| Acronym |
Meaning |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACC |
Australian Crime Commission |
| ACCHOs |
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations |
| ACID |
Australian Criminal Intelligence Database |
| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
| AIDA |
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association |
| AIS |
Aboriginal Interpreter Service |
| ALPA |
Arnhem Land Progress Association |
| ALRA |
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 |
| AMSANT |
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the Northern Territory |
| AOD |
Alcohol and Other Drug |
| APY |
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara |
| CCU |
community clean up program |
| CDEP |
Community Development Employment Projects program |
| CEB |
Community Employment Broker |
| CEO |
Catholic Education Office (NT) or Chief Executive Officer |
| CHC |
child health check |
| CHINS |
Community Health Infrastructure Needs Survey |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| DET |
Department of Education and Training, Northern Territory (formerly Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET)) |
| DEEWR |
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Commonwealth) |
| EHSDI |
Expanding Health Service Delivery Initiative |
| ERP |
Estimated resident population |
| FaHCSIA |
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Commonwealth) |
| FaHCSIA Minister |
Minister for Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Commonwealth) |
| GBM |
Government Business Manager |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
| ICC |
Indigenous Coordination Centre |
| IEDS |
Indigenous Economic Development Strategy |
| IM |
income management |
| Intervention |
Northern Territory Emergency Response |
| LCS |
Ampe Akelyernemane Mele Mekarle, Little Children are Sacred: Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse report |
| MCPT |
mobile child protection team |
| MOU |
memorandum of understanding |
| NIITF |
National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Taskforce |
| NPY |
Ngaanyatajarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara |
| NT |
Northern Territory |
| NTAIS |
Northern Territory Aboriginal Interpreter Service |
| NTG |
Northern Territory Government |
| NTER |
Northern Territory Emergency Response |
| NTERT |
Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce |
| NTNER |
Northern Territory National Emergency Response |
| OATSIH |
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
| OIPC |
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| QTP |
quality teacher package |
| RAE |
remote area exemption |
| RAFCW |
Remote Aboriginal Family and Community Worker |
| RDA |
Racial Discrimination Act 1975 |
| SSA |
Act Social Security Administration Act 1991 |
| WfD |
Work for the Dole |
