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- AAT
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- ACT
- Australian Capital Territory
- Adviceline
- Employment Policy Adviceline
- AFP
- Australian Federal Police
- ANAO
- Australian National Audit Office
- ANU
- Australian National University
- ANZSOG
- Australia and New Zealand School of Government
- AO
- Australia Order
- APS
- Australian Public Service
- APSED
- APS Employment Database
- APSEDII
- APSED Internet Interface
- APSjobs
- formerly the Australian Public Service Gazette
- ATO
- Australian Tax Office
- ATSI
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- AusAID
- Australian Agency for International Development
- Austrade
- Australian Trade Commission
- AWA
- Australian Workplace Agreement
- BO
- Born Overseas
- BO+ENFL
- Born overseas and did not speak English as their first language
- CA
- Certified Agreement
- CAPAM
- Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management
- CDAC
- Career Development Assessment Centres
- CDS
- Commonwealth Disability Strategy
- CMC
- Commission Management Committee
- Commission
- The Australian Public Service Commission
- Commissioner
- The Australian Public Service Commissioner
- COMNET
- Corporate Management Network
- CPG
- Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines
- CPSU
- Community and Public Sector Union
- CTC
- Competitive Tendering and Contracting
- DEWR
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- DIAC
- Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- DIMA
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
- DWGs
- Designated Work Groups
- EEO
- Equal Employment and Opportunity
- EFP
- Executive Fellows Programme
- EL
- Executive Level
- e-learning
- electronic learning
- EMPA
- Executive Masters of Public Administration
- EPBC
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
- ESD
- Ecologically Sustainable Development
- FACSIA
- Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- FMA
- Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
- FMCA
- Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
- FOI
- Freedom of Information Act 1982
- GSA
- Government Skills Australia
- GST
- Goods and Services Tax
- Hon
- .the Honorable
- HR
- Human Resources
- HRCDP
- HR Capability Development Programme
- HREOC
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
- HSMAs
- Health and Safety Management Arrangements
- IAPSEN
- Indigenous Australian Public Service Employees Network
- ICC
- Indigenous Coordination Centre/s
- ICT
- Information Communication and Technology
- IEHR Forum
- Indigenous Employers Human Resources Forum
- ILS
- Integrated Leadership System
- ISAC
- Independent Selection Advisory Committee/s
- IT
- Information Technology
- LAFIA
- Leading Australia's Future in Asia
- LaLAC
- Leadership and Learning Advisory Committee
- LDN
- Leadership Development Network
- LLDP
- Leadership Learning and Development Panel
- MAC
- Management Advisory Committee
- MOG
- Machinery of Government
- MP
- Member of Parliament
- MPRA
- Merit Protection and Review Agency
- N/A
- Not Applicable
- NAIDOC
- National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee
- NICP
- National Indigenous Cadetship Programme
- NSW
- New South Wales
- NT
- Northern Territory
- OCSC
- Office of the Civil Service Commission
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OEPI
- Online Employee Provided Information
- OH&S Act
- Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1991
- OHS
- Occupational Health and Safety
- OIPC
- Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
- OOS
- Occupational Overuse Syndrome
- OPDC
- Office of the Public Sector Development Commission
- PAES
- Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
- PBS
- Portfolio Budget Statements
- PNG
- Papua New Guinea
- PRC
- Promotion Review Committee/s
- PSCC
- Public Service Commissioners Conference
- PSM
- Public Service Medal
- PSM
- Public Sector Management
- PWD
- People with Disability
- QLD
- Queensland
- RTO
- Registered Training Organisation
- SA
- South Australia
- SEMS
- Senior Executive Management System
- SES
- Senior Executive Service
- SOHs
- Statutory Office Holder
- STEP
- Structured Training Employments Project
- TAS
- Tasmania
- the Act
- Public Service Act 1999
- the Gazette
- The Australian Public Service Gazette
- TIPS
- Together in the public service
- TTY
- Text Telephone
- UNPSA
- United Nations Public Service Award
- VET
- Vocational Education and Training
- VOIP
- Voice Over Internet Protocol
- WA
- Western Australia
- WR
- Workplace Relations





