Defence Annual Report 2003-04 :: Appendices :: Acronyms and Abbreviation

Chapter contents: Appendices | 2003-04 Financial Statements | Purchaser-Provider Arrangements | Internal Audit and Risk Management Arrangements | External Scrutiny | Legal Expenses | Inspector-General of the ADF | Responsiveness to the Ministers and the Parliamentary Secretary | The Defence Service Charter | Ecologically Sustainable Development and Environmental Performance | Asset Management | Discretionary Grants | ADF Units and Establishments | Consultancies | Advertising and Market Research | Contracts Exempt from Publication | Freedom of Information | Glossary | Acronyms and Abbreviations | Alphabetical Index | |

Appendices > Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

AAS: Australian Accounting Standards
AASB: Australian Accounting Standards Board
ADF: Australian Defence Force
ADFA: Australian Defence Force Academy
AEIFRS: Australian Equivalent to International Financial Reporting Standards
AEW&C: Airborne Early Warning and Control
ANAO: Australian National Audit Office
ANZAC: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
APS: Australian Public Service
ARDs: Asbestos-related diseases
ASLAV: Australian Light Armoured Vehicle
ATSI: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
AUC: Assets Under Construction

B

BORIS: Budgetary and Output Reporting Information System

D

DEFMIS: Defence Financial Management and Information System
DFAT: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DFRDB: Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme
DHA: Defence Housing Authority
DMFP: Defence Management and Finance Plan
DMO: Defence Materiel Organisation
DSD: Defence Signals Directorate
DSTO: Defence Science and Technology Organisation

F

FFG: Guided Missile Frigate
FMA Act: Financial and Management Accountability Act 1997
FMO: Finance Minister's Orders
FMS: Foreign Military Sales

G

GST: Goods and Services Tax

H

HMAS: Her Majesty's Australian Ship

I

IT: Information technology

J

JORN: Jindalee Over-the-Horizon Radar

M

MSBS: Military Superannuation Benefits Scheme

N

NCW: Network Centric Warfare
NESB: Non-English speaking background
NUSHIP: Ship yet to be commissioned

P

PAES: Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
PBS: Portfolio Budget Statements
PMKeyS: Personnel Management Key Solution
PSI: Proliferation Security Initiative
PWC: Joint Standing Committee on Public Works
PWD: People with a disability

R

RAAF: Royal Australian Air Force
RAR: Royal Australian Regiment
ROMAN: Resource and Output Management Accounting Network

S

SDA: Survey/Sortie Days Achieved
SDP: Survey/Sortie Days Planned
SDSS: Standard Defence Supply System

T

TNI: Indonesian Armed Forces

U

UIG: Urgent Issues Group
UN: United Nations
URD: Unit Ready Days

W

White Paper: Defence 2000: Our Future Defence Force

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