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Abbreviations and acronyms

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

AFM Advance to the Finance Minister

ANAO Australian National Audit Office

APS Australian Public Service

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian 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

MOP(S) Act Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

MYEFO Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

NAIDOC National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee 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 and safety

WHS Act Work Health and Safety Act 2011