| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AGS |
Australian Government Solicitor |
| AIC |
Australian Intelligence Community |
| ALRC |
Australian Law Reform Commission |
| AML/CTF Act |
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ASIO |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation |
| ASIO Act |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 |
| ASIS |
Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
| AUSTRAC |
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
| DIGO |
Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation |
| DIAC |
Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
| DIO |
Defence Intelligence Organisation |
| DSA |
Defence Security Authority |
| DSD |
Defence Signals Directorate |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| IIRAC |
International Intelligence Review Agencies Conference |
| IGIS |
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security |
| IGIS Act |
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 |
| ISA |
Intelligence Services Act 2001 |
| MA |
Ministerial authorisation |
| MOU |
Memorandum of understanding |
| NAA |
National Archives of Australia |
| NSA |
National Security Adviser |
| NSLM |
National Security Legislation Monitor |
| OIGIS |
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security |
| ONA |
Office of National Assessments |
| PJCIS |
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security |
| PMC |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |