Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        As a matter of comity between the Houses of Parliament, neither House inquires into the operations of the other House. For this reason, neither the annual report of, nor the proposed expenditure for, the Department of the House of Representatives is referred to a Senate committee for review.

[2]        Following amendments to the Administrative Arrangements Order issued on 18 September 2013, the deregulation function moved to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet which will be reflected in forthcoming annual reports.

[3]        DFRB Scheme (Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Scheme), DFRDB Scheme (Defence Forces Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme), and DFSPB (Defence Force (Superannuation) (Productivity Benefits) Scheme)

[4]        MilitarySuper (Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme)

[5]        A separate report of CSC covering the public sector superannuation schemes was tabled on 31 October 2013.

[6]        See Senate Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2013), March 2013, p. 25.

[7]        http://www.socialinclusion.gov.au/news/2013-09/administrative-arrangement-orders, accessed 8 October 2013.

[8]        Section 2 of the PGPA Act concerning commencement, provides for provisions 6 to 112 of the Act to commence on 'A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if the commencement of the provision(s) is not fixed by Proclamation before 1 July 2014, the provision(s) commence on 1 July 2014.'