person for trial on criminal charges or to serve a sentence already imposed for a criminal offence. |
| Federal Register of Legislative Instruments | A mechanism for managing Commonwealth legislative instruments which provides the public with quick and easy access to legislative instruments and related material through the Internet. All Commonwealth rule-making agencies are required to lodge new legislative instruments for registration as soon as practicable after making, and to register ('back-capture') all existing instruments by the end of 2007. |
| Financial Action Task Force (FATF) | International body, of which Australia is a member, responsible for setting the international standards to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism. |
| future act | An activity on land or waters that may extinguish or be otherwise inconsistent with the exercise of native title in that area (see section 233 of the Native Title Act 1993). Examples of future acts may include the grant of mining rights and the compulsory acquisition of native title. |
| Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) | A voluntary agreement about the use and management of an area of land or waters, made between one or more native title groups, and others (such as miners, pastoralists, governments). Once on the register of ILUAs an agreement is legally binding on the people who are party to it, and all native title holders for that area. Acts done in accordance with a registered ILUA are valid. |
| legislative instrument | A legislative instrument, for the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, covers the following instruments made under a provision of an Act: all regulations, statutory rules, disallowable instruments and proclamations, and any other instrument that is of a 'legislative character'—ie it determines a law or lays down a rule, rather than applying to a particular case, and affects privileges, rights, interests or obligations. The legislative character depends on the content of the individual instrument rather than on the provision under which it is made. |
| mitigation | Measures taken in advance of a disaster aimed at decreasing or eliminating its impact on society and the environment. |
| mutual assistance in business regulation | Use of evidence gathering powers of a body such as regulation Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission or Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to obtain evidence for use by a similar foreign agency. |
| mutual assistance in criminal matters | Provision of assistance other than extradition (most commonly obtaining evidence) for a criminal investigation or prosecution in another country or tracing/confi scating proceeds of crime. |
| National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) | The independent body established under the Native Title Act 1993 to assist people to resolve native title issues. |
| native title | A pre-existing property interest, held communally or individually by Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders, that is capable of being recognised by Australia's common law. Native title can exist over land and waters where Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders maintain traditional laws and customs that give them a connection to the specified area. Native title rights are not 'granted' by governments or courts. Native title is not an underlying title, but rather a bundle of rights that can be extinguished by inconsistent acts of government. |
| non-ongoing APS employee | An APS employee who is not an on-going APS employee. |
| ongoing APS employee | A person engaged as an on-going APS employee as mentioned in paragraph 22(2)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999. |
| operations | Functions, services and processes performed in pursuing the objectives or discharging the functions of an agency. |
| Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) | International body, of which Australia is a member, responsible for encouraging economic cooperation and development and, in that context, working to control bribery of government officials in developing countries. |
| outcomes | The results, impacts or consequence of actions by the Commonwealth on the Australian community. |
| outputs | The goods or services produced by agencies on behalf of government for external organisations or individuals. Outputs include goods and services produced for other areas of government external to an agency. |
| people smuggling | The procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a country of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident. |
| people trafficking | The recruitment, transportation, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of threats, force, coercion, deception or abuse of power, for the purposes of exploitation. |
| performance information | Evidence about performance that is collected and used systematically which may relate to appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency and the extent to which an outcome can be attributed to an intervention. Performance information may be quantitative (numerical) or qualitative (descriptive), however it should be verifiable. Evaluations may also be periodically utilised to assess the performance of programs and activities. |
| performance pay | Also known as performance-linked bonuses and usually taking the form of a one-off payment in recognition of performance. Retention and sign-on payments are not considered to be performance pay, and nor is performance-linked advancement which includes advancement to higher pay points which then becomes the employee's nominal salary. In cases where an employee receives both a performance-linked bonus and performance-linked advancement (such as a one-off payment plus an increase in regular salary), only the bonus element is reportable. |
