Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

ABW

Air Base Wing

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

ADF

Australian Defence Force

ADM

Admiral

AEW&C

Airborne Early Warning and Control

AIRMSHL

Air Marshal

AMRL

Aeronautical and Maritime Research Laboratories

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

Anzus

Australia, New Zealand, United States

APS

Australian Public Service

ASIO

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

ASIS

Australian Secret Intelligence Service

ASLAV

Australian Light Armoured Vehicle

ASPI

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

AMRAAM

Advance Medium Range Air-to-Air missile

ASRAAM

Advance Short Range Air-to-Air missile

ASTI

Australian and Torres Strait Islander

ATSIC

Australian and Torres Strait Islander Commission

AUC

Assets Under Construction

AUD

Australian dollar

AVM

Air Vice Marshal

B

BORIS

Budgetary and Output Reporting Information System

C

CDF

Chief of the Defence Force

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

COD

Chief of Division

COMSARM

Computer Aided Armament System

CSA

Customer Service Agreement

CSIG

Corporate Support and Infrastructure Group

D

DACC

Defence Assistance to the Civil Community

DCC

Defence Capability Committee

DCIC

Defence Capability and Investment Committee

DHA

Defence Housing Authority

DIMIA

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

DLOC

Directed Level of Capability

DMO

Defence Materiel Organisation

DSD

Defence Signals Directorate

DSTO

Defence Science and Technology Organisation

E

EIS

Environmental Impact Statement

F

FBT

Fringe Benefit Tax

FFG

Guided Missile Frigate

FOI

Freedom of Information

FMA

Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

FMC

Fully Mission Capable

FMS

Foreign Military Sales

G

GST

Goods and Services Tax

I

IT

Information Technology

IMATT

International Military Advisory and Training Team

H

HMAS

Her Majesty's Australian Ship

HUG

Hornet upgrade

L

LTGEN

Lieutenant General

M

MAJGEN

Major General

MLOC

Minimum Level of Capability

MP

Member of Parliament

MV

Merchant Vessel

N

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NESB

Non-English speaking background

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

NZ

New Zealand

O

OPA

Organisational Performance Agreement

O/S

Overseas

P

PAES

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements

PBS

Portfolio Budget Statements

PMKeyS

Personnel Management Key Solution

PWD

People with a disability

Q

QC

Queen's Counsel

Qld

Queensland

R

RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

RADM

Rear Admiral

RAN

Royal Australian Navy

ROMAN

Resource and Output Management Accounting Network

RAR

Royal Australian Regiment

S

SA

South Australia

SDSS

Standard Defence Supply System

SEC

Secretary, Department of Defence

SES

Senior Executive Service

SIEV

Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel

SPP

Special Purpose Payment

SMART

Strategic Materiel Acquisition Request for Tender

SME

Specialist Military Equipment

T

Tas

Tasmania

TNI

Indonesian Armed Forces

U

UIG

Urgent Issues Group

UK

United Kingdom

UNMISET

United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor

UNTAET

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

USD

United States dollars

USS

Unisted States Ship

V

VADM

Vice Admiral

VCDF

Vice Chief of the Defence Force

Vic

Victoria

W

WA

Western Australia