Footnotes
Chapter 1
[1]
House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 95 – 12
February 2015, p. 1108.
[2]
Journals of the Senate, No. 82 – 5 March 2015, pp 2257-2258.
[3]
Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 5.
[4]
Ms Kelly O'Dwyer MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, House
of Representatives Hansard, 12 February 2015, pp 2-3.
[5]
EM, p. 5.
[6]
Submission 4, p. 4.
[7]
Submission 4, p. 4.
[8]
EM, p. 5.
[9]
EM, p. 7.
[10]
EM, p. 7.
[11]
EM, p. 14.
[12]
EM, p. 16.
[13]
Submission 3, p. 1.
[14]
Submission 3, pp 1-2.
[15]
Submission 3, p. 2.
[16]
Submission 3, pp 1-2.
[17]
EM, p. 17.
[18]
EM, p. 17.
[19]
The timeframe is: the 15th day of the fourth month after the
end of the reporting period for the entity; or the end of any further period
granted under subsection 34C(5) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
[20]
A similar issue would appear to arise in relation to item 25 of Schedule
6, which amends the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act
1989. Item 25 of Schedule 6 repeals a requirement for the responsible
Minister to table a copy of an annual report on the operation of that Act
before each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after its
receipt by the Minister. The proposed amendment is that the annual report
prepared by the Secretary of the Department and given to the Minister under
section 46 of the PGPA Act for a period must include a report on the operation
of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification Assessment) Act 1989.
[21]
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 under subsections 63(2) and
70(2) of the Public Service Act 1999, 29 May 2014 (Requirements for
Annual Reports), Part 1, guideline 4 – Timeline.
[22]
See Requirements for Annual Reports, p. i.
[23]
EM, p. 22.
[24]
The main functions and powers of the Auditor-General are set out in Part 4
of the Auditor-General Act.
[25]
Proposed reports are prepared pursuant to section 19 of the
Auditor-General Act.
[26]
EM, p. 22. Item 4 of Schedule 6 provides that the amendments made to the
Auditor-General Act by the bill apply in relation to 'any disclosure of
information, in a report or extract, that occurs after this item commences,
whether the report or extract was received before or after this item
commences'.
[27]
Submission 2, p. 1.
[28]
Submission 2, p. 1.
[29]
EM, p. 25. The 'Reserve Bank Boards' are the Reserve Bank Board and the
Payments System Board. The Reserve Bank of Australia's website states that
under a class order made by the Treasurer in 2001, members of the Reserve Bank
Board must furnish a confidential statement of material personal interests to
the Treasurer annually, and notify any substantial change since their previous
annual statement. Compliance with this class order enables members to discuss
and decide monetary and financial system stability policies, and matters
relating to indemnities to members of the Reserve Bank Board and Payments
Systems Board, notwithstanding a material personal interest in the outcome. The
class order does not extend to other matters that may come before the Reserve
Bank Board, see Code of Conduct for Reserve Bank Board Members, available at: www.rba.gov.au/about-rba/code-conduct-rba-board-members.html
(accessed 17 March 2015).
[30]
Submission 1, p. 1.
[31]
Submission 1, p. 1.
[32]
Mr Angus Taylor MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 17 March
2015, pp 65-66.