Appendix 4 – 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
Index (hardcopy/PDF only)	156
Glossary	142
Contact officer(s)	2
Internet home page address and Internet address for report	2
Report by the Principal Member	10-13
Summary of significant issues and developments	10-13
Overview of tribunals’ performance and financial results	26-29
Outlook for following year	10-13
Significant issues and developments – portfolio	10-13
Overview description of the Tribunals	16
Role and functions	16
Organisational structure	22
Outcome and program structure	26-27
Where outcome and program structure 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	26
Portfolio structure	22-23
Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes	26-27
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements	27
Performance of purchaser/ provider arrangements	81
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/ PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	26-27
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	10-13, 26
Trend information	30
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/ services	54
Factors, events or trends influencing the tribunals’ performance	10-13
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives	68
Social justice and equity impacts	47
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the tribunals’ response to complaints	51
Discussion and analysis of the tribunals’ financial performance	28
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget.	28
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes	84-85
Developments since the end of the financial year that have affected or may significantly affect operations or financial results in future	54
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	66-68
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	66
Senior management committees and their roles	66
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	67-68
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk	68
Certification that the tribunals comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines	3
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	68
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	75
Significant developments in external scrutiny	69
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	41
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman	69
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve tribunal objectives	71
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	74
Impact and features of collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	75-76
Training and development undertaken and its impact	75
Occupational health and safety performance	77
Productivity gains	27
Statistics on staffing	73-74, 135
Enterprise or collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	75-76
Performance pay	77
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	80
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	81
Number of new and ongoing consultancy services contracts and total actual expenditure on consultancy contracts	81
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	80
Contracts exempt from the AusTender	81
Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy	79
Financial Statements	90
Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991)	77
Freedom of Information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982)	132-134
Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns	81
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	79
Grant programs	81
Correction of material errors in previous annual report	NA