Compliance Index

Under subsection 63(2) of the Public Service Act 1999, departmental annual reports must be prepared in accordance with guidelines approved on behalf of the Parliament by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA). The JCPAA approved the Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies on 17 June 2009 and they apply to annual reports for the financial year ending on or after 30 June 2009. The requirements stipulate a core set of mandatory information that must be included in annual reports to ensure that accountability requirements are met and to provide consistency for readers.

The following table shows where the information specified by the requirements can be found in this report.

Part of Report	Description
	Letter of Transmittal
	Table of Contents
	Glossary
	Contact Officer
	Internet home page address and Internet address for report
Review by Secretary	Review by departmental Secretary
	Summary of significant issues and developments
	Overview of department’s performance and financial results
	Outlook for the following year
Departmental Overview	Overview description of department
	Role and Functions
	Organisational structure
	Outcome and output structure
	Where outcome and output structure differ from the PBS format, details of variation and reasons for change
	Portfolio structure
Report on Performance	Review of performance during the year in relation to outputs and contribution to outcomes Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
	Actual performance in relation to performance targets set out in the Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) and Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
	Narrative discussion and analysis of performance Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
	Trend information Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
	Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
	Significant changes in nature of principle functions/services Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
	Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance
	Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget
	Summary resource tables by outcome Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
	Agency Resource Statement
Corporate Governance	Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place
	Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities
	Senior management committees and their roles
	Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review
	Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements in place to manage risks
	Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines
	Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards
	How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined Chapter 9 Appendix E
External Scrutiny	Significant developments in external scrutiny
	Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals
	Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Management of Human resources	Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives Chapter 9
	Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention Chapter 9 Appendix E
	Impact and features of collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs Chapter 9 Appendix E
	Training and development undertaken and its impact
	Occupational health and safety performance
	Statistics on staffing
	Collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs
	Performance pay Chapter 9 Appendix E
Assets Management	Assessment of effectiveness of assets management
Purchasing	Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles
Consultants	Summary statement detailing the number of new consultancy service contracts let during the year; the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts let during the year (incl. 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 (incl. GST) Chapter 10 Consultancies Annex
Consultants	Statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website Chapter 10 Finance website
Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses	Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General
Exempt Contracts	Contracts exempt from the AusTender arrangements
Commonwealth Disability Strategy	Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy
Financial Statements	Financial Statements
Other information	Occupational Health and Safety
	Freedom of Information
	Advertising and Market Research
	Ecologically Sustainable Development and Environmental Performance
Other	Discretionary Grants
Other	Correction of material errors in previous annual report

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