Abbreviations and acronyms

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis

Advancing Agriculture Fund

Australian National Audit Office

Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation forum

Australian public service

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Australian Agency for International Development

Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan

Bureau of Rural Sciences

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Cooperative Research Centre

Council of Rural Research and Development Corporations Chairs

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

Department of Health and Ageing

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

Exceptional Circumstances

environmentally sustainable development

European Union

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Freedom of Information Act 1982

full-time equivalent

genetically modified

goods and services tax

human resources

International Agricultural Cooperation

information and communications technology

International Plant Protection Convention

import risk analysis

information technology

illegal, unreported and unregulated

Multi-criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support

monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement

memorandum of understanding

National Agricultural Monitoring System

non-government organisation

National Livestock Identification Scheme

natural resource management

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991

World Organisation for Animal Health

Product Integrity, Animal and Plant Health

research and development

research and development corporation

Senior Executive Service

sanitary and phytosanitary

World Trade Organization