| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal | 
  
    | ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics | 
  
    | ACIC | Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | 
  
    | ACMID | Australian Census and Migrant Integrated Dataset 2011 | 
  
    | ACTA | Australian Council of TESOL Associations | 
  
    | AFP | Australian Federal Police | 
  
    | AGD | Attorney-General’s Department | 
  
    | AHRC | Australian Human Rights Commission | 
  
    | AMEP | Adult Migrant English Program | 
  
    | AMRC | Australian Migrant Resource Centre | 
  
    | ANROWS | Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety | 
  
    | ASPIRE | After School Program Information Recreation Education Program | 
  
    | AQF | Australian Qualification Framework | 
  
    | ARMIA | Active Refugee and Migrant Integration in Australia | 
  
    | ASeTTS | Association for Services to Torture Trauma Survivors | 
  
    | ATSIA | House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs | 
  
    | AUSCO | Australian Cultural Orientation Program | 
  
    | BAMF | German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees | 
  
    | BNLA | Building a New Life in Australia | 
  
    | Brå | Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention | 
  
    | CARA | Central America Refugee Australia | 
  
    | CCYPWA | Commission for Children and Young People Western Australia | 
  
    | CHA | Community Hubs Australia | 
  
    | Character Test | section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 | 
  
    | CMY | Centre for Multicultural Youth | 
  
    | COAG | Council of Australian Governments | 
  
    | Community Child Health Report | Centre for Community Child Health report titled Exploring the impact of community hubs on school readiness | 
  
    | CSA | Victorian Crime Statistics Agency | 
  
    | CSC | Cardinia Shire Council | 
  
    | CCS | Complex Case Support | 
  
    | CVE | Countering Violent Extremism | 
  
    | DCCSDS | Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services | 
  
    | DET | Department of Education and Training | 
  
    | DIBP | Department of Immigration and Border Protection | 
  
    | DSS | Department of Social Services | 
  
    | EAL/D | English as an Additional Language/Dialect | 
  
    | ECCWA | Ethnic Communities Council of Western Australia | 
  
    | ELP | English language proficiency | 
  
    | ESL | English as a Second Language | 
  
    | FASSTT | Forum for Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma | 
  
    | FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigations | 
  
    | FCC | Fairfield City Council | 
  
    | FECCA | Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia | 
  
    | FFA | Football Federation Australia | 
  
    | FKCLC | Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre | 
  
    | FLA | German Federal Labour Agency | 
  
    | FNOs | Foreign National Offenders | 
  
    | Foundation House | Victorian Foundation of Survivors of Torture | 
  
    | GDP | Gross Domestic Product | 
  
    | GOOD | Gangs Out Of Downey | 
  
    | HSI | Homeland Security Investigations | 
  
    | HSP | Humanitarian Settlement Program | 
  
    | HSS | Humanitarian Settlement Services | 
  
    | ICE | United States Immigration, Customs and Enforcement | 
  
    | IELC | Intensive English Language Centre | 
  
    | IELTS | International English Language Testing System | 
  
    | IMF | International Monetary Fund | 
  
    | IOM | International Organization for Migration | 
  
    | IRCs | Immigration removal centres | 
  
    | ITP | Individual Training Plans | 
  
    | Jobactive | Jobactive | 
  
    | JSS | Jesuit Social Services | 
  
    | LAPD | Los Angeles Police Department | 
  
    | LCA | Law Council of Australia | 
  
    | LGA | Local Government Area | 
  
    | LOTE | Languages Other Than English | 
  
    | LMRC | Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre | 
  
    | MAV | Multicultural Arts Victoria | 
  
    | MCS | Mercy Community Services SEQ Ltd | 
  
    | MDA | the Multicultural Development Association | 
  
    | MRRN | Migration and Refugee Research Network | 
  
    | MYAN | Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network | 
  
    | MYAN WA | Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network of WA | 
  
    | MYQ | Multicultural Youth Queensland | 
  
    | NCCC | National Character Consideration Centre | 
  
    | NCIS | National Criminal Intelligence System | 
  
    | NJCA | National Judicial College of Australia | 
  
    | NSF | National Settlement Framework | 
  
    | NSW | New South Wales | 
  
    | OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | 
  
    | PFA | Police Federation of Australia | 
  
    | RCOA | Refugee Council of Australia | 
  
    | SASPC | South Australian Settlement Planning Committee | 
  
    | SCoA | Settlement Council of Australia | 
  
    | SEE | Skills for Education and Employment | 
  
    | SGP | Settlement Grants Program | 
  
    | SHP | Special Humanitarian Program | 
  
    | SJ4YP | Smart Justice for Young People | 
  
    | SLCARC | Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee | 
  
    | SMRC | Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre | 
  
    | SLPET | Settlement Language Pathways to Employment and Training | 
  
    | SOSOG | Senior Officials Settlement Outcomes Group | 
  
    | SPP | Special Preparatory Program | 
  
    | SPPS | Swedish Prison and Probation Service | 
  
    | SRS | Schooling Resource Standard | 
  
    | SSAC | Settlement Services Advisory Council | 
  
    | STARTTS | NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors | 
  
    | STHF | Short-term holding facilities | 
  
    | TGC | Turkish-German Centre | 
  
    | TIS | Translating and Interpreting Service | 
  
    | UK | United Kingdom | 
  
    | Uniting Church | Uniting Church in Australia | 
  
    | US | United States of America | 
  
    | VCCYP | Victorian Commission for Children and Young People | 
  
    | VET | Vocational education and training | 
  
    | VMC | Victorian Multicultural Commission | 
  
    | WRAPS | Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System | 
  
    | YACWA | Youth Affairs Council of WA |