Acronyms and abbreviations

Administrative Arrangement Orders

Accounting rate of return

Australian Accounting Standards Board

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Student Financial Supplement Scheme

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Early Development Census

Australian Early Development Census

Advance to the Finance Minister

Australian Government Actuary

Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust

Australian National University

Australian and New Zealand School of Government

Officer of the Order of Australia

Australian Public Service

Australian Public Service Commission

Australian Skills Quality Authority

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Australian Valuation Solutions

Budget Based Funded

Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

Child Care Benefit

Child Care Fee Assistance

Child Care Rebate

chief executive officer

Commonwealth Grant Scheme

Council of Australian Governments

Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students

Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme

Collaborative Research Networks

Community Support Programme

Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme

Departmental Capital Budgets

Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations

Department of Human Services

Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education

Depreciated Replacement Cost

equivalent full-time student load

Education Investment Fund

English language intensive courses for overseas students

Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

Fringe Benefits Tax

Fair Entitlements Guarantee

Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

Finance Ministers Orders

Full-time equivalent

Group of 20

General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme

Goods and services tax

High Court of Australia

Higher Education Loan Program

Higher Education Support Act 2003

Higher Education Superannuation Programme

Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters

Indigenous Australian Government Development Programme

Information and Communication Technology

Index of Education and Occupation

individual flexibility arrangement

individual flexibility arrangement

Indigenous Professional Support Unit

Indigenous Professional Support Unit

information technology

Jobs, Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance

Long Day Care Professional Development Programme

low socioeconomic status

megajoule

memorandum of understanding

member of parliament

National Australian Building Environmental Rating System

National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee

National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy

National Assessment Programme—Civics and Citizenship

National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy

National Disability Coordination Officer

National Quality Framework

New South Wales

Office for Teaching and Learning

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

Portfolio Budget Statements

public interest disclosure

Provider Registration and International Student Management System

Public Service Medal

Public Sector Superannuation Scheme

Public Sector Superannuation accumulation plan

Parliamentary Workflow Solution

Reconciliation Action Plan

Research Infrastructure Block Grants

Remote Indigenous Professional Development

Rehabilitation Management System

Structural Adjustment Fund

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas

Senior Executive Service

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

Sustainable Research Excellence

Shared Services Centre

science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Scripture Union Queensland

Technical and Further Education

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

Tuition Protection Service

Vocational Education and Training

Work Health and Safety

Youth 20