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AAT
|
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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ABS
|
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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ABTC
|
APEC Business Travel Card
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ACM
|
Australasian Correctional Management
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ACS
|
Australian Customs Service
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ACS
|
Australasian Correctional Services
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ADV
|
Australian Declaratory Visas
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AHL
|
Aboriginal Hostels Limited
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AIATSIS
|
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Studies
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ALO
|
Airline Liaison Officer
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ASFF
|
Australian Stocks and Flows Framework
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AE
|
Additional Estimates
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AFP
|
Australian Federal Police
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AIC
|
Australian Institute of Criminology
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AMEP
|
Adult Migrant English Program
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ANAO
|
Australian National Audit Office
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ANZ
|
Australia and New Zealand
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APC
|
Advance Passenger Clearance
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APC
|
Asia-Pacific Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Persons and
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Migrants
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APEC
|
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
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API
|
Advance Passenger Information
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APP
|
Advanced Passenger Processing
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APS
|
Australian Protective Service
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APS
|
Australian Public Service
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ASA
|
Asylum Seeker Assistance
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ASY
|
Average Staff Years
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ATO
|
Australian Taxation Office
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ATSIC
|
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
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AQIS
|
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
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AusAID
|
Australian Agency for International Development
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BAP
|
Business Advisory Panel
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BASS
|
Business Analysis and Support Section
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BSC
|
Business Skills Visa Class
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BSG
|
Business Solutions Group
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CAS
|
Common Administrative Services
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CHO
|
Complaints Handling Officers
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CGC
|
Commonwealth Grants Commission
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CIL
|
Citizen Information Line
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CIO
|
Chief Information officer
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CIS
|
Country Information Services
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COAG
|
Council of Australian Government
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CPSU
|
Community and Public Sector Union
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CRF
|
Consolidated Revenue Fund
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CRS
|
Clothing Reimbursement Scheme
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CRSS
|
Community Refugee Settlement Scheme
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CSC
|
Computer Sciences Corporation Limited
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CSS/CSM
|
Client Services System/Client Service Manager
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CSIVI
|
Client Services Manager
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CSS
|
Community Settlement Services
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CSWE
|
Certificate in Spoken and Written English
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CTC
|
Competitive Tendering and Contracting
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DAEC
|
Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee
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DFAT
|
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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DIMIA
|
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
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Affairs
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DPP
|
Director of Public Prosecutions
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EEO
|
Equal employment opportunity
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EFTPOS
|
Electronic funds transfer at point of sale
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ENS
|
Employer Nomination Scheme
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ESL
|
English as a second language
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ETA
|
Electronic Travel Authority
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FMIS
|
Financial Management Information System
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FOI
|
Freedom of Information (Act)
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FPU
|
Fraud Prevention Unit
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FSPI
|
Financial Services Performance Indicators
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FYROM
|
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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GDP
|
Gross Domestic Product
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HAS
|
Health Assessment Service
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HCO
|
Harassment Contact Officer
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HIC
|
Health Insurance Commission
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HORSCATSIA
|
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and
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Torres Strait Islander Affairs
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HREOC
|
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
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IAAAS
|
Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme
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IASS
|
Immigration Advisory Services Scheme
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IBA
|
Indigenous Business Australia
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IC
|
Intergovernmental Consultations
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ICSE
|
Integrated Client Services Environment
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ICT
|
Information and Communications Technology
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IDC
|
Immigration Detention Centre
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IHSS
|
Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy
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ILC
|
Indigenous Land Corporation
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IMIRS
|
Integrated Management Information and Reporting System
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IOM
|
International Organisation for Migration
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IPRC
|
Immigration Processing and Reception Centre
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IRT
|
Immigration Review Tribunal
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IT
|
Information Technology
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ITSI
|
Information Technology Security Instruction
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IVRU
|
Interactive Voice Response Unit
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LEE
|
Locally engaged employee
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LSIA
|
Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia
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MAB
|
Management Advisory Board
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MAIS
|
Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies
|
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MAL
|
Movement Alert List
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MARA
|
Migration Agents Registration Authority
|
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MARS
|
Migration Agents Registration Scheme
|
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MCATSIA
|
Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Affairs
|
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MCIMA
|
Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
|
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MIA
|
Migration Institute of Australia
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MIAC
|
Management Improvement Advisory Committee
|
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MCIMA
|
Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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MIMA
|
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
|
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MIRO
|
Migration Internal Review Office
|
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MOU
|
Memorandum of Understanding
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MP
|
Member of Parliament
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MRC
|
Migrant Resource Centre
|
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MRT
|
Migration Review Tribunal
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MSAs
|
Migrant Service Agencies
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NAATI
|
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and
Interpreters
|
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NEPI
|
National Exchange of Police Information
|
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NESB
|
Non-English-speaking background
|
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NISS
|
National Integrated Settlement Strategy
|
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NOMAD
|
National Organisational Management Database
|
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NSCF
|
National Staff Consultative Forum
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OAA
|
On-arrival accommodation
|
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OATSIA
|
Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
|
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OCoS
|
Overseas Conditions of Service
|
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OEA
|
Office of Evaluation and Audit
|
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OH&S
|
Occupational Health and Safety
|
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OPFOI
|
Ombudsman, Privacy and Freedom of Information
|
|
ORAC
|
Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations
|
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PC
|
Personal Computer
|
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PD
|
Productive Diversity
|
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PNG
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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PQI
|
Pre-Qualified Institution
|
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PRC
|
People's Republic of China
|
|
PSMPC
|
Public Service and Merit Protection Commission
|
|
|
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REBA
|
Regional Established Business in Australia
|
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RMDs
|
Regional Medical Directors
|
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ROS
|
Resolution of Status
|
|
RRAC
|
Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council
|
|
RRT
|
Refugee Review Tribunal
|
|
RRV
|
Resident Return Visa
|
|
RSMS
|
Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme
|
|
RSVP
|
Review of the Student Visa Program
|
|
|
|
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SAC
|
Special Assistance Category
|
|
SAL
|
Skilled—Australian Linked (category)
|
|
SES
|
Senior Executive Service
|
|
SIG
|
Secure Internet Gateway
|
|
SME
|
Small to Medium Enterprises
|
|
SNR
|
Special Need Relative
|
|
SOCOG
|
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
|
|
SPCs
|
Settlement Planning Committees
|
|
STNI
|
State/Territory Nominated Independent
|
|
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|
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TAFE
|
Technical and Further Education
|
|
TAPRIC
|
Telecommunications Action Plan for Remote Indigenous
Communities
|
|
TIS
|
Translating and Interpreting Service
|
|
TPV
|
Temporary Protection Visa
|
|
TRIM
|
Tower Records Information Management
|
|
TSRA
|
Torres Strait Regional Authority
|
|
|
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UN
|
United Nations
|
|
UNAMET
|
United Nations Mission in East Timor
|
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UNHCR
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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