Published Date
- Updated: RMG-135 and RMG-136 Annual reports for non-corporate and corporate Commonwealth entities
- 2025–26 Annual Report Community of Practice Tuesday 2 June 2026
- 2025–26 Annual Reports and Digital Annual Reporting Tool access
- Reminder: Finance Annual Report and Corporate Plan templates to support your reporting
- 2026 Commonwealth Procurement and Contract Management Awards for Excellence – Nominations open!
- AGOR Quarterly Report – 31 March 2026
- End of Year Financial Reporting Updates
- Progress of the review of the Australian Government Charging Framework
- Coming soon - New PGPA Act Flipchart and List
Updated: RMG-135 and RMG-136 Annual reports for non-corporate and corporate Commonwealth entities
RMG-135 Annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth entities and RMG-136 Annual reports for corporate Commonwealth entities have been updated following amendments to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 on 6 May 2026.
Under these amendments, prescribed corporate Commonwealth entities are now also required to include an assessment of their performance against the Commonwealth Procurement Rules in their annual reports (non-corporate Commonwealth entities were already required to do this).
The RMG-135 and RMG-136 have been updated with additional guidance on the reporting of this assessment.
For further information on these updates, please contact procurementagencyadvice@finance.gov.au.
2025–26 Annual Report Community of Practice Tuesday 2 June 2026
The 2025–26 Annual Report Community of Practice will be held online on Tuesday 2 June 2026, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
The session will cover:
The session will cover:
- What's new for the 2025–26 reporting period, including:
- Year 2 Commonwealth Climate Disclosure (CCD) and emissions reporting
- DART Acceptable Use Policy update
- Policy and RMG updates
- Key resources
- Reminder on annual report tabling guidelines
- DART access
- 2024–25 DART survey overview.
To attend, please register here. This event is open to Commonwealth Government officials only. A separate registration is required for each attendee using an individual work email address.
Registrations submitted using generic or personal email addresses (for example, team inboxes or Gmail accounts) cannot be accepted and will be removed.
The Community of Practice presentation and a link to the recording will be shared with those on the annual report contact list and published on the Digital Annual Reports GovTEAMS Community following the event.
For further information, please contact the Digital Reporting team at DAR@finance.gov.au.
2025–26 Annual Reports and Digital Annual Reporting Tool access
The Digital Reporting team is preparing for the release of the Digital Annual Reporting Tool (DART) for the 2025–26 reporting period, scheduled for the week beginning 22 June 2026.
To support timely access to DART, annual report coordinators in Commonwealth entities and companies are invited to provide details of officials requiring access, including their assigned roles, by completing the 2025–26 DART membership form. A separate form is required for each user.
Please note that returning users are also required to submit a form each year, as access is removed annually once an entity’s annual report is published on the Transparency Portal.
Team inboxes included in last year’s contact list have been retained. If you would like to add a new team inbox or if you have any questions, please contact the Digital Reporting team at DAR@finance.gov.au.
To support timely access to DART, annual report coordinators in Commonwealth entities and companies are invited to provide details of officials requiring access, including their assigned roles, by completing the 2025–26 DART membership form. A separate form is required for each user.
Please note that returning users are also required to submit a form each year, as access is removed annually once an entity’s annual report is published on the Transparency Portal.
Team inboxes included in last year’s contact list have been retained. If you would like to add a new team inbox or if you have any questions, please contact the Digital Reporting team at DAR@finance.gov.au.
Reminder: Finance Annual Report and Corporate Plan templates to support your reporting
As reporting season approaches, Finance would like to remind Commonwealth entities and companies that annual report and corporate plan templates are available to support the efficient development of their annual reports and corporate plans.
The templates are linked below:
The templates are linked below:
- Annual Report Template (Non-corporate Commonwealth entity)
- Annual Report Template (Corporate Commonwealth entity)
- Annual Report Template (Commonwealth Company)
- Corporate Plan Template (Commonwealth entities)
- Corporate Plan Template (Commonwealth Company)
The templates are also available in the right‑hand menu under Tools and templates within the Resource Management Guides (RMGs) listed below.
- RMG-132 Corporate plans for Commonwealth entities
- RMG-133 Corporate plans for Commonwealth companies
- RMG-134 Annual performance statements for Commonwealth entities
- RMG-135 Annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth entities
- RMG-136 Annual reports for corporate Commonwealth entities
- RMG-137 Annual reports for Commonwealth companies
The use of the templates is not mandatory, they are intended to be practical, easy to use guides to assist both new and existing entities and companies to meet their requirements under the PGPA Act and Rule.
If you have any questions about these templates, or would like to provide feedback, please contact PGPA@finance.gov.au.
If you have any questions about these templates, or would like to provide feedback, please contact PGPA@finance.gov.au.
2026 Commonwealth Procurement and Contract Management Awards for Excellence – Nominations open!
The 2026 Commonwealth Procurement and Contract Management Awards for Excellence (the Awards) are now open for nominations.
