Acronyms and Definitions

AAL Aboriginal Advancement League

AAV Aboriginal Affairs Victoria

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACAT Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training

ACCO Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation

ACCHO Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

ACHIP Aboriginal Community Heritage Investigations Program

ACJP Aboriginal Community Justice Panel

ACLO Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer

ACM Australasian Correctional

AEDP Aboriginal Employment Development Policy

AFP Australian Federal Police

AFVPLS Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service (now “Djirra”)

AHBV Aboriginal Housing Board of Victoria

AHV Aboriginal Housing Victoria

AIC Australian Institute of Criminology

AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AJA Aboriginal Justice Agreement

AJA1 Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement (2000-2006)

AJA2 Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 2 (AJA2)

(2006-2013)

AJA3 Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 3 (AJA3)

(2013-2018)

AJA4 Burra Lotjpa Dunguludja Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Phase 4 (2018-Present)

AJC Aboriginal Justice Caucus

AJF Aboriginal Justice Forum

ALRC Australian Law Reform Commission

APRG Victoria Police Aboriginal Portfolio Reference Group

ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

ATSILS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

AYCP Aboriginal Youth Cautioning Program

AWO Aboriginal Wellbeing Officer

BDRP Building Design Review Project

CAT Crisis Assessment Team

CAT Centre for Appropriate Technology (Alice Springs)

CCoV Coroners Court of Victoria

CDEP Community Development Employment Projects

CDP Community Development Program

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CHAL Custodial Health Advice Line

CHIP Community Housing and Infrastructure Program

CHS Custodial Health Service

CLE Community Legal Education

CNO Custody Notification Officer (employed by Victorian

Aboriginal Legal Service)

COAG Council of Australian Governments

CSA Crime Statistics Agency

CSV Court Services Victoria

Cth Commonwealth

DCPC Drug and Crime Prevention Committee

DE Department of Education (Victoria)

DE&T Department of Education & Training (Victoria)

DEECA Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria)

DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victoria)

DEET Department of . . .(Commonwealth)

DFFH Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (Victoria)

DGS Department of Government Services (Victoria)

DHS Department of Human Services (Victoria)

DH Department of Health (Victoria)

DJCS Department of Justice and Community Safety (Victoria)

DHS Department of Human Services (Victoria)

DJSIR Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (Victoria)

DMDU Dhumba Murmuk Djerring Unit (the Koori Unit within Court Services Victoria)

DPFC Dame Phyllis Frost Centre

DPM&C Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (Commonwealth)

DPC Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria)

DRA Detainee Risk Assessment

DSE Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria)

DSS Department of Social Services (Australian Government)

DTP Victoria Police Discipline Transformation Project

DTP Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria)

DVC Department of Victorian Communities

ERG Emergency Response Group in each Victorian prison

FaCS Department of Family and Community Services (Commonwealth)

FPAV First People’s Assembly of Victoria

FVPLS Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services

G4S Group 4 Securicor

IAS Indigenous Advancement Strategy

IIU Indigenous Issues Unit (now known as the Koori Justice Unit within the Department of Justice and Community Safety)

ILA Indigenous Languages and Arts Program

ILAP Indigenous Legal Assistance Program

ILC Indigenous Land Corporation

ILNP Indigenous Legal Needs Project

IPSU Indigenous Policy and Services Unit

IVAIS Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program

JARO Justice Assurance and Review Office

JCV Judicial College of Victoria

JHREC Justice Human Research and Ethics Committee

JOACAC Judicial Officers Advisory Committee on Aboriginal Culture

JPP Justice Policy Partnership

KCAT Koori Cultural Awareness Training (provided by Court Services Victoria)

KECEP Koorie Early Childhood Education Program

KJU Koori Justice Unit (previously known as the Indigenous Issues Unit)

LAJAC Local Aboriginal Justice Action Committee

MAP Melbourne Assessment Prison

MCC Melbourne Custody Centre

MCV Magistrates’ Court of Victoria

NAEP National Aboriginal Education Policy

NAJAC National Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee

NATSILS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service

NHP Neighbourhood Policing

NIAA National Indigenous Australians Agency

NLAP National Legal Assistance Partnership

NPACC Northern Metropolitan Police Aboriginal Consultative Committee

NPARIH National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing

NSW New South Wales

NT Northern Territory

OC Oleoresin Capsicum spray

OCSC Office of Correctional Services Commissioner

ORIC Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations

OSE Operational Safety Equipment

OSTT Operational Safety and Tactics Training

PACPAFV Police Aboriginal Community Protocols Against Family Violence

PALO Police Aboriginal Liaison Officer

PBEA Position Based Email Account within Victoria Police

PCO Police Custody Officer

PPP Port Phillip Prison

PROV Public Records Office of Victoria

PSCD Victoria Police Priority and Safer Communities Division

PSO Protective Services Officer

Qld Queensland

RAJAC Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee

RCC Ravenhall Correctional Centre

RCHP Regional Cultural Heritage Program

RCIADIC Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

RJCP Remote Jobs and Communities Program

SA South Australia

SALO Sheriff’s Aboriginal Liaison Officer

SASH Suicide and self-harm

SDRF Self Determination Reform Framework

SESG Security and Emergency Services Group (in each Victorian prison)

SPCO Supervising Police Custody Officer

TAFE Technical and Further Education

Tas Tasmania

TNF Treaty Negotiation Framework

VAJAC Victorian Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee

VALS Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service

VAAF Victorian Aboriginal Affairs Framework 2018-2023

VAEAI Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated

VAHS Victorian Aboriginal Health Service

VCAT Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

VEOHRC Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission

VIAF Victorian Indigenous Affairs Framework

Vic Victoria

VLA Victorian Legal Aid

VLSB Victorian Legal Services Board

VPM Victoria Police Manual

VPMP Victoria Police Manual Policy Rules

VPMG Victoria Police Manual Guidelines

VPS Victorian Public Service

WA Western Australia

YRIPP Youth Referral and Independent Person Program

YSO Youth Support Officer