A

AASB—Australian Accounting Standards Board

AASB 9—Australian Accounting Standards Board Standard ‘Financial Instruments’

AASB 119—Australian Accounting Standards Board Standard ‘Employee Benefits’

AAT—Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ACIC—Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

ACSC—Australian Cyber Security Centre AE—ASIO employee

AEE—ASIO executive employee

AFP—Australian Federal Police

AGSVA—Australian Government Security Vetting Agency

ANZCTC—Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee

AO—Officer of the Order of Australia

APS—Australian Public Service

ASA—adverse security assessment

ASD—Australian Signals Directorate

ASIC—Aviation Security Identification Card

ASIO Act—Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

ASIO—Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

ASIS—Australian Secret Intelligence Service

AUSTRAC—Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

B

C

CFIC—Counter Foreign Interference Coordinator

CFITF—Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce

CMT—Crisis Management Team

CPR—Commonwealth Procurement Rules

COVID-19—coronavirus disease 2019

CSC—Conspicuous Service Cross

D

DFAT—Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DSC—Distinguished Service Cross

E

EFI—espionage and foreign interference

EAP—employee assistance program

eLearning—ASIO’s intranet-based learning software program

F

FIRB—Foreign Investment Review Board

FIS—foreign intelligence services

G

GST—Goods and Services Tax

H

HaDA—Harassment and Discrimination Advisor

Home Affairs—Department of Home Affairs

HR—human resources

HRTO scheme—High Risk Terrorist Offenders scheme

HUMINT—human intelligence

I

IE—intelligence employees

IGIS—Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security

INSLM—Independent National Security Legislation Monitor

ISIL—Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

ITE—information technology employee

j

JCTT—Joint Counter-Terrorism Team/s

K

kWh—kilowatt hour

M

MSIC—Maritime Security Identification Card

N

NABERS—National Australian Built Environment Rating System

NIC—National Intelligence Community

NV—‘Negative vetting’ security clearance

O

Office of National Intelligence

Outreach—(formerly Business Government and Liaison Unit (BGLU))

P

PBS—Portfolio Budget Statement

PGPA Act—Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

PGPA Rule—Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule

PII—potential irregular immigrants

PJCIS—Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

PSPF—Protective Security Policy Framework

PV—Top Secret ‘positive vetting’ security clearance

Q

R

RAP—Reconciliation Action Plan

S

SCEC—Security Construction and Equipment Committee

SES—Senior Executive Service

SIE(E)—specialist intelligence employee (engineer)

SITE—senior information technology employee

SME—small and medium enterprises

STEM—science, technology, engineering and mechanics

T

T20—Twenty20 cricket series

TL&P—tenant light and power

TOLA Act—Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018

TSCM—Technical Surveillance Countermeasures

TSSR—Telecommunication Sector Security Reforms

U

V

W

X

Y

Z