| ABARE | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACG | Allen Consulting Group |
| ACMA | Australian Communications and Media Authority |
| ABR | Australian Business Register |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABS Act | Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 |
| ABSDL | Australian Bureau of Statistics Data Laboratory |
| ABSBR | ABS Business Register |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AEI | Australian Economic Indicators |
| AGIMO | Australian Government Information Management Office |
| AIFS AIPRD ANA | Australian Institute of Family Studies Australia Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development Australian National Accounts |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| ANZSCO | Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| APPA | Australian Pacific Privacy Authorities |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| ASAC | Australian Statistics Advisory Council |
| ASCCEG | Australian Standard Classification of Cultural and Ethnic Groups |
| ASCL | Australian Standard Classification of Languages |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASCRG | Australian Standard Classification of Religious Groups |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASIC | Australian Standard Industrial Classification |
| AST | Australian Social Trends |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
| AVO | Australian Valuers' Office |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BLD | Business Longitudinal Database |
| BIS | Basic Information Set |
| BIT | Business Income Tax |
| BoP | Balance of Payments |
| BPM | Balance of Payments Manual |
| BPS | Badan Pusat Statistik (Statistics Indonesia) |
| BSIP | Business Statistics Innovation Program |
| C&S Act | Census and Statistics Act 1905 |
| CAI | Computer Assisted Interviewing |
| cat. no. | ABS catalogue number |
| CDE | Census Data Enhancement |
| CDS | Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
| CES | Conference of European Statisticians |
| CO | Central Office |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CPC V.2 | United Nations Central Product Classification |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CURF | Confidentialised Unit Record File |
| DAIS | South Australian Department of Administrative and Information Services |
| DAP | Disability Action Plan |
| DDA | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 |
| DEH | Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| DEST | Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DHM | Division Heads Meetings |
| DITR | Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources |
| DPC | Data Processing Centre |
| DTEC | Department of Technical and Economic Co-operation |
| DTF | Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance |
| E2E | End-to-end |
| eCensus | Internet version of the form for the 2006 Census of Population and Housing |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| FaCSIA | Department of Family and Community Services, and Indigenous Affairs |
| FBT | Fringe Benefits Tax |
| FMA Act | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GNAF | Geocoded National Address File |
| GPF | Government Partnership Fund |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| GVG | Greenhouse Vehicle Guide |
| HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
| HILDA | Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia |
| HPI | House Price Index |
| HR DHM | Human Resources Division Heads Meeting |
| HSR | Health and Safety Representative |
| ICP | International Comparison Program |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IDP | Information Development Plan |
| IDW | Input Data Warehouse |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards IMF International Monetary Fund |
| ISCO | International Standard Classifications of Occupations |
| ISI | International Statistical Institute |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITPI | International Trade Price Indexes |
| KNSO | Korean National Statistical Office |
| L&D | Learning and Development |
| LEP | Library Extension Program |
| LPI | Labour Price Index |
| LSAC | Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
| LSIC | Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children |
| MAP | Measurement of Australia's Progress |
| MAPS | Marrakesh Action Plan for Statistics |
| MCEETYA | Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs |
| MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPHS | Multi-purpose Household Survey |
| MPS | Monthly Population Survey |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NCATSIS | National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics |
| NCETS | National Centre for Education and Training Statistics |
| NCYSU | National Children and Youth Statistics Unit |
| NDN | National Data Network |
| NHIG | National Health Information Group |
| NHS | National Health Survey |
| NIRS | National Information and Referral Service |
| NRM | Natural Resource Management |
| NRP | National Regional Profile |
| NSS | National Statistical Service |
| NSTI | National Statistical Training Institute |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NZSCO | New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OESR Queensland Office of Economic and Statistical Research |
| OFPC | Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner |
| OHS | Occupational Health and Safety |
| OHS (CE) Act | Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 |
| OPALS | Organisational, People and Learning Systems |
| PES | Post Enumeration Survey |
| PPI | Producer Price Indexes |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| PGSP | Pacific Governance Support Program |
| QLD | Queensland |
| RADL | Remote Access Data Laboratory |
| RSE | Relative Standard Error |
| RSS | Really Simple Syndication |
| SA | South Australia |
| SCH | Statistical Clearing House |
| SEEA | System of Environments-Economic Accounts |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SLCD | Statistical Longitudinal Census Dataset |
| SMS | Short Message System |
| SIAP | Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific |
| SMVU | Survey of Motor Vehicle Use |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SOMES | Strengthening of Macro-Economic Statistics |
| SPC | Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| SPSA | Statistics Program, South Australia |
| STSS | State and Territory Statistical Services |
| TAS | Tasmania |
| TSD | Technology Services Division |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| UNSC | United Nations Statistical Commission |
| VIC | Victoria |
| VNSO | Vanuatu National Statistics Office |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WPI | Wage Price Index |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
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