Appendix 5 – List of requirements

Agencies are required to prepare Annual Reports to Parliament consistently with requirements approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit and published by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Detailed below are the page numbers relating to each of the Annual Report requirements.

Item	Page
Letter of transmittal	3
Table of contents	4
Glossary	139
Contact officer(s)	2
Internet home page address and Internet address for report	2
Report by the Principal Member	9
Summary of significant issues and developments	10–12
Overview of Tribunals’ performance and financial results	24-27
Outlook for following year	10–12
Significant issues and developments – portfolio	10–12
Overview description of the Tribunals	14
Role and functions	14
Organisational structure	20
Outcome and output structure	24-25
Where outcome and program 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	24
Portfolio structure	20-21
Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes	24
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements	24
Performance of purchaser/ provider arrangements	80
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/ PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	24–25
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	10–12, 24
Trend information	28
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/ services	50
Factors, events or trends influencing the tribunals’ performance	10–12
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives	62
Social justice and equity impacts	44
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the tribunals’ response to complaints	47
Discussion and analysis of the tribunals’ financial performance	26
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget.	26
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes	26
Developments since the end of the financial year that have affected or may significantly affect operations or financial results in future	50
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	60
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	60
Senior management committees and their roles	60
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	61
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk	62
Certification that the tribunals comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines.	63
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	62
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	73
Significant developments in external scrutiny	63
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	37
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman	63
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve tribunal objectives	69
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	72
Impact and features of collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	73–74
Training and development undertaken and its impact	72
Occupational health and safety performance	74
Productivity gains	25
Statistics on staffing	70–71, 130
Enterprise or collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	73–74
Performance pay	74
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	79
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	80
Number of new and ongoing consultancy services contracts and total actual expenditure on consultancy contracts	79–80
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	79
Contracts exempt from the AusTender	80
Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy	77
Financial Statements	82
Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991)	74–75
Freedom of Information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982)	126–128
Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918)	80
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	78
Grant programs	80
Correction of material errors in previous annual report	80