Compliance index

46

The annual report prepared by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) for a period must also deal with: (a) any matters required by other provisions of this Act to be dealt with in the report; and (b) any other matters that the Minister, by notice in writing to the CEO, requires to be dealt with in the report. Note: A provision of this Act that require matters to be dealt with in the report is subsection 33C(3).

Mandatory

iii

33(c)

Particulars of any directions given by the Minister under subsection (1) must be (b) included in the annual report prepared by the CEO and given to the Minister under section 46 of the PGPA Act, for the period in which the direction is given.

Mandatory

iii

17AD(g)

Letter of transmittal

17AI

A copy of the letter of transmittal signed and dated by the Accountable Authority on the date the final text is approved, with a statement that the report has been prepared in accordance with section 46 of the PGPA Act and any enabling legislation that specifies additional requirements in relation to the annual report.

Mandatory

iii

17AD(h)

Aids to access

17AJ(a)

Table of contents

Mandatory

iv-v

17AJ(b)

Alphabetical index

Mandatory

199

17AJ(c)

Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms

Mandatory

186-91

17AJ(d)

List of requirements

Mandatory

192-8

17AJ(e)

Details of contact officer

Mandatory

ii

17AJ(f)

Entity’s website address.

Mandatory

ii

17AJ(g)

Electronic address of report.

Mandatory

ii

17AD(a)

Review by accountable authority

17AD(a)

A review by the accountable authority
of the entity.

Mandatory

3-7

17AD(b)

Overview of the entity

17AE(1)(a)(i)

A description of the role and functions
of the entity.

Mandatory

10-11

17AE(1)(a)(ii)

A description of the organisational structure
of the entity.

Mandatory

12

17AE(1)(a)(iii)

A description of the outcomes and programmes administered by the entity.

Mandatory

13

17AE(1)(a)(iv)

A description of the purposes of the entity
as included in corporate plan.

Mandatory

13

17AE(1)(b)

An outline of the structure of the portfolio
of the entity.

Mandatory for portfolio departments

N/A

17AE(2)

Where the outcomes and programmes administered by the entity differ from any Portfolio Budget Statement, Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement or other portfolio estimates statement that was prepared for the entity for the period, include details of variation and reasons for change.

If applicable, Mandatory

N/A

17AD(c)

Report on performance of the entity

Annual performance statements

17AD(c)(i);16F

Annual performance statement in accordance with paragraph 39(1)(b) of the PGPA Act and section 16F of the PGPA Rule.

Mandatory

16-75,
156-70

17AD(c)(ii)

Report on financial performance

17AF(1)(a)

A discussion and analysis of the entity’s financial performance.

Mandatory

76-7

17AF(1)(b)

A table summarising the total resources and total payments of the entity.

Mandatory

171-3

17AF(2)

If there may be significant changes in the financial results during or after the previous or current reporting period, information on those changes, including: the cause of any operating loss of the entity; how the entity has responded to the loss and the actions that have been taken in relation to the loss; and any matter or circumstances that it can reasonably be anticipated will have a significant impact on the entity’s future operation or financial results.

If applicable, Mandatory.

N/A

17AD(d)

Management and accountability

Corporate governance

17AG(2)(a)

Information on compliance with section 10 (fraud systems).

Mandatory

80

17AG(2)(b)(i)

A certification by the accountable authority that fraud risk assessments and fraud control plans have been prepared.

Mandatory

iii

17AG(2)(b)(ii)

A certification by the accountable authority that appropriate mechanisms for preventing, detecting incidents of, investigating or otherwise dealing with, and recording or reporting fraud that meet the specific needs of the entity are in place.

Mandatory

iii

17AG(2)(b)(iii)

A certification by the accountable authority that all reasonable measures have been taken to deal appropriately with fraud relating to the entity.

Mandatory

iii

17AG(2)(c)

An outline of structures and processes in place for the entity to implement principles and objectives of corporate governance.

Mandatory

80-91

17AG(2)(d)–(e)

A statement of significant issues reported to Minister under paragraph 19(1)(e) of the PGPA Act that relates to non compliance with Finance law and action taken to remedy non compliance.

If applicable, Mandatory

91

External scrutiny

17AG(3)

Information on the most significant developments in external scrutiny and the entity’s response to the scrutiny.

Mandatory

92

17AG(3)(a)

Information on judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner that may have a significant effect on the operations of the entity.

If applicable, Mandatory

92

17AG(3)(b)

Information on any reports on operations of the entity by the Auditor General (other than report under section 43 of the PGPA Act), a Parliamentary Committee, or the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

If applicable, Mandatory

92

17AG(3)(c)

Information on any capability reviews on the entity that were released during the period.

If applicable, Mandatory

92

Management of human resources

17AG(4)(a)

An assessment of the entity’s effectiveness in managing and developing employees to achieve entity objectives.

Mandatory

94-9

17AG(4)(b)

Statistics on the entity’s Australian Public Service (APS) employees on an ongoing and non ongoing basis; including the following: statistics on staffing classification level; statistics on full time employees; statistics on part time employees; statistics on gender; statistics on staff location; statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous.

