ACOT

Australian College of Outback Tourism

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AIC

Assistance for Isolated Children

BCEF

Bush Children's Education Foundation of NSW

CAP

Country Areas Program

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

Department

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

DEEWR

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Diversity Fund

Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund

EFTSL

Equivalent Full Time Student Load

HECS

Higher Education Contribution Scheme

HELP

Higher Education Loan Program

HREOC

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

HSC

Higher School Certificate

ICPA

Isolated Children's Parents' Association of Australia

LAFHA

Living Away from Home Allowance

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

RHINO

Rural Health in the Northern Outback

RTO

Registered Training Organisation

Select Committee

The Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities

SES

socio-economic status

SiMERR

National Centre for Science, ICT and Mathematics Education in Rural and Regional Australia.

TAFE

technical and further education colleges

VET

vocational education and training

WA

Western Australia