| AASB | Australian Accounting Standards Board |
| ABN | Australian Business Number |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACARA | Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |
| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACCO / ACCOs | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisation(s) |
| ACE | Australian Centre for Evaluation |
| ACMA | Australian Communications and Media Authority |
| ACNC | Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AEC | Australian Electoral Commission |
| AES | Australian Election Study |
| AGA | Australian Government Architecture |
| AGD | Attorney-General’s Department |
| AHRC | Australian Human Rights Commission |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AIATSIS | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
| AIC | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| AIFS | Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| AJIR | Ardèche, Youth, Innovation, Rurality (France) |
| ALGA | Australian Local Government Association |
| ALRC | Australian Law Reform Commission |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| ANZOG | Australia and New Zealand School of Government |
| APS | Australian Public Service / Australian Public Sector |
| APSA | APS Academy |
| APSC | Australian Public Service Commission |
| ARACY | Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth |
| ARDN | Australian Resilient Democracy Network |
| ARPANSA | Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency |
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| AUD / AUSD | Australian Dollars |
| BNLA | Building a New Life in Australia |
| CAD | Canadian Dollars |
| CAG | Council of Attorneys-General |
| CALD | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse |
| CASA | Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
| CCE | Civic and Citizenship Education |
| CIPC | Centre interministériel de la participation citoyenne (France) |
| CLO / CLOs | Community Liaison Officer(s) |
| CNDP | National Commission on Public Debate (France) |
| CoP / CoPs | Communities of Practice |
| CSAG | Community Services Advisory Group |
| CSC | Canada Service Corps |
| CSIF | Cohesion Support and Interventions Function (UK) |
| CSO / CSOs | Civil Society Organisation(s) |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DCCEEW | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
| DGI | Digital Government Index |
| DGR | Deductible Gift Recipient |
| DISR | Department of Industry, Science and Resources |
| DITP | Direction interministérielle de la transformation publique (France) |
| DPMC | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand) |
| DSA | Digital Services Act |
| DSS | Department of Social Services |
| DTA | Digital Transformation Agency |
| EIAT | Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce |
| EIU | Economist Intelligence Unit |
| EL2 | Executive Level 2 |
| ESIM | Elaborated Social Identity Model |
| EU | European Union |
| FYA | Foundation for Young Australians |
| Gov CMS | Government Content Management System |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| HASS | Humanities and Social Sciences |
| HILDA | Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia |
| IAP2 | International Association for Public Participation |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic and Social Rights |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IDEA | International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance |
| IDC | Interdepartmental Committee |
| IOF | Investment Oversight Framework |
| IPCA | Independent Police Conduct Authority (New Zealand) |
| IPS | Information Publication Scheme |
| JSCEM | Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters |
| KANE | Advisory Board on Civil Society Policy (Finland) |
| KPMD-PMK | Criminal Police Registration Service for Cases of Politically Motivated Crime (Germany) |
| LDM | Local Decision Making |
| LTIB / LTIBs | Long-term Insights Briefing(s) |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MAV | Municipal Association of Victoria |
| MDT | Maatschappelijke Diensttijd (Netherlands) |
| MoAD | Museum of Australian Democracy |
| MOSAIC | Mapping Opinions and Social Attitudes on Inclusion and Conflict |
| NACCHO | National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| NAP3 | Third OGP National Action Plan |
| NDDA | National Disability Data Asset |
| NDIA | National Disability Insurance Agency |
| NDIS | National Disability Insurance Scheme |
| NEEC | National Electoral Education Centre |
| NEMA | National Emergency Management Agency |
| NFP | Not-for-profit |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NHRI | National Human Rights Institution |
| NIAA | National Indigenous Australians’ Agency |
| NIRA | National Indigenous Reform Agreement |
| NMAG | National Multicultural Advisory Group |
| NSfCE | National Standards for Community Engagement (Scotland) |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| OAIC | Office of the Australian Information Commissioner |
| ODIHR | Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OGP | Open Government Partnership |
| OIA | Office of Impact Analysis |
| ORIC | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| OURData | Open and Reusable Data Index |
| PACER | Parliament and Civic Education Rebate |
| PEO | Parliamentary Education Office |
| PGPA | Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Act) |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PJCHR | Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights |
| PLIDA | Person Level Integrated Data Asset |
| PM&C | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RSF | Reporters Without Borders |
| SaaS | Software-as-a-Service |
| SCAG | Standing Council of Attorneys-General |
| SCDC | Scottish Community Development Centre |
| SCEAA | Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia |
| SCMU | Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SNPS | Secretaria Nacional de Participação Social (Brazil) |
| SOG | Survey on Open Government |
| SVN | National Volunteer Service (Luxembourg) |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TAPS | Trust in Australian Public Services |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| UPR | Universal Periodic Review |
| USD | United States Dollars |
| VAGO | Victorian Auditor-General's Office |
| V-Dem | Varieties of Democracy |
| WALGA | Western Australian Local Government Association |
| WJP | World Justice Project |
| YPB | Youth Participatory Budget |
Open Government Review of Australia
Strengthening Civic Space and Participation