AA Fund | Assetless Administration Fund |
ABA | Australian Banking Association |
ABRS | Australian Business Registry Services |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
ACF | Australian Credit Forum |
ACN | Australian Company Number |
ACTU | Australian Council of Trade Unions |
ADI | Authorised Deposit Taking Institution |
AFSA | Australian Financial Security Authority (formerly ITSA) |
AGD | Attorney-General's Department |
AICM | Australian Institute of Credit Management |
AIIP | Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners |
ALRC | Australian Law Reform Commission |
AMWU | Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union |
ARITA | Australian Restructuring and Insolvency and Turnaround Association |
ARITA | Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association |
ASBFEO | Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman |
ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
ASIC Act | Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
AWEF | Approved Worker Entitlement Fund |
Banking Code | Australian Banking Association Banking Code of Practice |
Bankruptcy Act | Bankruptcy Act 1966 |
BETA | Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government |
BLS LCA | Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia |
B-READY | World Bank Business Ready |
CAANZ | Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand |
CDD | Creditor-defeating disposition |
CFMMEU | Construction Forestry Maritime Mining And Energy Union |
committee | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services |
Constitution | Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act |
Corporations Act | Corporations Act 2001 |
CPA | Certified Practising Accountant |
DEWR | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
Director ID | Director Identification Number |
DOCA | deed of company arrangement |
DPN | Director Penalty Notices |
Economics Committee | Senate Economics Reference Committee |
ETU | Electrical Trades Union |
FBT | Fringe Benefits Tax |
FEG | Fair Entitlements Guarantee |
FY | financial year |
GST | Goods and Services Tax |
HIA | Housing Industry Association |
ILRA | Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IPA | Institute of Public Accountants |
ITSA | Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (now AFSA) |
Legislative Guide | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law |
MoU | Memorandum of understanding |
MSE/s | micro to small enterprise/s |
MSME/s | micro, small and medium business/es |
MVL/s | member voluntary liquidation/s |
NCI Forum | National Construction Industry Forum |
PJC | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services |
PPS Act | Personal Property Securities Act 2009 |
PPSR | Personal Property Securities Register |
SBR | Small Business Restructuring |
SCoLA | Society of Corporate Law Academics |
SME/s | small and medium enterprise/s |
SPEE Act | Corporations Amendment (Strengthening Protections for Employee Entitlements) Act 2019 |
ROCAP | Report on Company Affairs and Property |
The Principles | World Bank Principles for Effective Insolvency and Creditor/debtor Regimes |
TMA | Turnaround Management Association Australia |
Treasury | Department of the Treasury |
UK | United Kingdom |
UNCCA | United Nations National Coordination Committee for Australia |
UNICTRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
US | United States |
WEF | Worker Entitlement Fund |