| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACTU | Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| AFAP | Australian Federation of Air Pilots |
| ALAC | Australian Labor Advisory Council |
| ALP | Australian Labor Party |
| AMC | Australian Manufacturing Council |
| AMFSU | Amalgamated Metals Foundry and Shipwrights’ Union |
| AMIEU | Amalgamated Meat Industry Employees’ Union |
| AMWSU | Amalgamated Metal Workers’ and Shipwrights’ Union |
| AMWU | Amalgamated Metal Workers’ Union (see Appendix A) |
| AMWU | Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (see Appendix A) |
| ANZCERTA | Australia & New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement |
| AWU | Australian Workers’ Union |
| BLF | Builders Labourers’ Federation |
| BWIU | Building Workers’ Industrial Union |
| CPA | Communist Party of Australia |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| EPAC | Economic Planning Advisory Council |
| ETU | Electrical Trades Union |
| FCA | Federated Confectioners’ Association |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| IRC | Industrial Relations Commission |
| MTIA | Metal Trades Industry Association |
| NFF | National Farmers Federation |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NUM | National Union of Mineworkers (UK) |
| NYC | New York City |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| OECD | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PJT | Prices Justification Tribunal |
| PSA | Prices Surveillance Authority |
| SEP | Structural Efficiency Principle of the Accord |
| SPA | Socialist Party of Australia |
| TDC | Trade Development Council |
| TUC | British Trades Union Congress |
| UK | United Kingdom |
United States of America | |
| VBEF | Vehicle Builders’ Employees Federation |
| VTHC | Victorian Trades Hall Council |