Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Overview

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 29 September 2010, pp 88–89.

[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]        Whilst this is a report presented to the parliament by the Minister, and not an annual report of a department or agency, it is still within the power of the committee to consider it as a report of interest under the committee's area of oversight.

[7]        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.

[8]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, 23 June 2010, p. 3.

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

[10]      Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Annual Reports (No. 2 of 2010), November 2010, p. 6.

[11]      Rule of Law Institute of Australia, RoLIA Senate Estimates Survey No. 3, p. 25.

Chapter 2 - Individual 2009–2010 Annual Reports

[1]        Anglo-Australian Observatory Annual Report 2009­2010, p. 8.

[2]        ANSTO Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 11.

[3]        Australian Research Council Annual Review 2009–2010, p. 60.

[4]        Australian Research Council Annual Review 2009–2010, p. 9.

[5]        Australian Research Council Annual Review 2009–2010, p. 9.

[6]        See for example p. 11 in the IIF Company's 2008–2009 Annual Report.

[7]        IIF Investments Pty Limited and IIF Foundation Pty Limited Annual Reports 2009–2010, p. 12.

[8]        Innovation Australia Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 4.

[9]        Innovation Australia Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 5.

[10]      Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 73.

[11]      NOPSA Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 8.

[12]      Australia and the International Financial Institutions Annual Report 2008–-2009, p. 7.

[13]      ASIC Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 4.

[14]      ASIC Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 4.

[15]      Foreign Investment Review Board Annual Report, pp xv, 20, 22–23.

[16]      Foreign Investment Review Board Annual Report, pp xv. See also the figures on pp. 20, 22–23.

[17]      Foreign Investment Review Board Annual Report, pp xv, 20, 22–23.

[18]      NCC, Annual Report 2009–2010, pp 2–3.

[19]      The Reserve Bank Annual Report 2009–2010, p. 1.

[20]      The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for annual reports, 8 July 2011, subparagraph 6(2).

Appendix 2 - Portfolio structure and outcomes for the Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Portfolio for 2009–10[1]

[1]        Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-2010, Innovation, Industry, Science and Research portfolio, p. 5.

Appendix 3 - Portfolio Structure and outcomes for the Resources, Energy and Tourism Portfolio for 2009–2010[1]

[1]        Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-2010, Resources, Energy and Tourism portfolio, p. 5.

Appendix 4 - Portfolio structure and outcomes for the Treasury portfolio 2009–2010[1]

[1]        Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-2010, Treasury Portfolio, pp 6-7.