Glossary and abbreviations
AAT Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ABA Australian Bulk Alliance
ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACL Australian Consumer Law
ACMA Australian Communications and Media Authority
AEMC Australian Energy Market Commission
AER Australian Energy Regulator
AGS Australian Government Solicitor
APS Australian Public Service
ARFF aviation rescue, fire fighting
ARTC Australian Rail Track Corporation
ASIC Australian Securities and Investments Commission
AUSTRAC Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
AWG Australian Writers’ Guild Limited
BBM building block model
CA Communications Alliance
CCA Competition and Consumer Act 2010
CCEU Competition and Consumer Economic Unit
CCG Customer Consultative Group
CEO chief executive officer
COAG Council of Australian Governments
cpl cents per litre
CPM carbon price mechanism
DBCDE Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
DEHP diethylhexyl phthalate
DNSP distribution network service providers
DSP demand side participation
DTCS Domestic Transmission Capacity Service
EDRMS Electronic Document Record Management System
EL executive level
ESCV Essential Services Commission of Victoria
ESV Energy Safe Victoria
FADs final access determinations
FCC Franchising Consultative Committee
FiT feed-in tariff
FMA Act Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
FOI Freedom of Information
FTTH fibre-to-the-home
HFC hybrid fibre coaxial
HVAU Hunter Valley Access Undertaking
ICPHSO International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization
ICPEN International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network
IMTS Information Management and Technology Services Branch
IPS Information Publication Scheme
IPTV internet protocol television
LBAS local bitstream access service
LCS local carriage service
LPG liquefied petroleum gas
LSS line sharing service
LTPA long-term pricing agreement
MDB Murray-Darling Basin
MDBA Murray-Darling Basin Authority
MIP market impact parameter
Mogas motor gasoline
MPS mobile premium services
MTAS mobile terminating access service
NBN National Broadband Network
NBN Co NBN Co Limited
NEM National Electricity Market
NER National Electricity Rules
NGR National Gas Rules
NPP new policy proposal
NSP Network Service Plan
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OSP Operational Separation Plan
PBS portfolio budget statements
PPD paraphenylene diamine
POH Public Office Holder
PSCC Product Safety Consultative Committee
PSM People Services and Management Branch
PSTN public switched telephone network
PSTN OA public switched telephone network originating access
PSTN TA public switched telephone network terminating access
RBP Roma to Brisbane transmission pipeline
RDB Regulatory Development Branch
RFI request for information
RoLR retailer of last resort
RTC reconnecting the customer
SAU special access undertaking
Section 87B court enforceable undertaking made under s. 87B of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010
SES Senior Executive Service
SSU structural separation undertaking
STPIS service target performance incentive scheme
STTM short term trading market
TCP telecommunications consumer protection
TGP terminal gate price
TIO Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
TN terminal navigation
TNSP transmission network service providers
TPA Trade Practices Act 1974
TSLRIC+ total service long-run incremental cost plus an allocation of indirect overhead costs
ULLS unconditioned local loop service
VOIP voice over internet protocol
WACC weighted average cost of capital
WCIR Water Charge (Infrastructure) Rules 2010
WCPMIR Water Charge (Planning and Management Information) Rules 2010
WCTFR Water Charge (Termination Fees) Rules 2009
WLR wholesale line rental
WMR Water Market Rules 2009