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Letter of transmittal |
Mandatory |
See Letter of transmittal |
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Table of contents |
Mandatory |
Table of contents |
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Index |
Mandatory |
Available at pages 272–284 in Part 5 of the 2014–15 annual report (PDF) |
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Glossary |
Mandatory |
See Glossary |
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Contact officer(s) |
Mandatory |
See Requests for information and feedback |
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Internet home page address and Internet address for report |
Mandatory |
See Requests for information and feedback |
Year in review |
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Review by departmental secretary (President of the Commission) |
Mandatory |
See President’s introduction |
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Summary of significant issues and developments |
Suggested |
See President’s introduction, General Manager’s Overview and Major achievements |
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Overview of department's performance and financial results |
Suggested |
See pages 2–7, 10, 128–130 and 151 of the 2014–15 annual report (PDF), the Performance summary and Financial management |
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Outlook for following year |
Suggested |
See pages 7 and 23–24 of Part 1 of the 2014–15 annual report (PDF) or Our future direction |
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Significant issues and developments – portfolio |
Portfolio departments – suggested |
N/A |
Overview |
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Role and functions |
Mandatory |
See Who we are and what we do |
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Organisational structure |
Mandatory |
See Our structure |
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Outcome and programme structure |
Mandatory |
See Outcome and programme structure |
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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 |
N/A |
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Portfolio structure |
Portfolio departments – mandatory |
N/A |
Report on performance |
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Review of performance during the year in relation to programmes and contribution to outcomes |
Mandatory |
See Part 3 |
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Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements |
Mandatory |
See Part 3 and Key performance indicators |
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Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change |
Mandatory |
N/A |
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Narrative discussion and analysis of performance |
Mandatory |
See Part 3 |
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Trend information |
Mandatory |
See Our future direction and Part 3 |
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Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services |
Suggested |
See Part 3, Our future direction and pages 23–40 of Part 2 of the 2014–15 annual report (PDF) |
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Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements |
If applicable, suggested |
See Financial management |
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Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance |
Suggested |
See pages 23–40 and 42–50 of the 2014–15 annual report (PDF) and Part 3 |
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Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives |
Suggested |
See Risk management and fraud control |
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Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department's response to complaints |
If applicable, mandatory |
See Service Charter, complaints and code of conduct |
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Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance |
Mandatory |
See Financial management |
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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 |
See Financial management |
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Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes |
Mandatory |
See Agency resource statement |
Management and accountability |
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Corporate governance |
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Agency heads are required to certify their agency's actions in dealing with fraud. |
Mandatory |
See Risk management and fraud control and Appendix I |
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Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place |
Mandatory |
See Corporate governance |
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Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities |
Suggested |
See The Executive |
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Senior management committees and their roles |
Suggested |
See Fair Work Commission committees |
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Corporate and operational plans and associated performance reporting and review |
Suggested |
See Planning and development, Workplace health and safety and Business continuity |
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Internal audit arrangements including approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks |
Suggested |
See Internal audit arrangements |
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Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards |
Suggested |
See Ethical standards and Fair Work Commission values |
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How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined |
Suggested |
See Senior Executive Service remuneration |
External scrutiny |
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Significant developments in external scrutiny |
Mandatory |
See External scrutiny |
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Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner |
Mandatory |
See Judicial decisions and administrative review |
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Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee, the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review |
Mandatory |
See External scrutiny |
Management of Human Resources |
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Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives |
Mandatory |
See pages 134–136 and 142–147 in Part 4 of the 2014–15 annual report (PDF), Planning and development and The Commission's workforce |
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Workforce planning, staff retention and turnover |
Suggested |
See Planning and development and The Commission's workforce |
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Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) |
Suggested |
See Employee pay and entitlements |
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Training and development undertaken and its impact |
Suggested |
See Learning and development |
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Work health and safety performance |
Suggested |
See Workplace health and safety |
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Productivity gains |
Suggested |
See Productivity gains |
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Statistics on staffing |
Mandatory |
See Commission staffing |
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Statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous |
Mandatory |
See Staff demographics |
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Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs |
Mandatory |
See Employee pay and entitlements |
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Performance pay |
Mandatory |
See Employee pay and entitlements |
Assets management |
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management |
If applicable, mandatory |
See Financial management |
Purchasing |
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles |
Mandatory |
See Purchasing |
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 |
See Consultants |
Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses |
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General |
Mandatory |
See Australian National Audit Office clauses |
Exempt contracts |
Contracts exempted from publication in AusTender |
Mandatory |
See Exempt contracts |
Small business |
Procurement initiatives to support small business |
Mandatory |
See Procurement initiatives to support small business |
Financial Statements |
Financial Statements |
Mandatory |
See Appendix J |
Other mandatory information |
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Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011) |
Mandatory |
See Workplace health and safety and Appendix H |
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Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns |
Mandatory |
See Advertising and market research |
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Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) |
Mandatory |
See Ecologically sustainable development |
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Compliance with the agency's obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010 |
If applicable, mandatory |
N/A |
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Grant programmes |
Mandatory |
See Discretionary grants and grant programs |
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Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agency level information available through other reporting mechanisms |
Mandatory |
See Commonwealth Disability Strategy |
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Information Publication Scheme statement |
Mandatory |
See Information Publication Scheme and Appendix H |
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Correction of material errors in previous annual report |
If applicable, mandatory |
See Corrections to previous annual report |
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Agency Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes |
Mandatory |
See Agency resource statement and Expenses and resources for outcome |
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List of Requirements |
Mandatory |
See Appendix N |