| Letter of transmittal | Mandatory |
Letter of transmittal |
| Table of contents | Mandatory |
Table of contents |
| Index | Mandatory |
Index |
| Glossary | Mandatory |
Glossary |
| Contact officer(s) | Mandatory |
Preliminary Information |
| Internet home page address and Internet address for report | Mandatory |
Preliminary Information |
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Review by the Chair and Chief Executive Officer | |
1.4 Review by the Chair and Chief Executive Officer |
| Review by departmental secretary | Mandatory |
1.4 Review by the Chair and Chief Executive Officer |
| Summary of significant issues and developments | Suggested |
1.4 Review by the Chair and Chief Executive Officer |
| Overview of department's performance and financial results | Suggested |
1.4 Review by the Chair and Chief Executive Officer ,
6.1 Summary of financial performance |
| Outlook for following year | Suggested |
1.4 Review by the Chair and Chief Executive Officer |
| Significant issues and developments—portfolio | Portfolio departments Suggested | Not applicable |
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Agency overview | |
2 Agency overview |
| Role and functions | Mandatory |
2.1 Role and functions |
| Organisational structure | Mandatory |
2.5 Senior executives of the agency |
| Outcome and programme structure | Mandatory |
1.5 Outcome and programme structure |
| Where outcome and programme 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 | Not applicable |
| Portfolio structure | Portfolio departments Mandatory |
2.3 Structure |
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Report on performance | |
3 Performance overview |
| Review of performance during the year in relation to programmes and contribution to outcomes | Mandatory |
3.1 Carbon Farming/Emission Reduction Fund |
| Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements | Mandatory |
3.1 Carbon Farming/Emission Reduction Fund |
| Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change | Mandatory | Not applicable |
| Narrative discussion and analysis of performance | Mandatory |
3.1 Carbon Farming/Emission Reduction Fund |
| Trend information | Mandatory |
3.1 Carbon Farming/Emission Reduction Fund |
| Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services | Suggested |
1.4 Review by the Chair and CEO |
| Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements | If applicable, suggested | Not applicable |
| Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance | Suggested |
1.4 Review by the Chair and CEO ,
3.1 Carbon Farming/Emission Reduction Fund |
| Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives | Suggested |
1.4 Review by the Chair and CEO |
| Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department's response to complaints | If applicable, mandatory | Not applicable |
| Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance | Mandatory |
6.1 Summary of financial performance |
| Discussion of any significant changes in financial results from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations. | Mandatory |
6.1 Summary of financial performance |
| Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes | Mandatory |
7.5 Appendix E. Legal expenditure |
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Management and accountability | |
4 Management and accountability |
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Corporate governance | |
4.1 Corporate governance |
| Agency heads are required to certify their agency's actions in dealing with fraud. | Mandatory |
Letter of Transmittal |
| Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place | Mandatory |
4.1 Corporate governance |
| Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities | Suggested |
2.4 Members of the Regulator |
| Senior management committees and their roles | Suggested |
2.5 Senior executives of the agency |
| Corporate and operational plans and associated performance reporting and review | Suggested |
4.1 Corporate governance |
| Internal audit arrangements including approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks | Suggested |
4.1 Corporate governance |
| Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards | Suggested |
4.1 Corporate governance,
4.7 Purchasing and procurement |
| How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined | Suggested |
4.5 Management of human resources |
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External scrutiny | |
4.4 External scrutiny |
| Significant developments in external scrutiny | Mandatory |
4.4 External scrutiny |
| Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner | Mandatory |
4.4 External scrutiny |
| Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee, the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review | Mandatory |
4.4 External scrutiny |
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Management of human resources | |
4.5 Management of human resources |
| Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives | Mandatory | 4.5 Management of human resources |
| Workforce planning, staff retention and turnover | Suggested |
4.5 Management of human resources |
| Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) | Suggested |
4.5 Management of human resources |
| Training and development undertaken and its impact | Suggested |
4.5 Management of human resources |
| Work health and safety performance | Suggested |
5.1 Work health and safety |
| Statistics on staffing | Mandatory |
7.3 Appendix C Workforce profile tables |
| Statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous | Mandatory |
7.3 Appendix C Workforce profile tables |
| Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs | Mandatory |
7.3 Appendix C Workforce profile tables |
| Performance pay | Mandatory |
7.3 Appendix C Workforce profile tables |
| Assets management | Assessment of effectiveness of assets management | If applicable, mandatory |
4.6 Assets management |
| Purchasing | Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles | Mandatory |
4.7 Purchasing and procurement |
| 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 |
4.7 Purchasing and procurement |
| Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses | Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General | Mandatory |
4.7 Purchasing and procurement |
| Exempt contracts | Contracts exempted from publication in AusTender | Mandatory |
4.7 Purchasing and procurement |
| Small business | Procurement initiatives to support small business | Mandatory |
4.7 Purchasing and procurement |
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Financial statements |
Mandatory |
6 Financial statements |
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Other mandatory information | |
5.1 Work health and safety |
| Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the
Work Health and Safety Act 2011) | Mandatory |
5.2 Advertising and marketing research |
| Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns | Mandatory |
5.2 Advertising and marketing research |
| Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) | Mandatory |
5.3 Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance |
| Compliance with the agency's obligations under the
Carer Recognition Act 2010 | If applicable, mandatory | Not applicable |
| Grant programmes | Mandatory |
5.4 Grant programmes |
| Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agencylevel information available through other reporting mechanisms | Mandatory |
5.5 Disability reporting |
| Information Publication Scheme statement | Mandatory |
5.6 Information Publication Scheme |
| Correction of material errors in previous annual report | If applicable, mandatory |
7.5 Appendix E. Legal expenditure |
| Agency Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes | Mandatory |
7.4 Appendix D. Agency Resource Statements |
| List of requirements | Mandatory |
7.1 Appendix A. List of requirements |