Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 31 August 2016, pp. 75–76. See also, Journals of the Senate, No. 3, 4 July 2019, pp. 85–86 for allocation of portfolios in the 46th Parliament.

[2]        The National Environment Protection Council (NEPC) annual report was tabled in accordance with section 24 of the National Environment Protection Council Act 1994. This requires the NEPC to report its operations during the year ended on the preceding 30 June. This legislative requirement means that the report covers the 2016-17 financial year rather than the 2017-18 reporting period. Further discussion of the NEPC annual report can be found at paragraph 1.34 of this report.

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

[4]        Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2018), pp. 4–6.

[5]        Department of Finance, Executive Minute on Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Report No. 463, 9 March 2018, p. 2.

[6]        Independent Review into the operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Rule, September 2018, p. 7.

[7]        Independent Review into the operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Rule, September 2018, p. 7.

[8]        Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Australian Government response to the Independent Review into the PGPA Act 2013 and Rule, dated 2 April 2019, p. 1.

[9]        Standing Order 25(20)(c).

[10]      Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, ss. 97(2).

[11]      See PGPA Rule 2014, sections 17AB, 17BC and 28C.

[12]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Documents to the Parliament (including Government Documents, Government Responses to Committee Reports, Ministerial Statements, Annual Reports and other Instruments), August 2016, pp. 4–5. In the case of a wholly-owned Commonwealth company, or a Commonwealth company that is not required to hold an annual general meeting, the PGPA Act states that "the responsible Minister must table the documents in each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving them. In all other cases, the responsible Minister must table the documents in each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after the annual general meeting of the company". (Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, ss. 97(5).)

[13]      Acts Interpretation Act 1901, ss. 34C(6).

[14]      See JCPAA, Report 463: Commonwealth Financial Statements–Inquiry Based on Auditor‑General's Report 33 (2016-17), August 2017, pp. 12–13.

[15]      Independent Review into the operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Rule, September 2018, p. 6.

[16]      Independent Review into the operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Rule, September 2018, p. 6.

[17]      Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance and the Public Service, Australian Government response to the Independent Review into the PGPA Act 2013 and Rule, dated 2 April 2019, p. 1.

[18]      Senator the Hon Lisa Singh, Senate Hansard, 5 December 2018, p. 9565.

[19]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2018, Audit Report No. 19, 2018-19, pp. 78–79.

[20]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2018, Audit Report No. 19, 2018-19, p. 79.

[21]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2018, Audit Report No. 19, 2018-19, pp. 124–125.

[22]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2018, Audit Report No. 19, 2018-19, p. 125.

[23]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2018, Audit Report No. 19, 2018-19, p. 125.

Chapter 2 - Review of selected reports

[24]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 2–3.

[25]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 16.

[26]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 22.

[27]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 43–45.

[28]      Commonwealth of Australia, Environment and Energy Portfolio Budget Statements 2017-18: Budget Related Paper No. 1.7, p. 43; Commonwealth of Australia, Environment and Energy Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2017-18, p. 28.

[29]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 311.

[30]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 311.

[31]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 8.

[32]      Bureau of Meteorology, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 2–4.

[33]      Bureau of Meteorology, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 20–21.

[34]      Bureau of Meteorology, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. ix–xii.

[35]      Bureau of Meteorology, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 29–32.

[36]      Bureau of Meteorology, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 128.

[37]      Bureau of Meteorology, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 128.

[38]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 4.

[39]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 18.

[40]      Commonwealth of Australia, Environment and Energy Portfolio Budget Statements 2017-18: Budget Related Paper No. 1.7, p. 168.

[41]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 6.

[42]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 15–17.

[43]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 10.

[44]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 34.

[45]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 37.

[46]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 86–88.

[47]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 32.

[48]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 32.

[49]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 127.

[50]      Clean Energy Regulator, Annual Report 2016-17, p. 101.

[51]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 2–7.

[52]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 21–22.

[53]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 82–85.

[54]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 102–103.

[55]      Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 135: Annual report for non-corporate Commonwealth entities, May 2018, p. 27.

[56]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 99.

[57]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 21.

[58]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 15–17.

[59]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 30–37.

[60]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 41.

[61]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 121.

[62]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 127.

[63]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 146.

[64]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 228.

[65]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 208.

[66]      Australian Communications and Media Authority, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 213.

[67]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 16.

[68]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 16.

[69]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, pp. 3–9.

[70]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 35.

[71]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 39.

[72]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 23.

[73]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 23.

[74]      National Library of Australia, Annual Report 2017-18, p. 54.