Part 5: Appendices (continued)

List of requirements


Description	Requirement	Page/s
Introduction
Letter of transmittal	Mandatory	iii
Table of contents	Mandatory	v-vii
Index	Mandatory	285-288
Glossary	Mandatory	282-284
Contact officer(s)	Mandatory	xii
Internet home page address and Internet address for report	Mandatory	ii
Review by Secretary
Review by Departmental Secretary	Mandatory	3-9
Summary of significant issues and developments	Suggested	3-9
Overview of department’s performance and financial results	Suggested	3-15
Outlook for following year	Suggested	8-9
Significant issues and developments — portfolio	Suggested	3-9
Departmental overview
Role and functions	Mandatory	10-15
Organisational structure	Mandatory	16
Outcome and program structure	Mandatory	17-20
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	n/a
Portfolio structure	Mandatory	18-20
Report on performance
Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes	Mandatory	23-105
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements	Mandatory	23-105
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	Mandatory	n/a
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	Mandatory	23-105
Trend information	Mandatory	23-105
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services	Suggested	23-105
Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements	If applicable, suggested	n/a
Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance	Suggested	23-105
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives	Suggested	23-105
Social inclusion outcomes	If applicable, mandatory	23-105
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints	If applicable, mandatory	n/a
Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance	Mandatory	15
Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations	Mandatory	15
Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcome	Mandatory	272-274
Management and accountability
Corporate governance
Agency heads are required to certify that their agency comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines	Mandatory	iii
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	Mandatory	109
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	Suggested	16
Senior management committees and their roles	Suggested	110-112
Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	Suggested	112-113
Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk	Suggested	113-114
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	Suggested	115
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	Suggested	115-116
External scrutiny
Significant developments in external scrutiny	Mandatory	117-123
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	Mandatory	122
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman	Mandatory	123
Management of human resources
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives	Mandatory	124-137
Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	Suggested	124-137
Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	Suggested	126-136
Training and development undertaken and its impact	Suggested	128-131
Work health and safety performance	Suggested	263-266
Productivity gains	Suggested	n/a
Statistics on staffing	Mandatory	134-137
Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	Mandatory	126-136
Performance pay	Mandatory	n/a
Assets management
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	If applicable, mandatory	138
Purchasing
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	Mandatory	139
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	140
Australian National Audit Office access clauses
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	Mandatory	141
Exempt contracts
Contracts exempt from the AusTender	Mandatory	142
Financial statements
Financial statements	Mandatory	150-259
Other information
Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)	Mandatory	263-266
Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns	Mandatory	267
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	Mandatory	268
Compliance with agency’s obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010	If applicable, mandatory	269
Grant programs	Mandatory	270
Disability reporting — explicit and transparent reference to agency-level information available through other reporting mechanisms	Mandatory	143-147
Information Publication Scheme statement	Mandatory	271
Correction of material errors in previous annual report	If applicable, mandatory	n/a
List of requirements	Mandatory	276-279

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