| ACCC |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| AHD |
Australian Height Datum |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ANCOLD |
Australian National Committee on Large Dams |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| BSMS |
Basin Salinity Management Strategy |
| CAC |
Community Advisory Committee |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (Cwlth) |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CRC |
Cooperative Research Centre |
| CRG |
community reference group |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Cwlth |
Commonwealth |
| DEWHA |
Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
| EC |
electrical conductivity unit |
| EL |
Executive Level |
| ESD |
ecologically sustainable development |
| EWMP |
Environmental Works and Measures Program |
| FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (Cwlth) |
| GL |
gigalitre |
| IAG |
Independent Audit Group |
| ICT |
information and communications technology |
| IEC |
individual employment contract |
| LMI |
Living Murray Initiative |
| LTCE |
long-term Cap equivalent |
| MDBA |
Murray-Darling Basin Authority |
| MDBC |
Murray-Darling Basin Commission |
| MDFRC |
Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre |
| ML |
megalitre |
| MLDRIN |
Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations |
| NFS |
Native Fish Strategy |
| NRM |
natural resource management |
| OH&S |
occupational health and safety |
| RAR |
required annual release |
| RMIF |
River Murray Increased Flows |
| RMO |
River Murray Operations |
| SDL |
sustainable diversion limit |
| SEACI |
South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SIS |
salt interception scheme |
| SRA |
Sustainable Rivers Audit |
| TLM |
The Living Murray |
| WADC |
Water Accounting Development Committee |
| WAM |
water audit monitoring |
| WCC |
Workplace Consultative Committee |