ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABSTUDY Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children (USA)
AGPS Australian Government Publishing Service
AIAS Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (now AIATSIS)
AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
AIFS Australian Institute of Family Studies
ANTA Australian National Training Authority
ANTARAC Australian National Training Authority Research Advisory Council
ANU The Australian National University
ATM Automatic Teller Machine
ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
ATSICOEA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Office of Evaluation and Audit
ATSIPTAC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Training Advisory Council
AWA Australian Workplace Agreement
CA Certified Agreement
CAEPR Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (ANU)
CAR Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
CDEP Community Development Employment Projects
CDFI Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (USA)
CEO Chief Executive Officer
ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CES Commonwealth Employment Service
CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CGC Commonwealth Grants Commission
CHIP Community Housing and Infrastructure Program
CPS CDEP Participant Supplement
CRA Community Reinvestment Act (USA)
CRCAP Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
CRES Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (ANU)
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DEET Department of Employment, Education and Training
DEETYA Department of Employment, Education, Training, and Youth Affairs
DETYA Department of Education, Training, and Youth Affairs
DEWRSB Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
DFACS Department of Family and Community Services
DSS Department of Social Security
EITC Earned Income Tax Credit (USA)
ESRA Employment Services Regulatory Agency
GST Goods and Services Tax
HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
IDA Individual Development Account (USA)
IEC Indigenous Employment Centre
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
IEP Indigenous Employment Policy
ILO International Labour Organisation
ILOC Indigenous Local Area
LFS Labour Force Survey
NARU North Australia Research Unit (ANU)
NATSIS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey
NEIS New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
NSA New Start Allowance
OEA Office of Evaluation and Audit (ATSIC)
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PRC Papunya Regional Council
RAI Reshaping Australian Institutions project (RSSS, ANU)
R&M Repair and Maintenance
RDC Racial Discrimination Commissioner
RTC Rural Transaction Centre
RTO Registered Training Organisation
SD Statistical Division
SES Specialised Enumeration Strategy
SIPF Special Indigenous Personal Form
SPRC Social Policy Research Centre (UNSW)
SSD Statistical Sub-Division
STEP Structured Training and Employment Projects
TAFE Technical and Further Education
TANF Temporary Aid for Needy Families (USA)
TCU Traditional Credit Union
UB Unemployment Benefit
UNSW University of New South Wales
WFTC Working Families Tax Credit (UK)
WFTD Work for the Dole