| 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 |