Appendix 4. Mandatory Reporting

Work health and safety

Refer Section 3

Statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous

Refer Section 3

Procurement Initiatives to Support Small Business

The National Blood Authority supports small business participation in the Commonwealth Government procurement market. Small and Medium Enterprises (SM E) and Small Enterprise participation statistics are available on the Department of Finance's website:
www.finance.gov.au/procurement/statistics-on-commonwealth-purchasing-contracts

The following initiatives employed by the National Blood Authority support small business:

the Commonwealth Contracting Suite for low-risk procurements valued under $200,000
Australian Industry Participation plans in whole-of-government procurement where applicable
the Small Business Engagement Principles (outlined in the government's Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda), such as communicating in clear, simple language and presenting information in an accessible format
electronic systems or other processes used to facilitate on-time payment performance, including the use of payment cards.

The National Blood Authority recognises the importance of ensuring that small business are paid on time. The results of the Survey of Australian Government Payments to Small Business are available on the Treasury's website: www.treasury.gov.au

Advertising and market research

Section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 requires particulars of all amounts greater than $13,200 paid during a financial year to advertising agencies, market research organisations, polling organisations, direct mail organisations and media advertising organisations. The NBA made no payments of this kind in 2017–18. The NBA did not conduct any advertising campaigns in 2017-18.

Ecologically sustainable development
and environmental performance

The NBA continued to pursue activities that support the ecologically sustainable principles outlined in Section 3A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. During 2017-18, this included the following examples:

continued use of audio and video conferencing and online collaboration in preference to face-to-face meetings requiring interstate or international travel

recycling into three streams of waste – co-mingled material, paper and printer cartridges

encouraging staff to recycle and re-use existing stationery before ordering new supplies

maintaining paper use reduction initiatives such as defaulting printer settings to print double sided and in black and white and using 100 per cent recycled paper

running the air conditioning systems on timers and occupancy sensors to ensure operation only during business hours when the immediate area is occupied

participating in Earth Hour – the office was fully compliant and all staff were encouraged to participate

ensuring that through purchasing activities further improvements were made within blood product supply contracts

electronic document and records management system in place.

In summary, Table 5.3 provides information on the impact the NBA's activities have on the natural environment. The NBA continues to look at ways to further reduce the impact on the environment.

TABLE 5.3 NBA Environmental performance indicators

Theme	Performance measure	Indicator(s)	2016-17	2017-18
Energy efficiency	Total consumption of energy	Amount of electricity consumed (kWh)	150,852 kWh	162,224 kWh
		Amount of gas consumed (MJ)	0 MJ	0 MJ
		Amount of other fuels consumed ($/kWh/MJ/L)	0	0
		Air travel distances (km)	494,671 kms	552,703 kms
	Total consumption of green energy	Amount of green energy purchased/consumed ($/kWh)	0 kWh	0 kWh
	Greenhouse gas emissions	Amount of greenhouse gases produced (tonnes)	0 tonnes	0 tonnes
	Relative energy uses	Amount of green energy purchased divided by the amount of electricity consumed	0%	0%
	Relative energy uses	Amount of total energy consumed (kWh) per employee	1,927 kWh	1,840 kWh
Theme	Performance measure	Indicator(s)	2016-17	2017-18
Waste	Total waste production	Amount of waste produced (tonnes)	10.43 tonnes	11.01 tonnes
	Un-recyclable waste production	Amount of waste going to landfills (tonnes)	1.89 tonnes	2.13 tonnes
	Recyclable waste production (excluding office paper)	Amount of waste going to recycling facilities (tonnes)	1.38 tonnes	1.20 tonnes
	Paper waste production	Amount of waste paper going to recycling facilities (tonnes)	7.152 tonnes	7.679 tonnes
		Amount of paper sourced from recyclable sources (tonnes)	1.495 tonnes	1.798 tonnes
		Percentage of paper sourced from recyclable sources (per cent)	99.7%	99.8%
	Use of renewable/recyclable products	Amount of products sourced from renewable/recyclable sources (tonnes)	1.491 tonnes	1.793 tonnes
	Relative waste production	Amount of total waste (tonnes) per employee	0.13 tonnes	0.12 tonnes
Theme	Performance measure	Indicator(s)	2016-17	2017-18
Water	Total consumption of water	Amount of water consumed (L)	441,681 L	462,433 L
	Grey water/rainwater capture and use	Grey Water not applicable to NBA tenancies	na	na
	Relative consumption/use of water	Amount of total water use (L) per employee	5,641 L	5,245 L

