DFAT Annual Report 2005-2006 : Compliance Index

This index is prepared from the checklist of annual report requirements contained in attachment F to the Requirements for Annual Reports approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit on 21 June 2006.

Description	Page	Requirement
Letter of transmittal	iii	mandatory
Table of contents	v	mandatory
Index	000	mandatory
Glossary	000	mandatory
Contact officer	ii	mandatory
Internet home page address and Internet address for report	ii	mandatory
Review by the Secretary
Secretary's review	3	mandatory
Summary of significant issues and developments	3	suggested
Overview of department's performance and financial results	264	suggested
Outlook for the following year	9	suggested
Departmental overview
Overview description of the department	15	mandatory
Role and functions	15	mandatory
Organisational structure	15	mandatory
Outcome and output structure	20	mandatory
Where outcome and output structures differ from the PBS format, details of variation and reasons for change		n.a.
Portfolio structure	18	mandatory
Report on performance
Review of performance during the year in relation to outputs and contribution to outcomes	25–236	mandatory
Actual performance in relation to performance targets set out in the PBS and PAES	25–236	mandatory
Performance of purchaser—provider arrangements	306	mandatory
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both the former and new targets, and reasons for the change		n.a.
Discussion and analysis of performance	25–236	mandatory
Trend information	25–236	suggested
Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance	25–236	suggested
Significant changes in the nature of principal functions or services	n.a.	suggested
Description	Page	Requirement
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department's response to complaints	172–3, 177, 210–12, 249–50, 254–5	mandatory
Social justice and equity impacts	254–5	suggested
Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance	264–5	mandatory
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from the budget.	264	suggested
Summary resource tables by outcomes	29, 155, 183, 227	mandatory
Developments since the end of the financial year that have affected or may significantly affect the department's operations or financial results in future	265	mandatory
Management accountability
*Corporate governance*
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	241	mandatory
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	17	suggested
Senior management committees and their roles	242	suggested
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	243	suggested
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements in place to manage risks	246	suggested
Certification of compliance with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines	248	mandatory
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	247	suggested
How the nature and amount of remuneration for senior executive service officers is determined	262	suggested
*External scrutiny*
Significant developments in external scrutiny	249	mandatory
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	249	mandatory
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman	249	mandatory
*Management of human resources*
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives	251	mandatory
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	252	suggested
Impact and features of certified agreements and AWAs	261	suggested
Training and development undertaken and its impact	255	suggested
Occupational health and safety performance	261–2, 282–4	suggested
Productivity gains	251	suggested
Description	Page	Requirement
Statistics on staffing	275–8	mandatory
Certified agreements and AWAs	261, 279	mandatory
Performance pay	280–1	mandatory
*Assets management*
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	265–6	mandatory
*Purchasing*
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	267	mandatory
*Consultants*
Number of new consultancy services contracts let, total expenditure on all new consultancy services contracts, number of ongoing consultancy services contracts active in the reporting year, and the total expenditure on ongoing consultancy services contracts in the reporting year. Additional proforma information to be available on new consultancy services contracts let to the value of $10,000 or more	267	mandatory
*Competitive tendering and contracting*
Competitive tendering and contracting contracts let and outcomes	266	mandatory
Absence of contractual provisions allowing access by the Auditor-General	266	mandatory
*Exempt contracts*
Contracts exempt from AusTender	267	mandatory
*Commonwealth disability strategy*
Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth disability strategy	254	mandatory
Financial statements
Financial statements	327	mandatory
Other information
Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991)	282–4	mandatory
Freedom of information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982)	285–94	mandatory
Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918)	309–10	mandatory
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	303–5	mandatory
Discretionary grants	311	mandatory
Correction of material errors in the previous annual report		n.a.

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