Chapter 1 - Overview

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 2, 13 November 2013, pp. 88–89.

[2]        For example, many Acts that establish statutory authorities have separate reporting requirements under those Acts. For example, Centrelink reports under section 41 of the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997 and the Australian Electoral Commission reports under section 17 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

[3]        Senate Hansard, 8 December 1987, pp. 2632–45.

[4]        Department of Finance, Resource Management Guide No. 136: Annual Reports for Corporate Commonwealth Entities, May 2017, p. 7.

[5]        Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and Other Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entities (Requirements for Annual Reports), 25 June 2015, p. 3.