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Abbreviations and acronyms

ABC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

ACMA

Australian Communications and Media Authority

AFTRS

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

ANMM

Australian National Maritime Museum

APS

Australian Public Service

APS Act

Public Service Act 1999

APT

Asia‑Pacific Telecommunity

auDA

.au Domain Administration

CALD

Cultural and linguistic diversity

EL

Executive Level

FOI

Freedom of information

GDP

Gross domestic product

GST

Goods and services tax

IARC

International Age Rating Coalition

IT

Information technology

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

ITU-R

International Telecommunication Union — Radiocommunication Sector

IY2019

International Year of Indigenous Languages

LED

Light-emitting diode

LGBTQIA+

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and all people of diverse genders and sexualities

MoAD

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

NAIDOC

National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee

NBN

National Broadband Network

NBN Co

NBN Co Limited

NFSA

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

NGA

National Gallery of Australia

NLA

National Library of Australia

NMA

National Museum of Australia

NPGA

National Portrait Gallery of Australia

NRS

National Relay Service

PBS

Portfolio Budget Statements

PDV

Post, Digital and Visual (Effects)

PGPA Act

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

PGPA Rule

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

PIO

Postal Industry Ombudsman

SBS

Special Broadcasting Service Corporation

SES

Senior Executive Service

TIO

Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman

TUSOPA

Telstra Universal Service Obligation Performance Agreement

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UPU

Universal Postal Union

USG

Universal Service Guarantee

USO

Universal Service Obligation

WHS

Workplace health and safety

WRC

World Radiocommunication Conference