| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| ADHA |
Australian Digital Health Agency |
| AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council |
| AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| AIHW Act |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 |
| AMR |
Australian Mesothelioma Registry |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| ATWD |
Australian Teacher Workforce Data Set |
| BMI |
body mass index |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CIHI |
Canadian Institute for Health Information |
| CNS |
central nervous system |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| DOMINO |
Data Over Multiple Individual Occurrences |
| DSS |
Australian Government Department of Social Services |
| EA |
AIHW’s Enterprise Agreement |
| ED |
emergency department |
| EEO Act |
Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987 |
| EL |
Executive Level |
| FACS |
New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services |
| FaHCSIA |
(former) Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| FOI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| FRR |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Financial Reporting) Rule 2015 |
| FTE |
full-time equivalent |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GRIM |
General Record of Incidence of Mortality |
| GST |
goods and services tax |
| HTML |
hypertext markup language |
| HSPC |
Health Services Principal Committee |
| ICD-11 |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th Revision |
| ICOH |
International Commission on Occupational Health |
| ICT |
information and communications technology |
| IDAHOBIT |
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia |
| Institute |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| IPA |
Individual Performance Agreement [for AIHW staff] |
| IT |
information technology |
| MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| LGBTQI |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex |
| METeOR |
AIHW’s Metadata Online Registry |
| MORT |
Mortality Over Regions and Time |
| MoU |
memorandum of understanding |
| NABERS |
National Australian Built Environment Rating System |
| NACDC |
National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse |
| NHIDISC |
National Health Data Information Standards Committee |
| NHPF |
National Health Performance Framework |
| NIHSI |
National Integrated Health Services Information |
| NSHS |
National Social Housing Survey |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PDF |
portable document format |
| PGPA Act |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
| PGPA Rule |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 |
| PHN |
Primary Health Network |
| PM&C |
Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| RACP |
Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| RMS |
Rehabilitation Management System |
| SA |
South Australia |
| SAMAC |
AIHW’s Statistical and Analytical Methods Advisory Committee |
| SCNHI |
Strategic Committee for National Health Information |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| SOMIH |
State Owned and Managed Indigenous Housing |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WHS |
work health and safety |
| WHS Act |
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |
