The 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 2012–13 financial year.
- The overviews section includes a report by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Bernard Wright, 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 five program components, 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 appendixes give detailed information about our work for the House, its committees and visitors, and about our publications and our staffing.
- The financial statements show how we spent the money allocated to us by the Parliament.
- Finally, to aid in navigating and interpreting the report, there is a list of abbreviations and acronyms and a general index.
Inquiries and feedback about this report
The department welcomes your comments on this report. To make a comment, or to request more information, please contact:
Serjeant-at-Arms
Department of the House of Representatives
Canberra Act 2600
Telephone: +61 2 6277 4444
Fax: +61 2 6277 2006
Email: robyn.mcclelland.reps@aph.gov.au
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Produced by: Department of the House of Representatives
Editing and indexing by: Wilton Hanford Hanover
Design: Lisa McDonald
Printed by: CanPrint Communications
Online version by: Department of the House of Representatives, Knowledge Management and Publishing
Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs in this report were taken by staff of the Department of the House of Representatives.
Front cover image: Department of the House of Representatives entrance viewed from the Chinese gardens.