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 26 sets out the page numbers corresponding to each of the annual report requirements.

Table 26 – List of requirements
Item	Page
Letter of transmittal	III
Table of contents	IV-VI
Index	132-134
Glossary	124-131
Contact officers	II
Internet home page address and internet address for report	II
Review by agency head
Report by the Principal Member	3-4
Summary of significant issues and developments	3-4
Overview of tribunals’ performance and financial results	14-16
Outlook for following year	3-4
Significant issues and developments	3-4
Tribunals’ overview
Role and functions	6
Organisational structure	50
Outcome and program structure	14-15
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	14
Portfolio structure	50
Report on performance
Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes	14-16
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and key performance indicators set out in Portfolio Budget Statements, PAES or other portfolio statements	15
Where performance targets differ from the Portfolio Budget Statements or PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	14-16
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	3-4; 14-16
Trend information	16-19
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services	33
Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements	58
Factors, events or trends influencing the tribunals’ performance	3-4
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives	43-44
Social inclusion outcomes	27
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the tribunals’ response to complaints	27-28
Discussion and analysis of the tribunals’ financial performance	15-16
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations	15, 33
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes	60-61
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	42-43
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	42
Senior management committees and their roles	42
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	43
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk	43-44
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	43
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	52
External scrutiny
Significant developments in external scrutiny	44
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	23-26
Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman	44
Management of human resources
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve tribunal objectives	47-52
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	49,51
Impact and features of collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian workplace agreements (AWAs)	52-53
Training and development undertaken and its impact	51-52
Work health and safety performance	54
Productivity gains	15
Statistics on staffing	46, 49
Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	52
Performance pay	53
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	56-57
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	58
Number of new and ongoing consultancy services contracts and total actual expenditure on consultancy contracts.	57-58
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	56
Contracts exempt from the AusTender	56
Financial statements	62-106
Other mandatory information
Work health and safety (schedule 2, part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)	54
Advertising and Market Research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns	58
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	56
Compliance with the agency’s obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010	N/A
Grant programs	58
Disability reporting – reference to agency-level information available through reporting mechanisms	55
Information Publication Scheme statement	45
Spatial reporting – expenditure by program between regional and non regional Australia	N/A
Correction of material errors in previous annual report	58
Tribunals’ Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes	60-61
List of requirements	121-123