| Description | Requirement | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Letter of transmittal | Mandatory | |
| Table of contents | Mandatory | |
| Index | Mandatory | |
| Glossary [abbreviations and acronyms] | Mandatory | |
| Contact officer | Mandatory | |
| Internet home page address and internet address for report | Mandatory | |
| Review by Commissioner | ||
| Summary of significant issues and developments | Suggested | |
| Overview of Commission's performance and financial results | Suggested | |
| Outlook for following year | Suggested | |
| Significant issues and developments—portfolio | Portfolio departments—suggested | na―the Commission is not a portfolio department |
| Commission overview | ||
| Role and functions | Mandatory | |
| Organisational structure | Mandatory | |
| Outcome and program structure | Mandatory | |
| Where outcome and program structures differ from the Portfolio Budget Statements, Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation bills (other portfolio statements), details of variation and reasons for change | Mandatory | na |
| Portfolio structure | Portfolio departments—mandatory | na |
| Report on performance | ||
| Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes | Mandatory | |
| Actual performance in relation to deliverables and key performance indicators set out in the Portfolio Budget Statements, Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements or other portfolio statements | Mandatory | |
| Where performance targets differ from the Portfolio Budget Statements or Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change | Mandatory | na |
| Narrative discussion and analysis of performance | Mandatory | |
| Trend information | Mandatory | |
| Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services | Suggested | na |
| Performance of purchaser–provider arrangements | If applicable, suggested | na |
| Factors, events or trends influencing Commission's performance | Suggested | |
| Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives | Suggested | |
| Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the agency's response to complaints | If applicable, mandatory | na―the Commission does not provide services directly to the public |
| Discussion and analysis of the agency's financial performance | Mandatory | |
| Discussion of any significant changes in financial results from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations | Mandatory | na |
| Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes | Mandatory | |
| Management and accountability | ||
| Corporate governance | ||
| Agency heads are required to certify their agency's actions in dealing with fraud | Mandatory | |
| Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place | Mandatory | |
| Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities | Suggested | |
| Senior management committees and their roles | Suggested | |
| Corporate and operational plans and associated performance reporting and review | Suggested | |
| Internal audit arrangements including approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks | Suggested | |
| Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards | Suggested | |
| How nature and amount of remuneration for SES employees is determined | Suggested | |
| External scrutiny | ||
| Significant developments in external scrutiny | Mandatory | |
| Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner | Mandatory | |
| Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee, the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review | Mandatory | |
| Management of human resources | ||
| Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve agency objectives | Mandatory | |
| Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention | Suggested | |
| Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements, determinations, common law contracts and Australian workplace agreements | Suggested | |
| Training and development undertaken and its impact | Suggested | |
| Work health and safety performance | Suggested | |
| Productivity gains | Suggested | |
| Statistics on staffing | Mandatory | |
| Statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous | Mandatory | |
| Enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements, determinations, common law contracts and Australian workplace agreements | Mandatory | |
| Performance pay | Mandatory | |
| Assessment of effectiveness of assets management | If applicable, mandatory | |
| Purchasing | ||
| Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles | Mandatory | |
| A summary statement detailing the number of new consultancy services contracts let during the year, the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts let during the year (inclusive of GST), the number of ongoing consultancy contracts that were active in the reporting year, the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on the ongoing consultancy contracts (inclusive of GST); and a statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website | Mandatory | |
| Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General | Mandatory | |
| Contracts exempted from publication in AusTender | Mandatory | |
| Procurement initiatives to support small business | Mandatory | |
| Financial statements | Mandatory | |
| Other mandatory information | ||
| Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011) | Mandatory | |
| Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns | Mandatory | |
| Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) | Mandatory | |
| Compliance with the agency's obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010 | If applicable,mandatory | na |
| Grant programs | Mandatory | |
| Disability reporting—explicit and transparent reference to agency-level information available through other reporting mechanisms | Mandatory | |
| Information Publication Scheme statement | Mandatory | |
| Correction of material errors in previous annual report | If applicable, mandatory | na |
| Agency resource statements and resources for outcomes | Mandatory | |
| List of requirements | Mandatory | |
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