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Abbreviations and acronyms | Annual Report 2017-18

Acronym/abbreviation Meaning
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
AFM Advance to the Finance Minister
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
APS Australian Public Service
ASEAN Association of the South East Nations
CBMS Central Budget Management System
CBMS - R redeveloped Central Budget Management System
CSC Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
EL executive level
FBO Final Budget Outcome
Finance Department of Finance
FTE full-time equivalent
GBE government business enterprise
GST goods and services tax
ICT information and communications technology
IT information technology
JCPAA Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
LGBTI lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
LPG liquefied petroleum gas
MOPS(S) Act Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
MYEFO Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
NAIDOC National Aborigines and Islander Day Observance Comittee
NBN National Broadband Network
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PBS Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
PCSS Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme
PEMS Parliamentary Expenses Management System
PGPA Act Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
SDO Service Delivery Office
SES Senior Executive Service
SME Small to medium-sized enterprise
WHS work health safety
WHS Act Work Health and Safety Act 2011

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