| the Act | Gene Technology Act 2000 |
| APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
| AQIS | Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
| bla | β-lactamase |
| BSES | BSES Limited, formerly the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations |
| CCI | Confidential Commercial Information as declared under section 185 of the Gene Technology Act 2000 |
| CCS | commercial cane sugar |
| DIR | Dealings Involving intentional Release |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DRE | Drought responsive element |
| EST | Expressed sequence tag |
| FSANZ | Food Standards Australia New Zealand (formerly ANZFA) |
| GM | Genetically Modified |
| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism |
| GTTAC | Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee |
| ha | Hectare |
| HGT | Horizontal gene transfer |
| HvGA20ox | Hordeum vulgare gibberellin 20-oxidase |
| LGA | Local government area |
| m | metre |
| mm | millimetre |
| mRNA | Messenger Ribonucleic Acid |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme |
| Nos | Nopaline synthase |
| nptII | Neomycin phosphotransferase II |
| Ocs | Octopine synthase |
| OGTR | Office of the Gene Technology Regulator |
| OsDREB1A | Oryza sativa Drought-responsive element-binding protein1A |
| OsTB1 | Oryza sativa Teosinte branched1 |
| PC2 | Physical containment level 2 |
| PcGA2ox-1 | Phaseolus coccineus gibberellin 2-oxidase-1 |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PR | Promoter |
| RARMP | Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan |
| RbcS | Rubisco small subunit |
| the Regulations | Gene Technology Regulations 2001 |
| the Regulator | Gene Technology Regulator |
| RNAi | RNA interference |
| Rubisco | ribulose-1’5’-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase |
| SA | Sugar accumulation gene |
| ShTB1 | Saccharum hybrid Teosinte branched1 |
| T-DNA | Transfer DNA |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| Tml | Tumour morphology large |
| Ubi1 | Ubiquitin1 |
| uidA | β-glucuronidase |
| US EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| VPE | Vacuole processing enzyme |
| WUE | Water use efficiency gene |
| ZmDof1 | Zea mays DNA-binding with one finger 1 |