A

A       Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (International)
  AA      Australian Academy of Science (NGO) AAA     Australian Automobile Association (NGO)
  AAAC    Australian Aboriginal Affairs Council 
  AABB    Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (NGO)
  AAC     Australian Agricultural Council [now = ARMCANZ]
  AAC     Annual Allowable Cut
  AACLI   Australasian Advisory Committee on Land Information [of ANZLIC] (Commonwealth/State/International)
  AACM    ASEAN-Australian Consultative Meeting (International)
  AACTS   African Centre for Technology Studies (International)
  AAD     Australian Antarctic Division [of DEST] (Commonwealth)
  AAE     Australian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
  AAEC    Australian Atomic Energy Commission (Commonwealth)
  AAECP   ASEAN-Australian Economic Cooperation Program (International)
  AAEE    Australian Association for Environmental Education (NGO)
  AAG     Association of American Geographers (USA NGO)
  AAHL    Australian Animal Health Laboratory (Commonwealth)
  AAHQS   Australian Agricultural Health and Quarantine Service 
  AAHR    Australian Association for Humane Research (NGO)
  AAPMA   Association of Australian Marine Port and Marine Authorities Inc. (NGO)
  AAR     Atlas of Australian Resources (AUSLIG)
  AARNet  Australian Academic and Research Network
  AAS     Australian Academy of Science (NGO)
  AAT     Australian Antarctic Territory (Commonwealth)
  AAT     Adminstrative Appeals Tribunal (Commonwealth)
  AATSE   Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering
  AATSR   Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (instrument)
  AAV     Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (State)
  AAVCC   Australian Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Council
  ABAH    Australian Bureau of Animal Health (Commonwealth)
  ABARE   Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Commonwealth)
  ABARES  Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Sciences (Commonwealth)
  ABBBS   Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme [ANCA] (Commonwealth)
  ABC     Australian bird count [of ABBBS]
  ABES    Australian Biological and Environmental Survey (defunct = ABRS, ERIN) (Commonwealth)
  ABIS    Australian Biogeographic Information System (ERIN, standard)
  ABLO    Australian Botanical Liaison Officer [ABRS] (Commonwealth/State)
  ABMAC   Abalone Management Advisory Committee
  ABN     Australian Bibliographic Network (ANL, Commonwealth)
  ABPI    Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (International)
  ABRS    Australian Biological Resources Study (ANCA, Commonwealth)
  ABRSAC  Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Council (Commonwealth)
  ABS     Australian Bureau of Statistics (Commonwealth)
  ABS     Australian Bat Society (NGO)
  ABWR    advanced boiling water reactor (intrument)
  ACA     Australian Coal Association (NGO)
  ACA     Australian Consumer's Association (NGO)
  ACABQ   Advisory Committee on Administrative & Budgetary Questions (United Nations)
ACAC    Australian Chemicals Advisory Committee (Commonwealth)
  ACADS   Association for Computer Aided Design (NGO)
  ACAIP   Advisory Committee on Animal Import Priorities
  ACANZ   Agricultural Council of Australia and New Zealand (International)
  ACAQ    Advisory Committee on Air Quality
  ACAVC   Advisory Committee on Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals
  ACC     Aboriginal Coordinating Council
  ACC     Administrative Committee on Coordination (of UNEP) (International)
  ACC     Australian Chamber of Commerce (NGO)
  ACCAD   Advisory Committee for the World Climate Applications and Data Programmes [of WMO]
  ACCART  Australian Council for Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
  ACCBD   Advisory Committee on Conservation of Biological Diversity
  ACCE    Advisory Committee on Chemicals in the Environment (of ANZEC)
  ACCEEO  Advisory Committee on Environmental Employment Opportunities (Commonwealth)
  ACCH    Australian Centre for Catchment Hydrology
  ACCI    Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NGO)
  ACCIS   Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Information Systems (United Nations)
  ACCO    Australian Council of Consumer Organisations
  ACE     (IGAC) Aerosol Chemistry Experiment
  ACER    Advisory Committee on Environmental Resources
  ACF     Australian Conservation Foundation (NGO)
