Annual Report - Departmental Overview

DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW

The Departmental Overview provides information on the Department’s role, management and accountability arrangements in 2005-06. This includes discussion on the Department’s management of its people, finances and resources.

Departmental Structure

About the Department
Jane Halton - Secretary
Professor John Horvath AO - Chief Medical Officer
Mary Murnane - Deputy Secretary
Philip Davies - Deputy Secretary
The Department's State and Territory Offices
Ministerial Team

Structure Chart

Outcome Structure

Portfolio Structure
Outcome and Output Structure
Department-Specific Outcomes
Departmental Outputs

Corporate Governance

Governance Framework
Risk and Security Steering Committee
Ethical Standards - Application of the APS Values and Code of Conduct

People Management

Staff Survey
Performance Development Scheme
Recruitment and Selection
Staff Training and Development
Health and Life Strategy
WorkChoice
Workplace Giving Program
Workplace Diversity

Financial Management

Purchasing
Assets Management
Competitive Tendering and Contracting
Exempt Contracts

Scrutiny

External Liaison and Scrutiny
Australian National Audit Office
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA)
Other Parliamentary Scrutiny
Judicial Decision and Decision of Administrative Tribunals
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Internal Scrutiny
Audit Committee
Audit and Fraud Control Branch
Fraud Minimisation Strategies

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