ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACE | Adult and Community Education |
ACER | Australian Council for Educational Research |
AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
ALP | Australian Labor Party |
ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industry Classification |
ASCCSS | Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics |
ASCED | Australian Standard Classification of Education |
ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
AST | Australian Social Trends |
CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects scheme |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
COTA | Council of the Ageing |
CRA | Commonwealth Rent Assistance |
CSTDA | Commonwealth State/ Territory Disability Agreement |
DDA | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 |
EEBTUM | Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership Survey |
EEH | Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours |
ERP | Estimated resident population |
FACS | Department of Family and Community Services |
FTE | Full-time equivalent |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
GL | Gigalitre |
GSS | General Social Survey |
GST | Goods and Service Tax |
HECS | Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
HES | Household Expenditure Survey |
ICD–10 | International Classification of Diseases – 10th revision |
ICD–9 | International Classification of Diseases – 9th revision |
ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
kL | Kilolitre |
LFS | Labour Force Survey |
MAP | Measures of Australia’s Progress |
MCEETYA | Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs |
ML | Megalitre |
MODL | Migration Occupations in Demand List |
NATSIS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey 1995 |
NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey 2002 |
NHS | National Health Survey |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
PPP | Purchasing Power Parities |
SACC | Standard Australian Classification of Countries |
SAR | Special Administrative Region of China |
SBS | Special Broadcasting Service |
SD | Statistical Division |
SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
SIH | Survey of Income and Housing |
SLA | Statistical Local Area |
SSD | Statistical Subdivision |
TAFE | Technical and Further Education |
TIMSS | Trends in Mathematics and Science Study |
TFR | Total fertility rate |
UK | United Kingdom |
UNICEF | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
USA | United States of America |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
VET | Vocational Education and Training |
WHO | World Health Organisation |