  ACF     Australian Cotton Foundation (NGO)
  ACFOA   Australian Council for Overseas Aid
  ACGRA   Australian Cotton Growers Research Association
  ACIAR   Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (Commonwealth)
  ACIC    Australian Chemical Industry Council
  ACIUCN  Australian Committee for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (NGO)
  ACM     Association for Computing Machinery
  ACM     Australian Chamber of Manufacturers
  ACMAD   African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development
  ACNT    Australian Council of National Trusts (Commonwealth/State/NGO)
  ACOIN   Australian Core Inventory of Chemical Substances
  ACOLF   Advisory Committee on Live Fish (Commonwealth)
  ACOPS   Advisory Committee on Pollution of the Sea
  ACORBAT Association for Cooperation in Banana Research in the Caribbean and Tropical America (International)
ACORN   a classification of residential neighbourhoods (GIS)
  ACOSS   Australian Council of Social Services (NGO)
  ACP     Aboriginal Cadetship Program
  ACP     African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (International)
  ACPAC   AIDAB Centre for Pacific Development and Training (Commonwealth)
  ACR     Ashmore/Cartier Reef (region)
  ACRA    Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (State/Commonwealth)
  ACRD    Australian Centennial Roads Development
  ACRES   Australian Centre for Remote Sensing [AUSLIG] (Commonwealth)
  ACS     Antarctic Conservation Strategy (of the IUCN) (NGO)
  ACS     Australian Chamber of Shipping (NGO)
  ACS     Australian Construction Services (Commonwealth)
  ACS     Australian Customs Service (Commonwealth)
  ACSA    Australian Collieries Staff Association (NGO)
  ACSM    American Congress of Survey and Mapping [USA]
  ACSS    Australian Council of Social Services (NGO)
  ACSYS   Arctic Climate Systems Study
  ACT     Australian Capital Territory (State)
  ACTA    Australian City Transit Authority 
  ACTILIS Australian Capital Territory Integrated Land Information System [defunct] (State)
ACTLIC  Australian Capital Territory Land Information Council (State)
  ACTMAP  The graphics land data base system of ACT DELP (State)
  ACTPCS  Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation Service (State)
  ACTP&CS Australian Capital Territory Parks and Conservation Service (State) 
  ACTU    Australian Council of Trade Unions (NGO)
  ACVEN   Advisory Committee on Vehicle Emissions and Noise
  ACWCRP  Australian Committee for the World Climate Research Programme
  AD      South Australian Herbarium International Acronym (State)
  ADA     Anti-Dumping Authority (Commonwealth)
  ADAB    Australian Development Assistance Bureau (Commonwealth)
  ADAM    Australian Data Archive for Meteorology
  ADB     African Development Bank
  ADB     Asian Development Bank (International)
  ADDB    Antarctic Digital Database (database)
  ADDA    Australian Database Development Association
  ADEOS   Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
  ADF     Australian Defence Forces (Commonwealth)
  ADF     Asian Development Fund (International)
  ADFA    Australian Defence Force Academy (Commonwealth)
  AD (JR) Administrative Decision (Judical Review) Act (Commonwealth Legislation)
ADCOS   Australian Development Cooperation Scholarships
  ADF     Australian Defence Force (Commonwealth)
  ADG     Australian Code for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (Code)
  ADIF    Antarctic Directory Interchange Format (computing)
  ADMATCH address matching software (GIS)
ADMS    Antarctic Data Management System (computing)
  ADP     automatic data processing (computing)
  ADPC    Agricultural Development Planning Centre (of ASEAN) (International)
  ADS     ACid Deposition System Database (of the EPA) (database)
  ADT     abstract data type (computing)
  ADU     Adelaide University (State)
  AEC     Australian Electoral Commission (Commonwealth)
  AEC     Australian Education Council
  AEC     Australian Environment Council (= ANZEC)
  AECCG   African Elephant Conservation Group (International)
  AEDP    Aboriginal Employment and Development Program (Commonwealth)
  AEE     Association for Environmental Education (Private)
  AEEC    Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee
  AEGE    ASEAN Experts Group on the Environment (International)
  AEGIS   Australian Electronic Government Information Service (Commonwealth)
  AEGIS   Australian Environmental Geographic Information System [defunct]