All Commonwealth entities are eligible to nominate for the 2026 Awards in one or more of the following award categories:
All Commonwealth entities are eligible to nominate for the 2026 Awards in one or more of the following award categories:
- Contract Management Capability
- Collaboration and Engagement with Industry
- APS Leader in Procurement and/or Contract Management
Nominations close on 19 June 2026. For further information on each category and to nominate, please head to the Finance website.
If you have a potential nomination for any of the Award categories, but aren’t quite sure, please feel free to reach out to us at procurementexcellence@finance.gov.au. We are always happy to have a conversation and talk through any ideas.
If you have a potential nomination for any of the Award categories, but aren’t quite sure, please feel free to reach out to us at procurementexcellence@finance.gov.au. We are always happy to have a conversation and talk through any ideas.
AGOR Quarterly Report – 31 March 2026
The Australian Government Organisation Register (AGOR) Quarterly Report for March has been published on the Finance website, including the Spreadsheet of bodies.
AGOR provides information on the function, composition, origins and other details of Australian Government entities and bodies and is updated on a quarterly basis. The online searchable version is available on Directory.gov.au, which provides information on Australian Government structures, organisations and key people in the Australian Government. The Spreadsheet of bodies is also available for download from data.gov.au.
The next Quarterly Report is scheduled for release in July 2026.
Please send any questions on AGOR or the datasets to OAR@finance.gov.au.
AGOR provides information on the function, composition, origins and other details of Australian Government entities and bodies and is updated on a quarterly basis. The online searchable version is available on Directory.gov.au, which provides information on Australian Government structures, organisations and key people in the Australian Government. The Spreadsheet of bodies is also available for download from data.gov.au.
The next Quarterly Report is scheduled for release in July 2026.
Please send any questions on AGOR or the datasets to OAR@finance.gov.au.
End of Year Financial Reporting Updates
2026 Long Service Leave (LSL) Shorthand Method Model – Now Available
The 2026 LSL Shorthand Method Model and accompanying guidance have been published on both CBMS and GovTEAMS to assist small entities with no more than 1000 FTE employees to value LSL liabilities for financial reporting purposes.
The model and guidance can be found on the following:
The CBMS system: CBMS > Home > Guidance and Resources > How to Guides.
The CBMS GovTEAMS channel: General > Document Library > User Tools > LSL Shorthand Model. CBMS - LSL Shorthand Model
The APS Accounting and Finance Professional Network GovTEAMS channel > General > Files > Financial Reporting > 2025-26 LSL Shorthand Model guidance. LSL Shorthand Model and Guidance
The 2026 LSL Shorthand Method Model and accompanying guidance have been published on both CBMS and GovTEAMS to assist small entities with no more than 1000 FTE employees to value LSL liabilities for financial reporting purposes.
The model and guidance can be found on the following:
The CBMS system: CBMS > Home > Guidance and Resources > How to Guides.
The CBMS GovTEAMS channel: General > Document Library > User Tools > LSL Shorthand Model. CBMS - LSL Shorthand Model
The APS Accounting and Finance Professional Network GovTEAMS channel > General > Files > Financial Reporting > 2025-26 LSL Shorthand Model guidance. LSL Shorthand Model and Guidance
2026 Long Service Leave (LSL) on-costs calculations – All entities
The Australian Government Actuary has observed that more APS employees are taking LSL before retirement. Entities should review whether their current on-cost loading percentage for calculating LSL liability is still appropriate and entities may need to revise their on-cost loading factor.
For more information, please contact AccountingPolicy@finance.gov.au.
The Australian Government Actuary has observed that more APS employees are taking LSL before retirement. Entities should review whether their current on-cost loading percentage for calculating LSL liability is still appropriate and entities may need to revise their on-cost loading factor.
For more information, please contact AccountingPolicy@finance.gov.au.
Progress of the review of the Australian Government Charging Framework
The Department of Finance’s Review of the Australian Government Charging Framework (the Review) was announced in the PGPA Newsletter 114 on 24 December 2025.
The Review consulted across the General Government Sector earlier this year on a draft of the policy. Finance is now considering options for updating the policy with Government.
For any questions on the review, please contact chargingpolicy@finance.gov.au.
The Review consulted across the General Government Sector earlier this year on a draft of the policy. Finance is now considering options for updating the policy with Government.
For any questions on the review, please contact chargingpolicy@finance.gov.au.
Coming soon - New PGPA Act Flipchart and List
An updated PGPA Act Flipchart and List of Commonwealth entities and companies will be released on 2 June 2026.
Keep an eye out for future PGPA Newsletters — we’ll share the new version, along with a summary of what’s changed, once it’s available.
Feedback on the Flipchart and List, including how you use these tools, is always welcome and can be sent to PGPA@finance.gov.au.
Keep an eye out for future PGPA Newsletters — we’ll share the new version, along with a summary of what’s changed, once it’s available.
Feedback on the Flipchart and List, including how you use these tools, is always welcome and can be sent to PGPA@finance.gov.au.
