Appendix 1: List of Requirements

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Part of Report	Description	Requirement	Location
	Letter of transmittal.	Mandatory	Page viii
	Table of contents.	Mandatory	Page ix
	Index.	Mandatory	Page 598
	Glossary.	Mandatory	Page 590
	Contact officer(s).	Mandatory	Inside Front Cover, Part 6
	Internet home page address and Internet address for report.	Mandatory	Inside Front Cover
Review by Secretary	Review by departmental secretary.	Mandatory	Page 2
	Summary of significant issues and developments.	Suggested	Page 4
	Outlook for following year.	Suggested	Page 11
	Significant issues and developments – portfolio.	Portfolio departments – suggested	Page 2
Chief Financial Officer’s Report	Overview of department’s performance and financial results.	Suggested	Page 19
Departmental Overview	Role and functions.	Mandatory	Part 1.0
	Organisational structure.	Mandatory	Part 1.0
	Outcome and program structure.	Mandatory	Part 2.3
	Where outcome and program structures differ from PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation bills (other portfolio statements), details of variation and reasons for change.	Mandatory	Part 2.3
	Portfolio structure.	Mandatory for portfolio departments	Part 2.3
Report on Performance	Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes.	Mandatory	Part 2.4
	Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements.	Mandatory	Part 2.4
	Where performance targets differ from the PB Statements/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change.	Mandatory	Part 2.4
	Narrative discussion and analysis of performance.	Mandatory	Part 2.4
	Trend information.	Mandatory	Part 2.4
	Performance of purchaser/ provider arrangements.	If applicable, suggested	Not applicable
	Significant changes in nature of principal functions/ services.	Suggested	Not applicable
	Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance.	Suggested	Part 2.4
	Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives.	Suggested	Part 3.6
	Social inclusion outcomes.	If applicable, mandatory	Part 2.1
	Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints.	If applicable, mandatory	Part 2.4: Outcome 4
	Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance.	Mandatory	CFO Report, Part 5
	Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget.	Suggested	Part 2.3, Part 5.1
	Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes.	Mandatory	Part 2.2, Part 2.4
	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	CFO Report
Corporate Governance	Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines.	Mandatory	Part 3.6
	Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place.	Suggested	Part 3.1
	Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities.	Suggested	Part 1.0
	Senior management committees and their roles.	Suggested	Part 3.1
	Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review.	Suggested	Part 3.1
	Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk.	Suggested	Part 3.1
	Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards.	Suggested	Part 3.2
	How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined.	Suggested	Part 3.2
External Scrutiny	Significant developments in external scrutiny.	Mandatory	Part 3.5
	Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals.	Mandatory	Part 3.5
	Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman.	Mandatory	Part 3.5
Management of Human Resources	Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives.	Mandatory	Part 3.2
	Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention.	Suggested	Part 3.2
	Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs).	Suggested	Part 3.2
	Training and development undertaken and its impact.	Suggested	Part 3.2
	Occupational health and safety performance.	Suggested	Part 4.6
	Productivity gains.	Suggested	Part 3.2
	Statistics on staffing.	Mandatory	Part 3.3
	Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs.	Mandatory	Part 3.2
	Performance pay.	Mandatory	Part 3.2
Assets management	Assessment of effectiveness of assets management.	If applicable, mandatory	Part 3.4
Purchasing	Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles.	Mandatory	Part 3.4
Consultants	The annual report must include a summary statement detailing the number of new consultancy services contracts let during the year; the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts let during the year (inclusive of 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 (inclusive of GST). The annual report must include a statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website.	Mandatory	Part 4.2
Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses	Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General.	Mandatory	Part 3.4
Exempt contracts	Contracts exempt from the AusTender.	Mandatory	Part 3.4
Financial Statements	Financial Statements.	Mandatory	Part 5
Other Information
	Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991).	Mandatory	Part 4.6
	Freedom of information for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 April 2011 inclusive (see terms of subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 as it existed prior to 1 May 2011).	Mandatory	Part 4.5
	Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns.	Mandatory	Part 4.1
	Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999).	Mandatory	Part 4.4
	Grant programs.	Mandatory	Part 4.3
	Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agency-level information available through other reporting mechanisms.	Mandatory	Part 4.7
	Correction of material errors in previous annual report.	If applicable, mandatory	Not applicable
	List of requirements.	Mandatory	Appendix 1

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