Appendix 3 – List of requirements

Agencies are required to prepare annual reports for parliament consistent 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	III
Table of contents	IV–VI
Index	146–148
Glossary	136–144
Contact officers	II
Internet home page address and internet address for report	II
Review by agency head
Report by the Principal Member	2–4
Summary of significant issues and developments	2–4
Overview of tribunals' performance and financial results	16–18
Outlook for following year	2–4
Significant issues and developments	2–4
Tribunals' overview
Role and functions	6
Organisational structure	12–13
Outcome and program structure	16–17
Where outcome and program structure differ from Portfolio Budget Statements, PAES or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation bills (other portfolio statements), details of variation and reasons for change	16
Portfolio structure	12–13
Report on performance
Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes	16–17
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and key performance indicators set out in Portfolio Budget Statements, PAES or other portfolio statements	17
Where performance targets differ from the Portfolio Budget Statements or PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	16–17
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	2–4, 16–18
Trend information	20–28
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services	43
Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements	68
Factors, events or trends influencing the tribunals' performance	2–4
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives	56–57
Social inclusion outcomes	35
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the tribunals' response to complaints	36–40
Discussion and analysis of the tribunals' financial performance	18
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations	18, 43
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes	72–73
Management and accountability Corporate governance
Certification that the tribunals comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines	III
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	54–56
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	54
Senior management committees and their roles	54
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	55–56
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk	56–57
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	56
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	62
External scrutiny
Significant developments in external scrutiny	57
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	31–35
Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman	57
Management of human resources
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve tribunal objectives	60–62
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	61–62
Impact and features of collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian workplace agreements (AWAs)	62–64
Training and development undertaken and its impact	62
Work health and safety performance	64–65
Productivity gains	17
Statistics on staffing	60–61, 129–130
Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	62–64
Performance pay	63–64
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	67
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	68
Number of new and ongoing consultancy services contracts and total actual expenditure on consultancy contracts	67–68
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	67
Contracts exempt from the AusTender	67
Financial statements	75–119
Other mandatory information
Work health and safety (schedule 2, part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)	64–65
Advertising and Market Research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns	69
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	66
Compliance with the agency's obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010	N/A
Grant programs	68
Disability reporting – reference to agency-level information available through reporting mechanisms	66
Information Publication Scheme statement	58
Correction of material errors in previous annual report	69
List of requirements	131–134