The Department of Parliamentary Services Annual Report 2018–19 has been prepared in accordance with the Department of Finance’s Resource Management Guide No. 135—Annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth entities (issued May 2019), the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Tabling Guidelines (issued June 2019), and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act).

The annual report also includes the Parliamentary Library Annual Report 2018–19.

Part 1: Secretary’s review provides an overview of the work of the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) in 2018–19.

Part 2: Overview provides information on the role and functions of DPS and the DPS outcome and program structure. It also includes DPS’ purpose and vision, a summary of financial performance, and the departmental structure.

Part 3: Performance contains two sections, the first outlining ‘Activities and Achievements’ against the Strategic themes and objectives articulated in the DPS Corporate Plan 2018–19. The second section presents the 2018–19 annual performance statements of DPS, as required by section 39(1)(a) of the PGPA Act.

Part 4: Parliamentary Library is the Parliamentary Librarian’s annual report as required by subsection 65(3) of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (PS Act) and includes the Parliamentary Librarian’s review, an overview of library services, an explanation of governance, a summary of financial performance, achievements, performance results, work with clients and workforce issues.

Part 5: Governance includes reporting on governance, external scrutiny, human resource management, asset management, purchasing, consultants, Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) access clauses and exempt contracts and procurement initiatives to support small business.

Part 6: Financial Statements includes the ANAO’s audit report, a statement by the Chief Finance Officer and the audited financial statements for DPS.

Part 7: Appendices contains supplementary information to this annual report, including workforce statistics, environmental management, advertising and market research, and correction of material errors in the previous annual report.

Part 8: Reference material contains a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a glossary, a list of tables, a list of figures, a list of requirements and an index.