Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions

Table 1. Acronyms, abbreviations and definitions

TermMeaning
Archives ActArchives Act 1983
Cabinet documentAny 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 HandbookSets out the structure, practices and processes of the Government’s Cabinet and its committees.
Cabinet notebookNotebook 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 institutionThe 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.
NAANational Archives of Australia
NSCNational Security Committee of Cabinet
NV 1Negative Vetting 1 security clearance
NV 2Negative Vetting 2 security clearance
PM&CDepartment of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
PMOPrime Minister’s Office
PSPFProtective Security Policy Framework
ScheduleRecords Disposal Schedule No. S.492
RMURecords Management Unit
SCIFSensitive Compartmented Information Facility
TSPVTop Secret Positive Vetting security clearance