  AERE    Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (NGO)
  AERGC   African Environmental Research abd Consulting Group [in the USA] (NGO)
  AERP    Aquatic Effects Research Program (of the US) (International)
  AES     Australian Entomological Society (NGO)
  AESG    Asian Elephant Specialist Group (International)
  AESIS   Australian Earth Sciences Information System
  AESIS   Australian Earth Sciences Information System Advisory Committee
  AESOP   Australian Environmental Statistics Project
  AESS    Appraisal, Evaluation and Sectoral Studies
  AFC     Australian Fisheries Council (Commonwealth/State)
  AFC     Australian Forestry Council
  AFCAM   Association of Fluorocarbon Consumers and Manufacturers (NGO)
  AFCO    Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations (NGO)
  AFDP    Australian Fast Delivery Processor (computing)
  AfDB    African Development Bank (International)
  AFEJ    Asian Forum of Environmental Journalists (International)
  AFHRL   Australian Fish Health Reference Laboratory
  AFIC    Australian Fishing Industry Council (NGO)
  AFJWG   Australia/France Joint Working Group on the Environment
  AFMA    Australian Fisheries Management Authority (Commonwealth)
  AFN     Australian Fiducial Network (Commonwealth)
  AFOS    Agriculture Forestry and Other Human Activities Subgroup (of RSWG)
  AFP     Australian Federal Police (Commonwealth)
  AFRC    Agricultura and Food Research Council
  AFS     Australian Fishing Service
  AFSC    Australian Food Standards Committee
  AFSSRN  Asian Fisheries Social Science Research Network (International)
  AFTA    Australian Fishing Tackle Association (NGO)
  AFULE   Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen (NGO)
  AFWA    Australian Federation for the Welfare of Animals (NGO)
  AFZ     Australian Fishing Zone (region, Commonwealth)
  AFZ     acronym free zone
  AFZA    Australian Fishing Zone Authority (Commonwealth)
  AFZIS   Australian Fisheries Zone Information Service (BRS?)
  AG      Attorney General
  AG's    Attorney General's Department (Commonwealth)
  AGA     Australian Gas Association
  AGAAA   Australian Government Acronyms And Abbreviations [book put out by DEET]
  AGAL    Australian Government Analytical Laboratories (Commonwealth)
  AGC     Agricultural Genetics Company
  AGCM    Atmospheric General Circulation Model
  AGD66   Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (mapping)
  AGD84   Australian Geodetic Datum 1984 (mapping)
  AGDB    Australian Geographic Data Base [AUSLIG] (computing)
  AGE     Applied General Equlibrium Model (modelling)
  AGFUND  Arab Gulf Program for UN Development Organisations (International)
  AGHS    Australian Garden History Society (NGO)
  AGI     Association for Geographic Information (NGO)
  AGIC    Australian Goldmining Industry Council (NGO)
  AGNPS   Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Model (computing)
  AGPS    Australian Government Publishing Service (Commonwealth)
  AGR     advances gas reactor (instrument)
  AGSO    Australian Geological Survey Organisation [formerly BMR] (Commonwealth)
  AHC     Animal Health Committee
  AHC     Australian Heritage Commission (Commonwealth)
  AHC     Australian Horticultural Coorporation
  AHC Act Australian Heritage Commision Act 1974
AHD     Australian height datum (mapping)
  AHGP    Australian Heritage Grants Program (Commonwealth)
  AHIDC   Australian Housing Industry Development Council
  AHRP    Australian Heritage Research Program (AHC, Commonwealth)
  AHS     Australian Herpitological Society [New South Wales] (NGO)
  AI      artificial intelligence (computing)
  AIAC    Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
  AIAS    Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (Commonwealth)
  AIAS    Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
  AICS    Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances
  AID     automated interaction detector (computing)
  AIDAB   Australian International Development Assistance Bureau [DFAT] (Commonwealth)
  AIDC    Australian Industry Development Corporation
  AIDS    acquired immune deficiency syndrome 
  AIEH    Australian Institute of Environmental Health
  AIH     Australian Institute of Horticulture
  AIIA    Australian Information Industry Association
  AIIA    Australian Institute of International Affairs
  AIMM    Australian Indonesian Ministerial Meeting (International)
  AIMS    Australian Institute of Marine Science (Commonwealth)
