List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.9

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence maintain momentum to implement recommendations of the First Principles Review relating to the creation of a strong strategic centre and that the department report to the Committee on progress towards full implementation, including the evaluation framework, within six months of tabling this report.

Recommendation 2

2.16

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence report back to the Committee on progress in implementing the recommendations of the First Principles Review relating to enabling services, workforce and behaviour within six months of tabling this report. The Committee also recommends that Department of Defence report back to the Committee on any outcomes identified by implementation of these recommendations.

Recommendation 3

2.19

The Committee recommends that Department of Defence report back to the Committee after six months of tabling this report with an update on the timeframes for reform of the System Program Offices.

Recommendation 4

3.15

The Committee recommends that in relation to the naval construction programs, the Department of Defence report back to the Committee in July 2019 with an update on estimated financial costings that were previously released in the 2016 White Paper.

Recommendation 5

3.16

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence should review its requirements around quality of sustainment costing at the second-gate process and update the Committee on outcomes of this review and any changes necessary to its capability lifecycle manual.

Recommendation 6

3.21

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence provide a copy of its workforce plan to the Committee and summarise the key mitigation strategies in the plan to meet the workforce requirements of the naval shipbuilding program over the short, medium and long term.

Recommendation 7

4.9

The Committee recommends that the Australian Federal Police report back to the Committee to outline progress on the implementation of recommendations from all reviews undertaken since 2015 that are relevant to AFP’s management of employee mental health, including, but not limited to, ANAO Report No. 31 (2017‑18), the Phoenix Review, the Culture Change Review and the Draft 2017 AFP Mental Health Review.

Recommendation 8

4.12

The Committee recommends that the Australian Federal Police report back to the Committee in August 2019 on:

an update of the overall budget situation for the AFP taking account of the 2018-19 MYEFO and the 2019-20 Budget decisions and forward estimates;

the number of mental health professionals employed by the AFP as at 30 June, for each year from 2016 to 2019;

the staffing ratios of mental health professionals to AFP employees, against each of the years as above; and

the allocation of mental health resources to identified mental health needs.

Recommendation 9

4.14

The Committee recommends that the Australian Federal Police report back to the Committee on its progress towards improving governance arrangements for employee mental health at the organisational level.

Recommendation 10

4.18

The Committee recommends that the Australian Federal Police:

report back to the Committee on the outcomes of the informal pilot project on identifying the exposure of AFP employees to traumatic events;

in implementing Recommendation No. 4 of the ANAO audit:

consider developing formal processes to monitor and report on the AFP employee exposure to traumatic events and exposure to explicit material; and

strengthen formal processes to monitor and provide assurance that employees, before moving into specialist roles, have appropriate psychological clearances.

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