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ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABS@ | information service to provide users with ready access to ABS publications and to a range of multi-dimensional datasets in electronic format |
| ABSDL | ABS Site Data Laboratory |
| ACIR | Australian Childhood Immunisation Register |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AIC | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| ASAC | Australian Statistics Advisory Council |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| AusStats | an online subscription service to the ABS standard product range |
| Aust. | Australia |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BSC | Business Statistics Centre |
| BSIP | Business Statistics Innovation Program |
| CAI | computer assisted interviewing |
| C&S Act | Commonwealth and Statistics Act 1905 |
| cat. no. | ABS catalogue number |
| CDATA | CD-ROM product containing census data |
| CDS | Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
| CLIB | a free census product available only to LEP-eligible libraries |
| CO | Central Office |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| CPSU | Community and Public Sector Union |
| CURF | confidentialised unit record file |
| DDA | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 |
| DEST | Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DOTARS | Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| DPC | Data Processing Centre |
| DSD | Defence Signals Directorate |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| e-LEP | electronic Library Extension Program |
| ERP | estimated resident population |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESDC | Economic Statistics Data Centre |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| HIES | Household Income and Expenditure Survey |
| HWS | Harassment and Workplace Support |
| ICP | International Comparison Program |
| ICT | information and communication technology |
| IDP | Information Development Plan |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IRDB | Integrated Regional Data Base |
| ISI | International Statistical Institute |
| ISS | Indigenous Social Survey |
| IT | information technoloty |
| ITPI | international trade price indexes |
| K10 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale - 10 |
| LEP | Library Extension Program |
| L&D | learning and development |
| MAC | Methodology Advisory Committee |
| MDRP | Microdata Review Panel |
| MEI | main economic indicator |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
| NATOHSC | National Occupational Health and Safety Committee |
| NATSIS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey |
| NHS | National Health Survey |
| NSC | National Statistics Centre |
| NSS | National Statistical Service |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHS | occupational health and safety |
| PES | post-enumeration survey |
| PMAU | People Management Advisory Unit |
| PPI | producer price indexes |
| PPP | purchasing power parity |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RRSNC | Rural and Regional Statistics National Centre |
| SA | South Australia |
| SCH | Statistical Clearing House |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SESCA | Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia |
| SLA | Statistical Local Area |
| SPC | Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| SSF | State Statistical Forum |
| STSS | State and Territory Statistical Services |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| VPN | virtual private networking |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
| WCI | wage cost index |
| WD | workplace diversity |