| AAMVA |
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators |
| AAN |
Australians Abroad Network |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACC |
Australian Citizenship Council |
| Advance |
Advance - Australian Professionals in America |
| AIC |
Australian Institute for Commercialisation |
| AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
| AGIMO |
Australian Government Information Management Office |
| ANZACC |
Australian New Zealand American Chambers of Commerce |
| ARC |
Australian Research Council |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| AustCham Beijing |
China-Australia Chamber of Commerce |
| AustCham Singapore |
Australian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore |
| Citizenship Act |
Australian Citizenship Act 1948 |
| Commonwealth Electoral Act |
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DIMIA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| EOE |
Eligible Overseas Elector |
| FaCS |
Department of Family and Community Services |
| Hugo report |
G Hugo, D Rudd and K Harris, Australia's Diaspora: Its Size, Nature and Policy Implications, Final Report, Committee for Economic Development of Australia, July 2003 |
| JSCEM |
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters |
| JSCEM report |
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, 2001 Federal Election: Report of the inquiry into the 2001 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto, 23 June 2003 |
| Lowy report |
M Fullilove and C Flutter, Diaspora: the world wide web of Australians, Lowy Institute Paper 04, Lowy Institute for International Policy, November 2004 |
| NEAR |
Network of Expatriate Researchers |
| NHMRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ORAO |
online register of Australians overseas |
| PIO card |
Person of Indian Origin card |
| SCG |
Southern Cross Group |
| SUGUNA |
Sydney University Graduates Union of North America |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| US |
United States of America |
| VEN |
Victorian Expat Network |
| VESKI |
Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation |