Appendix D – 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. Table 24 sets out the page numbers corresponding to each of the annual report requirements.

Table 24 – List of requirements
Description		Page
Letter of transmittal		iii
Table of contents		iv–vi
Index		143
Glossary		137–42
Contact officer(s)		ii
Internet home page address and Internet address for report		ii
Review by Secretary
Review by Principal Member		2–4
Summary of significant issues and developments		2–4
Overview of department’s performance and financial results		14–15
Outlook for following year		4, 45
Significant issues and developments – portfolio		Not applicable
Departmental Overview
Role and functions		5–12
Organisational structure		57
Outcome and programme structure		14
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		Not applicable
Portfolio structure		Not applicable
Report on Performance
Review of performance during the year in relation to programmes and contribution to outcomes		13–45
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements		15
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change		Not applicable
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance		13–45
Trend information		15, 16–17, 30, 33–5, 42, 124–8
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services		45
Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements		65
Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance		2–4, 15
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives		49
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints		39–1
Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance		15
Discussion of any significant changes in financial results from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations		15, 45
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes		68–9
Management and Accountability
Corporate Governance
Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the ‘Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines’		iii
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place		48–50
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities		48
Senior management committees and their roles		48, 49
Corporate and operational plans and associated performance reporting and review		49
Internal audit arrangements including approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks		50
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards		49
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined		59
External Scrutiny
Significant developments in external scrutiny		50
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner		34–8, 50
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee. the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review		41–2, 50
Management of Human Resources
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives		51–63
Workforce planning, staff retention and turnover		54–6
Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)		59–61
Training and development undertaken and its impact		54, 59
Work health and safety performance		61–2
Productivity gains		3, 10, 11, 27, 34, 45, 58
Statistics on staffing		54–5, 133
Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs		59–61
Performance pay		59, 61
Assets management	Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	64
Purchasing	Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	64–5
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	64–5
Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses	Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	64
Exempt contracts	Contracts exempted from publication in AusTender	64
Financial Statements	Financial Statements	67–121
Other Mandatory Information
Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)		61–2
Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns		66
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)		63–4
Compliance with the agency’s obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010		Not applicable
Grant programmes		66
Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agencylevel information available through other reporting mechanisms		63
Information Publication Scheme statement		50
Correction of material errors in previous annual report		66
Agency Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes		68–9
List of Requirements		134–6