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ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACFID Australian Council for International Development

ACIUCN Australian Committee for the International Union for Conservation of Nature

ACOSS Australian Council of Social Service Addis Agenda Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development

AIME Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience

ANDI Australian National Development Index

APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

ARENA Australian Renewable Energy Agency

ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations

ASX Australian Stock Exchange

AURIN Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network

CEFC Clean Energy Finance Corporation

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Codex Alimentarius International food standards-setting body

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CTI-CFF Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security

DEA Digital Earth Australia

DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

FTA Free trade agreement

GCNA Global Compact Network Australia

IAEG-SDGs Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDGs

IDM Individual Deprivation Measure

ILO International Labour Organization

INFOSAN International Network of Food Safety Authorities

LDC Least-developed country

LGBTI Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex

LGBTIQA+ Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, other diverse sexual orientations and gender identities

MHFA Mental Health First Aid

MIKTA Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey, Australia

NCD Non-communicable disease

ODA Official development assistance

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Paris Agreement Paris Agreement on climate change (UNFCCC) Paris Principles Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (for human rights)

PM&C Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

PrEP Pre-exposure prophylaxis Ramsar Convention Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance

RAMSI Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands

REDD+ Reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

SDSN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Sendai Framework Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 STEM Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

TAFE Technical and further education (institution)

TRIANGLE in ASEAN Tripartite Action for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers in the ASEAN Region

UNAA United Nations Association of Australia

UNDP UN Development Programme

UNFPA UN Population Fund VNR Voluntary National Review

WHO World Health Organization

WTO World Trade Organization