Annual reports

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts annual report 2007–08

Volume one
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2008
ISSN 1441-9335

Compliance Index

Ref1   Description Requirement Page
A.4   Letter of transmittal Mandatory 7
A.5   Table of contents Mandatory 5
A.5   Index Mandatory 362
A.5   Glossary Mandatory 352
A.5   Contact officer(s) Mandatory Cover
A.5   Internet home page address and internet address for report Mandatory Cover
9.1   Review by departmental secretary Mandatory 9
9.2   Summary of significant issues and developments Suggested 9–12
9.2   Overview of department’s performance and financial results Suggested 13–16
9.2   Outlook for following year Suggested 12, 15
9.3   Significant issues and developments – portfolio Portfolio departments – suggested 9-12
10   Overview description of department Mandatory 9–12
10.1   Role and functions Mandatory 9
10.1   Organisational structure Mandatory 13
10.1   Outcome and output structure Mandatory 14
10.2   Where outcome and output structures differ from portfolio budget statement format, details of variation and reasons for change Mandatory 15
10.3   Portfolio structure Portfolio departments – mandatory 13
11.1   Review of performance during the year in relation to outputs and contribution to outcomes Mandatory 17–184
11.1   Actual performance in relation to performance targets set out in portfolio budget statement and portfolio additional estimates statement Mandatory 30, 54, 66, 82, 118, 131, 146, 172
11.1   Performance of purchaser-provider arrangements If applicable, mandatory 239
11.1   Where performance targets differ from the portfolio budget statement and portfolio additional estimates statement, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change Mandatory 183
11.1   Narrative discussion and analysis of performance Mandatory 17–184
11.1   Trend information Suggested 17–184
11.1   Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance Suggested 17–184
11.1   Significant changes in nature of principal functions or services Suggested 9
11.1   Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints If applicable, mandatory 217
11.1   Social justice and equity impacts Suggested 217
11.2   Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance Mandatory 244–256
11.2   Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget Suggested 244–256
11.3   Summary resource tables by outcomes Mandatory 244–245
11.4   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 N/A
12.1   Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place Mandatory 204
12.1   Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities Suggested 205
12.1   Senior management committees and their roles Suggested 209
12.1   Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review Suggested 211
12.1   Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements in place to manage risks Suggested 212
12.1   Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines Mandatory 7
12.1   Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards Suggested 215
12.1   How nature and amount of remuneration for senior executive service officers is determined Suggested 235
12.2   Significant developments in external scrutiny Mandatory 218
12.2   Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals Mandatory 218
12.2   Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman Mandatory 218–220
12.3   Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives Mandatory 231
12.3   Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention Suggested 231
12.3   Impact and features of certified agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements Suggested 235
12.3   Training and development undertaken and its impact Suggested 237
12.3   Occupational health and safety performance Suggested 239
12.3   Productivity gains Suggested N/A
12.3   Statistics on staffing Mandatory 234
12.3   Certified agreements and Australian workplace agreements Mandatory 235
12.3   Performance pay Mandatory 237
12.4   Assessment of effectiveness of assets management If applicable, mandatory 248
12.5   Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles Mandatory 248
12.6   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)

(Additional information as in Attachment D of the Requirements for Annual Reports to be available on the internet or published as an appendix to the report. Information must be presented in accordance with the proforma as set out in Attachment D.) 		Mandatory 249
12.7   Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General Mandatory 249
12.8   Contracts exempt from the AusTender Mandatory  
12.9   Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy Mandatory 239
13   Financial statements Mandatory 254–351
14.1   Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991) Mandatory 239
14.1   Freedom of information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982) Mandatory 220
14.1   Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) Mandatory 250
14.1   Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) Mandatory 222
14.2   Discretionary grants Mandatory 251
14.3   Correction of material errors in previous annual report If applicable, mandatory N/A

Note:
1 Refers to the location of the item in the Requirements for Annual Reports. For example, ‘9.1’ refers to subsection 9(1) of the requirements, and ‘A.4’ refers to the fourth item in Attachment A of the requirements.

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