| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AQI | Air Quality Index |
| BoM | Bureau of Meteorology |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| EEA | Environment Expenditure Accounts |
| EPEA | Environment Protection Expenditure Accounts |
| EWES | Energy, Water and Environment Survey |
| GBR | Great Barrier Reef |
| GBRMP | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park |
| GBRMPA | Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| GL | Gigalitres |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| GVIAP | Gross Value of Irrigated Agriculture Production |
| IGVA | Industry Gross Value Added |
| IPCC | International Panel on Climate Change |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LULUCF | Land Use and Land Use Change and Forestry |
| MAP | Measures of Australia’s Progress |
| MDB | Murray-Darling Basin |
| MDBA | Murray-Darling Basin Authority |
| NEPM | National Environment Protection Measure |
| NPEI | National Plan for Environmental Information |
| NPV | Net Present Value |
| NRM | Natural Resource Management areas |
| NVIS | National Vegetation Information System |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PJ | petajoules |
| SEEA | System of Environmental Economic Accounting |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| TSA | Tourism Satellite Account |
| UNCEEA | United Nations Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| WGSSD | Working Group on Statistics for Sustainable Development |