  AIMSC   Australian Industry Marine Science Council (Commonwealth)
  AIOEC   Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (International)
  AIP     Algorothm Intercomparison Projects
  AIP     Australian Institute of Packaging
  AIP     Australian Institute of Petrolium Ltd
  AIRAC   Australian Ionising Radiation Advisory Council
  AIRAH   Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating
  AIRD    Asian Institute for Rural Development (International)
  AIRD    Australian Institute of Rural Development
  AIS     address information system (GIS)
  AIS     Australian Information Service (Commonwealth)
  AIS     Australian Institute of Sport (Commonwealth)
  AIS     automated information security (computing)
  AISIST  Australian Institute of Spatial Information Sciences and Technology
  AIT     Asian Institute of Technology (International)
  AITC    Australian Industry and Technology Commission
  AKCLIS  Australian Key Centre in Land Information Studies [Queensland] (State)
  Al      aluminium (chemical)
  ALAC    Australian Land Adminstrators' Conference
  ALCORSS Australian Liaison Committee on Remote Sensing by Satellite (Commonwealth/State)
ALE     Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment (CMA) 
  ALGA    Australian Local Government Association (Local Government)
  ALGTB   Australian Local Government Training Board (Local Government)
  ALEC    Arid Lands Environment Centre
  ALIC    Australian Land Information Council [now = ANZLIC]
  ALIMG   Australian Land Information Management Group
  ALMC    Australian Labor Ministers Conference (NGO)
  ALN     Arid Lands Newsletter [of the IALC]
  ALS     Australian Littoral Society (NGO)
  ALT     altimeter (instrument)
  ALTERM  Australia's Long-term Ecological Research & Monitoring Program
ALTS    Automated Land Titles System [New South Wales, Victoria] ( State, database)
  ALU     Aboriginal Liaison Unit (of ANCA, Commonwealth)
  AM      Australian Museum (Sydney) (State)
  AMC     Australian Manufacturing Council (NGO)
  AMC     Australian Maritime College
  AMC     Antarctic Minerals Convention (International)
  AMCEN   African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (International)
  AMCORD  Australian Model Code for Residential Development
  AMD     acid mine drainage 
  AMD     Antarctic Master Directory (computing)
  AMEC    Association of Mining and Exploration Companies Inc (NGO)
  AMEC    Australian Minerals and Energy Council (NGO)
  AMEDAS  Automated Meteoroligical Data Acquisition System (computing)
  AMEEF   Australian Minerals and Energy Environmental Foundation
  AMEX    Autralian Monsoon Experiment
  AM/FM   Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (GIS)
  AMG     Australian Map Grid (mapping)
  AMIA    Australian Map Industry Association
  AMIC    Australian Mining Industry Council (NGO)
  AMIP    Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
  AMIRA   Australian Mining Industry Research Association (NGO)
  AMIS    Australian Municipal Information System
  AML     ARC Macro Language (computing, GIS)
  AMLRDC  Australian Meat & Livestock Research & Development Corporation 
  AMM     ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (International)
  AMNH    American Museum of Natural History [Smithsonian Institution] (International)
  AMOS    Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (NGO)
  AMRIP   Australian Marine Research in Progress (publication, Commonwealth/State)
  AMS     automated meteorological station (meteorology)
  AMSA    Australian Marine Sciences Association (NGO)
  AMSA    Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Commonwealth)
  AMSTAC  Australian Marine Science and Technologies Advisory Council (Commonwealth)
  AMSTAC  Australian Marine Science and Technologies Committee (Commonwealth)
  AN      Australian National Railways Commission
  ANAFC   Australian national average fuel consumption
  ANAHL   Australian National Animal Health Laboratory (Commonwealth) 
  ANAO    Australian Audit Office (Commonwealth)
  ANARE   Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (Commonwealth)
  ANAREMAGIC ANARE Mapping and Geographic Information Committee (Commonwealth)
ANARESAT Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions communications satellite
ANBG    Australian National Botanic Gardens (Commonwealth)
  ANC     African National Congress (International)
  ANCA    Australian National Coastal Authority
  ANCA    Australian National Council on AIDS
