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Abbreviations

ABA
Aboriginals Benefit Account
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ALRA
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
ANAO
Australian National Audit Office
APS
Australian Public Service
APY
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
ARIA
Australian Remote Indigenous Accommodation
ATI
Adjusted Taxable Income
ATO
Australian Taxation Office
Auslan
Australian Sign Language
AWA
Australian Workplace Agreement
CAC Act
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
CALD
culturally and linguistically diverse
CATSI Act
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
CDEP
Community Development Employment Projects
CHIP
Community Housing and Infrastructure Program
COAG
Council of Australian Governments
CPI
Consumer Price Index
DAFF
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DEEWR
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
DSP
Disability Support Pension
EL
Executive Level
EMG
Executive Management Group
ESS
Economic Security Strategy
FaHCSIA
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
FIM
Family Income Management
FLAG
FaHCSIA Leadership disAbility Group
FMA Act
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
FOI
freedom of information
FRSP
Family Relationship Services Program
FTB
Family Tax Benefit
FTE
full-time equivalent
IDPwD
International Day of People with Disability
ILC
Indigenous Land Corporation
MTAWE
Male Total Average Weekly Earnings
MWT
Mining Withholding Tax
NAIDOC
National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee
NATSISS
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
NDAP
National Disability Advocacy Program
NIDS
National Illicit Drugs Strategy
NRAS
National Rental Affordability Scheme
NTER
Northern Territory Emergency Response
OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OHS
occupational health and safety
OHS Act
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
PAES
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements
PBS
Portfolio Budget Statements
SAAP
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
SEIFA
Socio-economic Indexes for Areas
SES
Senior Executive Service
SPP
specific purpose payment
SSAT
Social Security Appeals Tribunal
UN
United Nations

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