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Letter of Transmittal

Letter of Transmittal Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 18 August 2018 Senator the Hon. Marise Payne Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Hon. Simon Burmingham 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 2017–18. 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. As required by section 17AG(2)(b) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014, I certify that I am satisfied that the department: prepared fraud risk assessments and fraud control plans had in place appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation and reporting mechanisms that met its specific needs, and took all reasonable measures to appropriately deal with fraud. Yours sincerely, Frances Adamson

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