The objective of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) is to provide a coherent system of governance and accountability for public resources, with an emphasis on planning, performance and reporting.

Each year, as part of the federal budget, we publish portfolio budget statements (PBS) that set out our outcomes, allocate the resources to deliver these outcomes under ten programs and establish high-level performance measures by which we evaluate our success. In the 2019–20 PBS, we used the markers of ‘effectiveness’ and ‘efficiency’ to measure our success in meeting our outcomes over the year.¹

The outcomes established in the PBS mirror the purposes set out in our annual corporate plan. To achieve these purposes, we undertake activities across six strategic priority areas and establish performance measures and targets to measure our progress.²

At the end of the performance cycle, we report on our success in achieving our key activities and performance measures in the annual performance statement of our annual report. Key activities can be found in the Key activities section and the performance results can be found at the Our results section.

Figure 2 illustrates our performance framework.

Our performance framework

Note: Program 2.3 – Workers compensation payments under Outcome 2 is managed by Comcare. Comcare reports against this program and associated performance measures in the Comcare annual report.