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Acronyms and abbreviations

ABC	Airport Building Controller
AC	Companion of the Order of Australia
ACR	Australian Capital Region
ACRDC	Australian Capital Region Development Council
ACT	Australian Capital Territory
ADG (code)	Australian Dangerous Goods (code)
ADR	Australian Design Rule
AEO	Airport Environment Officer
AFFA	Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia
AFTA	ASEAN Free Trade Area
AIDA	Australia-Indonesia Development Area
AM	Member of the Order of Australia
AN	Australian National (national railways)
AO	Officer of the Order of Australia
ANAO	Australian National Audit Office
ANEF	Australian Noise Exposure Forecast
ANL	Australian National Line
APEC	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APS	Australian Public Service
APSC	Asia-Pacific Space Centre
ARTC	Australian Rail Track Corporation
Airservices	Airservices Australia
ASEAN	Association of South-East Asian Nations
ASI	Air Safety Investigator
ATC	Australian Transport Council
ATSB	Australian Transport Safety Bureau
ATSI	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
ATSIC	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
avgas	Aviation Gasoline
AVSTATS	Aviation Statistics
BASA	Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement
BASI	Bureau of Air Safety Investigation
BHP	Broken Hill Proprietary Limited
BSPVES	Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme
BTE	Bureau of Transport Economics
CAIR	Confidential Aviation Incident Reporting (program)
CASA	Civil Aviation Safety Authority
CER	Closer Economic Relations
CUSCAL	Credit Union Services Corporation Limited
CVPs	Continuing Voyage Permits
DAF	Development Assessment Forum
dB	Decibel
dB(A)	Decibel range that discounts very high and very low frequencies outside the range of human hearing
DCC	Departmental Consultative Committee
DOC	Department of Communications (Indonesia)
DOTARS	Department of Transport and Regional Services
DSO	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
ECE	Economic Commission for Europe
EEO	Equal Employment Opportunity
EIS	Environmental Impact Statement
FAA	Federal Aviation Administration (United States of America)
FAC	Federal Airports Corporation
FAGs	Financial Assistance Grants
FOI	Freedom of Information
FORS	Federal Office of Road Safety
FIRS	Federal Interstate Registration Scheme
GAPS	Graduate (Australian Public Service)
GSLP	Government Sector Linkages Program
IASC	International Air Services Commission
IATA	International Air Transport Association
IBTOS	Infrastructure Borrowings Tax Offset Scheme
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization
IFR	Instrument Flight Rules
IGA	Inter-Governmental Agreement
IHRA	International Harmonised Research Activities
IiP	Investors in People
ILN	Integrated Logistics Network
INDICATE	Identifying needed defences in the Civil Aviation Transport Environment
IMO	International Maritime Organization
IOT	Indian Ocean Territory
IRG	Industry Reference Group
ITS	Intelligent Transport System
IT&T	information technology and telecommunications
JMEC	Joint Ministerial Economic Commission
LGDP	Local Government Development Program
LTOP	Long Term Operating Plan
MCGC	Ministerial Committee on Government Communications
Mercosur	Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
MIFCo	Maritime Industry Finance Company
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding
MP	Member of Parliament
MPG	Marine and Ports Group
NESB	Non-English-speaking background
NJS	National Jet Services
NOLG	National Office of Local Government
NR	National Rail
NRTC	National Road Transport Commission
NSW	New South Wales
NT	Northern Territory
NTC	National Transport Council
OASITO	Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OH&S	Occupational Health and Safety
PBS	Portfolio Budget Statements
PEAC	Planning, Evaluation and Audit Committee
PNG	Papua New Guinea
PRC	People's Republic of China
PRL	Phosphate Resources Limited
PWD	People with a disability
QSDR	Quarterly Safety Deficiency Report
RASS	Remote Air Services Subsidy
RDVP	Rural Domestic Violence Programme
RFAP	Regional Forums Australia Program
RIS	Regional Impact Statement
RONI	Roads of National Importance
RSCA	Rail Safety Committee of Australia
SA	South Australia
SACL	Sydney Airports Corporation Limited
SCOT	Standing Committee on Transport
SDA	Service Delivery Arrangement
SES	Senior Executive Service
SIAM	Systemic Incident Analysis Model
SOCOG	Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
SPF	South Pacific Forum
SVPs	Single Voyage Permits
TACT	Technical and Administrative Cooperation in Transport
TFES	Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme
TLWG	Transport and Logistics Working Group
TMA	Sydney Terminal Area
TTICG	Transport Trade Industry Consultative Group
TPT-WG	Transportation Working Group (APEC)
UN	United Nations
VFR	Visual Flight Rules
WA	Western Australia