PGPA Newsletter 109

• renaming 2 existing Departments of State,
• 9 non-corporate Commonwealth entities moving portfolios,
• 3 corporate Commonwealth entities moving portfolios,
• 1 Commonwealth company moving portfolios.

Further detail on these updates is available in the table of changes on the Finance website, along with the latest version of the Flipchart and its associated List of Commonwealth entities and companies.

Feedback on the Flipchart and List and how you use these tools are always welcome and can be sent to PGPA@finance.gov.au.

• Annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth entities (RMG 135)
• Annual reports for corporate Commonwealth entities (RMG 136)
• Annual reports for Commonwealth companies (RMG 137)

• confirm user details and the role users should be assigned in the DART,
• indicate if previous year headings of report chapters and report sections are to be rolled over,
• refresh the Annual Report Contact List, and
• tell us if there are any new team members who require access to the Digital Annual Reports GovTEAMS Community.

If you are an Annual Report Coordinator and have not received an email from us, please contact DAR@finance.gov.au.

• New annual report requirements
• Updates to annual report RMGs
• DART and Transparency Portal functionality updates
• Lessons learned
• Useful resources
• Questions.

Please complete the 2024-25 Annual Reports Community of Practice Registration form to register for this event. This event is only open to Commonwealth Government officials. Please complete one form per attendee and provide the individual work email address of each attendee. Please do not register using a generic address, such as, Teams email or a gmail account for example as these cannot be accepted.

The Community of Practice PowerPoint presentation and link to the recording will be emailed to those on Annual Report Contact list and published on the Digital Annual Reports GovTEAMS Community.

If you have any queries about the Community of Practice, please contact DAR@finance.gov.au.

Time to Refresh your Statements of Expectation and Statements of Intent?

Finance encourages regulators to review and, where appropriate, update their Statements of Expectations (SOEs) and Statements of Intent (SOIs). As noted in RMG-128, all Commonwealth entities should issue or refresh these statements every two years or sooner if there is a change in Minister, regulator leadership, or relevant Commonwealth policy.

Not sure if this applies to you? Please contact the Regulator Practice and Performance Team at APS Regulatory Reform.

• progress on 2024–25 targets
• new procurement for core work (2024-25), not covered by the limited circumstances
• core work for 2025-26
• targets for 2025–26, and
• actions taken to embed the framework and strengthen capability.

The 2025 reporting opens on Monday, 4 August and closes COB on Friday, 12 September 2025. Entities should reflect 2025–26 targets in corporate plans and report on 2024–25 progress in annual reports. Guidance is available on the APSC website.

The APSC is hosting regular drop-in sessions to support implementation. For more information contact: CAWCTaskforce@apsc.gov.au.

• Say goodbye to the tedious task of downloading individual PDFs and searching them one by one.
• Using the Transparency Portal, you can perform a global search on all published content and export that search into one convenient file.
• The search functionality allows you to find information on topics like "closing the gap" or "emissions reporting" in just a few clicks! Jump in today and discover how entities and companies have been reporting on these initiatives.