| purchaser–provider arrangements | Arrangements under which the outputs of one agency are purchased by another agency to contribute to outcomes. Purchaser–provider arrangements can occur between Commonwealth agencies or between Commonwealth agencies and State/Territory government or private sector bodies. |
| reasonable adjustment | Where a person can perform the inherent requirements of a job, an employer is required to make reasonable adjustments to the workplace or work practices to accommodate any additional needs that the person may have. |
| recovery | The coordinated process of supporting emergency-affected communities in reconstruction of the physical infrastructure and restoration of emotional, social, economic and physical well-being. |
| risk management | The culture, frameworks and structures that are directed towards the effective management of potential opportunities and adverse effects. Risk management involves the systematic application of management policies, procedures and practices to the steps of establishing the context, identifying, analysing, evaluating, treating, monitoring and communicating risk. |
| SCALEplus | A web site on which the Department publishes Commonwealth legislation. Only Acts are presently being kept up-to-date. It is being progressively replaced with ComLaw. |
| service charters | Public statements about the service that a department or agency will provide. |
| sunsetting mechanism | A process where legislative instruments are automatically taken to have been repealed after a certain period unless they are remade. This keeps the statute book up-to-date by ensuring that legislative instruments are only retained if they are needed. |
| workplace diversity | The central principle of workplace diversity is the creation of workplaces free from discrimination, harassment and bullying—workplaces where all employees act in accordance with the APS Code of Conduct and demonstrate their commitment to the APS Values. |
Abbreviations and acronyms
| A/APMC | Augmented Australasian Police Ministers Council |
| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| AAWJ | Australian Association of Women Judges |
| ABCB | Australian Building Codes Board |
| ACC | Australian Crime Commission |
| ACIU | ASNET Communications Infrastructure Upgrade |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ACICA | Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration |
| ADR | Alternative dispute resolution |
| AEMC | Australian Emergency Management Committee |
| AFDO | Australian Federation of Disability Organisations |
| AFP | Australian Federal Police |
| AFPPS | Australian Federal Police Protective Service |
| A-G | Attorney-General |
| AGCTC | Australian Government Counter-Terrorism Committee |
| AGD | Attorney-General's Department |
| AGIS | Attorney-General's Department Information Service |
| AGS | Australian Government Solicitor |
| AJEM | Australian Journal of Emergency Management |
| AIJA | Australian Institute of Judicial Administration |
| AIMF | Australia–Indonesia Ministerial Forum |
| AIS | Aboriginal Interpreter Service |
| AITF | Australia–Indonesia Task Force |
| ALGA | Australian Local Government Association |
| ALRC | Australian Law Reform Commission |
| AM | Member of the Order of Australia |
| AML/CTF | Anti-money-laundering/counter-terrorism financing |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| ANCOR | Australian National Child Offender Register |
| ANZLIC | Australian–New Zealand Land Information Council |
| AO | Officer of the Order of Australia |
| APEC | Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APMC | Australasian Police Ministers Council |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| AQTF | Australian Quality Training Framework |
| ARC | Australian Red Cross |
| ASIO | Australian Security Intelligence Organisation |
| ASIS | Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
| ASNET | Australian Secure Network |
| AS/NZS | Australian Standards and New Zealand Standards |
| ASIO | Australian Security Intelligence Organisation |
| ASIS | Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
| ASO | Air Security Officer |
| ASVS | Australian Security Vetting Service |
| ATSILS | Australian and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services |
| ATSIS | Australian and Torres Strait Islander Services |
| AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
| AUSFTA | Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement |
| AustLII | Australian Legal Information Institute |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BAPC | Building Access Policy Committee |
| BCI | Building and Construction Industry |
| CAR | Central African Republic |
| CBD | Central Business District |
| CBR | Chemical, biological, radiological |
| CBREP | Chemical, Biological and Radiological Enhancement Program |
| CCA | Commonwealth Copyright Administration |
| CDS | Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
| CEIs | Chief Executive's Instructions |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CERD | Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| CERTs | Computer emergency response teams |
| CIP | Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| CIPMA | CIP Modelling and Analysis |
| CJC | Criminal Justice Certificate |
| CJD | Civil Justice Division |
| CLCs | Community legal centres |
| CNVA | Computer Network Vulnerability Assessment |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CommonLII | Commonwealth Legal Information Institute |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CrimTrac | Agency responsible for delivery and maintenance of national policing information services |
| CrJD | Criminal Justice Division |
| CSG | Corporate Services Group |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CYDUs | Community Youth Development Units |
| DAWGS | Data and Workflow of Grants System |
| DCITA | Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts |
| DDA | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Aff airs and Trade |
| DIMIA | Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Aff airs |
