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Appendix 2
Compliance with reporting requirements
The AFP's Annual Report is required to fulfil a number of
statutory requirements. The report's compliance with these requirements is outlined
in a compliance index on pages 288–291 of the annual report. Subsection 67(1)
of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (AFP Act) states that:
(1) The
Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable after each 30 June, prepare and
furnish to the Minister a report on the administration and the operations of
the Australian Federal Police during the year that ended on that date.
(1A) The report
must contain, in respect of the year, prescribed particulars about:
(a) the
AFP conduct issues that were dealt with under Part V during that year; and
(b) the
action that was taken, during that year, in relation to AFP conduct issues that
were dealt with under Division 3 of Part V.
(2) The Minister
shall cause a report furnished to him or her under subsection (1) to be
laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House
after the report is received by the Minister.
Complaints and conduct issues
Appendix 2 of the Annual Report sets out statistics on the 802
complaints and approximately 1250 conduct issues arising during the reporting
year. The information satisfies the reporting requirements of section 67(1) of
the AFP Act.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, in his February 2011 report to
Parliament, raised concerns about the deterioration in complaint handling
timeframes, the use of excessive force, and whether the complaint handling
provisions under Part V of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 are
being sufficiently met.
Other reporting requirements
The Annual Report also meets other requirements, including:
- information about the AFP's disability strategy on page 177;
- reporting required under section 74 of the Occupational Health
and Safety Act 1982, is set out on pages 139–140 in line with requirements;
- information about freedom of information and other requests
received by the AFP is detailed in Appendix 1 in line with subsection 8(1) of
the Freedom of Information Act 1982;
- as required under section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral
Act 1918, a statement on advertising campaigns is provided in Appendix 3,
table 10;
- ecologically sustainable development and environmental
performance is reported on pages 129 and 178, as required under the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; and
- details concerning the contracts of over $100,000 entered into by
the AFP are available on the AFP's website at http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/accountability-requirements/senate-order-contracts.aspx.
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