AAT

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

AFP

Australian Federal Police

ANCP

Australian National Contact Point

ANZCERTA

Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement

ANZSIC 1993

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (version published in 1993)

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APRA

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

ASEAN

Association of South-East Asian Nations

ATO

Australian Taxation Office

AUSFTA

Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement

AUSTRAC

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

EU

European Union

FDI

foreign direct investment

FIMS

Foreign Investment Management System

FIOLA

Foreign Investment Online Application

FIRB (/the Board)

Foreign Investment Review Board

FOI

Freedom of Information

FOI Act

Freedom of Information Act 1982

FSSA

Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998

FTA

free trade agreement

DIMA

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

IPPA

investment protection and promotion agreement

MNE

multinational enterprise

NCP

National Contact Point

NGO

non-government organisation

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Privacy Act

Privacy Act 1988

the Act (/the FATA)

Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

the Banks Taskforce

Report of the Taskforce on Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Business

the Board (/FIRB)

Foreign Investment Review Board

the Committee

OECD Investment Committee

the Declaration

OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises

the division (/secretariat)

The Treasury’s Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division

the FATA (/the Act)

Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

the OECD Guidelines

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

the PFI

Policy Framework for Investment

the policy

the Government’s foreign investment policy

the Regulations

Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations 1989

the report

Foreign Investment Review Board Annual Report 2005-06

secretariat (/the division)

The Treasury’s Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division

UK

United Kingdom

US

United States of America

WTO

World Trade Organization