Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]          Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 31 August 2016, p. 76.

[2]        See Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 (Sections 16E, 16F and 27A).

[3]          See Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies, 29 May 2014, p. i; and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and Other Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities, 25 June 2015, p. 1.

[4]        See Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies, 29 May 2014, p. 1.

[5]        See the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, s. 12(1).

[6]        Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Annual Reports (No. 1 of 2017), p. 5.

[7]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies, and other Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities, 25 June 2015, p. 2.

[8]        See Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and Other Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities, 25 June 2015, p. 2.

[9]        Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Annual reports (No. 2, 2016), October 2016, p.5.

[10]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Documents to the Parliament, February 2017, www.dpmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/pmc-tabling-guidelines.pdf.

[11]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Documents to the Parliament, February 2017, p. 4.

[12]      Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, ss. 97(5).

[13]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Documents to the Parliament, February 2017, paragraph 4.10, p. 4.

[14]      Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Report 457: Development of the Commonwealth Performance Framework Second Report, May 2016, p. 11.

[15]      Education and Employment Legislation Committee, Annual Reports (No. 1 of 2017), p. 7.

[16]      For non-corporate Commonwealth entities see PGPA Rule 2014, Subdivision 3A(A); for corporate Commonwealth entities see Subdivision 3A(B); for Commonwealth companies see PGPA Rule 2014 Part 3-3. 

Chapter 2 - Review of annual reports

[1]        Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Annual Report 15-16, p. 12.

[2]        Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Annual Report 15-16, p. 16.

[3]        Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Annual Report 15-16, p. 8.

[4]        Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Annual Report 15-16, p. 10.

[5]        Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Annual Report 15-16, p. 18.

[6]        Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Annual Report 15-16, p. 21.

[7]        Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Third quarter of 2016‑17), p. 3.

[8]        See the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 (BCIIP Act), s. 32K.

[9]        See the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 (BCIIP Act), ss. 20(1).

[10]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Third quarter of 2016‑17), p. 1.

[11]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Second quarter of 2016‑17), p. 7.

[12]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Second quarter of 2016‑17), p. 8.

[13]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Third quarter of 2016‑17), p. 7.

[14]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Second quarter of 2016‑17), p. 9.

[15]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Third quarter of 2016‑17), p. 9.

[16]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Second quarter of 2016‑17), p. 9; Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Third quarter of 2016-17), p. 10.

[17]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Second quarter of 2016‑17), p. 11.

[18]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Third quarter of 2016‑17), p. 10.

[19]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Second quarter of 2016‑17), p. 11.

[20]      Australian Building and Construction Commission, Quarterly Report (Third quarter of 2016‑17), p. 14.