List of acronyms and initialisms
- A/g
- acting
- AASB
- Australian Accounting Standards Board
- ABS
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ACCAP
- Australian Council for Children and Parenting
- ACROD
- National Industry Association for Disability Services
- AHURI
- Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
- AICCA
- Aboriginal and Islander child care agency
- AIFS
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- ANAO
- Australian National Audit Office
- ANTS
- A New Tax System
- ANZSOG
- Australian and New Zealand School of Government
- APS
- Australian Public Service
- APSC
- Australian Public Service Commission
- ARC
- Australian Research Council
- ARHP
- Aboriginal Rental Housing Program
- ARIA
- Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia
- ASEAN
- Association of South-East Asian Nations
- ATSIC
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
- ATSIS
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services
- Auslan
- Australian sign language
- AUSTRAC
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
- AWA
- Australian workplace agreement
- AWT
- Australians Working Together
- BA
- Bereavement Allowance
- BAF
- Business Assurance Framework
- BARAC
- Business Planning and Resource Allocation Committee
- BSRIG
- Business Services Review Implementation Group
- CAEPR
- Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
- CAP
- Crisis Accommodation Program
- CBD
- central business district
- CCB
- Child Care Benefit
- CDAC
- Career Development Assessment Centre
- CDEP
- Community Development Employment Project
- CDS
- Commonwealth Disability Strategy
- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer
- CFCP
- Commonwealth Financial Counselling Program
- CHAS
- Clients Having a Say
- CHFA
- Community Housing Federation of Australia
- CHINS
- Community Infrastructure Needs Survey
- CHIP
- Community Housing and Infrastructure Program
- COAG
- Council of Australian Governments
- CPI
- Consumer Price Index
- CPSU
- Community and Public Sector Union
- CRF
- Consolidated Revenue Fund
- CRV
- collaborative research venture
- CSA
- Child Support Agency
- CSHA
- Commonwealth–State Housing Agreement
- CSHC
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- CSTDA
- Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement
- CTC
- competitive tendering and contracting
- DEWR
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- DIMIA
- Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
- DIY
- do-it-yourself
- DSG
- Disability Stakeholder Group
- DSP
- Disability Support Pension
- DTSS
- Direct Telephone Support Service
- DVA
- Department of Veterans' Affairs
- EBC
- Executive Budget Committee
- EDI
- Early Development Index
- EDMS
- Electronic Document Management System
- EIP
- Early Intervention Parenting
- EMS
- environmental management system
- FaCS
- Department of Family and Community Services
- FAMQIS
- Family Quality Information Strategy
- FAO
- Family Assistance Office
- FCNI
- Family and Community Networks Initiative
- FDCQA
- Family Day Care Quality Assurance
- FHBH
- Fixing Houses for Better Health
- FHPEIP
- Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention Pilot
- FIM
- Family Income Management
- FIS
- Financial Information Service
- FLW
- Family Liaison Workers
- FOFMS
- FaCS Online Funding Management System
- FOI
- freedom of information
- FRE
- Family Relationships Education
- FRSP
- Family Relationships Services Program
- FTB
- Family Tax Benefit
- GBP
- Good Beginnings Prototype
- GCS
- General Customer Survey
- GRI
- Global Reporting Initiative
- GST
- Goods and Services Tax
- HHC
- Health Care Card
- HIC
- Health Insurance Commission
- HILDA
- Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia
- HOME
- Household Organisational Management Expenses
- HPCR
- Harm Prevention Charities Register
- ICC
- Indigenous Coordination Centre
- ICCP
- Indigenous Community Coordination Pilot
- ICT
- information and communication technology
- ICYS
- Innovative Collaborative Youth Servicing
- IDC
- Intensive Debt Collection
- IPMS
- Individual Performance Management System
- IPFWB
- Indigenous Parenting and Family Wellbeing
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- IST
- in-service training
- JET
- Jobs, Education and Training
- JETCC
- Jobs, Education and Training Child Care
- JPET
- Job Placement, Employment and Training
- LDS
- Longitudinal Data Set
- LSAC
- Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
- LSIC
- Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
- MAA
- Mature Age Allowance
- MAPS
- Men's Advocacy and Practical Strategies
- MFR
- Men and Family Relationships
- MHBH
- Maintaining Houses for Better Health
- MTAWE
- Male Total Average Weekly Earnings
- NFCV
- National Family Carers Voice
- NICRI
- National Information Centre on Retirement Investments
- NIDS
- National Illicit Drugs Strategy
- NMG
- Network Management Group
- NOHSC
- National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
- NOIE
- National Office for the Information Economy
- NSA
- Newstart Allowance
- OHS
- Occupational Health and Safety
- OOF
- Outcomes and Outputs Framework
- OSHCQA
- Outside School Hours Care Quality Assurance
- PA
- Partner Allowance
- PAES
- Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
- PBS
- Portfolio Budget Statements
- PCC
- Pensioner Concession Card
- PES
- Pensioner Education Supplement
- PIT
- parental income test
- PMIO
- Project Management Integration Office
- POLIS
- Parents on low income study
- PPP
- Parenting Payment (Partnered)
- PPS
- Parenting Payment (Single)
- PSP
- Personal Support Programme
- QA
- quality assurance
- QIAS
- Quality Improvement and Accreditation System
- R&A
- resource and advisory
- RAAC
- Risk Assessment and Audit Committee
- RCC
- rural call centre
- REACH
- Responding Early Assisting Children
- SAAP
- Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
- SES
- senior executive service
- SFSS
- Student Financial Supplement Scheme
- SHSP
- Social Housing Subsidy Program
- SIRCA
- Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia–Pacific
- SIRP
- Sugar Industry Reform Program
- SNSS
- Special Needs Subsidy Scheme
- SpB
- Special Benefit
- SPEAR
- Social Policy Evaluation, Analysis and Research Centre (Australian National University)
- SPP
- specific purpose payments
- SPRC
- Social Policy Research Centre (University of New South Wales)
- SPRS
- Social Policy Research Services
- SSAT
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
- STO
- state and territory office
- TBL
- triple bottom line
- TFR
- total fertility rate
- TILA
- Transition to Independent Living Allowance
- WA
- Widow Allowance
- YA
- Youth Allowance
- YAS
- Youth Activities Service
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