Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        As a matter of comity between the Houses of Parliament, 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]        Journals of the Senate, No. 1, 13 November 2013, pp 88-89.

[3]        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.

[4]        It is noted that section 10(2) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, states that the High Court and the Future Fund Board of Guardians are not Commonwealth entities.

[5]        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. i.

[6]        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.

[7]        See footnote 28, Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Report 453 Development of the Commonwealth Performance Framework, December 2015, p. 12.

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

[9]        Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Report 453 Development of the Commonwealth Performance Framework, December 2015, Submission 17 – Supplementary Submission, pp 2-3.

[10]      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. i.

[11]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and Other Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities, 25 June 2015, pp 14-15.

[12]      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. 10.

[13]      Following concerns raised by the committee on the operation of Section 46 of the PGPA Act, this section was amended to provide for the provision of the annual report to the Minister by 15 October rather than by 31 October, as originally drafted.

[14]      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.

[15]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2015), March 2015, p. 11.

[16]      See for example, Official Committee Hansard, 19 October 2015, pp 77-78; Official Committee Hansard, 20 October 2015, pp 67-68.

Chapter 2 - Review of selected reports

[1]        Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 2 and 4.

[2]        Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 4.

[3]        Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 2-6.

[4]        Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 6.

[5]        Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 157.

[6]        Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 81-82.

[7]        Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 82-84.

[8]        'Deliverables' are produced by the programme in meeting its objective; and tangible, quantifiable products of a programme, see Department of Finance, Guide to preparing the 2014-15 Portfolio Budget Statements, p. 24.

[9]        Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Annual Reports (No. 1 of 2015), pp 16-21.

[10]      The ANAO was part of the survey to enable it to inform its performance audit. See Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 74.

[11]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 75

[12]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 45.

[13]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2013-14, p. 47.

[14]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 7-8.

[15]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 127-136.

[16]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 4-5.

[17]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 20.

[18]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 18.

[19]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 92-93.

[20]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, pp 148-151.

[21]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 161.

[22]      Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2014-15, p. 166.

[23]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, pp 3-5.

[24]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, p. 4.

[25]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15 pp 6-7.

[26]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, pp 32-33.

[27]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, p. 7.

[28]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, p. 82.

[29]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, p. 7.

[30]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, pp 92-93.

[31]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, pp 66-70.

[32]      Department of Finance Annual Report 2014-15, pp 90 & 238.

[33]      Mr Thawley announced his resignation in November 2015 and was replaced as Secretary by Dr Martin Parkinson PSM on 23 January 2016.

[34]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, pp v-vii.

[35]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, p. 1.

It is noted that following the amendment to the Administrative Arrangements Order 21 September 2015 the Digital Transformation Office moved from the Communication and Arts Portfolio to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio.

[36]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, pp vi and 22.

[37]      Ms Eliza Carroll, Associate Secretary, Indigenous Affairs, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Committee Hansard, 29 June 2015, p. 45.

[38]      Requirement for Annual Reports, p. 9.

[39]      Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, p. 42.

[40]      Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, pp 64-65.

[41]      Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, p. 57.

[42]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, p. 217.

[43]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Annual Report 2014-15, pp 44 & 51.

[44]      Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2014-15, p. 2.

[45]      Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2014-15, p. 2.

[46]      Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2014-15, p. 9.

[47]      Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2014-15, p. 10.

[48]      Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2014-15, p. 29.

[49]      Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2014-15, p. 46.

[50]      Australian National Audit Office Annual Report 2014-15, p. 133.

[51]      See https://www.apsc.gov.au/annualreport (accessed 22 January 2016).

[52]      Australian Public Service Commissioner Annual Report 2014-15, p. 2.

[53]      Australian Public Service Commissioner Annual Report 2014-15, p. 3.

[54]      Australian Public Service Commissioner Annual Report 2014-15, p. 3.

[55]      Australian Public Service Commissioner Annual Report 2014-15, pp 10-11.

[56]      Australian Public Service Commissioner Annual Report 2014-15, p. 7.

[57]      Australian Public Service Commissioner Annual Report 2014-15, pp 41-42, 96.

[58]      Australian Public Service Commissioner Annual Report 2014-15, p. 107.

[59]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, pp 2-8.

[60]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, pp 3 and 27.

[61]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, p. 3.

[62]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, p. 3.

[63]      Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2015), p. 3.

[64]      See Table 1, Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, p. 12.

[65]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General, Annual Report 2014-15, p. 13.

[66]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, p. 9.

[67]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-Genera, Annual Report 2014-15, p. 12.

[68]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, p. 9.

[69]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, pp 9 and 59.

[70]      Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General Annual Report 2014-15, pp 48 and 130.