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Letter of Transmittal

Letter of transmittal Letter from the Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. September 2017 The Hon. Julie Bishop MP Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon. Steven Ciobo MP Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dear Ministers, I am pleased to present to you the Annual Report of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the financial year 2016–17. Subsection 63(1) of the Public Service Act 1999 provides that, after the end of the financial year, the Secretary must give a report to ministers on the department’s activities for presentation to the Parliament. The report has been prepared for the purposes of section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 which requires that an annual report be given to the entity’s responsible ministers for presentation to the Parliament. The report contains information as required under other applicable legislation including the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. I certify that I am satisfied that for 2016–17, the department: had in place fraud risk assessments as well as a fraud control and anti-corruption plan; had in place appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation and reporting mechanisms that met the department’s needs; took all reasonable measures to appropriately deal with fraud relating to the department; and complied with section 10 of the Public Governance, Performance, and Accountability Rule 2014. Yours sincerely Frances Adamson

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