ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
ADWG | Australian Drinking Water Guidelines |
AFFF | Aqueous Film Forming Foams |
AHPC | Australian Health Protection Committee |
AICIS | Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme |
Airservices | Airservices Australia |
ANU | Australian National University |
APCO | Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation |
APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
crcCARE | Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
Defence/the department | Department of Defence |
enHealth | Environmental Health Standing Committee |
Environment Department | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPBC Act | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (cth) |
EU | European Union |
FOGO | Food Organic and Garden Waste |
FRV | Fire Rescue Victoria |
FSANZ | Food Standards Australia and New Zealand |
Health Department | Department of Health and Aged Care |
HEPA | Heads of Environmental Protection Agencies in Australia and New Zealand |
HFPO | hexafluoropropopylene oxide |
IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
IChEMS | Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard |
Infrastructure Department | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
JBRF | Jervis Bay Range Facility |
JBT | Jervis Bay Territory |
JSCFADT | Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade |
LGNSW | Local Government New South Wales |
NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
NRE | Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment |
NSW | New South Wales |
PFAS | per and polyfluoroalkyl substances |
PFAS Independent Review | Independent review of land uses around key Defence bases impacted by PFAS contamination |
PFAS NEMP | PFAS National Environmental Management Plan |
PFHxS | perfluorohexane sulfonate |
PFOA | perfluorooctanoic acid |
PFOS | perfluorooctane sulfonate |
RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
SA | South Australia |
the Intergovernmental Agreement | The Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Framework for Responding to PFAS Contamination |
the NT department | Northern Territory Department of Lands, Planning and Environment |
US EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
WBACC | Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council |