| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| APR | arithmetic mean of price relatives, also referred to as the Carli formula |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| AWE | average weekly earnings |
| CCB | Child Care Benefit |
| CCR | Child Care Rebate (formerly known as Child Care Tax Rebate: CCTR) |
| CCTR | Child Care Tax Rebate |
| COICOP | Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose |
| COLI | cost of living index |
| CPI | consumer price index |
| CRA | Commonwealth Rent Assistance |
| DEST | Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DHA | Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing |
| EEH | Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours |
| EPI | export price index |
| FAO | Family Assistance Office |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GM | geometric mean |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| HEC | Household Expenditure Classification |
| HECS | Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
| HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
| HESA | Higher Education Support Act 20030 |
| HFCE | household final consumption expenditure |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IPD | implicit price deflator |
| IPI | import price index |
| ITPI | International Trade Price Indexes |
| LPI | labour price index |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PPI | producer price index |
| RAM | random-access memory |
| RAP | relative of the arithmetic mean of prices, also referred to as the Dutot formula |
| SEE | Survey of Employment and Earnings |
| TAU | type of activity unit |