References

Glossary and abbreviations list

AARNet Australian Academic Record Network
ANU Australian National University
APMC Australian Prime Ministers Centre
APS Australian Public Service
AWA Australian Workplace Agreement
Commonwealth Heritage List The Commonwealth Heritage List, established under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, comprises natural, Indigenous and historic heritage places which are either entirely within a Commonwealth area, or outside the Australian jurisdiction and owned or leased by the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth Authority, and which the Heritage Minister is satisfied have one or more Commonwealth Heritage values. The list can include places connected to defence, communications, customs and other government activities.
curtilage The grounds of a building. The curtilage of Old Parliament House comprises the area bounded by the centre lines of King George Terrace, Queen Victoria Terrace and Parliament Square in Parkes.
DCITA Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
DEWHA Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EMG Executive Management Group
EMS environmental management system
EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
ESD ecologically sustainable development
fabric The materials of which a building is constructed.
FMA Act Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
FOI Act Freedom of Information Act 1982
FTE full-time equivalent
GST goods and services tax
heritage values Heritage values identify what is significant or outstanding against the National Heritage List, Commonwealth Heritage List or other criteria. Heritage values include any element of a place’s natural and cultural environment that has aesthetic, scientific and social or other significance, for current and future generations.
HOCI Heads of Cultural Institutions
Hon, the The Honourable—A title that is accorded to the holders of certain Commonwealth offices, including ministers and former ministers.
ICT information and communications technology
KPI Key performance indicator
National Heritage The National Heritage List lists places of outstanding heritage
List significance to Australia. It includes natural, historic and Indigenous places that are of outstanding national heritage value to the Australian nation.
OH&S occupational health and safety
OH&S Act Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
OPH Old Parliament House
PACER Parliament and Civics Education Rebate
Rt Hon, the The Right Honourable—A title that is accorded to certain senior Commonwealth ministers who were appointed members of the United Kingdom Privy Council.
SES Senior Executive Service
SMG Senior Management Group
south-east wing A portion of the Old Parliament House building that adjoins the House of Representatives, on the south-east side of the building. It is not part of the original 1927 building, but was added in stages, beginning in the 1940s.
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