Grant programs

Information on grants awarded by the NBA during the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 is available at
www.blood.gov.au/governmental-compliance

Disability reporting

Since 1994, non-corporate Commonwealth entities have reported on their performance as policy adviser, purchaser, employer, regulator and provider under the Commonwealth Disability Strategy. In 2007–08, reporting on the employer role was transferred to the Australian Public Service Commission's State of the Service Report and the APS Statistical Bulletin. These reports are available at www.apsc.gov.au. From 2010–11, entities are no longer required to report on these functions.

The Commonwealth Disability Strategy has been overtaken by the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020, which sets out a 10-year national policy framework to improve the lives of people with a disability, promote participation and create a more inclusive society. A high level two-yearly report will track progress against each of the six outcome areas of the Strategy and present a picture of how people with disability are faring. The first of these reports will be available in late 2014, and can be found at www.dss.gov.au.

Information Publication Scheme statement

Entities subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) are required to publish information to the public as part of the Information Publication Scheme (IPS). This requirement is in Part II of the FOI Act and has replaced the former requirement to publish a section 8 statement in an annual report. Each agency must display on its website a plan showing what information it publishes in accordance with the IPS requirements.

A copy of the NBA IPS Plan and associated published documents can be located at:
http://www.blood.gov.au/ips

Errata

Nil

Agency resource statements

The agency resource statement provides details of the funding sources that the NBA drew upon in 2017-18. In addition, it provides information about special accounts balances to be carried over to 2018-19.

	Actual Available Appropriation for 2017-18 $'000	Payments made 2017-18 $'000	Balance 2017-18 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a) - (b)
Ordinary Annual Services¹
Departmental appropriation²	6,211	6,119	92
Total	6,211	6,119	92

Administered expenses
Outcome 1³	3,860	3,860
Total	3,860	3,860

Total ordinary annual services	10,071	9,979

Special Accounts⁴
Opening balance	192,860
Appropriation receipts⁵	9,979
Non-appropriation receipts to Special Accounts	1,213,914
Payments made		1,218,070
Total Special Accounts	1,416,753	1,218,070	198,683

Total resourcing and payments	1,426,824	1,228,049

¹Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2017-18 and Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2017-18. This may also include Prior Year departmental appropriation and section 31 relevant agency receipts.

² Includes an amount of $0.061 million in 2017-18 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as 'contributions by owners'.

³ Includes an amount of $nil in 2017-18 for the Administered Capital Budget.

⁴ Does not include 'Special Public Money' held in accounts like Other Trust Monies account (OTM). Services for other Government and Non-agency Bodies accounts (SOG), or Services for Other Entities and Trust Moneys Special accounts (SOETM).

⁵ Appropriation receipts from National Blood Authority annual appropriations for 2017-18 included above.

Resource for outcomes

This table provides details of the total funding for each outcome. In 2017-18 the NBA operated under a single outcome.

Outcome 1: Australia's blood supply is secure and well managed	Budget^* 2017-18 $'000	Actual Expenses 2017-18 $'000	Variation 2017-18 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a) - (b)
Program 1.1: National Blood Agreement management
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Bill No. 1)	3,860	3,860	-
Special Accounts	1,198,731	1,151,873	46,858
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation¹	6,211	6,119	92
Special Accounts	9,398	11,897	-2,499
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year	575	1,033	-458

Total for Program 1.1	1,218,775	1,174,782	43,993
Total expenses for Outcome 1	1,218,775	1,174,782	43,993

		2016-17	2017-18
Average Staffing Level (number)		53	52

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2017-18 Budget.

¹ Departmental Appropriation combines "Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act No. 1)" and "Revenue from independent sources (s31)".

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