AASW |
Australian Association of Social Workers |
AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
ABF |
Australian Border Force |
ACEM |
Australasian College of Emergency Medicine |
ACFID |
Australia Council for International Development |
AHRC |
Australian Human Rights Commission |
AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
ALHR |
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights |
AMA |
Australian Medical Association |
ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
APS |
Australian Psychological Society |
ASRC |
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre |
AWSWN |
Australian Women in Support of Women on Nauru |
BCEO |
Brisbane Catholic Education Office |
CAT |
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment |
CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
CPR |
Commonwealth Procurement Rules |
CRC |
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child |
CSS |
Connect Settlement Services |
DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DFR |
Doctors for Refugees |
DIBP |
Department of Immigration and Border Protection |
ERC |
Edmund Rice Centre |
FCA |
Federal Court of Australia |
FCC |
Federal Circuit Court |
FOI |
Freedom of Information |
HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission |
HRLC |
Human Rights Law Centre |
HRW |
Human Rights Watch |
ICC |
International Criminal Court |
ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
ICESCR |
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
IHMS |
International Health and Medical Services |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IMA |
Irregular Maritime Arrival |
JSS |
Jesuit Social Services |
LCA |
Law Council of Australia |
LGBT |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MYEFO |
Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook |
NGO |
Non-Government Organisation |
OAIC |
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner |
ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
OPCAT |
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
OSSTT |
Overseas Services to Survivors of Torture and Trauma |
PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statement |
PCBU |
Person conducting a business or undertaking |
PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
POMS |
Planning and Operational Management System |
PRC |
Peoples Republic of China |
PTSD |
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
RACP |
Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
RACGP |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
RANZCP |
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
RCA |
Refugee Council of Australia |
RPC |
Regional Processing Centre |
RPNGC |
Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary |
RSD |
Refugee Status Determination |
SKM |
Sinclair Knight Mertz |
UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNICEF |
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
UNLC |
University of Newcastle Legal Centre |
USA |
United States of America |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |