Abbreviations and acronyms

ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABCC
Australian Building and Construction Commission
ABN
Australian Business Number
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACCI
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ACCR
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility
ACMA
Australian Communications and Media Authority
ACTU
Australian Council of Trade Unions
AHEIA
Australian Higher Education Industrial Association
AICD
Australian Institute of Company Directors
ALC
Australian Law Council of Australia
AMWU
Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
ARA
Australian Retailers Association
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASU
Australian Services Union
ATO
Australian Taxation Office
BCA
Business Council of Australia
BCIIP Act
Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016
BOOT
Better off overall test
CAANZ
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
CAPA
Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations
CCIWA
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia
CFMEU
Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
COSBOA
Council of Small Business Organisations Australia
CPSU
Community and Public Sector Union
CUPUW
Casualised, Unemployed, and Precarious University Workers
Cwlth
Commonwealth
DESE
Department of Education, Skills and Employment
Fair Work Act
Fair Work Act 2009
FCA
Federal Court of Australia
FCFCA
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
FEG
Fair Entitlements Guarantee
FEG Act
Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012
FSC
Financial Services Council
FSU
Finance Sector Union of Australia
FTE
Full-time equivalent (staff)
FWC
Fair Work Commission
FWO
Fair Work Ombudsman
HIA
Housing Industry Australia
ILO
International Labour Organization (United Nations)
IR
Industrial relations
Job security inquiry
Senate Select Committee on Job Security (46th Parliament)
LCA
Law Council of Australia
MQ Casual Collective
Macquarie [University] Casual Collective
MWC
Migrant Workers Centre
NES
National Employment Standards
NFAW
National Foundation for Australian Women
NRA
National Retail Association
NTEU
National Tertiary Education Union
NTWWC
Northern Territory Working Women's Centre
NUS
National Union of Students
PC
Productivity Commission
Protecting Vulnerable Workers Act
Fair Work (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Act 2017
R&CA
Restaurant and Catering Australia
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia
RO Act
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
ROC
Registered Organisations Commission
SDA
Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association
SG
Superannuation Guarantee (ATO)
SGA Act
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
SME
Small to medium-sized enterprise
TEQSA
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
UNSW
University of New South Wales
UWA
University of Western Australia
UWU
United Workers Union
Work Choices
System of industrial relations provisions introduced by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005

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