  ANCA    Australian Nature Conservation Agency (Commonwealth)
  ANCIGBP Australian National Committee, International Geosphere Biosphere Program
ANEF    Australian noise exposure forecast
  ANEN    Australian NGO Environment Network (NGO)
  ANC UNESCO Austalian National Commission for UNESCO
ANGIS   Australian National Geoscience Information Service [of AGSO] (Commonwealth) - usually as @NGIS
  ANGOLO  Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (International NGO)
  ANH     Australian National Herbarium (CSIRO, Commonwealth)
  ANHSIR  Australian National Herbarium Specimen Information Register (database)
  ANIC    Australian National Insect Collection (Commonwealth)
  ANM     Australian Newsprint Mills Limited
  ANMA    Australian National Maritime Association Inc. (NGO)
  ANMM    Australian National Maritime Museum (Commonwealth)
  ANOP    Australian National Opinion Polls
  ANPC    Australian Network for Plant Conservation (Commonwealth/State/NGO)
  ANPC    Australian National Parks Council
  ANPWS   Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service [now = ANCA]
  ANRPC   Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (International)
  ANSA    Australian National Sportsfishing Association (NGO)
  ANSI    American National Standards Institute (standard)
  ANSTC   Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Council [DPIE] (Commonwealth)
  ANSTO   Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (Commonwealth)
  ANT     Australian Antarctic Territory (region)
  ANU     Australian National University (Commonwealth)
  ANUZ    Australian National University Zoology Department (Commonwealth)
  ANWC    Australian National Wildlife Collection [of CSIRO] (Commonwealth)
  ANZAAS  Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (NGO) ANZEC   Australian and New Zealand Environment Council [now = ANZECC]
  ANZECC  Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (Commonwealth/State/International)
  ANZFAC  Australian and New Zealand Fisheries and Aquaculture Council
  ANZFAS  Australian and New Zealand Federation of Animal Societies (NGO)
  ANZLIC  Australia New Zealand Land Information Council [formerly ALIC] (Commonwealth/State/International)
  ANZMEC  Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council (Commonwealth/State/International)
  ANZSES  Australian New Zealand Scientific Exploration Society (NGO)
  ANZUK   Austalia-New Zealand-United Kingdom Intergovernmental Agreement On Climate Change
  ANZUS   ANZUS Council [Australia, New Zealand and the United States] (International)
  AODC    Australian Oceanographic Data Centre (Commonwealth)
  AOF     Australian Orchid Foundation (NGO)
  AOIS    Australian Overseas Information Service (of DFAT)
  AONM    Australian obligated nuclear material
  AONM    Australian origin nuclear material
  APARE   East Asia-north Pacific Region
  APD     Antarctic Plant Database [British Antarctic Survey] (database)
  APEA    Australian Petroleum Exploration Association
  APEC    Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (International)
  APELL   Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level (UNEP)
  APERU   Applied Plant Ecology Research Unit
  APHEDA  Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (NGO)
  API     aerial photo interpretation
  APM     Australian Paper Manufacturers
  APNI    Australian Plant Name Index (database)
  APO     Australian Patents Office (Commonwealth)
  APPEN   Asia-Pacific Peoples Environment Network
  APPITA  Australian and New Zealand Pulp and Paper
  APPM    Australian Pulp and Paper Mills
  APRACA  Asian and Pacific Regional Agricultural Credit Association
  APS     Australian Public Service (Commonwealth)
  APS     Association of Pacific Systematists (NGO)
  APS     atmospheric pressure sensor (instrument)
  APSF    Australian Pacific Science Foundation
  APSG    Australian Plant Specialists Group (of IUCN)
  APSRU   Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit
  APT     Automatic Picture Transmission
  AQA     approved quality assurance
  AQIS    Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (Commonwealth)
  AQUREB  Aquatic Research Board
  ARAMIS  Antarctic Remote Sensing Aerial Photography and Mapping Information System
  ARC     Animal Resources Centre
  ARC     Australian Research Council (Commonwealth)
  Arc     A proprietary GIS software (software)
  ARC/INFO        proprietary GIS software [of ESRI Pty Ltd] (software)
  ARDA    Canadian Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Association [of Canada]
