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
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