Appendix 5. List of requirements

Outlined in this section is the location of information provided in accordance with the Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and other non-corporate Commonwealth Entities issued by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as of 25 June 2015.

na denotes that the requirement was not applicable to the NBA during 2014-15.

nil denotes that this aspect was not reported on for the NBA in 2014-15.

Description	Requirement	Page
Letter of transmittal	Mandatory	iii
Table of contents	Mandatory	iv
Index	Mandatory	172-177
Glossary	Mandatory	169-171
Contact officer(s)	Mandatory	ii
Internet home page address and Internet address for report	Mandatory	ii

Review by General Manager

Description	Requirement	Page
Review by departmental secretary	Mandatory	8-11
Summary of significant issues and developments	Suggested	8-11, 12-14
Overview of department's performance and financial results	Suggested	6-11, 18-19, 80-82
Outlook for following year	Suggested	11, 14
Significant issues and developments – portfolio	Portfolio departments – suggested	na

Departmental Overview

Description	Requirement	Page
Role and functions	Mandatory	2-3
Organisational structure	Mandatory	4, 70
Outcome and programme structure	Mandatory	18-20
Where outcome and programme 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	na
Portfolio structure	Portfolio departments – Mandatory	na

Report on Performance

Description	Requirement	Page
Review of performance during the year in relation to programmes and contribution to outcomes	Mandatory	18-58
Actual performance in relation to deliverables and KPIs set out in PB Statements/PAES or other portfolio statements	Mandatory	18-19
Where performance targets differ from the PBS/PAES, details of both former and new targets, and reasons for the change	Mandatory	na
Narrative discussion and analysis of performance	Mandatory	18-58
Trend information	Mandatory	3, 22-31, 33, 35, 66, 80, 82
Significant changes in nature of principal functions/services	Suggested	na
Performance of purchaser/provider arrangements	If applicable, suggested	na
Factors, events or trends influencing departmental performance	Suggested	8-10, 18-58
Contribution of risk management in achieving objectives	Suggested	46, 68
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the department's response to complaints	If applicable, mandatory	67
Discussion and analysis of the department's financial performance	Mandatory	80-82
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	161-162

Management and Accountability

Corporate Governance

Description	Requirement	Page
Agency heads are required to certify their agency's actions in dealing with fraud	Mandatory	68
Statement of the main corporate governance practices in place	Mandatory	62-64
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	Suggested	63
Senior management committees and their roles	Suggested	62-64
Corporate and operational plan and associated performance reporting and review	Suggested	62-66
Internal audit arrangements including approach adopted to identifying areas of significant financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks	Suggested	64
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	Suggested	70
How nature and amount of remuneration for SES officers is determined	Suggested	75

External Scrutiny

Description	Requirement	Page
Significant developments in external scrutiny	Mandatory	67
Judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner	Mandatory	67
Reports by the Auditor-General, a Parliamentary Committee, the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review	Mandatory	67

Management of Human Resources

Description	Requirement	Page
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve departmental objectives	Mandatory	69-75
Workforce planning, staff retention and turnover	Suggested	74
Impact and features of enterprise or collective agreements, individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs), determinations, common law contracts and Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs)	Suggested	73-74
Training and development undertaken and its impact	Suggested	75
Work health and safety performance	Suggested	75, 156
Productivity gains	Suggested	74
Statistics on staffing	Mandatory	71-73
Statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous	Mandatory	156
Enterprise or collective agreements, IFAs, determinations, common law contracts and AWAs	Mandatory	73-74
Performance pay	Mandatory	75

Assets Management

Description	Requirement	Page
Assessment of effectiveness of assets management	If applicable, mandatory	83

Purchasing

Description	Requirement	Page
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	Mandatory	84-85

Consultants

Description	Requirement	Page
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 the 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	85

Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses

Description	Requirement	Page
Absence of provisions in contracts allowing access by the Auditor-General	Mandatory	84

Exempt contracts

Description	Requirement	Page
Contracts exempted from publication in AusTender	Mandatory	84

Small business

Description	Requirement	Page
Procurement initiatives to support small business	Mandatory	85

Financial Statements

Description	Requirement	Page
Financial Statements	Mandatory	86-143

Other Mandatory Information

Description	Requirement	Page
Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)	Mandatory	156
Advertising and Market Research (Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) and statement on advertising campaigns	Mandatory	157
Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance (Section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)	Mandatory	157-159
Compliance with the agency's obligations under the Carer Recognition Act 2010	If applicable, mandatory	na
Grant programmes	Mandatory	160
Disability reporting - explicit and transparent reference to agency - level information available through other reporting mechanisms	Mandatory	160
Information Publication Scheme statement	Mandatory	160
Correction of material errors in previous annual report	If applicable, mandatory	160
Agency Resource Statements and Resources for Outcomes	Mandatory	161-162
List of Requirements	Mandatory	163-168