Mandatory

94, 174-5

17AG(4)(c)

Information on any enterprise agreements, individual flexibility arrangements, Australian workplace agreements, common law contracts and determinations under subsection 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999.

Mandatory

96

17AG(4)(c)(i)

Information on the number of SES and non SES employees covered by agreements etc identified in paragraph 17AD(4)(c).

Mandatory

96-7

17AG(4)(c)(ii)

The salary ranges available for APS employees by classification level.

Mandatory

97

17AG(4)(c)(iii)

A description of non salary benefits provided to employees.

Mandatory

98

17AG(4)(d)(i)

Information on the number of employees at each classification level who received performance pay.

If applicable, Mandatory

97

17AG(4)(d)(ii)

Information on aggregate amounts of performance pay at each classification level.

If applicable, Mandatory

97

17AG(4)(d)(iii)

Information on the average amount of performance payment, and range of such payments, at each classification level.

If applicable, Mandatory

97

17AG(4)(d)(iv)

Information on aggregate amount of performance payments.

If applicable, Mandatory

97

Assets management

17AG(5)

An assessment of the effectiveness of assets management where asset management is a significant part of the entity’s activities.

If applicable, Mandatory

100

Purchasing

17AG(6)

An assessment of entity performance against the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.

Mandatory

100

Consultants

17AG(7)(a)

A summary statement detailing the number of new contracts engaging consultants entered into during the period; the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts entered into during the period (inclusive of GST); the number of ongoing consultancy contracts that were entered into during a previous reporting period; and the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on the ongoing consultancy contracts (inclusive of GST).

Mandatory

101

17AG(7)(b)

A statement that “During [reporting period], [specified number] new consultancy contracts were entered into involving total actual expenditure of $[specified million]. In addition, [specified number] ongoing consultancy contracts were active during the period, involving total actual expenditure of $[specified million]”.

Mandatory

101

17AG(7)(c)

A summary of the policies and procedures for selecting and engaging consultants and the main categories of purposes for which consultants were selected and engaged.

Mandatory

100

17AG(7)(d)

A statement that “Annual reports contain information about actual expenditure on contracts for consultancies. Information on the value of contracts and consultancies is available on the AusTender website.”

Mandatory

101

Australian National Audit Office access clauses

17AG(8)

If an entity entered into a contract with a value of more than $100,000 (inclusive of GST) and the contract did not provide the Auditor General with access to the contractor’s premises, the report must include the name of the contractor, purpose and value of the contract, and the reason why a clause allowing access was not included in the contract.

If applicable, Mandatory

101

Exempt contracts

17AG(9)

If an entity entered into a contract or there is a standing offer with a value greater than $10,000 (inclusive of GST) which has been exempted from being published in AusTender because it would disclose exempt matters under the FOI Act, the annual report must include a statement that the contract or standing offer has been exempted, and the value of the contract or standing offer, to the extent that doing so does not disclose the exempt matters.

If applicable, Mandatory

101

Small business

17AG(10)(a)

A statement that “[Name of entity] supports small business participation in the Commonwealth Government procurement market. Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Small Enterprise participation statistics are available on the Department of Finance’s website.”

Mandatory

101

17AG(10)(b)

An outline of the ways in which the procurement practices of the entity support small and medium enterprises.

Mandatory

101

17AG(10)(c)

If the entity is considered by the Department administered by the Finance Minister as material in nature—a statement that “[Name of entity] recognises the importance of ensuring that small businesses are paid on time. The results of the Survey of Australian Government Payments to Small Business are available on the Treasury’s website.”

If applicable, Mandatory

101

Financial Statements

17AD(e)

Inclusion of the annual financial statements in accordance with subsection 43(4) of the PGPA Act.

Mandatory

105-53

17AD(f)

Other mandatory information

17AH(1)(a)(i)

If the entity conducted advertising campaigns, a statement that “During [reporting period], the [name of entity] conducted the following advertising campaigns: [name of advertising campaigns undertaken]. Further information on those advertising campaigns is available at [address of entity’s website] and in the reports on Australian Government advertising prepared by the Department of Finance. Those reports are available on the Department of Finance’s website.”

If applicable, Mandatory

N/A

17AH(1)(a)(ii)

If the entity did not conduct advertising campaigns, a statement to that effect.

If applicable, Mandatory

102

17AH(1)(b)

A statement that “Information on grants awarded by [name of entity] during [reporting period] is available at [address of entity’s website].”

If applicable, Mandatory

102

17AH(1)(c)

Outline of mechanisms of disability reporting, including reference to website for further information.

Mandatory

102

17AH(1)(d)

Website reference to where the entity’s Information Publication Scheme statement pursuant to Part II of FOI Act can be found.

Mandatory

102

17AH(1)(e)

Correction of material errors in previous annual report.

If applicable, Mandatory

103

17AH(2)

Information required by other legislation.

Mandatory

102, 176-81