  AREA    Association for Research and Environmental Aid Ltd
  AREA    Australian Resources and Environment Assesment [project]
  AREG    Antarctic Research Evaluation Group
  AREP    Applied Rangeland Ecology Program (NT)
  ARGC    Australian Research Grants Committee (Commonwealth)
  ARGS    Australian Research Grants Scheme (Commonwealth)
  ARI     Annual Recurrence Interval
  ARIS    Australian Resources Information System
  ARL     Australian Radiation Laboratory
  ARM     atmospheric radiation measurment
  ARMCANZ Agricultural and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (Commonwealth/State/International)
AROT    Australian Rare or Threatened (plants) (ESU)
  ARP     aviation regulatory proposal ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (USA)
  ARR     Alligator Rivers Region (region)
  ARRDO   Australian Railways Research and Development Organisation
  ARRI    Aboriginal Rural Resource Initiative
  ARRP    Animal Research Review Panel
  ARRRI   Aligator Rivers Region Research Institute [of OSS] (Commonwealth)
  ARRU    Alligator Rivers Research Unit
  ARSAP   Agricultural Requisites Scheme for Asia and the Pacific
  ARSFC   Australian Recreation and Sport Fishing Confederation (NGO)
  ARTCD   Aboriginal Recruitment Training and Career Development
  ARTF    Australian Road Transport Federation
  As      Arsenic (chemical)
  AS      Australian Standard [usually followed by a number indicating the particular standard] (standard)
  ASA     Australian Society of Accountants (NGO)
  ASAC    Antarctic Sciencific Advisory Committee  
  ASAL    arid and semi-arid lands
  ASAP    Australian Society for Animal Production (NGO)
  ASAP    as soon as possible
  ASB     Australian Space Board (Commonwealth)
  ASB     Alternatives to Slash and Burn Global Project
  ASBA    Australian Small Business Association
  ASBR    academically separated budgeted research
  ASBS    Australian Systematic Botany Society (NGO)
  ASC     Australian Seismological Centre (Commonwealth)
  ASC     Association of Systematics Collections [of the USA]
  ASC     Australian Sports Commission
  ASC     ASEAN Standing Committee (International)
  ASCC    Australian Soil Conservation Council
  ASCII   American Standard Code for Information Interchange (computing)
  AsDB    Asian Development Bank (International)
  ASEAN   Association of South East Asian Nations (International)
  ASEDA   Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive [of ANU]
  ASEP    ASEAN Subregion Environment Program (International)
  ASETT   the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories [portfolio] (= EST)
  ASF     atmospheric stabilisation framework
  ASF     Australian Speleological Federation (NGO)
  ASFB    Australian Society for Fish Biology (NGO)
  ASFIS   Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System
  ASGAP   Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (NGO)
  ASGC    Australian Standard Geographical Classification [ABS] (Commonwealth)
  ASH     Australian Society of Herpitologists Incorporated (NGO)
  ASHOE   Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Expedition
  ASI     Advances Systems Institute [of NRIC] (Commonwealth)
  ASI     Australian Science Index (prepared by CSIRO)
  ASIAC   Australian Surveying Industry Advisory Committee
  ASIC    Australian Standard Industry Classification
  ASL     average staffing level
  ASL     above sea level
  ASLAS   Australian Society for Laboratory Animal Science (NGO)
  ASMA    Antarctic Specially Managed Area
  ASMIC   Australian Surveying and Mapping Industries Council (NGO)
  ASMR    Australian Society for Medical Research (NGO)
  ASO     Australian Space Office (Commonwealth)
  ASO     Australian Survey Office (Commonwealth)
  ASOC    Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
  ASOE    Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment
  ASOE    ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (International)
  ASPA    Antarctic Specially Protected Area
  ASPAC   Asian and Pacific Council (International)
  ASPEI   Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions (International)
  ASPRS   American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing [USA] (NGO)
  ASRRC   Australian Special Rural Research Council (now RIRDC)
  ASSS    Australian Society of Soil Science (NGO)
  ASTAS   Australian Sponsored Training Scholarships
  ASTEC   Australian Science and Technology Council (Commonwealth)
