List of Abbreviations

List of Abbreviations

ABARE

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

AFMA

Australian Fisheries Management Authority

AFP

Australian Federal Police

AMSA

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

APVMA

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

AQIS

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

ARTC

Australian Rail Track Corporation

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASL

Average staffing level

ASRIS

Australian Soils Resources Information System

ATSB

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

BRS

Bureau of Rural Sciences

BSE

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

CASA

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

CPRS

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme

DAFF

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

DCC

Department of Climate Change

DEWHA

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

DITRDLG

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

EC

Exceptional Circumstances

EPBC Act

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

ETS

Emissions Trading Scheme

FSANZ

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

FTA

Free trade agreement

GMO

Genetically modified organism

GRDC

Grains Research and Development Corporation

ICT

Information and communications technology

IOTC

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission

IRA

Import Risk Analysis

IT

Information technology

MERI

Monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement

MLA

Meat and Livestock Australia

NRM

Natural resource management

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PAES

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

PBS

Portfolio Budget Statements

PIAPH

Product Integrity, Animal and Plant Health

PNG

Papua New Guinea

R&D

Research and development

RDA

Regional Development Australia

RLCIP

Regional and Local Community Infrastructure program

SRM

Sustainable resource management

TFES

Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

WEA

Wheat Exports Australia

WTO

World Trade Organisation

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