| ABBM |
Able
Seaman |
| ACS |
Australian
Customs Service |
| ADE |
[HMAS] Adelaide |
| ADF |
Australian
Defence Force |
| ADFA |
Australian
Defence Force Academy |
| ADO |
Australian
Defence Organisation |
| AEST |
Australian
Eastern Standard Time |
| AFP |
Australian
Federal Police |
| AMSA |
Australian
Maritime Safety Authority |
| ANAO |
Australian
National Audit Office |
| APS |
Australian
Protective Services |
| APS |
Australian
Public Service |
| AQIS |
Australian
Quarantine and Inspection Service |
| ASIO |
Australian
Security and Intelligence Organisation |
| AST |
Australian
Theatre |
| ASTJIC |
Australian
Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre |
| AusSAR |
Australian
Search and Rescue |
| AVM |
Air
Vice Marshal |
| CDF |
Chief
of Defence Force |
| CEO |
Chief
Executive Officer |
| CMI |
Certain
Maritime Incident |
| CJTF |
Commander
Joint Task Force |
| CMSP |
Civil
Maritime Surveillance Program |
| CN |
Chief
of Navy |
| CO |
Commander |
| COMAST |
Commander
Australian Theatre |
| DFAT |
Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DIMA |
Department
of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| DIMIA |
Department
of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| DJOPS |
Director
Joint Operations |
| DLO |
Departmental
Liaison Officer |
| DML |
Director
Media Liaison |
| DSD |
Defence
Signals Directorate |
| DTRS |
Department
of Transport and Regional Services |
| EOTS |
Electro-Optical
Tracking System |
| EXCOM |
Executive
Committee |
| FAA |
First
Administrative Arrangements |
| HPACC |
Head Public
Affairs and Corporate Communication |
| HQNORCOM |
Head Quarters Northern
Command |
| HSC |
Head
Strategic Command |
| IAS |
Intelligence
Analysis Section |
| IDC |
interdepartmental
committee |
| INP |
Indonesian
National Police |
| INTSUM |
Intelligence
Summary |
| IOC |
Information
Oversight Committee |
| IOM |
International
Organisation for Migration |
| IRDS |
Infra-Red
Detection System |
| LSCK |
Leading Seaman
Cook |
| MAPACC |
Military Adviser
Public Affairs and Corporate Communication |
| MC |
Maritime
Commander |
| MINDEF |
Defence
Minister |
| MoPS |
Members of
Parliament Staff |
| MOU |
Memorandum
of Understanding |
| NCC |
Naval
Component Commander |
| NORCOM |
Northern Command |
| ONA |
Office of
National Assessments |
| OPSUM |
Operations
Summary |
| OSCA |
Office of
Strategic Crime Assessments |
| PACC |
Public
Affairs and Corporate Communication |
| PM & C |
Department of
the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| PNG |
Papua
New Guinea |
| PST |
People
Smuggling Taskforce |
| PUAs |
possible
unauthorised arrivals |
| RAAF |
Royal
Australian Airforce |
| RAN |
Royal
Australian Navy |
| RCC |
Rescue
Coordination Centre |
| RHIB |
rigid
hull inflatable boat |
| ROE |
Rules
of Engagement |
| SAS |
Special
Air Services |
| SCD |
Strategic
Command Division |
| SIEV |
Suspected
Illegal Entry Vessel |
| sitrep |
situation
report |
| SOLAS |
Safety
of Life at Sea |
| SUNC |
suspected
unauthorised non-citizen |
| TSE |
Transit
Security Element |
| UA |
unauthorised
arrival |
| UBA |
unauthorised
boat arrival |
| UNHCR |
United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |