Abbreviations & Acronyms

ABA
Amateur Beekeepers Australia
ABARES
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
ABF
ABFA
Australian Border Force
Australian Barramundi Farmers’ Association
ACDP
Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
ADF
Australian Defence Force
AGCMF
Australian Government Crisis Management Framework
AgriFutures Australia
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
AGSOC
Agriculture Senior Officials Committee
Agvet
agricultural and veterinary [chemicals and medicines]
AHA
Animal Health Australia
AHBIC
Australian Honey Bee Industry Council
AHS
African Horse Sickness
AIHSP
Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership
AIP-EID
Australia Indonesia Partnership for Emerging Infectious Diseases
ALOP
appropriate level of protection
ALTRA
Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association
AMA
Animal Medicines Australia
AMIEU
Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union
ANAO
Australian National Audit Office
APVMA
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
ASF
African Swine Fever
ATSE
Australian Academy of Technology & Engineering
AUSBIOAGPLAN
Australian Government Biosecurity and Agricultural Response Plan
AUSVETPLAN
Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan
AVA
Australian Veterinary Association
AWU
Australian Workers' Union
the Biosecurity Act
Biosecurity Act 2015
BNPB
Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana, Indonesia (National Disaster Mitigation Agency)
CCA
Cattle Council of Australia
CEBRA
Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, University of Melbourne
CISS
Centre for Invasive Species Solutions
the Code
Australian Honey Bee Industry Biosecurity Code of Practice (2016)
CPSU
Community and Public Sector Union
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DAFF
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Cwlth)
DAWE
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (Cwlth)
DAWR
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Cwlth)
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
DPI
NSW Department of Primary Industries
EAD
emergency animal disease
EADRA
Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement
eDNA
environmental deoxyribonucleic acid
EPP
emergency plant pest
EPPR
emergency plant pest response
EPPRD
Emergency Plant Pest Response Deed
FMD
FRDC
Foot-and-mouth disease
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
GRDC
Home Affairs
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Department of Home Affairs
Hort Innovation
Horticulture Innovation Australia
IGAB
Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity
IGB
Inspector-General of Biosecurity
ISC
Integrity Systems Company
JEV
Japanese encephalitis virus
LiveCorp
Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited
LSD
Lumpy skin disease
MLA
Meat and Livestock Australia
mRNA
messenger ribonucleic acid
NABF
Northern Australia Biosecurity Framework
NABS
Northern Australia Biosecurity Strategy 2030
NAQS
Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
NBBP
National Bee Biosecurity Program
NBC
National Biosecurity Committee
NBPSP
National Bee Pest Surveillance Program
NBS
National Biosecurity Strategy
NEBRA
National Environmental Biosecurity Response Agreement
NFF
National Farmers' Federation
NLIS
National Livestock Identification System
NSW
New South Wales
NSWAA
NSW Apiarists' Association
OIE
Office International des Epizooties, now World Organisation for Animal Health
PC
Productivity Commission
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
PHA
Plant Health Australia
PIF
Plant Industry Forum
PLANTPLAN
Australian Emergency Plant Pest Response Plan
PNG
Papua New Guinea
PRISMA
Promoting Rural Incomes through Support for Markets in Agriculture
QBA
Queensland Beekeepers' Association
QFF
Queensland Farmers' Federation
QLD
Queensland
RAAF
Royal Australian Air Force Base
RD&E
research, development and extension
RDC
Research and Development Corporation/s
RMAC
Red Meat Advisory Council
RSPCA
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
SEJ
Structured Expert Judgement/s
UK
United Kingdom
WA DPIRD
Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
WOAH
World Organisation for Animal Health, founded as Office International des Epizooties (OIE)

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