List of requirements
This list 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 28 June 2012.
Description |
Page |
Requirement |
|---|---|---|
Letter of transmittal |
iii |
mandatory |
Table of contents |
iv–vii |
mandatory |
Index |
334–349 |
mandatory |
Glossary |
325–329 |
mandatory |
Contact officer |
ii |
mandatory |
Internet home page address and internet address for report |
ii |
mandatory |
Review by the Secretary |
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Secretary's review |
3–7 |
mandatory |
Summary of significant issues and developments |
3–7 |
suggested |
Overview of department's performance and financial results |
196 |
suggested |
Outlook for the following year |
6–7 |
suggested |
Significant issues and developments for the portfolio |
3–5 |
suggested |
Departmental overview |
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Role and functions |
8 |
mandatory |
Organisational structure |
8–10 |
mandatory |
Outcome and program structure |
11–13 |
mandatory |
Where outcome and program structures differ from PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation bills, details of variation and reasons for change |
n.a. |
mandatory |
Portfolio structure |
11–13 |
portfolio departments – mandatory |
Report on performance |
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Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes |
15–177 |
mandatory |
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements |
15–177 |
mandatory |
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change |
n.a. |
mandatory |
Discussion and analysis of performance |
15–177 |
mandatory |
Trend information |
15–177 |
mandatory |
Significant changes in the nature of principal functions or services |
n.a. |
suggested |
Performance of purchaser–provider arrangements |
223–225 |
suggested |
Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance |
15–177 |
suggested |
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives |
185 |
suggested |
Social inclusion outcomes |
n.a. |
if applicable, mandatory |
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data and the department's response to complaints |
148–155, 157–162 |
if applicable, mandatory |
Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance |
196–198 |
mandatory |
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations |
196–198 |
mandatory |
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes |
211–214 |
mandatory |
Management and accountability |
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Corporate governance |
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Agency head's certification that the department complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines |
183–184 |
mandatory |
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place |
181–185 |
mandatory |
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities |
10 |
suggested |
Senior management committees and their roles |
181–183 |
suggested |
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review |
181–185 |
suggested |
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk |
185 |
suggested |
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards |
182–183 |
suggested |
How the nature and amount of remuneration for senior executive service officers is determined |
195 |
suggested |
External scrutiny |
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Significant developments in external scrutiny |
186–188 |
mandatory |
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals |
219–220 |
mandatory |
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman |
186–187 |
mandatory |
Management of human resources |
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Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives |
188–189 |
mandatory |
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention |
189–191 |
suggested |
Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs |
194, 209–210 |
suggested |
Training and development undertaken and its impact |
192–193 |
suggested |
Work health and safety performance |
195, 215–216 |
suggested |
Productivity gains |
188–189 |
suggested |
Statistics on staffing |
205–208 |
mandatory |
Enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs |
194, 209–210 |
mandatory |
Performance pay |
209–210 |
mandatory |
Assets management |
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Assessment of effectiveness of assets management |
196–197 |
If applicable, mandatory |
Purchasing |
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Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles |
197–198 |
mandatory |
Consultants |
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Number of new consultancy services contracts let; total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts let during the year (inclusive of GST); number of ongoing consultancy contracts active in the reporting year; and the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on the ongoing consultancy contracts. A statement must be included noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website. |
197–198 |
mandatory |
Australian National Audit Office access |
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Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General |
197 |
mandatory |
Exempt contracts |
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Contracts exempt from the AusTender process |
197 |
mandatory |
Financial statements |
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Financial statements |
245–321 |
mandatory |
Other mandatory information |
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Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011) |
215–216 |
mandatory |
Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns |
226 |
mandatory |
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) |
221–222 |
mandatory |
Compliance with the agency's obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010 |
n.a. |
if applicable, mandatory |
Grant programs |
227 |
mandatory |
Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agency-level information available through other reporting mechanisms |
191–192 |
mandatory |
Information Publication Scheme statement |
138 |
mandatory |
Correction of material errors in the previous annual report |
n.a. |
if applicable, mandatory |
List of requirements |
330–333 |
mandatory |
n.a. not applicable