ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACARA Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
ACE Adult and Community Education
ACER Australian Council for Educational Research
AGD Attorney-General’s Department
AIC Australian Institute of Criminology
AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
ANR Annual National Report of the Australian Vocational Education and Training System
ANTA Australian National Training Authority
ANZSCO Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations
APPC Access and Participation Principal Committee
AQF Australian Qualifications Framework
ARIA+ Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia
ASETS Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
AVETMISS Australian Vocational Education and Training Management Information Statistical Standard
AWPA Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency
CALD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
CEET Centre for the Economics of Education and Training
COAG Council of Australian Governments
DEEWR Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
DIAC Department of Immigration and Citizenship
DIISRTE Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
DIMA Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
DIMIA Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
FYTE Full Year Training Equivalent
GDP gross domestic product
HILDA Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia
ICF International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
ICSEA Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage
IRSD Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage
ISC Industry Skills Council
ISEI International Socioeconomic Index
LPR Load Pass Rate
LSAY Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth
NALA National Adult Literacy Agency
NCVER National Centre for Vocational Education Research
NVEAC National VET Equity Advisory Council
NYPR National Youth Participation Requirement
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PISA Program for International Student Assessment
PRG project reference group
RTO Registered Training Organisation
SCOTESE Standing Council on Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
SCRGSP Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
SDAC Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers
SEIFA Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
SES Socioeconomic status
TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
VET Vocational Education and Training
VOCSTATS National VET Provider Collection
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