Table 1. Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Archives Act | Archives Act 1983 |
| Cabinet document | Any material that departments and agencies prepare that is: intended for submission to the Cabinet; or a document dealing with Cabinet meetings (agendas, Cabinet minutes and notes taken by Cabinet note takers) |
| Cabinet Handbook | Sets out the structure, practices and processes of the Government’s Cabinet and its committees. |
| Cabinet notebook | Notebook or other record that contains notes of discussions and deliberations taking place in a meeting of the Cabinet or of a committee of the Cabinet, under the authority of the Secretary of PM&C. |
| Cabinet record | An aggregation of related Cabinet documents that may be transferred to the National Archives of Australia. A Cabinet record can hold a single or multiple Cabinet minutes or other Cabinet documents. |
| CabNet+ | Real-time, secure, whole of Australian government information and technology system used to support the Commonwealth’s end to end Cabinet process. |
| Commonwealth record | A record that is the property of the Commonwealth or of a Commonwealth institution; or a record that is to be deemed to be a Commonwealth record by virtue of a regulation or by virtue of section 22 of the Archives Act. This definition does not include a record that is exempt material under the Archives Act. |
| Commonwealth institution | The official establishment of the Governor-General; the Executive Council; Senate; House of Representatives; a Department; a Federal court or court of a territory other than the Northern Territory or Norfolk Island; an authority of the Commonwealth; or the Administration of an external Territory. |
| NAA | National Archives of Australia |
| NSC | National Security Committee of Cabinet |
| NV 1 | Negative Vetting 1 security clearance |
| NV 2 | Negative Vetting 2 security clearance |
| PM&C | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| PMO | Prime Minister’s Office |
| PSPF | Protective Security Policy Framework |
| Schedule | Records Disposal Schedule No. S.492 |
| RMU | Records Management Unit |
| SCIF | Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility |
| TSPV | Top Secret Positive Vetting security clearance |