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Appendix 5: Annual reporting requirements

The following table details the contents of the CRDC Annual Report and the associated requirements under the PIRD Act, the PGPA Act and the CRDC Funding Agreement.

Annual Report item

PIRD Act

PGPA Act

Funding Agreement

Section 1: Executive Summary

About CRDC and the Australian cotton industry

S28(a)(vii)

s17BE (k) & (l) (and s17BE (s))

Clause 8.1-8.5

Report from Chair & Executive Director

s28(a)(iii)

s17BE (p)

Progress against Strategic RD&E Plan 2018–23: Our Annual Performance Statement

s28(a)(i)
s28(a)(iii)

s28(a)(iib)

s28(b)

s39(1) (b)
s17BE (a) & (b)
s17BE (g)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Clause 9.4(a-b)

2019-20 investment & impact

s39(1)(b)
s17BE (g)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Year in review:

RD&E highlights

s28(a)(iv)

s39(1)(b)
s17BE (g)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Letter of transmittal

s17BB

Section 2: CRDC Business

CRDC role

S28(a)(vii)

s17BE (k) & (l) (and s17BE (s))

Clause 8.1-8.5

CRDC operations

s17BE (n) & (o)

Clause 14.1

Setting the research priorities

s28(d)

s17BE (n) & (o)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Collaboration & co-investment

s28(a)(iv)
s28(a)(vi)

s17BE (n) & (o)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Clause 11

Section 3: Corporate Operations

Business financials

s28(d)

Clause 14.1

Investments in RD&E

s28(d)
s28(a)(iib)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Clause 14.1

Investments against Government priorities

s28(a)(iib)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Section 4: RD&E Portfolio

Investments, innovations & impacts: Goals 1-3, Enabling Strategies 1&2

s28(a)(i)

s39(1)(b)

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Section 5: CRDC People and Governance

CRDC Board

s17BB
s17BE (j)
s17BE (m)

CRDC Employees

s17BE (k) & (l) (and s17BE (s))

Governance & accountability

s28(a)(iv)
s28(a)(v)
s28(a)(vi)
s28(c)

s17BB
s17BE (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)

Clause 2.6 (a-b)

Clause 7.1

Clause 9.7

Clause 12

Selection Committee Report

s141(1A)

Section 6: Financials

Independent Auditor’s Report

s17BB

s43(4)
s17BE (r)

Statement by the Accountable Authority, ED & Finance Officer

s17BB

*Financial statements *

s28(a) (viii)
s28(d)

s43(4)

RMG 138/139 *

Clause 14.1

Clause 12

Notes of the financial statements

s28(a) (viii)
s28(d)

s43(4)

Section 7: Appendices

Appendix 1: Australian Government priorities

s28(a)(i)

s17BB

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Appendix 2: Environmental performance

Clause 9.2(a-d)

Appendix 3: RD&E Portfolio list

s28(a)(i)

Appendix 4: Glossary & acronyms

s17BD

Appendix 5: Annual reporting requirements

S46(3)

s17BD

s17BE (u)

Clause 9.2(a-d)