Report on Government Services 2021
PART A, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS: RELEASED ON 20 JANUARY 2021
Acronyms and abbreviations
The acronyms and abbreviations used in the Report on Government Services 2021
| Acronym | Spelt out |
|---|---|
| AAGR | Annual average growth rate |
| ABO | ABO blood group system |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACARA | Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority |
| ACAT | Aged Care Assessment Teams |
| ACECQA | Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority |
| ACER | Australian Council for Educational Research |
| ACFI | Aged Care Funding Instrument |
| ACRRM | Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
ADE | Australian Disability Enterprises |
| ADR | Alternative dispute resolution |
| AEDC | Australian Early Development Census |
| AFP | Australian Federal Police |
| AG | Activity group |
| AHMC | Australian Health Ministers’ Conference |
| AHO | Aboriginal Housing Office |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| AIR | Australian Immunisation Register |
| AISC | Australian Industry and Skills Committee |
| AMEP | Adult Migrant English Program |
| ANC | Absolute neutrophil count |
| ANZPAA | Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency |
| ANZSOC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification |
| AQF | Australian Qualifications Framework |
| AR-DRG | Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
ASCSIMT | Australian School Climate and School Identification Measurement Tool |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| ASQA | Australian Skills Quality Authority |
| ASR | Aged-standardised rate |
| AUSTRAC | Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
| AVETMISS | Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard |
| BCC | Basic Community Care |
| BEACH | Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health |
| CAA | Council of Ambulance Authorities |
CAD | Computer Aided Dispatch |
| CaLD | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse |
| CCB | Child Care Benefit |
| CCMS | Child Care Management System |
| CCS | Child Care Subsidy |
| CCSS | Child Care Subsidy System |
| CD | Collection District |
| CH | Community housing |
| CHSP | Commonwealth Home Support Program |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CNOS | Canadian National Occupancy Standard |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CR | Crude rate |
| CRA | Commonwealth Rent Assistance |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSTDA | Commonwealth, State and Territory Disability Agreement |
| CSV | Court Services Victoria |
DCJ | NSW Department of Community and Justice |
| DDA | Disability Discrimination Act |
| DES | Disability Employment Services |
DFES | Department of Fire and Emergency Services |
DHAC | Australian Government Department of Health and Community Services |
| DMS | Disability Management Services |
| DS NMDS | Disability Services National Minimum Data Set |
| DSS | Department of Social Services |
| DVA | Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
EC | Education Council |
| ECEC | Early childhood education and care |
ePCR | Electronic Patient Care Reporting |
| ERP | Estimated resident population |
ESO | Emergency service organisation |
| ESS | Employment Support Services |
| FCA | Federal Court of Australia |
FRNSW | Fire and Rescue NSW |
| FSE | Full Service Equivalent |
FSP | Fire service provider |
| FSS | Family Support Services |
| FTE | Full time equivalent |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GGFCE | General Government Final Consumption Expenditure |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| HACC | Home and Community Care |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICD-10-AM | The Australian modification of the International Standard Classification of Diseases and Related Health Conditions |
| ICH | Indigenous community housing |
| ICSEA | Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IEA | International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement |
| IFSS | Intensive Family Support Services |
| IHPA | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
| IMR | Infant mortality rate |
| IRC | Industry Reference Committee |
ISA | Insurance Statistics Australia |
IT | Information technology |
LMA | Land management agency |
| MBI | Modified Barthel Index |
| MBS | Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| MCEECDYA | Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs |
| MMR | Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine |
| MPS | Multi‑Purpose Services |
| MRSA | Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus |
| NAHA | National Affordable Housing Agreement |
| NAP | National Assessment Program |
| NAPLAN | National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy |
| NCVER | National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
| NDA | National Disability Agreement |
| NDIA | National Disability Insurance Agency |
| NDIS | National Disability Insurance Scheme |
| NECECC | National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection |
| NESB | Non-English speaking backgrounds |
| NGO | Non-government organisation |
| NHHA | National Housing and Homelessness Agreement |
| NHRA | National Health Reform Agreement |
| NMDS | National Minimum Data Set |
| NMHPSC | National Mental Health Performance Subcommittee |
| NNDSS | National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance Scheme |
| NP UAECE | National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education |
| NPAH | National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness |
| NQA ITS | National Quality Agenda Information Technology System |
| NQF | National Quality Framework |
| NQS | National Quality Standard |
| NSCSP | National Survey of Community Satisfaction with Policing |
| NSHS | National Social Housing Survey |
| NSMHS | National Standards for Mental Health Services |
| NSRA | National School Reform Agreement |
| NSSC | National Schools Statistics Collection |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NYPR | National Youth Participation Requirement |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OOHC | Out‑of‑home care |
| OSHC | Outside school hours care |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PC | Productivity Commission |
| PH | Public housing |
| PIAAC | Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
| PIP | Practice Incentives Program |
| PIRLS | Progress in International Reading Literacy Study |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PM&C | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
PSBA | Public Safety Business Agency |
QFES | Queensland Fire and Emergency Services |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RACGP | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| RAS | Regional Assessment Services |
RFS | Rural Fire Service |
| RPBS | Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| RSE | Relative standard error |
| RTO | Registered Training Organisation |
| SA | South Australia |
| SAB | Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia |
| SCRGSP | Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision |
| SDAC | Survey of Disability Ageing and Carers |
| SDQ | Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire |
| SE | Standard error |
| SEE | Skills for Education and Employment |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas |
SES | State Emergency Service |
| SOMIH | State owned and managed Indigenous housing |
| STES | State and Territory Emergency Services |
| STRC | Short-term restorative care |
| TAFE | Technical and further education |
| Tas | Tasmania |
| TCP | Transition Care Program |
| TGR | Total growth rate |
| TIMSS | Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study |
| UCC | User cost of capital |
UD | Umbrella department |
| UNESCO‑IBE | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – International Bureau of Education |
| VCAT | Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
| VF | Ventricular Fibrillation |
| VHC | Veterans’ Home Care |
| Vic | Victoria |
| VT | Ventricular Tachycardia |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| YBFS | Year before full time schooling |