
ABARES | 
Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics and Sciences |

ABS | 
Australian Bureau of Statistics |

ACARA | 
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |

ACBPS | 
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service |

ACER | 
Australian Council for Educational Research |

ACT | 
Australian Capital Territory |

AEC | 
Australian Electoral Commission |

AIFS | 
Australian Institute of Family Studies |

AIHW | 
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |

ANZDATA | 
Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry |

AOFM | 
Australian Office of Financial Management |

APRA | 
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |

ARA | 
Australasian Railway Association |

ASAC | 
Australian Statistics Advisory Council |

ASIC | 
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |

ATO | 
Australian Taxation Office |

ATSB | 
Australian Transport Safety Bureau |

Aust. | 
Australia |

BITRE | 
Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics |

BoM | 
Bureau of Meteorology |

BREE | 
Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics |

COAG | 
Council of Australian Governments |

DAFF | 
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |

DCCEE | 
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency |

DEEWR | 
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations |

DFAT | 
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |

DHS | 
Department of Human Services |

DIAC | 
Department of Immigration and Citizenship |

DIISRTE | 
Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education |

DoFD | 
Department of Finance and Deregulation |

DoHA | 
Department of Health and Ageing |

FaHCSIA | 
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |

FMA | 
Fisheries Management Area |

GA | 
Geoscience Australia |

GDP | 
Gross Domestic Product |

GSP | 
Gross State Product |

IMF | 
International Monetary Fund |

LFSS | 
Labour Force Supplementary Surveys |

LGA | 
Local Government Area |

MAP | 
Measures of Australia’s Progress |

MPHS | 
Monthly Population Household Survey |

NCVER | 
National Centre for Vocational Education Research |

NRM | 
Natural Resource Management |

NSW | 
New South Wales |

NT | 
Northern Territory |

OECD | 
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |

QLD | 
Queensland |

RBA | 
Reserve Bank of Australia |

RBDM | 
Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages |

SA | 
South Australia |

SDDS | 
Special Data Dissemination Standard |

SEWPaC | 
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities |

Tas. | 
Tasmania |

UN | 
United Nations |

Vic. | 
Victoria |

VIFM | 
Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine |

WA | 
Western Australia |