Chapter 1
[1]
Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 31 August 2016, pp 75-76. This
order was subsequently amended on 12 February 2018 and 15 February 2018;
however, the amendments did not relate to these portfolios, see Journals of
the Senate, No. 84, 12 February 2018, pp 2668-2669, and Journals of the
Senate No. 87, 15 February 2018, p. 2740.
[2]
Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 130 – Overview
of the enhanced Commonwealth performance framework, July 2016, p. 7.
[3]
Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 135: Annual
report for non-corporate Commonwealth entities, May 2019, p. 7; Resource
Management Guide No. 136: Annual reports for corporate Commonwealth entities,
May 2019, p. 5; Resource Management Guide No. 137: Annual reports for
Commonwealth companies, May 2019, p. 5.
[4]
See
https://www.finance.gov.au/resource-management/governance/overview/ (accessed
4 June 2019).
[5]
Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 134 – Annual
performance statements for entities, July 2017, p. 7.
[6]
Department of Finance, Public Governance, Performance and
Accountability Newsletter 50, 30 May 2018, [p. 1].
[7]
Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and
Public Administration Report on Non-Statutory bodies, Senate Hansard,
8 December 1987, pp. 2632–45.
[8]
Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and
Public Administration Report on Non-Statutory bodies, Senate Hansard,
8 December 1987, pp. 2632–45.
[9]
See PGPA Rule, sections 17BC, 17AB and 28C.
[10]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the
Presentation of Documents to the Parliament (including Government Documents,
Government Responses to Committee Reports, Ministerial Statements, Annual
Reports and other Instruments), February 2017, pp 4-5. This document also
refers to guidance material from the Department of Finance on annual reporting.
[11]
Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 135 – Annual
report for non-corporate Commonwealth entities, May 2019, p. 11; and Resource
Management Guide No. 136 – Annual report for corporate Commonwealth entities,
May 2019, p. 9.
[12]
Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 137 – Annual
reports for Commonwealth companies, May 2019, p. 8.
[13]
Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 137 – Annual
reports for Commonwealth companies, May 2019, p. 8.
[14]
Independent review into the operation of the Public Governance,
Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Rule, September 2018, p.
39.
[15]
Independent review into the operation of the Public Governance,
Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Rule, September 2018, p.
40.
[16]
Independent review into the operation of the Public Governance,
Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Rule, September 2018, p.
41.
[17]
The four remaining recommendations are for or involve the Parliament.
[18]
Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance and the Public
Service, Australian Government Response to the Independent Review into the
PGPA Act and Rule, dated 2 April 2019.
[19]
Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Recreational Company Annual Report
2016-17, p. 4.
[20]
Lieutenant General John Frewen, Principal Deputy Director-General, Australian
Signals Directorate, Official Committee Hansard, Additional Estimates
2018-19, 20 February 2019, p. 137.
[21]
See http://www.defence.gov.au/NavalShipbuilding/College.asp
(accessed 29 May 2019).
[22]
Mr Daniel Fankauser, Department of Defence, Official Committee Hansard,
Additional Estimates 2018-19, 20 February 2019, p. 98.
[23]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice no. 28, Additional
Estimates 2018-19, received 26 March 2019.
[24]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice no. 66, Supplementary
Budget Estimates 2018-19, received 12 February 2019.
Chapter 2 - Review of selected reports
[1]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 2-3.
[3]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 2.
[4]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 2.
[5]
The Australian Government's gender diversity target for government
boards is 50 per cent.
[6]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 2.
[7]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 2.
[8]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-19, p. 3.
[9]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 3.
[10]
Operation MANITOU is the Australian Government's contribution to the
international effort to promote maritime security, stability and prosperity in
the Middle East region, see http://www.navy.gov.au/operations/manitou
(accessed 13 December 2018).
[11]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 5.
[12]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 4.
[13]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 5.
[14]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 5.
[15]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 4.
[16]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 8.
[17]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2016-17, p. 35.
[18]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 2 & 8.
[19]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 52.
[20]
Australian National Audit Office, Report 34 2017-18, Performance Audit: Defence's
Implementation of the First Principles Review, p. 76.
[21]
See correspondence from Department of Defence to the Committee dated 22
March 2019, https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Estimates/fadt/bud1920/First%20Principles%20Review%20-%20Budget%20Estimates%202019w.pdf?la=en
[22]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. iv.
[23]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2016-17, p. 38; and Department
of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 36.
[24]
Major General Natasha Fox AM, CSC, Head, People Capability, Proof
Committee Hansard, 10 April 2019, p. 8.
[25]
Mrs Justine Greig, Deputy Secretary, Defence People, Proof Committee
Hansard, 10 April 2019, p. 9.
[26]
Mrs Justine Greig, Deputy Secretary, Defence People, Proof Committee
Hansard, 10 April 2019, p. 9.
[27]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2016-17, p. 37.
[28]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 38.
[29]
The Defence Strategic Workforce Plan 2016-2026 was developed in 2016-17
and provides the strategic direction and defines the system for the future
Defence workforce. See Department of Defence Annual Report 2016-17, p.
82.
[30]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 14.
[31]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 14.
[32]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 44.
[33]
Department of Defence Annual Report 2017-18, p. 44.
[34]
As per section 184 of the Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986.
[35]
As per sections 364(1)(a)(i) and 364(3) of the Military Rehabilitation
and Compensation Act 2004.
