Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Overview

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 13 February 2008, pp 97–98.

[2]        Standing Order 25(20), Standing Orders and other orders of the Senate, June 2009, p. 28.

[3]        See http://www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/docs/annual_report_requirements.pdf. The financial statements for these entities must be produced in accordance with the Financial Management and Accountability Orders (Financial Statements for reporting periods ending on or after 1 July 2008).

[4]        Reports of Commonwealth authorities subject to the CAC Act must be produced in accordance with the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies (Report of Operations) Orders 2008 and the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Orders (Financial Statements for reporting periods ending on or after 1 July 2008). Annual reports of Commonwealth companies are required to be based on the reporting requirements under the Corporations Act 2001.

[5]        The committee is also required to report on annual reports tabled in the Senate between 1 May and 31 October each year by the tenth sitting day of the following year.

[6]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, June 2009, p. 2; and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Government Documents to the Parliament (Including Government Responses to Committee Reports, Ministerial Statements, Annual Reports and Other Instruments), June 2009, paragraph 4.10.

[7]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, June 2009, p. 3.

[8]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, June 2009,  p. 9.

[9]        ACT Chief Minister's 2007-2010 Annual Report Directions, June 2010, pp 19–20.

Chapter 2 - Individual 2008-09 Annual Reports

[1]        See also comments in paragraph 1.14 of the committee's report, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2010), February 2010.

[2]        The committee had suggested this in its corresponding report last year.

Appendix 1 - Portfolio structure and outcomes for the Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Portfolio for 2008-09[1]

[1]        Portfolio Budget Statements 2008-09, Innovation, Industry, Science and Research portfolio, p. 5.

Appendix 2 - Portfolio structure and outcomes for the Resources, Energy and Tourism Portfolio for 2008-09[1]

[1]        Portfolio Budget Statements 2008-09, Resources, Energy and Tourism portfolio, p. 5.

Appendix 3 - Portfolio structure and outcomes for the Treasury portfolio for 2008-09[1]

[1]        Portfolio Budget Statements 2008-09, Treasury portfolio, p. 6.