| ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AMP | Agency Multicultural Plan |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| APSC Review | Australian Public Service Capability Review |
| ASAC | Australian Statistics Advisory Council |
| CAP | Capability Action Plan |
| cat. no. | Catalogue number |
| Census | Census of Population and Housing, conducted every five years under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905. The Census aims to measure accurately the number of people and dwellings in Australia on Census Night, and a range of their key characteristics. |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CSPA | Common Statistical Production Architecture |
| CURF | Confidentialised Unit Record File |
| DPF | Development and Performance Framework |
| EAP | Employee Assistance Program |
| ECE | Economic Commission for Europe (UN) |
| EL | Executive Level |
| ELG | Executive Leadership Group |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| EPBC Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
| ESA | Essential Statistical Assets |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN) |
| FOI | Freedom of Information |
| FOI Act | Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| FTE | full-time equivalent (employees) |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFS | government finance statistics |
| GLIDE | Graphically Linked Information Discovery Environment |
| HLG MOS | High Level Group for the Modernisation of Official Statistics |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICT | information and communications technology |
| in-posted | An officer of another agency posted to ABS |
| IPS | Information Publication Scheme |
| IT | Information technology |
| MFD | multi-function device |
| MFP | multifactor productivity |
| MRR | Metadata Registry and Repository |
| N/A | not applicable |
| NAPLAN | National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy |
| NASR | National Agricultural Statistics Review |
| NIRS | National Information and Referral Service |
| NSO | National Statistical Organisation |
| NSS | National Statistical Service |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| outposted | An ABS officer posted to another agency |
| PCF | People Capability Framework |
| PGPA Act | Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
| PMO | Program Management Office |
| PPIs | Producer Price Indexes |
| Privacy Act | Privacy Act 1988 |
| QLD | Queensland |
| RBA | Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RPPI | Residential Property Price Index |
| SA | South Australia |
| SCH | Statistical Clearing House |
| SDDS | IMF Special Data Dissemination Standard |
| SEEA | System of Environmental-Economic Accounting |
| SEEA–AA | System of Environmental-Economic Accounting: Applications and Extensions |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SIAP | Statistics Institute of Asia and the Pacific (UN) |
| SMG | Senior Management Group |
| SSF | State Statistical Forum |
| TAS | Tasmania |
| TSA | Tourism Satellite Account |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNECE | UN Economic Commission for Europe |
| UN EG–ISGI | UN Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information |
| UNESCAP | UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| UNSC | UN Statistical Commission |
| UNSD | UN Statistics Division |
| UNSIAP | UN Statistics Institute of Asia and the Pacific |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
| VIC | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WHS | Work health and safety |
| WHS Act | Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |
| WPI | Wage Price Index |
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