| ABA |
Australian Bankers' Association |
| ACCA |
Association of Corporate Counsel Australia |
| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
| ACTU |
Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| Action plan |
Australia's First Open Government National Action Plan 2016–18 |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AICD |
Australian Institute of Company Directors |
| AIST |
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees |
| ALA |
Australian Lawyers Alliance |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| APSC |
Australian Public Service Commission |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ASIC Act |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 |
| ASBFEO |
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman |
| Best Practice Criteria |
Best practice criteria for whistleblowing legislation, Wolfe, Worth, Dreyfus, and Brown, Breaking the Silence: Strengths and Weaknesses in G20 whistleblower protection laws, September 2014, p. 3. |
| Breaking the Silence |
Wolfe, Worth, Dreyfus, and Brown, Breaking the Silence: Strengths and Weaknesses in G20 whistleblower protection laws, September 2014. |
| CC Act |
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 |
| CFTC |
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| CLERP |
Corporate Law Economics Reform Program |
| CLERP Bill |
Corporate Law Economics Reform Program (CLERP) (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 |
| Corporations Act |
Corporations Act 2001 |
| FCA |
UK Financial Conduct Authority |
| FPA |
Financial Planning Association of Australia |
| FSU |
Finance Sector Union |
| FW Act |
Fair Work Act 2009 |
| FWRO Act |
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 |
| G20 |
The Group of Twenty (G20) is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. |
| G20 |
Compendium C20 Compendium of best practices and guiding principles for whistleblower protection legislation |
| GIA |
Governance Institute of Australia |
| IBACC |
International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee |
| IGIS |
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security |
| IRS |
US Internal Revenue Service |
| Law |
Council Law Council of Australia |
| MEAA |
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance |
| Moss |
Review Review of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013, July 2016 |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PID Act |
Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 |
| PID Bill |
Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013 |
| PRA |
Bank of England Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ROC |
Registered Organisations Commission |
| Senate Select Committee |
Senate Select Committee on Public Interest Disclosures |
| the committee |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services |
| the Treasury |
Department of the Treasury |
| US-SEC |
US Securities Exchange Commission |