Abbreviations and acronyms

The 2015 Audit
Northern Australia Infrastructure Audit (Infrastructure Australia, 2015)
ACCC
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACCC Final Report
Northern Australia Insurance Inquiry, Final Report (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2020)
AFPA
Australian Fresh Produce Alliance
AgForce
AgForce Queensland Farmers
ALRA
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
AMEC
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies
AREH
Asian Renewable Energy Hub
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Beef Roads
Northern Australia Beef Roads Program
CEFC
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
CHP
Community housing provider
CKD
Chronic kidney disease
CME
Chamber of Minerals and Energy
COAG
Council of Australian Governments
CRCNA
Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CQUniversity
Central Queensland University
CV
Curriculum vitae
CYLC
Cape York Land Council
CYRP
Cape York Region Package
DAMA
Designated Area Migration Agreements
DAWE
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DIRDC
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
DISER
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
ERF
Emergency Response Fund
FBT
Fringe benefits tax
The First Interim Report
Northern Australia Insurance Inquiry, First Interim Report (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2018)
FIFO
fly-in-fly-out
FNQROC
Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils
FTE
Full-time equivalent
GEBIE
Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island Enterprises
GP
General practitioner
HOT NORTH
Improving Health Outcomes in the Tropical North: A Multidisciplinary Collaboration (National Health and Medical Research Council program)
IAHA
Indigenous Allied Health Australia
IBA
Indigenous Business Australia
IBI
Indigenous Business Incubator
ICA
Insurance Council of Australia
IES
Indigenous Engagement Strategy
IGAB
Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity
ILSC
Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation
ILUA
Indigenous Land Use Agreement
The Infrastructure Audit
Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019 (Infrastructure Australia, 2019)
IRG
Indigenous Reference Group to the Ministerial Forum on Northern Development
ITECA
International Tertiary Education Council Australia
JCU
James Cook University
KPCA
Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen's Association
KRA
Key Result Area
LGA
Local Government Area
LGAQ
Local Government Association of Queensland
MBS
Medicare Benefits Schedule
METs
Mining Equipment, Technology and Services
NAIEDB
Northern Australian Indigenous Economic Development Body
NAIF
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
NAIF Act
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016
NAILSMA
Northern Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance
NAIPT
Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce
NAPLAN
National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy
NARP
Northern Australia Roads Program
NAWRA
Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment
NBN
National Broadband Network
NCL
Northern Land Council
NDISO
National Defence Industry Skills Office
NGO
Non-government organisation
NHMRC
National Health and Medical Research Council
NIAA
National Indigenous Australians Agency
NLC
Northern Land Council
NPARIH
National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing
NQWIA
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority
NWI
National Water Initiative
NWIDF
National Water Infrastructure Development Fund
ONA
Office of Northern Australia
QATC
Queensland Agricultural Training College
QCU
Queensland Council of Unions
RASS
Remote Air Services Subsidy
RAU
Remote Airstrip Upgrade
RDA
Regional Development Australia
RDAFNQTS
Regional Development Australia Far North Queensland and Torres Strait
RDATNWQ
Regional Development Australia Townsville and North West Queensland
The Review Report
Statutory Review of the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (Australian Government, 2020)
RIC
Regional Implementation Committee
RMAC
Red Meat Advisory Council
RNTBC
Registered native title bodies corporate
ROSI
Roads of Strategic Importance
SARRAH
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health
SDA
Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association
The Second Update Report
Northern Australia Insurance Inquiry, Second Update Report (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2019)
STEM
Science, technology, engineering and maths
TAFE
Technical and further education
TCHHS
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
TCICA
Torres Cape Indigenous Councils Alliance
TPH
Town of Port Hedland
TSIRC
Torres Strait Island Regional Council
TSRA
Torres Strait Regional Authority
VET
Vocational education and training
The White Paper
Our North Our Future: White Paper on Developing Northern Australia (Australian Government, 2015)
WTMA
Wet Tropics Management Authority

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