AustLit

The abbreviations used in A Companion to Australian Media are:

AAP : Australian Associated Press

AARNet : Australian Academic and Research Network

AAT : Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ABA : Australian Broadcasting Authority

ABC : Australian Broadcasting Commission/Corporation

ABCB : Australian Broadcasting Control Board

ABT : Australian Broadcasting Tribunal

ACA : A Current Affair

ACCC : Australian Consumer and Competition Commission

ACCM : Australian Council on Children and the Media

ACB : Australian Cricket Board

ACMA : Australian Communications and Media Authority

ACP : Australian Consolidated Press

ACTF : Australian Children’s Television Foundation

ACTU : Australian Council of Trade Unions

AES : Army Education Service

AFA : Advertising Federation of Australia

AFC : Australian Film Commission

AFDC : Australian Film Development Corporation

AFI : Australian Film Institute

AFL : Australian Football League

AFR : Australian Financial Review

AFTRS : Australian Film Television and Radio School

AGPS : Australian Government Publishing Service

AICA : Australian Indigenous Communications Association

AIF : Australian Imperial Force

AIS : Australian Information Service

AJA : Australian Journalists’ Association

ALP : Australian Labor Party

ALRC : Australian Law Reform Commission

AMAA : Audited Media Association of Australia

AMCOS : Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited

AMPS : Advanced Mobile Phone System

ANAA : Australian Association of National Advertisers

ANC : Australian Newspapers Conference/Council

ANIB : Australian News and Information Bureau

ANL : Associated Newspapers Ltd

ANM : Australian Newsprint Mills

ANOP : Australian Nationwide Opinion Polls

ANPA : Australian Newspaper Proprietors’ Association

ANZCA : Australian and New Zealand Communication Association

ANZWONA : Australian and New Zealand Web Offset Newspaper Association

AP : Associated Press

APA : Australian Press Association

APC : Australian Press Council

APCA : Australian Press Cuttings Agency

APOP : Australian Public Opinion Polls

APPA : Australian Provincial Press Association

APRA : Australasian Performing Right Association

ARIA : Australian Recording Industry Association

ARN : Australian Radio Network

ASB : Advertising Standards Board

ASC : Advertising Standards Council

ATF : Australian Television Facilities

ATR : Advanced Television Research

ATSIC : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

ATV : Associated Television Corporation

AUSFTA : Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement

AWA : Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd

AWARD : Australasian Art Writers and Art Directors Association

AWG : Australian Writers’ Guild

AWU : Australian Workers’ Union

AWV : Amalgamated Wireless Valve Company Ltd

B&T : Broadcasting & Television

BBC : British Broadcasting Corporation

BBS : Bulletin Board Systems

BRACS : Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme

BRW : Business Review Weekly

BSA : Broadcasting Services Act 1992

BSB : British Satellite Broadcasting

BUGA-UP : Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions

CAAMA : Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

CAB : Circulations Audit Board

CAMP : Campaign Against Moral Persecution Inc

CBAA : Community Broadcasting Association of Australia

CBF : Community Broadcasting Foundation

CNA : Community Newspapers of Australia

COMPAC : Commonwealth Pacific Cable System

CPA : Communist Party of Australia

CPC : Children’s Program Committee

CPU : Commonwealth Press Union

CRA : Commercial Radio Australia

CRN : Community Radio Network

CTA : Commercial Television Australia

CTA : Christian Television Associations

CTS : Children’s Television Standards

DBCDE : Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

DOI : Department of Information

EMI : Electric and Musical Industries

EMMA : Enhanced Media Metrics Australia

ENT : Examiner & Northern Television Ltd

EPU : Empire Press Union

EWA : Eric White Associates

FACTS : Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations

FARB : Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters

FCA : Foreign Correspondents’ Association

FFC : Film Finance Corporation

FIAPF : International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations

FM : Frequency Modulation

FOI : freedom of information

FPC : Federal Publishing Company Pty Ltd

FPAA : Film Production Association of Australia

FPPG : Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery

FSA : Farmers and Settlers’ Association

FT : Financial Times

HWT : Herald and Weekly Times

ICTV : Indigenous Community Television

IMT : In Melbourne Tonight

IPTV : Internet Protocol Television

IRCA : Indigenous Remote Communication Association

JEAA : Journalism Education Association of Australia

JWT : J. Walter Thompson

LOTE : languages other than English

MCA : Media Council of Australia

MEAA : Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

MIA : Media Information/International Australia

MPA : Magazine Publishers of Australia

MWAG : Media Women’s Action Group

NAIBA : National Aboriginal and Islander Broadcasting Association

NBN : National Broadband Network

NESB : non-English speaking background

NFSA : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

NGOs : non-government organisations

NIMAA : National Indigenous Media Association of Australia

NINS : National Indigenous News Service

NIRS : National Indigenous Radio Service

NIT : National Indigenous Times

NITV : National Indigenous Television

NLA : National Library of Australia

NM : New Matilda

NMLS : National Media Liaison Service

NRL : National Rugby League

NRN : National Radio News

NSWCPA : New South Wales Country Press Association

OAAA : Outdoor Advertising Association of Australia

OLO : On Line Opinion

OMA : Outdoor Media Association

OTC : Overseas Telecommunications Commission

PANPA : Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association

PSB : public sector broadcaster

P2P : peer-to-peer

PBL : Publishing and Broadcasting Limited

PMG : Postmaster-General’s Department

PNQ : Provincial Newspapers (Qld) Ltd

PPCA : Phonographic Performance Company of Australia

PR : public relations

QT : Queensland Times

RA : Radio Australia

RABS : Remote Area Broadcast Scheme

RCA : Radio Corporation of America

RCTS : Remote Commercial Television Service

RDA : Regional Dailies of Australia Ltd

RIBS : Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Services

RIMO : Remote Indigenous Media Organisation

RN : Radio National

RPH : Radio for Print Handicapped

SBS : Special Broadcasting Service

SLNSW : State Library of New South Wales

SLSA : State Library of South Australia

SLV : State Library of Victoria

SLWA : State Library of Western Australia

SMH : Sydney Morning Herald

SPAA : Screen Producers Association of Australia

SPASM : Singleton, Palmer, Strauss and McAllan

TCP/IP : Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TDT : This Day Tonight

TPC : Trade Practices Commission

UCA : United Cable Association

UCB : United Christian Broadcasters of Australia

UNAA : United Nations Association of Australia

VAST : Viewer Access Satellite Television

VCR : video-cassette recorder

VDT : visual display terminal

VFL : Victorian Football League

WAN : West Australian Newspapers Limited

WSC : World Series Cricket

WIA : Wireless Institute of Australia