Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

List of requirements

Part of report	Description	Requirement	Page number
	Letter of transmittal	Mandatory	9
	Table of contents	Mandatory	1
	Index	Mandatory	470
	Glossary	Mandatory	453
	Contact officer(s)	Mandatory	3
	Internet home page address and Internet address for report	Mandatory	3
Review by secretary
	Review by departmental secretary	Mandatory	4,5
	Summary of significant issues and developments	Suggested	4–8
	Overview of department’s performance and financial results	Suggested	4–8,12
	Outlook for following year	Suggested	8, 18, 21, 25, 27, 30, 39–44, 47, 55, 59, 78, 108, 113–114, 147, 169, 196, 221 and 263
	Significant issues and developments—portfolio	Portfolio departments—suggested	3, 4–8, 14–44 and 84–110
Departmental overview
	Role and functions	Mandatory	10 and 11
	Organisational structure	Mandatory	10 and 11
	Outcome and program structure	Mandatory	10
	Where outcome and program structures differ from PB statements/PAES or other portfolio statements accompanying any other additional appropriation Bills (other portfolio statements), details of variation and reasons for change	Mandatory	n/a
	Portfolio structure	Portfolio departments—mandatory	11
Report on performance
	Review of performance during the year in relation to programs and contribution to outcomes	Mandatory	14–318
	Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements	Mandatory	14–318
	Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	Mandatory	14–318
	Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	Mandatory	14–318
	Trend information	Mandatory	14–318
	Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services	Suggested	199 and 202
	Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements	If applicable, suggested	196
	Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance	Suggested	14–318
	Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives	Suggested	151–153
	Social inclusion outcomes	If applicable, mandatory	189–191
	Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data and the department’s response to complaints	If applicable, mandatory	192–193
	Discussion and analysis of the department’s financial performance	Mandatory	198–207
	Discussion of any significant changes from the prior year, from budget or anticipated to have a significant impact on future operations	Mandatory	198–207
	Agency resource statement and summary resource tables by outcomes	Mandatory	308–318
Management and accountability
Corporate governance
	Agency heads are required to certify that their agency comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines	Mandatory	9 and 152
	Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	Mandatory	149–153
	Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	Suggested	11
	Senior management committees and their roles	Suggested	150
	Corporate and operational planning and associated performance reporting and review	Suggested	149–150
	Approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk	Suggested	151–152
	Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	Suggested	188
	How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	Suggested	188
External scrutiny
	Significant developments in external scrutiny	Mandatory	153–158
	Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals	Mandatory	153
	Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee or the Commonwealth Ombudsman	Mandatory	153–158
Management of human resources
	Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives	Mandatory	185–191
	Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention	Suggested	186–187
	Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	Suggested	187
	Training and development undertaken and its impact	Suggested	187–188
	Work health and safety performance	Suggested	295–297
	Productivity gains	Suggested	185
	Statistics on staffing	Mandatory	291–294
	Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	Mandatory	187
	Performance pay	Mandatory	188
Assets management	Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	If applicable, Mandatory	204–205
Purchasing	Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	Mandatory	196
Consultants	The annual report must include 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; and the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on ongoing consultancy contracts (inclusive of GST). The annual report must include a statement noting that information on contracts and consultancies is available through the AusTender website.	Mandatory	196
Australian National Audit Office access clauses	Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	Mandatory	197
Exempt contracts	Contracts exempt from the AusTender	Mandatory	196
Financial statements	Financial statements	Mandatory	319–452
Other mandatory information
	Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)	Mandatory	295–297
	Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns	Mandatory	299–300
	Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	Mandatory	159–184
	Compliance with the agency’s obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010	If applicable, mandatory	n/a
	Grant programs	Mandatory	298
	Disability reporting—explicit and transparent reference to agency-level information available through other reporting mechanisms	Mandatory	188–189
	Information Publication Scheme statement	Mandatory	301
	Spatial reporting—expenditure by program between regional and non regional Australia	If applicable, mandatory	206–207
	Correction of material errors in previous annual report	If applicable, mandatory	302
	List of requirements	Mandatory	465–469