| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACER | Australian Council for Educational Research |
| AEDI | Australian Early Development Index |
| AIC | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| AIFS | Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ARACY | Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth |
| ATP | Australian Temperament Project |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| CALD | culturally and linguistically diverse |
| CATI | computer assisted telephone interviewing |
| CCCH | Centre for Community Child Health |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CYSAG | Children and Youth Statistics Advisory Group |
| DEST | Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR | Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DoHA | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| FaCSIA | Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| IDP | Information Development Plan |
| LLANS | Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study |
| LSAC | Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children |
| LSAY | Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth |
| LSIC | Footprints in Time - The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children |
| MCEETYA | Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs |
| NAPCAN | National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect |
| NATSEM | National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NCETS | National Centre for Education and Training Statistics |
| NCPASS | National Child Protection and Support Services data group |
| NCVER | National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
| NCYSU | National Children and Youth Statistics Unit |
| NDN | National Data Network |
| NMDS | National Minimum Data Set |
| NSS | National Statistical Service |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PMRT | Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce |
| SAAP | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program |
| TIMSS | Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study |