Abbreviations

ACAC - Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission

ACCC - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

ACCI - Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ACTU - Australian Council of Trade Unions

AEB - Autonomous Enterprise Branch

AIRC - Australian Industrial Relations Commission

ALHMWU - Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union

ALP - Australian Labor Party

ANESBWA - Association of Non-English Speaking Backgroun Women of Australia

APS - Australian Public Service

ARTIO - Australian Road Transport Industtrial Organisation

ASFA - Association of Supperannuation Funds of Australia Limited

AVTS - Australian Vocational Training System

AWA - Australian Workplace Agreement

AWU - Australian Workers Union

BPBW - Better Pay for Better Work [Coalition industrial relations policy]

CA - Certified Agreement

CPSU - Community and Public Sector Union

CCCA - Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

CFMEU - Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union

CPI - Consumer Prices Index

DEETYA - Department of Employment, Education, Training and Yourth Affairs

DIR - Department of Industrial Relations

EPAC - Economic Planning Advisory Commission

EA - Employment Advocate

EFA - Enterprise Flexibility Agreement

HREOC - Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

ICTUR - International Centre for Trade Union Rights

ILC - International Labour Conference

ILO - International Labour Organisation

IR Act - Industrial Relations Act 1988

IRCA - Industrial Relations Court of Australia

MAATS - Modern Australian Apprenticeship and Traineeship System

NESB - Non-English Speaking Backgroun

NTW - National Training Wage

OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

SDA - Shop Distributive and Allied Employee's Association

SEP - Structural Efficiency Principle

TCFUA - Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia

TUTA - Trade Union Training Authority

VTHC - Victorian Trades Hall Council