ABA | acceptable behaviour agreement |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
ADA | Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) |
ADB | Anti-Discrimination Board |
ADR | alternative dispute resolution |
AGD | NSW Attorney-General’s Department |
AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
AVO | apprehended violence order |
Burdekin Report | HREOC report, Human Rights and Mental Illness (1993) |
CCLC | Consumer Credit Legal Centre |
CCLC NSW | Combined Community Legal Centres’ Group (NSW) Inc |
CLC | community legal centre |
CSHA | Commonwealth State Housing Agreement |
CTTT | Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal |
DADHC | Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care |
DDA | Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) |
DDLC | Disability Discrimination Legal Centre |
Disability Council | Disability Council of NSW |
DoCS | Department of Community Services |
DOH | Department of Housing |
DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders |
DSP | disability support pension |
EPA | enduring power of attorney |
HREOC | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases |
JGOS | Joint Guarantee of Service |
KLC | Kingsford Legal Centre |
Legal Aid | Legal Aid Commission of NSW |
MHAS | Mental Health Advocacy Service |
MHCA | Mental Health Council of Australia |
MHCC | Mental Health Co-ordinating Council |
MHLC | Mental Health Legal Centre, Victoria |
MHRT | Mental Health Review Tribunal |
MMHA | Multicultural Mental Health Australia |
NCOSS | Council of Social Services of NSW |
NCSMC | National Council of Single Mothers and their Children |
NESB | Non-English speaking background |
NHS | National Health Survey |
NMHP | National Mental Health Plan |
NSMHW | National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing |
NSW Ombudsman (CSD) | NSW Ombudsman (Community Services Division) |
NVivo | QSR NUD*IST Vivo |
OPC | Office of the Protective Commissioner |
OPG | Office of the Public Guardian |
Palmer Report | Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstances of the Immigration Detention of Cornelia Rau (2005) |
Project | Legal Needs of People with a Mental Illness Project |
PWD | People with Disability Australia |
SAAP | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program |
SCCLS | Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service |
Select Committee on Mental Health | NSW Parliament Legislative Council Select Committee |
Shopfront | Shopfront Youth Legal Centre |
SSAT | Social Security Appeals Tribunal |
Tenants’ Union | Tenants’ Union of NSW |
TPV | Temporary Protection Visa |
WLS | Women’s Legal Services NSW |
WRC | Welfare Rights Centre, Sydney |