ABARE

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACCI

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ADIs

Authorised deposit-taking institutions; banks and bank-like intermediaries supervised by APRA.

APRA

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the supervisor of financial intermediaries and superannuation funds.

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator.

Basel capital requirements

Internationally agreed common standards relating the capital banks are required to hold to the riskiness of their assets.

Fido

The consumer website of ASIC.

FMD

Farm management deposit.

GFC

Global financial crisis; the period from late 2008 when a number of globally significant financial institutions failed or came under stress, triggering a marked slowdown in the global economy.

NFF

National Farmers' Federation.

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; international government-funded economic research body specialising in comparative studies.

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises.