Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Overview

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 74, 8 February 2012, pp 2043–2044.

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

[3]        They are required to comply with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies, approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit on 18 June 2008. See http://www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/docs/annual_report_requirements.pdf. Section 3(1) of the Requirements states that they also 'apply to prescribed agencies under section 5 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997'. The financial statements must be produced in accordance with the Financial Management and Accountability Orders (Financial Statements for reporting periods ending on or after 1 July 2007).

[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 2007). Annual reports of Commonwealth companies are required to be based on the reporting requirements under the Corporations Act 2001.

[5]        http://www.finance.gov.au/financial-framework/fma-legislation/fma-agencies.html; and http://www.finance.gov.au/financial-framework/cac-legislation/cac-bodies.html.

[6]        Section 74 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991.

[7]        Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

[8]        Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

[9]        Requirements for Annual Reports, published by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and approved by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts and Audit in July 2011.

[10]      The various requirements are set out in the Committee's report Annual reports (No. 1 of 2009), March 2009, p. 4.

[11]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies, 23 June 2010, p. 2; 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 2010, paragraph 4.10.

[12]      Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies. Clause 11 of Schedule 1 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies (Report of Operations) Orders 2008 states that the same requirements apply to Commonwealth authorities that present their annual reports in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the CAC Act.

Chapter 2 - Individual 2010–2011 Annual Reports

[1]        AIATSIS, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 71.

[2]        AIATSIS, Annual Report 2010–2011, pp. 86–87.

[3]        AIATSIS, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 45.

[4]        AIATSIS, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 45.

[5]        AIATSIS, Annual Report 2010–2011, pp. 64–78.

[6]        AIMS Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 103.

[7]        AIMS Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 10.

[8]        AIMS Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 12.

[9]        AIMS Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 12.

[10]      AIMS Annual Report 2010–2011, pp 12–13.

[11]      AIMS Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 13.

[12]      AIMS Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 14.

[13]      ANSTO Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 17.

[14]      ANSTO Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 21.

[15]      ARC Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 106.

[16]      ARC Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 3.

[17]      ARC Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 4.

[18]      CSIRO Annual Report 2010–2011, pp. xviii–ix.

[19]      DIISR Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 147 (DIISR) and p. 291 (IP Australia).

[20]      DIISR Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 100.

[21]      DIISR Annual Report 2010–2011, pp 98–99.

[22]      DIISR Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 5.

[23]      DIISR Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 7.

[24]      DIISR Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 251.

[25]      DIISR Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 255.

[26]      Available at http://www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/

[27]      ASI Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 30.

[28]      ASI Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 30.

[29]      As of 1 January 2012, NOPSA, in line with its new responsibilities for wells, will become NOPSEMA, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority.

[30]      AUASB, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 10.

[31]      AUASB, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 7.

[32]      AUASB, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 5.

[33]      AASB, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 3.

[34]      ABS, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 2.

[35]      ABS, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 3.

[36]      ABS, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 5.

[37]      ABS, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 5.

[38]      ARPC, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. vii.

[39]      ARPC, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. vii.

[40]      ARPC, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. vii.

[41]      Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

[42]      Requirements for Annual Reports, published by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and approved by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts and Audit in July 2011.

[43]      ASIC Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 2.

[44]      ASIC Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 60.

[45]      ASIC Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 54.

[46]      Commonwealth Grants Commission, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 5.

[47]      Commonwealth Grants Commission, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 5.

[48]      Commonwealth Grants Commission, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 6.

[49]      CALDB, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 1.

[50]      CALDB, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 1.

[51]      For a Table

[52]      Financial Reporting Council, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 1.

[53]      Financial Reporting Council, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 1.

[54]      Inspector-General of Taxation, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 2.

[55]      Inspector-General of Taxation, Annual Report 2010–2011, pp 2–5.

[56]      NCC Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 63.

[57]      NCC Annual Report 2010–2011, pp 5, 17–18.

[58]      NCC Annual Report 2010–2011, pp 5, 8.

[59]      NCC Annual Report 2010–2011, pp 5, 8.

[60]      PC, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 116.

[61]      PC, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 27.

[62]      PC, Annual Report 2010–2011, pp 27–28.

[63]      PC, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 33.

[64]      Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

[65]      Reserve Bank, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 1.

[66]      Reserve Bank, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 1.

[67]      Reserve Bank, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 1.

[68]      Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 7.

[69]      Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 7.

[70]      Takeovers Panel, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 3.

[71]      Takeovers Panel, Annual Report 2010–2011, p. 3.

Appendix 5 - Portfolio structure for the Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Portfolio[1]

[1]        Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2011-12, Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education portfolio, p. 4.

Appendix 6 - Portfolio structure and outcomes for the Resources, Energy and Tourism Portfolio[1]

[1]        Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2011–12, Resources, Energy and Tourism portfolio, p. 6.

Appendix 7 - Portfolio structure and outcomes for the Treasury Portfolio[1]

[1]        Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2011–12, Treasury portfolio, pp 6–7.