Footnotes

Introduction

[1]        As a matter of comity between the Houses, it is traditional that neither House inquires into the operations of the other House. For this reason, neither the annual report of, nor the proposed expenditure for, the Department of the House of Representatives is referred to a Senate committee for review.

[2]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports: for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies, June 2008, p. 2, emphasis added.

[3]        These guidelines may be found at: http://www.pmc.gov.au/guidelines/docs/annual_report_requirements.pdf (accessed 1.3.09).

[4]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports: for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies, June 2008, p. 3

[5]        This legislative instrument may be found at: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/management.nsf/lookupindexpagesbyid/IP200837042?OpenDocument (accessed 4.3.09).

[6]        This list may be found at: http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/flipchart/index.html  (accessed 4.3.09).

[7]        Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1999, s. 36.

[8]        Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1999, s. 36(4)

[9]        Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 34(c).

[10]      Journals of the Senate, 11.5.04, p. 3379.

[11]      Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines (2002), Guideline 2, p5–6.

[12]      Requirements for Annual Reports s. 5.

[13]      Annual reports (No. 1 of 2008), Finance and Public Administration Committee p. 19.

[14]      Australian Government, Operation Sunlight – Enhancing Budget Transparency, December 2008, www.finance.gov.au/financial-framework/financial-management-policy-guidance/operation-sunlight/docs/operation-sunlight-enhancing-budget-transparency.rtf (accessed 10.3.09).