References
List of requirements
Requirement | Location |
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General details | |
Letter of transmittal | iii |
Table of contents | v–vii |
Index | 166 |
Glossary | 162 |
Contact officer(s) | ii, 138 |
Internet home page address and Internet address for report | ii |
Section 1: Director’s review | |
Review by the Director | 2–3 |
Summary of significant issues and developments | 2–3 |
Overview of agency’s performance and financial results | 2–3 |
Outlook for following year | 3 |
Section 2: Overview | |
Overview description of the agency | 6–10 |
Role and functions | 6 |
Organisational structure | 10 |
Outcome and program structure | 7 |
Where outcome and program structures differ from Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS), Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation bills (other portfolio statements), details of variation and reasons for change | N/A |
Portfolio structure | N/A |
Section 3: Report on performance | |
Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes | 12–48 |
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and key performance indicators set out in PBS/PAES or other portfolio statements | 12–13, 20–21 |
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change | N/A |
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance | 12–48 |
Trend information | 21–23, 31, 39, 44, 65–66 |
Performance of purchaser–provider arrangements | N/A |
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services | N/A |
Factors, events or trends influencing performance | 21–23, 31 |
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives | 14, 55, 56 |
Social inclusion outcomes | 59–60 |
Progress in relation to social inclusion strategic change indicators | |
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the agency’s response to complaints | 57, 143 |
Discussion and analysis of the agency’s financial performance | 64–66 |
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget | N/A |
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes | 154–156 |
Developments since the end of the financial year that have affected or may significantly affect the agency’s operations or financial results in future | N/A |
Section 4: Management and accountability | |
Corporate governance | 7–9, 50–57 |
Agency head has certified that the agency has complied with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines | iii, 57 |
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place | 50–57 |
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities | 8–9 |
Senior management committees and their roles | 50–53 |
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review | 53–57 |
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk |
56–57 |
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards | 57 |
How nature and amount of remuneration for Senior Executive Service (SES) officers is determined | 58 |
External scrutiny | |
Significant developments in external scrutiny | N/A |
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals | 56 |
Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman | 56 |
Management of human resources | |
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve agency objectives | 58–59 |
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention | 58 |
Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility agreements, determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) | 58 |
Training and development undertaken and its impact | 58–59 |
Occupational health and safety performance | 151 |
Productivity gains | none reported |
Statistics on staffing | 58, 146–148 |
Enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs | 58 |
Performance pay | 58 |
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management | 61 |
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles | 61–62 |
Consultants | |
Summary statement | 61–62 |
Information on contracts and consultancies is available through AusTender | 62 |
Additional information in required proforma | 157–158 |
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General | 62 |
Contracts exempt from the AusTender | 62 |
Section 5: Financial statements | 67–134 |
Section 6: Other mandatory information | |
Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991) | 151 |
Freedom of information (former section 8 and Part II of the Freedom of Information Act 1982) | 149–150 |
Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns | 159 |
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) | 152–153 |
Grant programs | 157 |
Disability reporting—explicit and transparent reference to agencylevel information available through other reporting mechanisms | 60 |
Correction of material errors in previous annual report | N/A |
List of requirements | 163–165 |