Footnotes

Preface

[1]        See Appendix 1 for a list of all departments and agencies under these portfolios.

[2]        Requirements for annual reports for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 18 June 2008, p. 2. Also at www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/index.cfm

[3]        See Appendix 2 for a compliance table of the reports referred to the committee for scrutiny.

[4]        Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14, 2008–09, p. 84.

Chapter 1 - Annual reports of departments

[1]        Department of Defence Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 119.

[2]        Department of Defence Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 119.

[3]        Department of Defence Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 127. See Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee Reforms to Australia's military justice system, First progress report, Appendix 3, The Committee's recommendations and the Government's response, recommendation 35, p. 65.

[4]        Department of Defence Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 127.

[5]        Department of Defence Annual Report 2003–2004, p. 3, 20; Department of Defence Annual Report 2004–2005, p. 40; Department of Defence Annual Report 2005–2006, p. 6; Department of Defence Annual Report 2006–2007, pp. 32, 285.

[6]        Department of Defence Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 9.

[7]        Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14, 2008–09, p. 87.

[8]        Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14, 2008–09, pp. 88–9.

[9]        Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14, 2008–09, p. 89.

[10]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14 2008–09, pp. 92–3.

[11]      Department of Defence Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 10.

[12]      Department of Defence Annual Report 2007–2008, pp. 9–10, 11–15.

[13]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 3.

[14]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 3.

[15]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 10.

[16]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 10.

[17]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14, 2008–09, p. 142.

[18]      Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2007–2008; see pp. 7–10, and 19–51 for the entities covered by this portfolio, their roles, and, where applicable, their enabling legislation.

[19]      Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 2.

[20]      Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2006–2007, p. 3. Also Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 2.

[21]      Department of Veterans' Affairs Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 3.

[22]      Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14, 2008–09, p. 102.

Chapter 2 - Annual reports of statutory and non–statutory authorities and government companies

[1]        Defence Annual Report 2007–08, Volume two, Defence Materiel Organisation, p. 2.

[2]        Defence Annual Report 2007–08, Volume two, Defence Materiel Organisation, p. 3.

[3]        Australian National Audit Office, Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2008, Audit Report No. 14, 2008–09, pp. 97–98.

[4]        Australian War Memorial Annual Report 2007–2008, pp. 43, 45

[5]        Australian War Memorial Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 9.

[6]        Australian War Memorial Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 1.

[7]        Australian War Memorial Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 1.

[8]        Australian War Memorial Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 1.

[9]        Australian War Memorial Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 2.

[10]      AusAID Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 8.

[11]      AusAID Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 9.

[12]      AusAID Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 2.

[13]      AusAID Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 6.

[14]      AusAID Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 6.

[15]      AusAID Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 6.

[16]      Australian Trade Commission Annual Report 2006–2007, p. 6; and Australian Trade Commission Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 9.

[17]      Australian Trade Commission Annual Report 2007–2008, see inside cover, and p. 2.

[18]      Australian Trade Commission Annual Report 2007–2008, pp. 3 and 4.

[19]      Australian Trade Commission Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 3.

[20]      Australian Trade Commission Annual Report 2007–2008, p. 3.

[21]      Australian Trade Commission Annual Report 2006–2007, pp. 11, 13–60.

Appendix 2 - Compliance table of the annual reports referred to the committee for scrutiny for the period 2007–2008

[1]        A prescribed agency is an agency established by regulation under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. It provides financial management authority to, and required accountability by, the Chief Executive of an agency. An agency can be prescribed but not be an independent entity under the Public Service Act 1999. This is the case for the DMO, which is prescribed and so independent under the FMA Act but is part of the Department of Defence for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999, Defence Materiel Organisation Annual Report, 2005–2006, p. 186.

Appendix 3 - Reporting requirements and guidelines

[1]        Excerpt from the Requirements for annual reports for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 18 June 2008, pp. 1 and 2.