Annual reports

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts annual report 2008-09

Volume one
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2009
ISSN 1441-9335

Compliance index

Ref1 Description Requirement Page
A.4 Letter of transmittal Mandatory 2
A.5 Table of contents Mandatory 1
A.5 Index Mandatory 438
A.5 Glossary Mandatory 425
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 3
9.2 Summary of significant issues and developments Suggested 4
9.2 Overview of department's performance and financial results Suggested 14
9.2 Outlook for following year Suggested 8, 14
9.3 Significant issues and developments - portfolio Portfolio departments - suggested 4
10 Overview description of department Mandatory 9-12
10.1 Role and functions Mandatory 9
10.1 Organisational structure Mandatory 9-12
10.1 Outcome and output structure Mandatory 13
10.2 Where outcome and output structures differ from portfolio budget statement format, details of variation and reasons for change Mandatory N/A
10.3 Portfolio structure Portfolio departments - mandatory 9-12
11.1 Review of performance during the year in relation to outputs and contribution to outcomes Mandatory 15-218, 232
11.1 Actual performance in relation to performance targets set out in portfolio budget statement and portfolio additional estimates statement Mandatory 15-218, 232
11.1 Performance of purchaser - provider arrangements If applicable, mandatory N/A
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 62, 107
11.1 Narrative discussion and analysis of performance Mandatory 15-218, 232
11.1 Trend information Suggested 15-218, 225, 240
11.1 Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance Suggested 15-218,
11.1 Significant changes in nature of principal functions or services Suggested 3
11.1 Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department's response to complaints If applicable, mandatory 262
11.1 Social justice and equity impacts Suggested 263
11.2 Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance Mandatory 14, 303
11.2 Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget Suggested 14, 303
11.3 Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes Mandatory 317, 320
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 303-307
12.1 Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place Mandatory 248-260
12.1 Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities Suggested 10-12, 248-250
12.1 Senior management committees and their roles Suggested 253-256
12.1 Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review Suggested 256
12.1 Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements in place to manage risks Suggested 257
12.1 Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines Mandatory 2
12.1 Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards Suggested 261
12.1 How nature and amount of remuneration for senior executive service officers is determined Suggested 292
12.2 Significant developments in external scrutiny Mandatory 263-272
12.2 Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals Mandatory 263
12.2 Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman Mandatory 267
12.3 Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives Mandatory 287-288
12.3 Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention Suggested 287
12.3 Impact and features of collective, determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) Suggested 292
12.3 Training and development undertaken and its impact Suggested 295
12.3 Occupational health and safety performance Suggested 297-298
12.3 Productivity gains Suggested N/A
12.3 Statistics on staffing Mandatory 289-291
12.3 Collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs Mandatory 292
12.3 Performance pay Mandatory 294
12.4 Assessment of effectiveness of assets management If applicable, mandatory 307
12.5 Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles Mandatory 307
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 308
12.7 Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General Mandatory 308
12.8 Contracts exempt from the AusTender Mandatory 308
12.9 Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy Mandatory 298-302
13 Financial statements Mandatory 327
14.1 Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991) Mandatory 297-298
14.1 Freedom of information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982) Mandatory 264
14.1 Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) Mandatory 309
14.1 Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) Mandatory 272-286
14.2 Grant programs Mandatory 310
14.3 Correction of material errors in previous annual report If applicable, mandatory 277

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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