List of requirements
Part of Report | Description | Requirement | Page of this report |
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Letter of transmittal | Mandatory | 3 | |
Table of contents | Mandatory | 4 | |
Index | Mandatory | 277 | |
Glossary | Mandatory | 13 | |
Contact officer(s) | Mandatory | 2 | |
Internet home page address and Internet address for report | Mandatory | 2 | |
Review by Secretary | |||
Review by Chief Justice | Mandatory | 16 | |
Summary of significant issues and developments | Suggested | 26 | |
Overview of department's performance and financial results | Suggested | 54 | |
Outlook for following year | Suggested | 37 | |
Significant issues and developments – portfolio | Portfolio departments – suggested | 16 | |
Departmental Overview | |||
Role and functions | Mandatory | 22 | |
Organisational structure | Mandatory | 101 | |
Outcome and programme structure | Mandatory | 54 | |
Where outcome and programme structures differ from PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation bills (other portfolio statements), details of variation and reasons for change | Mandatory | NIL TO REPORT | |
Portfolio structure | Portfolio departments – mandatory | N/A | |
Report on Performance | |||
Review of performance during the year in relation to programmes and contribution to outcomes | Mandatory | 58 | |
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements | Mandatory | 57 | |
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change | Mandatory | NIL TO REPORT | |
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance | Mandatory | 58 | |
Trend information | Mandatory | 58 | |
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services | Suggested | NIL TO REPORT | |
Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements | If applicable, suggested | 140 | |
Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance | Suggested | 54–82 | |
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives | Suggested | 121 | |
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department's response to complaints | If applicable, mandatory | 124 | |
Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance | Mandatory | 140 | |
Discussion of any significant changes in financial results from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations. | Mandatory | 16 | |
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes | Mandatory | 214–215 | |
Management and Accountability | |||
Corporate Governance | |||
Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the 'Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines'. | Mandatory | 122 | |
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place | Mandatory | 100 | |
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities | Suggested | 106 | |
Senior management committees and their roles | Suggested | 117 | |
Corporate and operational plans and associated performance reporting and review | Suggested | 120 | |
Internal audit arrangements including approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks | Suggested | 121 | |
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards | Suggested | 123 | |
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined | Suggested | 137 | |
External Scrutiny | |||
Significant developments in external scrutiny | Mandatory | 126 | |
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner | Mandatory | 126 | |
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee. the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review | Mandatory | 126 | |
Management of Human Resources | |||
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives | Mandatory | 129 | |
Workforce planning, staff retention and turnover | Suggested | 130 | |
Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) | Suggested | 137 | |
Training and development undertaken and its impact | Suggested | 138 | |
Work health and safety performance | Suggested | 130 | |
Productivity gains | Suggested | 140 | |
Statistics on staffing | Mandatory | 216 | |
Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs | Mandatory | 137 | |
Performance pay | Mandatory | 138 | |
Assets management | Assessment of effectiveness of assets management | If applicable, mandatory | 147 |
Purchasing | Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles | Mandatory | 145 |
Consultants | The annual report must include a summary statement detailing the number of new consultancy services contracts let during the year; the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts let during the year (inclusive of GST); the number of ongoing consultancy contracts that were active in the reporting year; and the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on the ongoing consultancy contracts (inclusive of GST). The annual report must include a statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website. | Mandatory | 146 |
Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses | Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General | Mandatory | 145 |
Exempt contracts | Contracts exempted from publication in AusTender | Mandatory | 146 |
Financial Statements | Financial Statements | Mandatory | 152 |
Other Mandatory Information | |||
Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)= | Mandatory | 226 | |
Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns= | Mandatory | 228 | |
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) | Mandatory | 229 | |
Compliance with the agency's obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010 | If applicable, mandatory | N/A | |
Grant programmes | Mandatory | 234 | |
Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agency-level information available through other reporting mechanisms | Mandatory | 139 | |
Information Publication Scheme statement | Mandatory | 123 | |
Correction of material errors in previous annual report | If applicable, mandatory | 149 | |
Agency Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes | Mandatory | 217–215 | |
List of Requirements | Mandatory | 272 |