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Annual Report 2003–04 You are currently viewing: Annual
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Features of the reportThe Department of the House of Representatives provides services that allow the House to fulfil its role as a representative and legislative body of the Australian Parliament. This annual report details our activities during the 2003–04 financial year. The report is in seven parts. The overview section includes a report by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Ian Harris, who is also the chief executive of our department. A departmental overview describes our purpose, role, structure and outputs. The performance section describes the main activities of our three output groups, and measures our performance against our targets during the year. The management and accountability section spells out our approach to corporate governance, the management of our people and assets, and our obligations under various laws. This section also provides an outlook on the next financial year. The financial statements show how we spent the money allocated to us by the Parliament. The appendices give detailed information about our work for the House, its committees and visiting delegations, and about our publications and our staffing. A reference section includes an alphabetical index (in the pdf file only), an index of compulsory information, a glossary and a special interest index for people with particular interests, such as journalists, politicians, teachers and researchers. Inquiries and feedback about this reportCopies of the printed report are available from the House of Representatives Liaison and Projects Office, 6277 2122 (email: liaison.reps@aph.gov.au).***check Contact officerThe department welcomes your comments on this report. To make a comment, or to request more information, please contact: Serjeant-at-Arms Telephone: +61 2 6277 4444 © Commonwealth of Australia 2004 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Australian Government, available from the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Intellectual Property Branch, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, GPO Box 2154, Canberra ACT 2601, or posted at www.dcita.gov.au/cca. ISSN 0157-3233 Web address of this report: www.aph.gov.au/house/pubs/ar03-04 Produced by: Department of the House of Representatives Creative direction and management: Prue Beckett +61 2 6230 3768
Banks’ Botanica AustralianaThe engravings depicted in this annual report were selected from the collection of engravings from botanical drawings made during Captain Cook’s first voyage of ‘discovery’ 1768–1771 on HMS Endeavour and are on display in the Speaker’s Office. The drawings were produced for gentleman naturalist Joseph Banks and were by professional artists and collectors, some of whom accompanied Banks on Cook’s journey, including Sydney Parkinson. Parkinson made an important contribution to the botanical documentation of the journey. The Parliament House Art Collection holds 337 of over 743 images from a rare printing edition undertaken by the British Museum of Natural History. Our collection comprises the botanic recording of Australian flora by Banks and associates collected on Captain Cook’s travels in the great southern ocean. Engravings reproduced courtesy of Alecto Historical Editions and the Natural History Museum, United Kingdom. Images courtesy of the Parliament House Art Collection, Department of Parliamentary Services, Canberra ACT
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