| 2004 agency survey |
The agency survey conducted in June 2004 for the State of the Service report |
| 2004 employee survey |
The employee survey conducted in May 2004 for the State of the Service report |
| 2005 agency survey |
The agency survey conducted in June 2005 for the State of the Service report |
| 2005 employee survey |
The employee survey conducted in May 2005 for the State of the Service report |
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| AAWI |
Average annualised wage increase |
| ABA |
Australian Broadcasting Authority |
| ABN |
Australian Business Number |
| ABR |
Australian Business Register |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACC |
Australian Crime Commission |
| ACCs |
Area Consultative Committees |
| ACMA |
Australian Communications and Media Authority |
| Act |
Public Service Act 1999 |
| ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| ADR |
Alternative dispute resolution |
| AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
| AFC |
Australian Film Commission |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AGD |
Attorney General’s Department |
| Agency survey |
The agency survey for the State of the Service Report 2004–05 |
| AGIMO |
Australian Government Information Management Office |
| AHD-MPC |
Australian Health Disaster Management Policy Committee |
| AHL |
Aboriginal Hostels Limited |
| AIATSIS |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
| AIFS |
Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| AIPRD |
Australian-Indonesian Partnership for Reconstruction and Development |
| AIRC |
Australian Industrial Relations Commission |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANZSOG |
Australia and New Zealand School of Government |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| APSED |
Australian Public Service Employment Database |
| APSEDII |
Australian Public Service Employment Database Internet Interface |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ATAC |
Australian Telework Advisory Committee |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| ATSIS |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services |
| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| AUSTRAC |
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
| AWA |
Australian workplace agreement |
| AWM |
Australian War Memorial |
| BoM |
Bureau of Meteorology |
| CA |
Certified agreement |
| CDAC |
Career Development Assessment Centre |
| CDEP |
Community Development Employment Projects Programme |
| CEIs |
Chief executive instructions |
| CEO |
Chief executive officer |
| CIOC |
Chief Information Officers’ Committee |
| CIS |
Customer Information System |
| CIU |
Cabinet Implementation Unit |
| CLC |
Corporate Leadership Council |
| CMR |
Customs Cargo Management Re-engineering (CMR) Project |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| Code |
APS Code of Conduct (s.13 of the Public Service Act 1999) |
| Commission |
Australian Public Service Commission |
| Commissioner |
Public Service Commissioner |
| Commissioner’s Directions |
Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 1999 |
| CPI |
Consumer price index |
| CRS |
CRS Australia |
| CSA |
Child Support Agency |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSP |
Competitive selection process |
| CSS |
Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme |
| Customs |
Australian Customs Service |
| Cwlth |
Commonwealth |
| DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| DCITA |
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts |
| Defence |
Department of Defence |
| DEH |
Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| DEST |
Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DHS |
Department of Human Services |
| DIMIA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| Directions |
Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 1999 |
| DITR |
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources |
| DMO |
Defence Materiel Organisation |
| DoTARS |
Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| DVA |
Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
| EEO |
Equal employment opportunity |
| EFP |
Executive Fellows Program |
| EL |
Executive level employees |
| EMA |
Emergency Management Australia |
| EMPA |
Executive Master of Public Administration |
| Employee survey |
The employee survey for the State of the Service Report 2004–05 |
| EOWA |
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency |
| FaCS |
Department of Family and Community Services |
| Family Court |
Family Court of Australia |
| Federal Court |
Federal Court of Australia |
| Finance |
Department of Finance and Administration |
| FTAs |
Free Trade Agreements |
| FTE |
Full-time equivalent |
| Gazette |
Public Service Gazette |
| GBRMPA |
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| GSLP |
Australian-Indonesian Government Sector Linkages Program |
| Health |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| HIC |
Health Insurance Commission |
| HR |
Human resources |
| HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| HSA |
Health Services Australia |
| IAPSEN |
Indigenous APS Employees’ Network |
| ICC |
Indigenous Coordination Centres |
| ICS |
Integrated Cargo System |
| ICT |
Information and communications technology |
| IDETF |
Interdepartmental Emergency Task Force |
| IES |
Indigenous Employment Strategy |
| ILO |
Indigenous Liaison Officer |
| ILS |
Integrated Leadership System |
| IMSC |
Information Management Strategy Committee |
| ISACs |
Independent Selection Advisory Committees |
| IT |
Information technology |
| LAFIA |
Leading Australia’s Future in Asia |
| LALAC |
Leadership and Learning Advisory Committee |
| LLO |
Local Liaison Officers’ Programme |
| MAC |
Management Advisory Committee |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRT |
Migration Review Tribunal |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NED |
Nominal expiry date |
| NESB |
Non-English speaking background |
| NGOs |
Non-government organisations |
| NICP |
National Indigenous Cadetship Programme |
| NIEP |
National Indigenous Employees’ Plan |
| NLA |
National Library of Australia |
| NMA |
National Museum of Australia |
| NMI |
National Measurement Institute |
| NNTT |
National Native Title Tribunal |
| NOHSC |
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission |
| NOIE |
National Office for the Information Economy |
| NOO |
National Oceans Office |
| NOPSA |
National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority |
| NT |
Northern Territory |
| NWC |
National Water Commission |
| NWI |
National Water Initiative |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OHS |
Occupational health and safety |
| OIPC |
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| Ombudsman |
Commonwealth Ombudsman |
| ONA |
Office of National Assessments |
| OPC |
Office of Parliamentary Counsel |
| PAC |
Promotion appeal committee |
| PECTA |
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PM&C |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| PRC |
Promotion review committee |
| Protective Service |
Australian Protective Service |
| PS Act |
Public Service Act 1999 |
| Regulations |
Public Service Regulations 1999 |
| RIS |
Regulation impact statement |
| RRT |
Refugee Review Tribunal |
| SA |
South Australia |
| SDSS |
Standard Defence Supply System |
| SELC framework |
Senior Executive Leadership Capability Framework |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SRAs |
Shared Responsibility Agreements |
| TFN |
Tax File Number |
| TR |
Total remuneration |
| Treasury |
Department of the Treasury |
| TRP |
Total remuneration package |
| TSRA |
Torres Strait Regional Authority |
| Values |
APS Values (s.10(1) of the Public Service Act 1999) |
| Vic |
Victoria |
| VVCS |
Vietnam Veterans’ Counselling Service |
| WA |
Western Australia |
