| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACLD |
Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset |
ACMID |
Australian Census and Migrants Integrated Dataset |
ADI |
Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions |
AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
APS |
Australian Public Service |
APSC |
Australian Public Service Commission |
ASAC |
Australian Statistics Advisory Council |
ASGS |
Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
ATO |
Australian Tax Office |
BAS |
Business Activity Statement |
BAU |
Business as usual |
BCS |
Business Characteristics Survey (an ABS Survey) |
BERD |
Business Expenditure on Research and Development (an ABS survey) |
BIT |
Business income tax |
BLADE |
Business Longitudinal Analytical Data Environment |
BLE |
Basic Longitudinal Extract |
BOP |
Balance of Payments |
CAH |
Central Analytics Hub |
CALD |
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse |
CCP |
Cultural Competence Program |
CDIS |
Coordinated Direct Investment Survey |
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 |
CPIS |
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey |
Data integration |
Bringing information from different sources together for statistical and research purposes. |
DataLab |
Facility delivering remote access to data and increased ability to handle large datasets with faster processing through new /external servers. |
DAWR |
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |
DCB |
Departmental capital budget |
DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DGI |
Data Gaps Initiative |
DIIS |
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science |
DIPA |
Data Integration Partnership for Australia |
DISS |
Data Innovations and Statistical Strategy Committee |
DoEE |
Department of Environment and Energy |
DRC |
Disclosure Review Committee |
DSS |
Department of Social Services |
EAS |
Economic Activity Survey (an ABS survey) |
EB |
Executive Board |
EDAN |
Economic Data and Analysis Network |
EDME |
Enterprise Data Management Environment |
EFS |
Economic and Financial Statistics |
EI |
Early Intervention |
EL |
Executive Level |
Electoral boundaries |
The ASGS Commonwealth Electoral Divisions are an ABS approximation of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) electoral division boundaries. An AEC electoral division boundary is an area legally prescribed for the purpose of returning one member to the House of Representatives, Australia's Federal Lower House of Parliament. |
EPBC Act |
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 |
ESAG |
Economic Statistics Advisory Group |
Flex Works |
An ABS initiative designed to aid employees to work more flexibly |
FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
FTE |
Full-time equivalent (employees) |
FWP |
Forward Work Program |
G20 |
The G20 (or Group of Twenty) is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 19 countries and the European Union (EU). |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GOVERD |
Survey of Research and Experimental Development, Government (an ABS survey) |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSS |
General Social Survey (an ABS survey) |
GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
HBDI |
Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument |
HLS |
Health Literacy Survey (an ABS survey) |
HSR |
Health and safety representative |
HR |
Human resources |
IAOS |
International Association for Official Statistics |
ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
ICT |
Information and communications technology |
IFA |
Individual flexibility arrangement |
IIP |
International Investment Position |
IMF |
International Money Fund |
IP Australia |
IP Australia is an agency of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. IP Australia administers intellectual property rights and legislation relating to patents, trademarks, registered designs and plant breeder's rights in Australia. |
IPLORD |
Intellectual Property Longitudinal Research Data (from IP Australia) |
IPS |
Information Publication Scheme |
JVS |
Job Vacancy Survey (an ABS survey) |
KMP |
Key Management Personnel |
LEED |
Linked Employer-Employee Dataset |
LGBTI+ |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex |
LMS |
Learning Management System |
Loc-I |
Location Integration Capability (location index) |
LSAC |
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (an ABS survey) |
LSI |
Life Styles Inventory |
MAC |
Methodology Advisory Committee |
MADIP |
Multi-Agency Data Integration Project |
MCM |
Management Capabilities Module (an ABS survey) |
MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MP |
Member of Parliament |
MRR |
Metadata Registry and Repository |
n/a |
not applicable |
NCIS |
National Coronial Information System |
NGI |
Next Generation Infrastructure |
NHSC |
National Health & Safety Committee |
Notifiable incident |
An incident is notifiable to Comcare if it rises out of the conduct of the business or undertaking by the ABS, and results in the death, serious injury or serious illness of a person or involves a dangerous incident. |
NSO |
National Statistical Office |
OCI |
Organisational Cultural Inventory |
Outposted officer |
An ABS officer posted to work temporarily within another agency |
PAYG |
Pay as you go (relating to tax) |
PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statement
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
|
PDPs |
Policy Delivery Plans |
PEAN |
Physical Environment Analytical Network |
PGPA Act |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
PGPA Rule |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 |
PM&C |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
PNPERD |
Private Non-Profit Expenditure on Research and Development (an ABS survey) |
Protari |
An Application Programming Interface (API) that enables the generation of insights from tabular data. |
PSSAG |
Population and Social Statistics Advisory Group |
R&D |
Research and development |
RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
RAP |
Reconciliation Action Plan |
RMS |
Rehabilitation Management System |
RWA |
Reasonable Workplace Adjustment |
s. |
section (legislation) |
SBTP/SBT Program |
Statistical Business Transformation Program |
SDDS |
Special Data Dissemination Standard |
SDG |
Sustainable Development Goals |
Secondment |
An employee working temporarily in another agency or department. |
SES |
Senior Executive Service
Socio-economic status
|
SHWAU |
Social, Health and Welfare Analytical Unit |
SIAM |
Security Identity and Access Management |
SIGBOX |
Secure dropbox. A secure approach to the management of pre-embargo briefings with Commonwealth agencies. |
SIH |
Survey of Income and Housing (an ABS survey) |
SME |
Small and Medium Enterprises |
Social licence |
Ongoing support and/or acceptance from the community and stakeholders |
SOS |
The Australian Public Service (APS) Employee State of the Service Census |
SRHA |
Stakeholder Relationship Health Assessment |
SSF |
State Statistical Forum |
SSS |
Special Social Survey (an ABS survey) |
STEM |
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
Unscheduled absence |
Any form of leave which has not been approved in advance, including bereavement, carers, compensation, sick (both with and without evidence) and unauthorised leave |
VET |
Vocational education and training |
WHS |
Work health and safety |
WHS Act |
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |
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