ABBREVIATIONS

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ABBREVIATIONS

AAT

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ACCG

Australian Children's Commissioners and Guardians

ACS

Australasian Correctional Services

AFP

Australian Federal Police

ANAO

Australian National Audit Office

APOD

Alternative places of detention

ASIO

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

ASRC

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

BV

Bridging Visas

BVE

Bridging Visa E

CAS

Community Assistance Support

CGN

Country Guidance Notes

CISSR

Council for Immigration Services and Status Resolution

CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

CSM

Client Service Managers

CSO

Client Service Officer

CPSU

Community and Public Sector Union

DASSAN

Darwin Asylum Seekers Support and Advocacy Network

DeHAG

Detention Health Advisory Group

DIAC

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

EAP

Employee Assistance Program

ERT

Emergency Response Team

ESL

English as a Second Language

FASSTT

Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma

Gilbert and Tobin

The Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law within the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law

HREOC

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

HSS

Humanitarian Settlement Services

IAAAS

Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

IDC

Immigration Detention Centre

IDSG

Infectious Diseases Sub-Group

IHMS

International Health and Medical Services Pty Limited

IMA

Irregular Maritime Arrivals

IMP

Individual Management Plan

IMR

Independent Merits Review

IOTHS

Indian Ocean Territories Health Service

IRH

Immigration Residential Housing

ITA

Immigration Transit Accommodation

JR

Judicial Review

Keep Safe

Keep Safe Psychological Support Program Policy

MHSG

Mental Health Sub-Group

Migration Act

Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

MITA

Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

NIDC

Northern Immigration Detention Centre

NSWCCL

New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties

NWP

North West Point

OEP

Offshore Entry Persons

POE

Protection Obligations Evaluation

POD

Place of Detention

POS

Personal Officer Scheme

PSP

Psychological Support Program

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

RACS

Refugee Advice and Casework Service

RFDS

Royal Flying Doctor Service

RISE

Refugees, Survivors and Ex-detainees

RRT

Refugee Review Tribunal

RSA

Refugee Status Assessment

RSD

Refugee Status Determination

SASH

Suicide and Self Harm

SASH OBS

Suicide and Self Harm Observation

Serco

Serco Australia Pty Ltd

UAM

Unaccompanied minor

UN

United Nations

UNCRC

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

UNSW

University of New South Wales

VIDC

Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

WACHS

Western Australia Country Health Service

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