Abbreviations Used In The Report

ACCI Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions

AMIC Australian Mining Industry Council

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

AustLII Australian Legal Information Institute

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

CER Closer Economic Relations

CERD Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

CROC Convention on the Rights of the Child

DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

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ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ILC International Labour Conference

ILO International Labour Organisation

NFF National Farmers' Federation

NGO Non-Government Organisation

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PIAC Public Interest Advocacy Centre

SCALE Statute and Cases Automated Legal Enquiry

SLAG Standing Committee of Commonwealth, State and Territory Attorneys-General

SLCRC Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee

UN United Nations

UNTS United National Treaty Series

UNESCO United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation

WTO World Trade Organisation

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