Abbreviations

ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACOSS
Australian Council of Social Service
ACT
Australian Capital Territory
ADACAS
ACT Disability Aged Carer Advocacy Service
AHURI
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
ALGA
Australian Local Government Association
AMSANT
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory
ANU
Australian National University
APO NT
Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory
AUWU
Australian Unemployed Workers Union
AWAVA
Australian Women Against Violence Alliance
BCA
Business Council of Australia
BSL
Brotherhood of Saint Laurence
CAAC
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation
CCS
Child Care Subsidy
CDEP
Community Development Employment Projects
CDP
Community Development Program
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CISVic
Community Information & Support Victoria
COFEE
Centre of Full Employment and Equity
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CPSU
Community and Public Sector Union
CRA
Commonwealth Rent Assistance
DES
Disability Employment Services
DHS
Department of Human Services
DSP
Disability Support Pension
DSS
Department of Social Services
F&PA
References Committee on Finance and Public Administration
FCAWA
Financial Counsellors Association of Western Australia
FTB
Family Tax Benefit
GP
General Practitioner
HAS
Housing Affordability Stress
HILDA
Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia
IPS
Individual Placement Support
MIHL
Minimum Income for Healthy Living
MTAWE
Male Total Average Weekly Earnings
NAIRU
Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme
NESA
National Employment Services Association
NFAW
National Foundation for Australian Women
NT
Northern Territory
NTCOSS
Northern Territory Council of Social Service
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OOHC
Out-of-home care
PaTH
Prepare Trial Hire
PBLCI
Pension and Beneficiary Living Cost Index
PBO
Parliamentary Budget Office
PPS
Parenting Payment (Single)
PWDA
People With Disability Australia
QUT
Queensland University of Technology
RANZCP
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia
SA
South Australia
SES
Socioeconomic status
SPRC
Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW
SVHA
St Vincent’s Health Australia
TasCOSS
Tasmanian Council of Social Services
TCF
Targeted Compliance Framework
UNSW
University of New South Wales
VCOSS
Victorian Council of Social Service
WA
Western Australia
WACOSS
Western Australia Council of Social Service
YACSA
Youth Affairs Council of South Australia

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