Annual reports

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Annual Report 2009-10

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2010
ISSN 1441-9335

List of Requirements

Ref* Part of Report Description Requirement Page
A.4   Letter of transmittal Mandatory 6
A.5   Table of contents Mandatory 3
A.5   Index Mandatory 492
A.5   Glossary Mandatory 480
A.5   Contact officer(s) Mandatory 5
A.5   Internet home page address and Internet address for report Mandatory 1, 5
9.1 Review by Secretary Review by departmental secretary Mandatory 7
9.2   Summary of significant issues and developments Suggested 8
9.2   Overview of department's performance and financial results Suggested 18
9.2   Outlook for following year Suggested 18
9.3   Significant issues and developments - portfolio Portfolio departments - suggested 13-18
10 Departmental Overview Overview description of department Mandatory 13
10.1   Role and functions Mandatory 13
10.1   Organisational structure Mandatory 14-16
10.1   Outcome and program structure Mandatory 17
10.2   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 17-18, 132, 138-139
10.3   Portfolio structure Portfolio departments - mandatory 13, 16
11.1 Report on Performance Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes Mandatory 23-374
11.1   Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements Mandatory 62-264, 282
    Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements If applicable, suggested N/A
11.1   Where performance targets differ from the PBS/ PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change Mandatory 140, 261
11.1   Narrative discussion and analysis of performance Mandatory 23-374
11.1   Trend information Mandatory 53-264, 287
11.1   Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services Suggested 18
11.1   Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance Suggested 18-374
11.1   Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives Suggested 12, 298, 301
11.1   Social justice and equity impacts Suggested 306
11.2   Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department's response to complaints If applicable, mandatory 306
11.3   Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance Mandatory 18, 355-360
11.3   Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year or from budget. Suggested 18, 355-360
11.4   Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes Mandatory 368-374
11.5   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 18
  Management Accountability      
12.1 Corporate Governance     294
12.1   Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place Mandatory 294-303
12.1   Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities Suggested 14-15, 294-295
12.1   Senior management committees and their roles Suggested 296-299
12.1   Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review Suggested 300
12.1   Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk Suggested 300-303
12.1   Agency heads are required to certify that their agency complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines. Mandatory 6
12.1   Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards Suggested 304
12.1   How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined Suggested 342-344
12.2 External Scrutiny Significant developments in external scrutiny Mandatory 307-313
12.2   Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals Mandatory 307-308
12.2   Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman Mandatory 310
12.3 Management of Human Resources Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives Mandatory 338-354
12.3   Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention Suggested 338
12.3   Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs Suggested 342-343
12.3   Training and development undertaken and its impact Suggested 345-346
12.3   Occupational health and safety performance Suggested 173,
347-350
12.3   Productivity gains Suggested N/A
12.3   Statistics on staffing Mandatory 339-341
12.3   Enterprise or collective agreements, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs Mandatory 343
12.3   Performance pay Mandatory 344
12.4 Assets management Assessment of effectiveness of assets management If applicable, mandatory 360
12.5 Purchasing Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles Mandatory 361
12.6 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 362
12.7 Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General Mandatory 362
12.8 Exempt contracts Contracts exempt from the AusTender Mandatory 362
12.9 Commonwealth Disability Strategy Report on performance in implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy Mandatory 350-354
13 Financial Statements Financial Statements Mandatory 375
  Other Information Legislation annual reports   72-129,
142-168
204-221,
266-273
14.1   Occupational health and safety (section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991) Mandatory 347-350
14.1   Freedom of Information (subsection 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982) Mandatory 308-310
14.1   Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns Mandatory 363
14.1   Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) Mandatory 314-337
14.2 Other Grant programs Mandatory 364
14.3   Correction of material errors in previous annual report If applicable, mandatory 305
F   List of Requirements Mandatory 487-491

* Refers to the location of the item in the Requirements for Annual Reports published on the website of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet at www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/index.cfm 

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