  ASTI    Area of Special Tourist Interest
  ASTIS   Australian Science and Technology Information Service
  ATAC    Australian Transport Advisory Council
  ATAITKU    All The Acronyms In The Known Universe
  ATBI    all taxa biodiversity inventory
  ATBOA   Australian Tuna Boat Owners Association (NGO)
  ATC     Australian Telecommunications Commission (Commonwealth)
  ATC     Australian Tourist Commission (Commonwealth)
  ATCA    Australian Tuna Canners Association (NGO)
  ATCM    Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (International)
  ATCP    Antarctic Treaty Consultative Party (International)
  ATCV    Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers (NGO)
  ATF     attention to file
  ATIA    Australian Tourism Industry Association (NGO)
  ATICCA    Australian Tertiary Institutions Consulting Companies Association
  ATIF    Australian Timber Importers Federation
  ATM     adaptive triangular mesh (GIS)
  ATM     asynchronous transfer mode (computing)
  ATM     Automated Teller Machine
  ATO     Australian Taxation Office (Commonwealth)
  ATOC    Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climates (methodology)
  ATOF    Australian Transport Officers Federation (NGO)
  ATOM    Against Tests on Moruroa (NGO)
  ATP     advanced technology park
  ATPC    Australian Timber Producers Council
  ATRCW   African Training and Research Centre For Women (International)
  ATREG   African Technical Regional Environment Group (International)
  ATS     Antarctic Treaty System (International)
  ATS     Automated Titling System [Queensland] (State)
  ATSC    Australian Tree Seed Centre (CSIRO) (Commonwealth)
  ATSCM   Antarctic Treaty Special Consultative Meeting (International)
  ATSIC   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (Commonwealth)
  ATSR    along track scanning radiometer (instrument)
  AUBRCC    Australian Uniform Building Regulations Coordinating Council
  AURISA    Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Inc. (NGO)
  AUS     Australia (region)
  AUSAT   Australian Satellite Users Association
  AUSDEC     Australasian Spatial Data Exchange Centre (Commercial)
  AUSINET     The Australian Information Network [of CSIRO] (Commonwealth, computing)
  AUSLIG   Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (Commonwealth)
  AUSPIC   [Australian Government Photographic Service] [DAS] (Commonwealth)
  AUSTEMEX        Australian Environment Management Export Corporation Ltd
  AUSTPAC    Australian X.25 public packet-switched data service operated by Telecom (commercial)
  AUSTRADE      Australian Trade Commission (Commonwealth)
  AUSTUDY     Australian Government Scheme of educational allowances
  AUTOCAD     Drafting Software (computing)
  AVA     Australian Veterinary Association (NGO)
  AVCA    Agriculture and Veterinary Chemicals Association (NGO)
  AVCAA     Agriculture and Veterinary Chemicals Association of Australia (NGO)
  AVCC    Australian Vice-Chancellors' Comittee 
  AVCU    Agriculture and Veterinary Chemicals Unit
  AVHRR   Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (instrument)
  AWAC    Animal Welfare Advisory Council (NGO)
  AWB     Asian Wetland Bureau (International)
  AWB     Australian Wheat Board
  AWEC    Albury-Wodonga Environment Centre (NGO)
  AWMS    Australasian Wildlife Management Society (NGO)
  AWP     Antarctic Wilderness Park (Commonwealth)
  AWRAC   Australian Water Research Advisory Council
  AWRAP   Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation
  AWRC    Australian Water Resources Council
  AWS     automatic weather station
  AWWA    Australian Water and Wastewater Association
  AYPAC   Australian Youth Policy Action Coalition
 

B

B       boron (chemical)  
Ba      barium (chemical)  
BAA     Biodiversity Analysis for Africa  
BAAS    British Association for the Advancement of Science (International)  
BACM    Business and Commercial Management Group (MTIA)  
BAE     Bureau of Agricultural Economics (Commonwealth)  
BAHC    Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (international, Climate)  
BANZARE British, Australian, and New Zealand Antarctic Expedition (1929-1931)
BAPMoN  Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network (WMO/EPA/NOAA/GEMS)  
BAPPENAS        Baden Perencanaan Pembagunan Nasional [National Develpment Planning Agency] (Indonesia)  
BAPS    Baseline Air Pollution Station  
BARA    Board of Airline Representatives (NGO)  
BAS     British Antarctic Survey (International)  