| DIRKS | Designing and implementing record keeping systems |
| DoTRS | Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| DPP | Director of Public Prosecutions |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| DSD | Defence Signals Directorate |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECP | Enhanced Cooperation Package |
| ECPAT | End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking |
| EDMS | Electronic document management system |
| EL | Executive Level |
| EMA | Emergency Management Australia |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| ESD | Ecologically sustainable development |
| FaCS | Department of Family and Community Services |
| FATF | Financial Action Taskforce |
| FCA | Family Court of Australia |
| FCWA | Family Court of Western Australia |
| FESA | Fire and Emergency Services Authority |
| Finance | Department of Finance and Administration |
| FLLAD | Family Law and Legal Assistance Division |
| FMA Act | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FMC | Federal Magistrates Court of Australia |
| FOI | Freedom of information |
| FRLI | Federal Register of Legislative Instruments |
| FSG | Financial Services Group |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| FVPLS | Family Violence Prevention Legal Services |
| GSLP | Government Sector Linkages Program |
| HR | Human Resource |
| HREOC | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| HRH | His Royal Highness |
| HRIS | Human Resource Information system |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
| ICACSCP | International Child Abduction, Child Support and Civil Procedure |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICPC | International Centre for the Prevention of Crime |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| ICTY | International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| IJLAD | Indigenous Justice and Legal Assistance Division |
| IKS | Information and Knowledge Services Group |
| ILHRD | Information Law and Human Rights Division |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| ILSAC | International Legal Services Advisory Council |
| ILUA | Indigenous Land Use Agreement |
| ISLD | Information and Security Law Division |
| ISS | International Social Service |
| IT | Information technology |
| ITEC | Information Technology Executive Committee |
| ITSA | Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia |
| JDS | Juvenile Diversion Scheme |
| JSCOT | Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
| JWG | Joint Working Group |
| KM | Knowledge management |
| LARI | Legal Aid Reporting Initiative |
| LASSIE | Legal Aid System for Statistical Information and Exchange |
| LID | Legislative Instruments Database |
| LJAD | Law and Justice Advocacy |
| LO | Legal Officer |
| LSNTD | Legal Services and Native Title Division |
| M2006 | Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games |
| MA | Mature Audience |
| MARCEL | Marriage Celebrants System |
| MCCOC | Model Criminal Code Officers Committee |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| MSS | Ministerial Support System |
| NAJAC | National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee |
| NCP | National Crime Prevention |
| NCTC | National Counter-Terrorism Committee |
| NEMCC | National Emergency Management Coordination Centre |
| NGO | Non-government organisation |
| NII | National Information Infrastructure |
| NJCA | National Judicial College of Australia |
| NMCL | National Mediation Conference Limited |
| NOIE | National Office for the Information Economy |
| NSINS | National Spatial Information for National Security |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFLC | Office of Film and Literature Classification |
| OH&S | Occupational health and safety |
| OIL | Office of International Law |
| OIPC | Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| OLDP | Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing |
| OLSC | Office of Legal Services Coordination Australians overseas |
| OSMASSCASPLAN | National response plan for mass casualty incidents involving Australian overseas |
| PAES | Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
| PBS | Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PDRE | Prevention, Diversion and Rehabilitation |
| PIF | Pacific Islands Forum |
| PLO | Principal Legal Officer |
| PM&C | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| PNR | Passenger Name Record |
| PPI | Program for Performance Improvement |
| PSI | Proliferation Security Initiative |
| PSCC | Protective Security Coordination Centre |
| PSM | Public Service Medal |
| PWD | People with Disability Australia Incorporated |
| QC | Queen's Counsel |
| RFD | Reserve Force Decoration |
| RICAC | Remote Indigenous Communities Advisory Committee |
| RMIT | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| RPVs | Remote Positioning Vehicles |
| ROK | Republic of Korea |
| SCAG | Standing Committee of Attorneys-General |
| SCAG/APMC | Standing Committee of Attorneys-General/Australasian Police Ministers Council |
| SCALEplus | Statutes, Cases Automated Legal Enquiry (with Internet access) |
| SCID | Security and Critical Infrastructure Division |
| SecVec | Security Vetting System |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SIG | Security in Government |
| SITF | Special Incident Task Force |
| SLO | Senior Legal Officer |
| SRA | Shared Responsibility Agreement |
| TISN | Trusted Information Sharing Network for critical infrastructure protection |
| TMRO | Trade Measures Review Officer |
| TMRS | Trade Measures Review Secretariat |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNIDROIT | An international institution for the unification of private law |
| US | United States (of America) |
| USAR | Urban Search and Rescue |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WGLC | Working Group on Legal Cooperation |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |