| AAG | Advertising Approval Group |
| AAS | Australian Accounting Standards |
| AASB | Australian Accounting Standards Board |
| ACER | Australian Council for Educational Research |
| ACFE | adult, community and further education |
| AM | Member of the Order of Australia |
| ARC | Audit and Risk Committee |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| FC | Finance Committee |
| FLP | Family Learning Partnerships |
| FOI | freedom of information |
| FOI Act | Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| FRD | Financial Reporting Direction |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| IBAC | Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission |
| ICT | information and communications technology |
| LLNED | language, literacy, numeracy, employability and digital |
| OAM | Medal of the Order of Australia |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operative Development |
| OVIC | Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner |
| PID Act | Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 |
| PPPC | Planning, Prioritisation and Performance Committee |
| PSM | Public Service Medal |
| SD | Standing Directions |
| SPF | Social Procurement Framework |
| TAFE | technical and further education |
| the board | Adult, Community and Further Education Board |
| the department | Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions |
| VAGO | Victorian Auditor-General's Office |
| VAEAI | Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. |
| VDC | VET Development Centre |
| VET | vocational education and training |
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