Chapter 1

[1]        The Senate, Standing Orders and other orders of the Senate, January 2020, SO 25(20).

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 42, 13 February 2020, pp. 1268–1269.

[3]        Commonwealth of Australia, Administrative Arrangements Order, 5 December 2019.

[4]        Prior to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO), the Department was named the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.

[5]        Agencies incorporated into the Industry, Innovation and Science Portfolio by the AAO were the: Australian Renewable Energy Agency; Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman; Clean Energy Finance Corporation; Clean Energy Regulator; Climate Change Authority; and the Snowy Hydro Corporation.

[6]        The Department of Finance's Flipchart of Commonwealth entities and companies (as at 1 February 2020), provides an overview of the allocation of entities within government portfolios and is accessible via the following web address: https://www.finance.gov.au/government/managing-commonwealth-resources/structure-australian-government-public-sector/pgpa-act-flipchart-list (accessed 2 February 2020).

[7]        Journals of the Senate, No. 42, 13 February 2020, pp. 1268–1269.

[8]        See Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2019), pp.      3, 6–9.

[9]        Including a requirement to comply with the relevant provisions of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014.

[10]      Department of Finance, Annual report for non-corporate Commonwealth entities: Resource Management Guide No. 135, May 2019.

[11]      Department of Finance, Annual report for corporate Commonwealth entities: Resource Management Guide No. 136, May 2019.

[12]      Department of Finance, Annual report for Commonwealth companies: Resource Management Guide No. 137, May 2019.

[13]      See Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports,
25 June 2015; Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the presentation of documents to Parliament, February 2017.

[14]      Annual reports tabled by 30 April each year are to be reported on by the committee by the tenth sitting day after 30 June of that year.

[15]      Information on the dates on which these reports were presented to Parliament is available at Appendix 1.

[16]      The Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 direct that one annual report will cover both the AASB and the Office of the AASB.

[17]      The AUASB is required to prepare an annual report that addresses its activities and the activities of the Office of the AUASB.

[18]      ANSTO Nuclear Medicine Pty Ltd is a Corporations Act company and a Public Non-financial Corporation entity under the PGPA Act.

[19]      Formerly named Innovation Australia.

[20]      Journals of the Senate, No. 28, 25 November 2019, p. 876.

[21]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, 25 June 2015, p. 2.

[22]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, 25 June 2015, p. 2.

Chapter 2 - Review of selected reports

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 22, 16 October 2019, p. 653; House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 22, p. 342.

[2]        Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 3–4.

[3]        Treasury, Our executive, https://treasury.gov.au/the-department/about-treasury/our-executive (accessed 18 February 2020).

[4]        Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 3–4.

[5]        Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 32.

[6]        Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ministry List, https://www.pmc.gov.au/resource-centre/government/ministry-list (accessed 18 February 2020).

[7]        Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 12.

[8]        Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 13–31.

[9]        Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 15.

[10]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 19.

[11]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 20.

[12]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 23.

[13]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 27.

[14]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 14–16, 18–20, 23–24, 26–17, and 29–30.

[15]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 16–37.

[16]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 32.

[17]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 32.

[18]      Treasury, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 8.

[19]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 32.

[20]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 45.

[21]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 45.

[22]      Treasury, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 50.

[23]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 45.

[24]      Treasury, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 52.

[25]      Treasury, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 56.

[26]      House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 23, p. 356; Journals of the Senate, No. 24, 11 November 2019, p. 727.

[27]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Department), Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 151–229, 241–310.

[28]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 8.

[29]      Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ministry List, https://www.pmc.gov.au/resource-centre/government/ministry-list (accessed 18 February 2020).

[30]      As noted in Chapter 1 of the report, from 1 February 2020 the Department has been renamed to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources.

[31]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 3–8.

[32]      Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Our executive team, https://www.industry.gov.au/about-us/our-structure/our-executive-team (accessed 18 February 2020).

[33]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 8.

[34]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 5.

[35]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 6.

[36]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 7.

[37]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 14.

[38]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 16.

[39]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 15–54.

[40]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 49.

[41]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 25.

[42]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 39.

[43]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 53.

[44]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 53.

[45]      Department, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 47.

[46]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 53.

[47]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 54.

[48]      Department, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 47.

[49]      Department, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 54.

[50]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 60–61.

[51]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 60–61.

[52]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, pp. 60–62.

[53]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 68.

[54]      Department, Annual Report 2018–19, p. 77; Department, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 54.

Appendix 1 - Dates relating to the presentation of annual reports between 1 May and 31 October 2019[1]

[1]        This appendix also includes those reports tabled after 31 October 2019 but before the tabling of this report; that is, up to 26 February 2020.

[2]        Innovation Australia is an independent statutory board established under the Industry Research and Development Act 1986. The board is required to report to the Minister as soon as practicable after 30 June each year.