Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        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. 3.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 31 August 2016, pp 75–76

[3]        The Wet Tropics Management Authority is required under subsection 10(1) of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Conservation Act 1994 (Cth) and section 63 of the Wet Tropics Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 (Qld) to provide an annual report on its management of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area to the Queensland Government and the Commonwealth. As such, the committee is not obliged to report on the operation of an Act.

[4]        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.

[5]        Senate Hansard, 8 December 1987, pp 2632–45.

[6]        Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Report 453 Development of the Commonwealth Performance Framework, December 2015, p. 12.

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

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

[9]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Documents to the Parliament, August 2016, p. 7, paragraph 4.31.

Chapter 2 - Review of selected agencies

[1]        Previously, ARENA's annual reports were reviewed by the Senate Economics Legislation Committee.

[2]        Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 7.

[3]        Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 7.

[4]        Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 34.

[5]        Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 34.

[6]        Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 22.

[7]        Previously, the annual reports of Screenrights were reviewed by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee.

[8]        Screenrights, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 30.

[9]        Screenrights, Annual report 2014–15, p. 6.

[10]      The Administrative Arrangements Orders were amended on 19 July 2016 and resulted in the Department of the Environment changing its name to the Department of the Environment and Energy.

[11]      Supervising Scientist, Annual Report 2014–15, pp x, 76–77.

[12]      See the Department of the Environment, Annual Report 2014–15, pp 65, 66, 71–72, 74.

[13]      Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Annual Report 2014–15, pp 6–7.

[14]      Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 7.

[15]      Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, Annual Report 2014–15, p. 45.