ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ACIAR Act Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982

AICD Australian Institute of Company Directors

APS Australian Public Service

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CGIAR formerly the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Commission Commission for International Agricultural Research

Council Policy Advisory Council

CRC Cooperative Research Centre

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)

DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)

EL Executive Level

EPBC Act Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)

FOI Act Freedom of Information Act 1982

FTE full-time equivalent (staff)

FTSE Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

GST goods and services tax

MAICD member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

No. number

PGPA Act Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

PNG Papua New Guinea

Public Service Act Public Service Act 1999

RPM Research Program Manager

SES Senior Executive Service (of APS)