| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| AAP |
Annual Audit Plan |
| ABA |
Aboriginals Benefit Account |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACA Act |
Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 |
| ACM |
Australasian Correctional Management Pty Ltd |
| ACS |
Australian Customs Service |
| ADS |
Approved Destination Status |
| ADV |
Australian Declaratory Visas |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AGIMIS |
Australian Government Indigenous Management Information System |
| AHL |
Aboriginal Hostels Limited |
| AIATSIS |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
| ALC |
Aboriginal Land Commissioner |
| ALO |
Airline Liaison Officer |
| ALR Act |
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 |
| AMEP |
Adult Migrant English Program |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| AOSPC |
Adelaide Offshore Student Processing Centre |
| APC |
Asia-Pacific Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Person and Migrants |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| API |
Advance Passenger Information |
| APIMRP |
Australian Population, Immigration and Multicultural Research Program |
| APP |
Advance Passenger Processing |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| APY |
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara |
| ARC |
Australian Red Cross |
| ASA |
Asylum Seeker Assistance |
| ASCO |
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
| ATIS |
Automated Telephone and Interpreting Service |
| ATNS |
Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements |
| ATO |
Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSI Act |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 |
| ATSIC |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| ATSIC Act |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 |
| ATSIS |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services |
| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| AUSCO |
Australian Cultural Orientation (Program) |
| AWA |
Australian Workplace Agreement |
| CAEPR |
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research |
| CDEP |
Community Development Employment Projects |
| CERS |
Certificates of Evidence of Residence Status |
| CFO |
Chief Finance Officer |
| CGC |
Commonwealth Grants Commission |
| CIC |
Communities in Crisis |
| CIL |
Citizen Information Line |
| CLR |
Commonwealth Land Rights |
| CMA |
Council for Multicultural Australia |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| COLD |
Community On-Line Database |
| CPA |
Community Participation Agreement |
| CPP |
Community Partners Program |
| CSC |
Computer Sciences Corporation Limited |
| CSHA |
Commonwealth State Housing Agreement |
| CSR |
Community Support for Refugees |
| CSSS |
Community Settlement Services Scheme |
| CSU |
Cluster Support Unit |
| CSWE |
Certificate in Spoken and Written English |
| C3MO |
Cluster 3 Management Office |
| CTC |
Competitive Tendering and Contracting |
| DAEC |
Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee |
| DEAN |
Document Examination Alert Notice |
| DEST |
Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DIMIA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| DOTARS |
Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| DRC |
Detention Review Committee |
| DSP |
Detention Services Provider |
| IAP |
Internal Audit Program |
| IBA |
Indigenous Business Australia |
| ICCs |
Indigenous Coordination Centres |
| ICCT |
Indigenous Communities Coordination Taskforce |
| ICMC |
International Catholic Migration Committee |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
| ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
| IDAG |
Immigration Detention Advisory Group |
| IDC |
Immigration Detention Centre |
| IDCU |
Identity Checking Unit |
| IDF |
Immigration Detention Facility |
| IDS |
Immigration Detention Standards |
| IECN |
International Events Coordination Network |
| IELTS |
International English Language Testing System |
| IFaMP |
Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project |
| IGC |
Inter-Governmental Consultations |
| IGOC Act |
Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 |
| IHSS |
Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy |
| ILC |
Indigenous Land Corporation |
| ILUAs |
Indigenous Land Use Agreements |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IPSLR |
International Second Language Proficiency Rating Scale |
| IRPC |
Immigration Reception and Processing Centre |
| ISCPR |
International Second Language Proficiency Rating |
| ISIS |
Immigration Services Information System |
| ISR |
Identity Service Repository |
| ISS |
International Social Services |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| IVRU |
Interactive Voice Response Unit |
| IWP |
Indigenous Women's Program |
| MAL |
Movement Alert List |
| MARA |
Migration Agents Registration Authority |
| MATF |
Migration Agents Taskforce |
| MB |
Management Board |
| MCATSIA |
Ministerial Council on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs |
| MIA |
Migration Institute of Australia |
| MMO |
Movement Monitoring Officer |
| MODL |
Migration Occupations in Demand List |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRC |
Migrant Resource Centre |
| MRT |
Migration Review Tribunal |
| MSA |
Migrant Service Agencies |
| MTF |
Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs |
| MWT |
Mining Withholding Tax |
| NAATI |
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters |
| NAC |
National Appointment Centre |
| NAIDOC |
National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee |
| NCA |
National Capital Authority |
| NGO |
Non-government Organisation |
| NIC |
National Indigenous Council |
| NISS |
National Integrated Settlement Strategy |
| NIVA |
National Identity Verification & Advice |
| NMA |
National Museum of Australia |
| NNTT |
National Native Title Tribunal |
| NPYWC |
Ngaanyitjarra Pitantjatjarra Yankunytjatjarra Womens Council |
| NSCF |
National Staff Consultative Forum |
| NTRB |
Native Title Representative Bodies |
| NTRU |
Native Title Research Unit |
| PAL |
Performance and Learning Scheme |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PDI |
Public Debt Interest |
| PDV |
Professional Development Visa |
| PFA |
Program Funding Agreement |
| PIDC |
Pacific Immigration Directors Conference |
| PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
| POPC |
Perth Offshore Parents Centre |
| PPV |
Permanent Protection Visa |
| PRC |
People's Republic of China |
| PTW |
Permission to Work (Visa) |
| PV |
Protection Visa |
| PWC |
Public Works Committee |
| SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SBD |
Settlement Data Base |
| SDASS |
Skilled Designated Area Sponsored Scheme |
| SEARCC |
South East Asian Regional Centre for Counter Terrorism |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SGP |
Settlement Grants Program |
| SGV |
Student Graduation Visa |
| SHP |
Special Humanitarian Program |
| SIR |
Skilled Independent Regional |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SOM |
Senior Officials Meeting |
| SPC |
Settlement Planning Committees |
| SPCRP |
Strategic Priority Claims Resolution Program |
| SPP |
Special Preparatory Program |
| SRAs |
Shared Responsibility Agreements |
| SRF |
Settlement Reporting Facility |
| SSMM |
State Specific Migration Mechanism |
