| AFMA |
Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APSC |
Australian Public Service Commission |
| APVMA |
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
| AQIS |
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
| ATSB |
Australian Transport Safety Bureau |
| AWBC |
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CAC Orders |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies (Report of Operations) Orders 2005 |
| CASA |
Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| DAA |
Dairy Adjustment Authority |
| DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| DEWHA |
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
| EC |
Exceptional Circumstances |
| EPBC Act |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| EWC |
Export Wheat Commission |
| FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| Infrastructure |
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government |
| IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing |
| MERI |
Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement strategy |
| NRM |
Natural resource management |
| NTC |
National Transport Commission |
| OH&S Act |
Occupational Health & Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 |
| PAES |
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PIERD Act |
Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989 |
| R&D |
Research and development |
| Requirements for Annual Reports |
Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies |
| Strategy |
Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
| WEA |
Wheat Exports Australia (from 1 July 2008) |