| Requirement | Location |
|---|---|
| Letter of transmittal | Letter of transmittal |
| Table of contents | Contents |
| Glossary | References |
| Contact officer(s) | Contact us |
| Review by Secretary | |
| Review by Commissioner | Commissioner's review |
| Summary of significant issues and developments | Commissioner's review |
| Overview of department’s performance and financial results | Commissioner's review |
| Outlook for following year | Commissioner's review |
| Significant issues and developments – portfolio | n/a |
| Departmental Overview | |
| Role and functions | Role, values and principles |
| Organisational structure | Figure 5: Organisation as at 30 June 2013 |
| Outcome and program structure | Our role, values and principles, Outcome and programs |
| 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 | n/a |
| Report on Performance | |
| Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes | Report on performance |
| Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements | Report on performance |
| Where performance targets differ from the PBS/ PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change | n/a |
| Narrative discussion and analysis of performance | Report on performance |
| Trend information | Report on performance |
| Significant changes in nature of principle functions/ services | n/a |
| Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements | Procurement |
| Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance | Report on performance |
| Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives | Risk management and business continuity |
| Social inclusion outcomes | Assisting Australians with special needs |
| Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department’s response to complaints | Customer enquiries, issues and complaints |
| Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance | Financial performance analysis |
| Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations. | n/a |
| Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes | Table 20: Agency resource statement 2012–13 |
| Management and Accountability | |
| Corporate Governance | |
| Agency heads are required to certify that their agency comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines. | Letter of transmittal |
| Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place | Governance and accountability |
| Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities | Leadership structure, Office network, Executive Leadership Team, Figure 5: Organisation chart |
| Senior management committees and their roles | Management committees |
| Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review | Planning, operating and reporting framework |
| Approach adopted to identify areas of significant financial or operational risk | Internal audit |
| Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards | Ethical standards |
| How the nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined | Senior executive remuneration |
| External Scrutiny | |
| Significant developments in external scrutiny | External scrutiny |
| Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals | Administrative scrutiny, Freedom of information |
| Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman | External scrutiny, Administrative scrutiny |
| Management of Human Resources | |
| Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives | AEC workforce |
| Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention | Recruiting, retaining and maintaining contact with staff |
| Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and AWAs | Employment agreements, Senior executive remuneration |
| Training and development undertaken and its impact | AEC workforce |
| Work health and safety performance | Workplace health and safety |
| Productivity gains | |
| Statistics on staffing | Working for the AEC |
| Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs | Employment agreements, Senior executive remuneration |
| Performance pay | Senior executive remuneration |
| Assets management | |
| Assessment of effectiveness of assets management | Assets management |
| Purchasing | |
| Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles | Procurement |
| Consultants | |
| 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). | Grants, Table 19 - Consultancy contracts |
| Statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website. | Table 19 - Consultancy contracts |
| Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses | |
| Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General | Australian National Audit Office |
| Exempt contracts | |
| Contracts exempt from the AusTender | Australian National Audit Office |
| Financial Statements | |
| Financial Statements | Financial Statements |
| Other Mandatory Information | |
| Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011) | Workplace health and safety |
| Advertising and market research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns | Appendix I: Advertising and market research |
| Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) | Environmental Performance |
| Compliance with the agency’s obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010 | Recognising carers |
| Grant programs | Grants |
| Disability reporting – explicit and transparent reference to agency level information available through other reporting mechanisms | Disability reporting |
| Information Publication Scheme statement | Freedom of information |
| Spatial reporting – expenditure by program between regional and non-regional Australia | n/a |
| Correction of material errors in previous annual report | n/a |
| Agency Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes | Table 20: Agency resource statement 2012–13 |