AAMC

Aboriginal Associations Management Centre

ABA

Aboriginals Benefit Account

Aboriginal land

(a) land held by a land trust for an estate in fee simple; or (b) and the subject of a deed of grant held in escrow by a land council (the land council holds the title deed in trust until a specific event or condition takes place, such as the lapse of a lease or interest).

ALRA

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth)

ALT

Aboriginal land trust

AMSANT

Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the NT

Anangu

Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara people

APO NT

Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory

APY

Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara

ARC

Australian Research Council

CASSE

Creating a safe and supportive environment

CATSI Act

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CDP

The federal government’s community development program

CLC

Central Land Council

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

Corporate Governance

The process by which agencies are directed and controlled; it is generally understood to encompass authority, accountability, stewardship, leadership, direction and control.

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Council

The CLC’s 90-member governing council

Cth

Commonwealth

eDIS

Electronic document information system

ELA

Exploration licence application

EPA

Exploration permit application

Expenses

The full costs of an activity; that is, the total value of all the resources consumed in producing goods and services or the loss of future economic benefits in the form of reductions in assets or increases in liabilities of the entity; includes expenses and cash items such as salary payments, as well as expenses that have been incurred, such as accruing employee entitlements that will be paid in the future.

FoI

Freedom of information

FTE

Fulltime equivalent

GMAAAC

Granites Mine Affected Area Aboriginal Corporation

Grants

Non-reciprocal transfers of economic resources, where the payer agency does not receive approximately equal value in return.

IAS

Indigenous Advancement Strategy

IDA

Indigenous Desert Alliance

ILC

Indigenous Land Corporation

ILUA

Indigenous Land Use Agreement

IPA

Indigenous Protected Area

IT

Information technology

Kurra

Kurra Aboriginal Corporation

Land council

An Aboriginal land council in the Northern Territory established by or under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act to represent Aboriginal people.

Land Rights Act

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, also ALRA

Land trust

An Aboriginal land trust established under the Land Rights Act to hold land on behalf of the traditional owners.

Mineral royalties

Royalties payable to the Australian Government or the NT Government in respect of the mining of minerals.

Native Title Act

Native Title Act 1993 (Cth)

NLC

Northern Land Council

NNTT

National Native Title Tribunal

NT

Northern Territory

NTA

Native title application

Outcomes

Desired results, impacts or consequences for Aboriginal people as influenced by the actions of the CLC. Actual outcomes are assessments of the end results or impacts actually achieved.

PBC

Prescribed body corporate

PGPA Act

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth)

PWC NT

Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory

ROU

Right of use (assets recognised by accounting standard which brings lease assets and liabilities onto the statement of financial position)

SA

South Australia

Sacred sites

Areas of spiritual significance to Aboriginal people, marking an association with, or a specific act of, a creation being. They may be parts of the natural landscape such as hills, rocks, trees, springs or offshore reefs and include burial grounds and places where ceremonies have been held.

Traditional owners

In relation to land, a local descent group of Aboriginal people who have common spiritual affiliations to a site on the land, being affiliations that place the group under a primary spiritual responsibility for that site and for the land; they are entitled by Aboriginal tradition to forage as of right over that land.

UKTNP

Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park

WAN

wide area network

WDNWPT

Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku

WETT

Warlpiri Education and Training Trust

WHS

workplace health and safety

WYDAC

Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation

Yapa

Warlpiri people