Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 135: Annual report for non-corporate Commonwealth entities, July 2016, p. 4.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 1, 31 August 2016, p. 6.

[3]        Department of Finance, Overview of the PGPA Rule 2014, https://www.finance.gov.au/resource-management/pgpa-legislation/pgpa-rule/, (accessed 29 November 2016).

[4]        Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 137: Annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth companies, July 2016, p. 2.

[5]        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), February 2016, pp 4-5.

[6]        Department of Defence, Statement relating to the delay in presentation of a periodic report, (tabled 8 November 2016).

[7]        Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Annual Report 2016–17, p. 142.

[8]        Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force, Report for the period 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2015, p. 1.

[9]        A statutory agency means the agency is identified in its enabling legislation as a statutory agency for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999, whereby the legislation provides for the agency head to employ APS employees for that agency.

[10]      The Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office is a division within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, however, the Director‑General is a statutory officer who reports directly to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

[11]      The ASC Pty Ltd sits within the Finance portfolio and is examined by the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee.

Chapter 2 - Annual reports of departments

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 13, 8 November 2016, p. 406.

[2]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 7.

[3]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 2.

[4]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 2.

[5]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 4.

[6]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, pp 4–5.

[7]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 7.

[8]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, pp 71–73.

[9]        Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 73.

[10]      Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 75.

[11]      Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 87.

[12]      Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 114.

[13]      Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, pp 81–82.

[14]      Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 81.

[15]      Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2015–16, Volume 1, p. 79.

[16]      Australian National Audit Office, Report No. 7 2016–17: Interim Phase of the Audits of the Financial Statements of Major General Government Sector Entities for the year ending 30 June 2016, p. 30.

[17]      Australian National Audit Office, Report No. 7 2016–17: Interim Phase of the Audits of the Financial Statements of Major General Government Sector Entities for the year ending 30 June 2016, p. 60.

[18]      Australian National Audit Office, Report No. 7 2016–17: Interim Phase of the Audits of the Financial Statements of Major General Government Sector Entities for the year ending 30 June 2016, pp 63–65.

[19]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 5.

[20]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 3.

[21]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, pp 3–4.

[22]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 192.

[23]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 193.

[24]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 195.

[25]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 226.

[26]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 226.

[27]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 195.

[28]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 196.

[29]      Australian National Audit Office, ANAO Audit Report No.33 2016–17: Audits of the financial statements of Australian Government Entities for the period ended 30 June 2016, p. 177.

[30]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 88.

[31]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 12.

[32]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 106.

[33]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 34.

[34]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 2.

[35]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 2.

[36]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 2.

[37]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 4.

[38]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 115.

[39]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 116.

[40]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 117.

[41]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 117.

[42]      Repatriation Commission, Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Annual Reports 2015–2016, p. 118.

[43]      Australian National Audit Office, Report No. 7 2016–17: Interim Phase of the Audits of the Financial Statements of Major General Government Sector Entities for the year ending 30 June 2016, pp 69–70.

[44]      Australian National Audit Office, ANAO Audit Report No.33 2016–17: Audits of the financial statements of Australian Government Entities for the period ended 30 June 2016, p. 123.

Chapter 3 - Annual reports of other Commonwealth entities

[1]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 78.

[2]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 18.

[3]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, pp 11 and 21.

[4]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 95.

[5]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 99.

[6]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 101.

[7]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 95 and 101.

[8]        Defence Housing Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 103.

[9]        Australian National Audit Office, ANAO Audit Report No.33 2016–17: Audits of the financial statements of Australian Government Entities for the period ended 30 June 2016, p. 117.

[10]      Australian National Audit Office, ANAO Audit Report No.33 2016–17: Audits of the financial statements of Australian Government Entities for the period ended 30 June 2016, p. 117.

[11]      Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Annual Report 2016–17, p. 21.

[12]      Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Annual Report 2016–17, p. 14.

[13]      Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Annual Report 2016–17, p. iv.

[14]      Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Annual Report 2016–17, p. 148.

[15]      Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Annual Report 2016–17, pp 150–151.

[16]      Australian National Audit Office, ANAO Audit Report No.33 2016–17: Audits of the financial statements of Australian Government Entities for the period ended 30 June 2016, p. 180.

[17]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Annual Report 2015–2016, p. 40.

[18]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Annual Report 2015–2016, p. 40.

[19]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Annual Report 2015–2016, p. 4.

[20]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Annual Report 2015–2016, p. 43 and 65.

[21]      Australian National Audit Office, ANAO Audit Report No.33 2016–17: Audits of the financial statements of Australian Government Entities for the period ended 30 June 2016, p. 182.

[22]      Tourism Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 5.

[23]      Tourism Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, pp 5–6.

[24]      Tourism Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 2.

[25]      Tourism Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 80.

[26]      Tourism Australia, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 80.

[27]      Australian War Memorial, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 9.

[28]      Australian War Memorial, Annual Report 2015–16, p. viii.

[29]      Australian War Memorial, Annual Report 2015–16, pp 68–69.

[30]      Australian War Memorial, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 69.

[31]      Australian National Audit Office, ANAO Audit Report No.33 2016–17: Audits of the financial statements of Australian Government Entities for the period ended 30 June 2016, p. 118.