Compliance Index

The annual report is prepared in accordance with the Requirements for Annual Reports approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit under subsections 63(2) and 70(2) of the Public Service Act 1999. This index refers to mandatory and suggested reporting items.

Description	Requirement
Letter of transmittal	Mandatory
Table of contents	Mandatory
Glossary	Mandatory
Index	Mandatory
Contact officer(s)	Mandatory
Internet home page address and Internet address for report	Mandatory
Review by Secretary
Review by departmental secretary	Mandatory
Summary of significant issues and developments	Suggested
Overview of department’s performance and financial results	Suggested
Outlook for following year	Suggested
Significant issues and developments - portfolio	Portfolio departments - suggested
Departmental overview
Overview description of Department	Mandatory
Role and functions	Mandatory
Organisational structure	Mandatory
Outcome and output structure	Mandatory
Where outcome and output structure differs from PBS format, details of variation and reasons for change	Mandatory
Portfolio structure	Portfolio departments - mandatory
Report on Performance
Review of performance during the year in relation to outputs and contribution to outcomes	Mandatory
Actual performance in relation to performance targets set out in PBS/PAES	Mandatory
Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements	If applicable, mandatory
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	Mandatory
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	Mandatory
Trend information	Suggested
Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance	Suggested
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints	If applicable, mandatory
Significant changes in nature of principal functions / services	Suggested
Performance against service charter customer service standards, compliants data, and the department's response to complaints	If applicable, mandatory
Social justice and equity impacts	Suggested
Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance	Mandatory
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year budget	Suggested
Summary resource tables by outcomes	Mandatory
Developments since the end of the financial year that have affected or may significantly affect the department’s operations or financial results in future	If applicable, mandatory
Management and Accountability
Corporate Governance	Mandatory
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	Mandatory
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	Suggested
Senior management committees and their roles	Suggested
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	Suggested
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements in place to manage risks	Suggested
Agency heads are required to certify that their agency comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines	Mandatory
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	Suggested
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	Suggested
External scrutiny
Significant developments in external scrutiny	Mandatory
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	Mandatory
Reports by the Auditor-General	Mandatory
Reports by the Parliamentary Committees	Mandatory
Reports by the Commonwealth Ombudsman	Mandatory
Management of Human Resources
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives	Mandatory
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	Suggested
Impact and features of certified agreements and AWAs	Suggested
Training and development undertaken and its impact	Suggested
Occupational health and safety performance	Suggested
Productivity gains	Suggested
Statistics on staffing	Mandatory
Certified agreements and AWAs	Mandatory
Performance pay	Mandatory
Assets management
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	If applicable, mandatory
Purchasing
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	Mandatory
Consultants
Number of consultancy services contracts let and total expenditure on consultancy services	Mandatory
Competitive tendering and contracting
Competitive tendering and contracting contracts let and outcomes	Mandatory
Absence of provisions in CTC contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	Mandatory
Exempt contracts
Contracts exempt from the AusTender	Mandatory
Commonwealth Disability Strategy
Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy	Mandatory
Financial Statements
Financial Statements	Mandatory
Other information
Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991)	Mandatory
Freedom of information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982)	Mandatory
Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918)	Mandatory
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	Mandatory
Discretionary grants	Mandatory
Correction of material errors in previous annual report	If applicable, mandatory

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