BASIC   Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (computer language)  
BATEA   best available technology economically available (computing)  
BATNAP  Bat National Action Plan (database)  
BB      Broad band (instrument)  
BBBS    Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ANCA)  
BBC     Building Better Cities  
BBS     Bulletin Board System (computing)  
BBTV    Banana Bunchy Top Virus  
BCA     benefit-cost analysis  
BCA     Business Council of Australia  
BCF     BromoChloroFluroethane (chemical)  
BCP     Better Cities Program  
BCRI    Biological and Chemical Research Institute, Rydalmere (State)  
BCSD    Business Council for Sustainable Development  
BDAC    Biological Diversity Advisory Committee (Commonwealth)  
BDEC    Bendigo & District Environment Council (NGO) &
BDM     Biodiversity Data Management (Project of GEF) (International)  
BDU     Biodiversity Unit [of DEST] (Commonwealth)  
BEK     Bleached Eucalypt Kraft  
BES     British Ecological Society  
BEST    Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology Commission (Bahamas)  
BFF     Bureau of Flora and Fauna (defunct = ABRS)  
BGCI    Botanic Gardens Conservation International  
BGCS    Botanic Gardens Conservation Secretariat  
BGS     British Geological Survey  
BHP     Broken Hill Pty Limited (Commercial)  
BIAC    Business Industry Advisory Committe (OECD)  
BIDAC   Biological Diversity Advisory Committee (Commonwealth)  
BIE     Bureau of Industry Economics  
BIE     Bureau of International Expositions  
BINSW   Bicycle Institute of NSW (NGO)  
BIOCLIM Bioclimatic Prediction and Modelling System [software] (computing)
BIOMASS Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks
BIONET  Biodiversity Action Network (USA)  
BIOS    Basic Input Output System (computing)  
BIR     Bureau of Immigration Research  
BIR     Bureau of Industry Research  
BIS     Biodiversity Information System  
BIS     bio-geographic information system  
BISH    Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, USA International Acronym (USA Govt)  
BISHOP  Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, USA (USA Govt)  
BITNET  International communications network (International)  
BITS    Swedish Agency for International Technical and Economic Cooperation  
BLI     Birdlife International  
BLOB    binary large object (computing)  
BM      British Museum, London (International)  
BM      Natural History Museum, London International Acronym (International)  
BMMPIC  Basic Metals and Mineral Processing Industry Council (NGO)  
BMNH    Natural History Museum, London (International)  
BM(NH)  Natural History Museum, London (International)  
BMR     Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics [now = AGSO]  
BMR     Bureau of Mineral Resources [now = AGSO]  
BMRC    Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (Commonwealth)  
BMTC    Bureau of Meterology Training Centre (Commonwealth)  
BOD     biochemical oxygen demand  
BoM     Bureau of Meterology (Commonwealth)  
BOM     Bureau of Meteorolgy (Commonwealth)  
BOMA    Busienss Owners Management Association (NGO)  
BP      before present  
BP      British Petroleum (Commercial)  
BPH     Botanico Periodicum Huntianum [a list of Standard Botanical Journal Abbreviations]  
bps     bits per second (computing)  
Bps     bytes per second (computing)  
BPT     best practice technology  
BR      boundary representation (GIS)  
BRC     Biological Records Centre [of the UK]  
BRI     Queensland Herbarium International Acronym (State)  
BRIAN   Barrier Reef Image Analysis [software]  
BRIP    Herbarium of the Plant Pathology Branch [DPI, Queensland] (State)  
BRIU    University of Queensland (State)  
BRIU    Herbarium of the University of Queensland International Acronym (State)  
BRR     Bureau of Rural Resources (Commonwealth)  
BRRU    Business Regulation Review Unit  
BRS     Bureau of Resource Sciences (Commonwealth)  
BSPB    British Society of Plant Breeders (Internatoional)  
BSRN    Basline Surface Radiation Network  
BTCE    Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics  
BTE     Bureau of Transport Economics [now = BTCE]  
BTEC    Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign  
BTG     British Technology Group (International)  
BTR     Bureau of Tourism Research  
BTW     by the way  
BUN     Biomass Users' Network  
BURISA  British Urban and Regional Information Systems Association [Britain]  
BWR     boiling water reactor (instrument)