Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Overview

[1]        Copies of this and other committee reports can be obtained from the Senate Table Office, the committee secretariat or online at www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca

[2]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies, approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit on 24 June 2013, p. 3, http://www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/index.cfm (11 March 2014).                                                     

[3]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, 2013, p. 1, ss. 3(1).

[4]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, 2013, p. i.

[5]        Senate Hansard, 8 December 1987, pp. 2643–45.

Chapter 2 - Annual reports of Commonwealth Departments

[1]        After the Federal election on 7 September 2013, the incoming Government discontinued the use of the name ‘DisabilityCare Australia’, reverting to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

[2]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Secretary's Review', Annual Report 2012-13, pp. 2-4

[3]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Our Performance Part Two', Annual Report 2012-13, p. 26.

[4]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Secretary's Review', Annual Report 2012-13, p. 6.

[5]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Secretary's Review', Annual Report 2012-13, p. 6.

[6]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Managing our Finances', Annual Report 2012-1-32, p. 150.

[7]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Managing our Finances', Annual Report 2012-1-32, p. 150.

[8]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Managing our Finances', Annual Report 2012-1-32, p. 150.

[9]        The Auditor-General, Audit Report No. 51 2011-12 Interim Phase of the Audits of the Financial Statements of Major General Government Sector Agencies for the year ending 30 June 2012, Australian National Audit Office, 2012, p. 17, fn. 4.

[10]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Managing our Finances', Annual Report 2012-13, p. 150.

[11]      The Constitution of Australia, Chapter IV—Finance and Trade, sec. 83.

[12]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'FaHCSIA Financial Statements', Annual Report 2012-1-32, p. 250.

[13]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Secretary's Review', Annual Report 2012–2013, pp. 1-2.

[14]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Chief Medical Officer's Report', Annual Report 2012–2013, p. 3.

[15]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Chief Medical Officer's Report', Annual Report 2012–2013, pp. 3-5.

[16]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Chief Medical Officer's Report', Annual Report 2012–2013, p. 5.

[17]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Chief Medical Officer's Report', Annual Report 2012–2013, p. 5.

[18]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Overview of the Department', Annual Report 2012–2013,
p. 22.

[19]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Overview of the Department', Annual Report 2012–2013,
p. 20.

[20]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Performance Reporting', Annual Report 2012–2013,
pp. 28-199.

[21]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Outcome 1 Population Health', Annual Report 2012–2013,
p. 28.

[22]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Outcome 11 Mental Health', Annual Report 2012–2013,
p. 162.

[23]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Financial Performance', Annual Report 2012–2013, p. 278.

[24]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Financial Performance', Annual Report 2012–2013, p. 277.

[25]      Department of Health and Ageing, 'Financial Performance', Annual Report 2012–2013, p. 280.

[26]      Department of Human Services, 'Secretary's Review', Annual Report 2012-13, pp. 2-3.

[27]      Department of Human Services, 'Our Department and our Partnerships', Annual Report
2012-13, p. 7.

[28]      Department of Human Services, 'Secretary's Review', Annual Report 2012-13, p. 3.

[29]      Department of Human Services, 'Transforming and Delivering Services', Annual Report
2012-13, p. 29.

[30]      Department of Human Services, 'Families, People Looking For Work, Studying or Unable to Work, and Older Australians', Annual Report 2012-13, pp. 68-69.

[31]      Department of Human Services, 'Ensuring Compliance and Business Integrity', Annual Report 2012-13, p. 188.

[32]      Department of Human Services, 'Financial Overview and Financial Statements, Annual Report 2012-13, p. 252.

Chapter 3 - Annual Reports of Commonwealth Authorities, Companies and Agencies

[1]        Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Report on Annual Reports 2012(2),
September 2012, p. 18.

[2]        Northern Land Council, Annual Report 2011–2012, p. 14.

[3]        Northern Land Council, Annual Report 2011–2012, p. 24, see also Anindilyakwa Land Council, Annual Report 2011–2012, p. 43.

[4]        Australian Hearing, Annual Report 2012-13, p. 4.

[5]        Australian Hearing, Annual Report 2012-13, p. 3.

[6]        Administrator National Health Funding Pool, Annual Report 2012-13, p. v.

[7]        Administrator National Health Funding Pool, Annual Report 2012-13, p. 3.

[8]        Administrator National Health Funding Pool, Annual Report 2012-13, p. iii.

[9]        Administrator National Health Funding Pool, Annual Report 2012-13, p. 210.

[10]      Health Workforce Australia, Annual Report 2012-13, p.14.

[11]      Health Workforce Australia, Annual Report 2012-13, p.14.

[12]      Administrative Arrangement Order, 18 September 2013, (viewed 6 March 2014), http://www.dpmc.gov.au/parliamentary/docs/aao_20130918.pdf

[13]      Australian Sports Commission, Annual Report 2012-13, front cover.

[14]      Australian Sports Commission, Annual Report 2012-13, front cover.

[15]      Australian Sports Foundation, Annual Report 2012-13, p. 130.

Appendix 1 - List of departments, agencies and bodies required to present annual reports to the Senate

[1]           Report received outside of the reporting periods for 2013 Reports on Annual Reports; Report considered in Chapter 3

[2]           The Coordinator-General for Indigenous Services is included in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs' Annual Report
2012–13 as Appendix L.

[3]        Name change to Department of Social Services.

[4]        First annual report will be 2013-14.

[5]           Report received outside of the reporting periods for 2013 Reports on Annual Reports; Report considered in Chapter 3.

[6]        Name change to Department of Health

[7]           Report not yet received

[8]        Incorporated into the Department of Health and Ageing's Annual Report 2012–13 as Appendix 2.

[9]        Incorporated into the Department of Health and Ageing's Annual Report 2012–13 as Appendix 1.

[10]       The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency supplies an annual report to the Ministerial Council of the Council of Australian Governments which supplies a copy to each state and territory Parliament and to the Commonwealth.