Glossary

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACSQHC

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AHMAC

Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council

AHMC

Australian Health Ministers Conference

AHWAC

Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee

AHWOC

Australian Health Workforce Officials Committee

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AMWAC

Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee

ARCPOH

Australian research for Population Oral Health

ATSIHWWG

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Working Group

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

DOHA

Department of Health and Ageing

HDSC

Health Data Standards Committee

HWPC

Health Workforce Principal Committee

IMG

International Medical Graduate

JWPWG

Jurisdictional Workforce Planners Working Group

KPI

Key Performance Indicators

MCEETYA

Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs

MHSC

Mental Health Standing Committee

MHWAC

Mental Health Workforce Advisory Committee

NHWSF

National Health Workforce Strategic Framework

NHWT

National Health Workforce Taskforce

NRHA

National Rural Health Alliance

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

OTD

Overseas Trained Doctor

PRSC

Practitioner Regulation Sub Committee

QLD

Queensland

SA

South Australia

TAS

Tasmania

VET

Vocational Education and Training

VIC

Victoria

WA

Western Australia

WHO

World Health Organisation