Glossary of terms and acronyms
AASB |
Australian Accounting Standards Board |
AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
ABC |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
AC |
Companion of the Order of Australia |
ADRI |
Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative |
AEIFRS |
Australian Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards |
AFTRS |
Australian Film Television and Radio School |
a/g |
acting |
AGIFT |
Australian Government Interactive Functions Thesaurus |
AGLS |
Australian Government Locator Service |
AK |
Knight of the Order of Australia |
AM |
Member of the Order of Australia |
ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
AO |
Officer of the Order of Australia |
APS |
Australian Public Service |
Archives Act |
Archives Act 1983 |
ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
CAARA |
Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities |
CCA |
Collections Council of Australia |
CH |
Order of the Companion of Honour |
CITRA |
International Conference of the Round Table on Archives |
CPA |
Certified Practising Accountant |
CRF |
Consolidated Revenue Fund |
CSS |
Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme |
DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DG |
Director-General |
DIMA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
DIMIA |
Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
DIRKS |
Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems |
EDRMS |
electronic document and records management system |
EL |
Executive Level |
FTE |
full-time equivalent |
FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
FOI |
freedom of information |
GCMG |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George |
GCVO |
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order |
GST |
goods and services tax |
ICA |
International Council on Archives |
ICT |
information and communications technology |
IP&E |
infrastructure, plant and equipment |
IT |
information technology |
KBE |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
KPMG |
accountancy firm; the Archives’ contracted internal auditor |
KStJ |
Knight of the Order of St John |
MP |
Member of Parliament |
NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
NAPC |
National Archives Preservation Centre |
OBE |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
OH&S |
occupational health and safety |
OPH |
Old Parliament House |
PARBICA |
Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives |
PhotoSearch |
the Archives’ online photographic database |
PSM |
Public Service Medal |
PSS |
Public Sector Superannuation Scheme |
PSSap |
Public Sector Superannuation Scheme accumulation plan |
QC |
Queen’s Counsel |
RDA |
records disposal authority |
RecordSearch |
the Archives’ online database of record items, record series and record creators |
RMC |
Risk Management Committee |
SARBICA |
South-East Asian Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives |
SC |
Senior Counsel |
SES |
Senior Executive Service |
TRIM |
Tower Records Information Management |
TTY |
telephone typewriter |
UIG |
Urgent Issues Group |
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
Vrroom |
Virtual Reading Room website |
Xena |
XML Electronic Normalising of Archives |