Footnotes
PREFACE
[1]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual
Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies (Requirements
for Annual Reports),
28 June 2012, Part 1, subsection 3(1).
[2]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual
Reports,
28 June 2012, p. i.
[3]
Official Senate Hansard, 8 December 1987, pp 2643-2645.
[4]
For example, the committee is disappointed to note that the Australian
Human Rights Commission's annual report lacked a list of requirements,
including a mandatory compliance index and a 'clear read' between the PBS and
the report, despite concerns expressed by the committee in its Annual Reports
(No. 2 of 2012) report, tabled on 12 September 2012:
see pp 3-5.
[5]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual
Reports,
28 June 2012, Part 1, section 4.
[6]
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), Canberra,
28 June 2012, p. 5. Provisions for seeking an extension to the reporting period
can be found in subsections 34C(4) to (7) of the Acts Interpretation Act
1901.
[7]
This table also includes the reports on the operation of acts or
programs which have been referred to the committee.
[8]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual
Reports,
28 June 2012, Part 1, section 4.
[9]
See Appendix 1 for those bodies which tabled or presented their reports
prior to
15 and 16 October 2012.
CHAPTER 1 - ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS
[1]
Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2011-12, pp 104,
112-113, 116, 120-121,
146-147, 157-160 and 162.
[2]
Refer to Annual Reports (No.1 of 2012), Senate Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, p. 2 and Attorney-General's Department
Annual Report 2010-11, pp 70 and 71.
For a comparison, see previous Attorney-General's Department Annual Report
2008-09,
Part 2 - Performance reports, pp 25-179.
[3]
Annual Reports 2010-11 (No.1 of 2012), Senate Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, p. 2.
[4]
Department of Finance and Deregulation, Performance Information and
Indicators, October 2010, p. 8.
[5]
Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 5 2011-12, Performance
Audit, Development and implementation of key performance indicators to
support the outcomes and programs framework, Recommendation No. 1, p. 28.
[6]
Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 5 2011-12, Performance
Audit, Development and implementation of key performance indicators to support
the outcomes and programs framework, p. 53. See also, Senate Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Annual Reports (No.1 of 2012),
pp 2 and 3.
[7]
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual
Reports,
28 June 2012, p. 7.
[8]
Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2011-12, p. 225.
[9]
Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2011-12, p. 225.
[10]
Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2011-12, pp 226-229.
[11]
Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2011-12, p. 179.
[12]
Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2011-12, pp 176 and 179.
[13] Despite
incorrectly referencing an earlier version of the Requirements for annual
reports for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies (July 2011) for the preparation of the 2011-12 annual
report, the list of requirements in the report conforms with the later
28 June 2012 requirements, p. viii.
[14]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
6.
[15]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual
Report 2011-12, p. 7.
[16]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
109.
[17]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
340.
[18]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
340.
[19]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Reconciliation Action Plan
2010-2012, p. 1.
[20]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Reconciliation Action Plan
2010-2012, p. 1.
[21]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Reconciliation Action Plan
2010-2012, p. 1.
[22]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
321.
[23]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, pp
321 and 325.
[24]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, pp
321 and 325.
[25]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
321.
[26]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, Chapter
3 - Report on performance, pp 33-280.
[27]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Protection visa processing
taking more than 90 days for the reporting period 1 March 2012 to June 2012,
tabled in the Senate on
19 September 2012: see letter of transmittal to Minister on the first page.
[28]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
120. Also Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2010-11,
p. 106.
[29]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
134.
[30]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
134.
[31]
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2011-12, p.
131.
CHAPTER 2 - ANNUAL REPORTS OF STATUTORY BODIES
[1]
Also stands referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, under the Law
Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006.
[2]
Also stands referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law
Enforcement under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.
[3]
Also stands referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law
Enforcement under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
[4]
Also forwarded to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation
Committee.
[5]
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 2011-12 Annual Report, p. 26.
Also in Attorney-General's Portfolio, Portfolio Budget Statements 2011-12,
Administrative Appeals Tribunal, p. 59.
[6]
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 2011-12 Annual Report, p. 26.
[7]
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Annual Report 2011-12, p. 50.
[8]
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Annual Report 2011-12, p. 27.
[9]
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Annual Report 2011-12, pp 32 and
33.
[10] CrimTrac
Annual Report 2011-12, p. 55.
[11] CrimTrac
Annual Report 2011-12, pp 64-68.
[12] CrimTrac
Annual Report 2011-12, pp 8 and 9.
[13] CrimTrac
Annual Report 2011-12, pp 12-18.
[14] CrimTrac
Annual Report 2011-12, p. 48.
[15] CrimTrac
Annual Report 2011-12, pp 43 and 44.
[16]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report 2011-12,
p. 2.
[17]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
Annual Report 2011-12, p. 2.
[18]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report
2011-12, p. 17.
[19]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report 2011-12,
p. 43.
[20]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report
2011-12, p. 54.
[21]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report
2011-12, pp 55 and 56.
[22]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report
2011-12, pp 64 and 65.
[23]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report
2011-12, pp 61 and 62.
CHAPTER 3 - REPORTS ON THE OPERATION OF ACTS AND PROGRAMS
[1]
Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of
records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, p. 1.
[2]
Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of
records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, pp 2 and 3.
[3]
Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of
records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, p. 3. Subparagraph
18(2)(c)(i) of the SD Act provides that a 'person warrant' authorises the
installation, use and maintenance of devices on premises where the person is
reasonably believed to be or likely to be. Where surveillance devices have been
installed on premises under a 'person warrant', there is an expectation that
there would be information relating to the use of these devices linking the
premises to the person named in the warrant.
[4]
Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of
records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, p. 4.
[5]
Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records
under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, p. 5. The
inspection examined surveillance device warrants and authorisations (and
associated records) that expired during the period 1 July to
31 December 2010.
[6]
Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of
records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, p. 7.
[7]
Report pursuant to section 440A of the Migration Act on the conduct
of Refugee Review Tribunal reviews not completed within 90 days for the period
1 March 2012 to 30 June 2012,
p. 1; Report pursuant to section 440A of the Migration Act on the conduct of
Refugee Review Tribunal reviews not completed within 90 days for the period
1 November 2011 to
29 February 2012, p. 1; Report pursuant to section 440A of the Migration
Act on the conduct of Refugee Review Tribunal reviews not completed within 90
days for the period
1 July 2011 to 31 October 2011, p. 1.
[8]
Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report
2011-12, p. 17.
[9]
Report pursuant to section 440A of the Migration Act on the conduct
of Refugee Review Tribunal reviews not completed within 90 days for the period
1 March 2012 to 30 June 2012,
p. 1; Report pursuant to section 440A of the Migration Act on the conduct of
Refugee Review Tribunal reviews not completed within 90 days for the period
1 November 2011 to
29 February 2012, p. 1; Report pursuant to section 440A of the Migration
Act on the conduct of Refugee Review Tribunal reviews not completed within 90
days for the period
1 July 2011 to 31 October 2011, p. 1.
APPENDIX 1 - Reports tabled during the period 1 May and 31 October 2012 and referred to the committee
[1]
Also stands referred to the Joint Committee on the Australian Commission
for Law Enforcement Integrity, under the Law Enforcement Integrity
Commissioner Act 2006.
[2]
Also stands referred to the Joint Committee on the Law Enforcement,
under the
Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.
[3]
Also stands referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law
Enforcement under the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
[4]
Also forwarded to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee.