ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Act

Disability Services Act 1986 (Cth)

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

ADACAS

ACT Disability Aged Carer and Advocacy Service

Advocacy Framework

National Disability Advocacy Framework

Advocacy Program

National Disability Advocacy Program

AHRC

Australian Human Rights Commission

ALHR

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights

APS

Australian Psychological Society

AVO

Apprehended Violence Order

Bill

Statutes Amendment (Vulnerable Witnesses) Bill 2015

CCYPWA

Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia

CDA

Children with Disability Australia

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

Child Protection Framework

National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020

Child Protection Framework

National Framework for the Protection of Australia's Children

Civil Society Report

Disability Representative, Advocacy, Legal and Human Rights Organisations, Disability Rights Now: Civil Society Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, August 2012.

CoAG

Council of Australian Governments

CoMHWA

Consumers of Mental Health WA

Committee

Community Affairs References Committee

CP NMDS

Child Protection National Minimum Data Sets

CRPD

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

CSO

community service organisations

DANA

Disability Advocacy Network Australia

DET

Department of Education and Training (New South Wales/ Victoria)

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services (Victoria)

DHS

Department of Human Services (Victoria)

Disability Alliance

Australian Cross Disability Alliance

Disability Convention

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

DNF

New South Wales Disability Network Forum

DRALHRO

Disability Representative, Advocacy, Legal and Human Rights Organisations

DSC

Disability Services Commission

DSP

Disability Support Pension

DSS

Department of Social Services

EPOA

Enduring Power of Attorney

FACS

Department of Family and Community Services (New South Wales)

HOSES

Head of Special Education Services

Hotline

National Abuse and Neglect Hotline

Human Rights Commission

Australian Human Rights Commission

ID

intellectual disability

ILC

Information, Linkages and Capacity Building

Intergovernmental Agreement

Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations

Justice Plan

Disability Justice Plan 2014–2017 (South Australia)

Law Reform Commission

Australian Law Reform Commission

LCA

Law Council of Australia

NAAJA

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency

NACAP

National Aged Care Advocacy Program

National Plan

National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children

NCAT

New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal

NDA

National Disability Agreement

NDA Framework

National Disability Advocacy Framework

NDA SPP

National Disability Agreement Specific Purpose Payment

NDIA

National Disability Insurance Agency

NDIS

National Disability Insurance Scheme (formerly known as DisabilityCare Australia)

NDIS Act

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth)

NDS

National Disability Strategy

NSW

New South Wales

ODPP

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

OHS

occupational health and safety

OPA

Office of the Public Advocate

PC

Productivity Commission

PEG

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

PG

Public Guardian

PSS

Personal Safety Survey

PWDA

People with Disability Australia

QADA

Queensland Aged and Disability Advocacy Inc.

QAI

Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

QCAT

Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal

RACF

residential aged care facilities

RC

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Restrictive Practice Framework

National Framework for Reducing and Eliminating the Use of Restrictive Practices

SARU

Self Advocacy Resource Unit

SDM

substitute decision maker

SDS

Special Development School

SP

Senior Practitioner

SRS

supported residential services

STVP

Stop the Violence Project

TAC

Transport Accident Commission

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UN Disability Committee

United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

VALID

Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with a Disability

VEOHRC

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission

WAS

Witness Assistance Service

WID

Witness Intermediary Scheme

WWDA

Women With Disabilities Australia

WWILD

Working Alongside People with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities – Sexual Violence Prevention Association

YDAS

Youth Disability Advocacy Services

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