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Association for the Battery Recycling Industry (ABRI)

ABRI and its members are driving innovation and investment to foster a safe, sustainable and world leading battery recycling industry over the medium term.

The Australian battery recycling sector, with support of companies across the battery supply chain, is working towards these goals:

  • Becoming the leading downstream supplier of low emissions and sustainably produced minerals feedstock for battery manufacturing; and
  • Australia becoming an innovation hub and developer of technology to support safe and sustainable battery recycling and repurposing and reverse logistics.

ABRI was established in 2018 and consists of recyclers, OEMs and battery repurposing companies, waste sector companies, government entities, research institutions and environment groups to promote the collection, recycling and safe disposal of all batteries.

ABRI’s role includes research, advocacy, education and stakeholder engagement to promote safe and environmentally responsible recycling of all batteries at end of life.

Asthma Australia

Asthma Australia is the nation’s peak asthma body and everything we do is dedicated to improving the lives of over 2.7 million Australians who live with asthma.

Asthma Australia is a for-purpose, consumer organisation which has been improving the lives of people with asthma since 1962. Asthma is an inflammatory condition of the airways, restricting airflow and can be fatal. There is no cure, but most people with asthma can experience good control.

We operate across Australia, working in partnership with our sister organisations in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Atlas of Living Australia

The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is a collaborative, digital, open infrastructure that pulls together Australian biodiversity data from multiple sources, making it accessible and reusable.

The ALA helps to create a more detailed picture of Australia’s biodiversity for scientists, policy makers, environmental planners and land managers, industry and the general public, and enables them to work more efficiently.

The ALA is the Australian node and a full voting member of GBIF – the Global Biodiversity Information Facility – an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world’s governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth. 

Auslan – Signbank

Auslan Signbank is a language resources site for Auslan (Australian Sign Language). Auslan is the language of the deaf community in Australia. Here you will find:

  • a dictionary
  • ability to search for signs related to medical and health topics
  • ability to search for signs related to educational and teaching topics
  • videos of deaf people using the listed Auslan signs
  • information on the deaf community in Australia
  • links to Auslan classes.

Australasian College of Dermatologists A – Z of Skin

The Australasian College of Dermatologists is the medical college responsible for the training and professional development of medical practitioners in the specialty of dermatology.

Dermatologists are qualified medical specialists who, through additional training, have obtained postgraduate qualifications to specialise in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of skin, nail and hair diseases and skin cancers.

Search our A to Z of Skin to find out more about common skin conditions and problems, their symptoms, causes and how they are diagnosed and treated. You can search by both common and medical names, or by medicine or treatment name.

Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)

ASCIA’s purpose is to advance the science and practice of allergy and clinical immunology.

This is achieved by promoting the highest standard of medical practice, training, education and research, to improve the quality of life and health of people with immune system disorders.  These include allergies, immunodeficiencies and other immune diseases.

Australian Academy of Science: The Science of Immunisation

The Australian Academy of Science provides information that explains the science of immunisation in clear and easy-to-understand language, with the aim of supporting you to make good health decisions based on science.

Australian Antarctic Program

The Australian Antarctic Division is part of the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

The Division, based in Kingston, Tasmania, leads and coordinates and delivers the Australian Antarctic Program.

Australian Braille Authority

The Australian Braille Authority (ABA) oversees the development and maintenance of braille codes and specifications used in Australia, acts as a braille accreditation body, and promotes braille as the primary literacy medium for people who are blind, deafblind, or have severe vision impairment.

Australian Breastfeeding Association

The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) is Australia’s peak breastfeeding information and support service. Breastfeeding is a practical, learned skill and ABA helps more than 80,000 mothers each year. ABA also provides up-to-date information and continuing education for thousands of health professionals working with mothers and babies. 

Australian Bureau of Statistics

We are Australia’s national statistical agency and an official source of independent, reliable information. We tell the real story of Australia, its economy and its people by bringing life and meaning to numbers.

Australian Cancer Atlas

The Australian Cancer Atlas is an online, interactive platform showing how measures relating to cancer diagnosis, survival, recognised risk factors, screening, and selected hospital treatment vary by small geographical areas across Australia.

Australian Centre for Disability Law

Across all aspects of our work our goals are to:

  • Work with and alongside persons with disability and their representative organisations towards the realisation of the legal and human rights of persons with disability in our designated practice areas
  • Ensure that our work is distributed equitably across all disability groups
  • Ensure that persons with disability and their associates who are most socially and legally disadvantaged, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, have equitable access to our services
  • Understand and interpret disability and disability rights concerns within a social model of disability in which “disability” is not conceptualised as a personal characteristic but the result of the interaction of persons with a social environment prone to barriers that are capable of being overcome
  • Identify and pursue opportunities to achieve outcomes in our designated practice areas that will have a broad positive impact on the realisation of the human rights of persons with disability
  • Contribute to the positive development of the law as it impacts upon persons with disability and their associates at the State, National and International levels
  • Support the work of disabled peoples’ organisations in Australia and internationally by contributing legal knowledge and expertise where this is relevant to their work and
  • Build the capacity of disability rights and legal services in Australia.

Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (ACATLGN)

The Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (ACATLGN) is a network that works with a team of experts to bring together evidence-based resources and research. We make them more accessible to those working with, or interested in, children and young people who have been affected by trauma and grief.

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

The Commission works in partnership with patients, carers, clinicians, the Australian, state and territory health systems, the private sector, managers and healthcare organisations to achieve a safe, high-quality and sustainable health system.

Key functions of the Commission include: developing national safety and quality standards, developing clinical care standards to improve the implementation of evidence-based health care, coordinating work in specific areas to improve outcomes for patients, and providing information, publications and resources about safety and quality.

The Commission works in four priority areas:

  • patient safety
  • partnering with patients, consumers and communities
  • quality, cost and value
  • supporting health professionals to provide care that is informed, supported and organised to deliver safe and high-quality care.

Australian Council of the Arts

The Australian Council is the Australian Government’s principle arts investment, development and advisory body.

We champion and invest in arts and creativity to benefit all Australians through an integrated suite of activities.

Australian Cyber Security Centre ACSC

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) leads the Australian Government’s efforts to improve cyber security. Our role is to help make Australia the most secure place to connect online.

We monitor cyber threats across the globe 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so we can alert Australians early on what to do.

Australian Digital Health Agency

When it comes to improving the health of all Australians, the role of digital innovation and connection is a vital part of a modern, accessible healthcare system. We seek to understand new and different ways to improve delivery and performance for digital health.

Australian Federal Police Missing Persons

The National Missing Persons Coordination Centre (NMPCC) is a non-operational arm of the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The NMPCC was established in 2006 to drive national coordination in response to missing persons in Australia, and to complement the investigative role of State and Territory police. Its mandate is to reduce the incidence and impact of missing persons in Australia and as a function of the AFP, the NMPCC is funded by the Federal Government.

Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations

As the peak national organisation for Australia’s community HIV response, AFAO (the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations) is recognised both globally and nationally for the leadership, policy expertise, health promotion, coordination and support we provide.

Through advocacy, policy and health promotion, we champion awareness, understanding and proactivity around HIV prevention, education, support and research. AFAO provides a voice for communities affected by HIV and leads the national conversation on HIV.