| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACNC | Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health Welfare |
| AIS | Indigenous Advancement Strategy |
| AITSIS | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
| ALFA | Arnhem Land Fire Abatement |
| ALGA | Australian Local Government Association |
| ALRA | Commonwealth’s Aboriginal Land Rights Act (Northern Territory) |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| ANU | Australia National University |
| ANZ | Australia and New Zealand Banking Group |
| APY | Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara |
| ASC | American Community Survey |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographic Classification |
| ASGS | Australian Standard Geography Standard |
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| CAEPR | Central for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research |
| CATSI | Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act |
| CCAB | Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business |
| CCP | Comprehensive Community Planning Program |
| CDEP | Community Development Employment Projects |
| CDFI | Community Development Financial Institutions |
| CDP | Community Development Program |
| CFE | Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities |
| CLC | Central Land Council |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CP&D | Community Planning and Development |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DEAL | Developing East Arnhem Land |
| DGIC | Director-General of the Investment Committee |
| EDA | Economic Development Administration |
| FaHCSIA | Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| FCAC | Financial Consumer Agency of Canada |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GEC | Government Engagement Coordinators |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| GVC | Global Value Chains |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HHL | Hawaiian home lands |
| HKKAR | He kai kei aku ringa |
| IAC | Indigenous Advisory Council |
| IAO | Inter-governments Affairs Office |
| IARE | Indigenous Areas |
| IAS | Indigenous Advancement Strategy |
| IBA | Indigenous Business Australia |
| IDG | Indigenous Data Governance |
| IEF | Indigenous Entrepreneurs Fund |
| IEO | Indigenous Engagement Officers |
| ILC | Indigenous Land Corporation |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| ILOC | Indigenous Locations |
| ILSC | Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation |
| ILUA | Indigenous Land Use Agreements |
| IPA | Indigenous Protected Areas |
| IPP | Indigenous Procurement Policy |
| IREG | Indigenous regions |
| ISC | Indigenous Services Canada |
| LDM | Local Decision Making |
| LIP | Local Implementation Plan |
| LLM | Local labour market |
| LRP | Local Reference Group |
| MFI | Martin Family Initiative |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NACA | Native American CDFI Program |
| NACCA | National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association |
| NAO | National Audit Office |
| NATISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NATSIHS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey |
| NATSISS | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey |
| NBY | Nyamba Buru Yawuru |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisations |
| NIAA | National Indigenous Australians Agency |
| NILSS | National Indigenous Land and Sea Strategy |
| NIO | National Indigenous Organizations |
| NLC | Northern Land Council |
| NPM | New Public Management |
| NPY | Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NTER | Northern Territory Emergency Response |
| NTRB | Native Title Representative Bodies |
| NTSP | Native Title Service Providers |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OID | Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage |
| ORIC | Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations |
| PBC | Prescribed Body Corporate |
| PM&C | Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| RAP | Reconciliation Action Plan |
| RASAC | Regional Anangu Services Aboriginal Corporation |
| RDA | Regional Development Australia |
| RDPC | Regional Development Policy Committee |
| RILSS | Regional Land and Sea Strategies |
| RSD | Remote Service Delivery |
| SA | Statistical Area |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SBO | United States Census Bureau Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SGEI | Seven Generations Education Institute |
| SIQ | Standard Indigenous Question |
| SME | Small- and medium-sized enterprises |
| SPI | Strategic Partnership Initiative |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| USIDSN | US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network |
| VTAC | Victorian Treaty Advancement Commission |
| WALFA | West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement |
Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development in Australia