[36]
Repatriation Commission Annual Report 2017-18, p. 29.
[37]
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission Annual Report
2017-18, p. 37.
[38]
The MRCC Annual Report 2016-17 advised that the MRCC held 11 formal
meetings and considered 61 submissions that year. See Military
Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission Annual Report 2016-17, p. 30.
[39]
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission Annual Report
2017-18, p. 37.
[40]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 2.
[41]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 2.
[42]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 3.
[43]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 4.
[44]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 5.
[45]
DVA Corporate Plan 2017-18, p. 25.
[46]
DVA Corporate Plan 2017-18, pp. 35-36.
[47]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 78-79.
[48]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 81.
[49]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 81.
[50]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 84.
[51]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 84.
[52]
DVA Corporate Plan 2017-21, p. 24.
[53]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 86.
[54]
The report notes that the 'Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme operates
as a separate entity but, under the Commonwealth financial framework, is reported
as part of DVA.' See Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18,
p. 90.
[55]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 90.
[56]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, p. 90.
[57]
Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 95-97.
[58]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
11.
[59]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
11.
[60]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
11.
[61]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
12.
[62]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
13.
[63]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
13.
[64]
Australian National Audit Office, Implementation of the Annual
Performance Statements Requirements 2017-18, p. 33.
[65]
Australian National Audit Office, Implementation of the Annual
Performance Statements Requirements 2017-18, p. 33.
[66]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2017-18 Corporate Plan, p.
9.
[67]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Annual
reports (No. 1 of 2018), March 2018, pp. 24-25.
[68]
Australian National Audit Office, Implementation of the Annual
Performance Statements Requirements 2017-18, p. 68.
[69]
Australian National Audit Office, Implementation of the Annual
Performance Statements Requirements 2017-18, p. 69.
[70]
Australian National Audit Office, Implementation of the Annual
Performance Statements Requirements 2017-18, p. 69.
[71]
Australian National Audit Office, Implementation of the Annual
Performance Statements Requirements 2017-18, p. 49.
[72]
Australian National Audit Office, Implementation of the Annual
Performance Statements Requirements 2017-18, p. 13.
[73]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
123.
[74]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
123.
[75]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2017-18, p.
144.
[76]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 15.
[77]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 15.
[78]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 18.
[79]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 17.
[80]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 15.
[81]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 17.
[82]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 17.
[83]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 17.
[84]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 18.
[85]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 98.
[86]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 18.
[87]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, p. 20.
[88]
Tourism Australia Annual report 2017-18, pp. 18 and 23.
[89]
As noted in paragraph 2.88 above, one performance criterion did not have a
result recorded for 2017-18 in the Annual Performance Statement.
[90]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 20.
[91]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 18.
[92]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 18.
[93]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 121.
[94]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 121.
[95]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 161.
[96]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, inside front cover.
[97]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 112.
[98]
Tourism Australia Annual Report 2017-18, p. 115.
[99]
Defence Housing Australia Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 2-3.
[100] Ms Mason retired as Managing
Director in January 2019.
[101] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 4.
[102] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 4.
[103] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 5.
[104] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 5. NB Impairment is a reduction in the
recoverable amount of a fixed asset below its book value.
[105] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 46.
[106] Portfolio Budget
Statements 2017-18 Defence Portfolio, pp.155-169.
[107] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 46.
[108] Defence Housing Australia
Statement of Corporate Intent 2017-18, p. 10.
[109] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 47.
[110] Portfolio Budget
Statements 2017-18 Defence Portfolio, p. 163.
[111] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 32.
[112] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 49-50.
[113] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2016-17, p. 61.
[114] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 61.
[115] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 56.
[116] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 82.
[117] Defence Housing Australia
Annual Report 2017-18, p. 82.
[118] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 14.
[119] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 14.
[120] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 15.
[121] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 15.
[122] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 16.
[123] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 17.
[124] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 20.
[125] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 21.
[126] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 23.
[127] Australian National Audit
Office, Report No. 44 - 2018-19, Effectiveness of the Export Finance and
Insurance Corporation, p. 46.
[128] Australian National Audit
Office, Report No. 44 - 2018-19, Effectiveness of the Export Finance and
Insurance Corporation, pp. 48-49.
[129] Australian National Audit
Office, Report No. 44 - 2018-19, Effectiveness of the Export Finance and
Insurance Corporation, p. 10.
[130] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 28.
[131] Efic Annual Report
2017-18, p. 37.
[132] See http://www.defence.gov.au/JAG/
(accessed 11 June 2019).
[133] Judge Advocate General
report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, pp. 17-18.
[134] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, p. 17.
[135] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, pp. 19-20.
[136] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, p. 18.
[137] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, p. 33.
[138] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, p. 33.
[139] Department Defence, answer
to question on notice no. 8, Supplementary Budget Estimates 2018-19, received 8
February 2019.
[140] Defence Legislation
Amendment Bill 2018, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[141] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, p. 21.
[142] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, p. 22.
[143] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, pp. 22-23.
[144] Judge Advocate General
Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017, pp. 23-24.
[145] Director of Military
Prosecutions Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2016, pp.
31-32.
[146] Senate Foreign Affairs,
Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2018),
March 2018, p. 30-31.
[147] Director of Military
Prosecutions Report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2016, p. 31.
[148] Committee Hansard, 25
October 2017, p. 37.