PGPA Rule Reference

Part of report

Description

Requirement

Page

17AD(g)

Letter of transmittal

17AI

A copy of the letter of transmittal signed and dated by accountable authority on date final text approved, with statement that the report has been prepared in accordance with section 46 of the Act and any enabling legislation that specifies additional requirements in relation to the annual report.

Mandatory

iii

17AD(h)

Aids to access

17AJ(a)

Table of contents.

Mandatory

v-vi

17AJ(b)

Alphabetical index.

Mandatory

67-68

17AJ(c)

Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms.

Mandatory

vii

17AJ(d)

List of requirements.

Mandatory

41-48

17AJ(e)

Details of contact officer.

Mandatory

ii

17AJ(f)

Entity’s website address.

Mandatory

ii

17AJ(g)

Electronic address of report.

Mandatory

ii

17AD(a)

Review by accountable authority

17AD(a)

A review by the accountable authority of the entity.

Mandatory

1–3

17AD(b)

Overview of the entity

17AE(1)(a)(i)

A description of the role and functions of the entity.

Mandatory

29

17AE(1)(a)(ii)

A description of the organisational structure of the entity.

Mandatory

31

17AE(1)(a)(iii)

A description of the outcomes and programmes administered by the entity.

Mandatory

30

17AE(1)(a)(iv)

A description of the purposes of the entity as included in the corporate plan.

Mandatory

18

17AE(1)(aa)(i)

Name of the accountable authority or each member of the accountable authority.

Mandatory

18

17AE(1)(aa)(ii)

Position title of the accountable authority or each member of the accountable authority.

Mandatory

18

17AE(1)(aa)(iii)

Period as the accountable authority or member of the accountable authority within the reporting period.

Mandatory

18

17AE(1)(b)

An outline of the structure of the portfolio of the entity.

Portfolio departments – mandatory

Not applicable

17AE(2)

Where the outcomes and programmes administered by the entity differ from any Portfolio Budget Statement, Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement or other portfolio estimates statements that was prepared for the entity for the period, include details of variation and reason for change.

If applicable, Mandatory

No variations

17AD(c)

Report on the Performance of the entity

Annual Performance Statements

17AD(c)(i); 16F

Annual performance statements in accordance with paragraph 39(1)(b) of the Act and section 16F of the Rule.

Mandatory

18

17AD(c)(ii)

Report on Financial Performance

17AF(1)(a)

A discussion and analysis of the entity’s financial performance.

Mandatory

30–31

17AF(1)(b)

A table summarising the total resources and total payments of the entity.

Mandatory

31

17AF(2)

If there may be significant changes in the financial results during or after the previous or current reporting period, information on those changes, including: the cause of any operating loss of the entity; how the entity has responded to the loss and the actions that have been taken in relation to the loss; and any matter or circumstances that it can reasonably by anticipated will have a significant impact on the entity’s future operation or financial results.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

17AD(d)

Management and Accountability

Corporate Governance

17AG(2)(a)

Information on compliance with section 10 (fraud systems).

Mandatory

38

17AG(2)(b)(i)

A certification by the accountable authority that fraud risk assessment and fraud control plans have been prepared.

Mandatory

39

17AG(2)(b)(ii)

A certification by accountable authority that appropriate mechanisms for preventing, detecting incidents of, investigating or otherwise dealing with, and recording or reporting fraud that meet the specific needs of the entity are in place.

Mandatory

39

17AG(2)(b)(iii)

A certification by accountable authority that all reasonable measures have been taken to deal appropriately with fraud relating to the entity.

Mandatory

39

17AG(2)(c)

An outline of structures and processes in place for the entity to implement principles and objectives of corporate governance.

Mandatory

31

17AG(2)(d)-(e)

A statement of significant issues reported to Minister under paragraph 19(1)(e) of the Act that relates to non-compliance with Finance laws and actions taken to remedy non-compliance.

If applicable, Mandatory

37-38

Audit Committee

17AG(2A)(a)

A direct electronic address of the charter determining the functions of the entity’s audit committee.

Mandatory

35

17AG(2A)(b)

The name of each member of the entity’s audit committee.

Mandatory

35

17AG(2A)(c)

The qualifications, knowledge, skills or experience of each member of the entity’s audit committee.

Mandatory

36

17AG(2A)(d)

Information about the attendance of each member of the entity’s audit committee at committee meetings.

Mandatory

37

17AG(2A)(e)

The remuneration of each member of the entity’s audit committee.

Mandatory

35

External scrutiny

17AG(3)

Information on the most significant developments in external scrutiny and the entity’s response to the scrutiny.

Mandatory

21-26

17AG(3)(a)

Information on judicial decisions and decisions of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner that may have a significant effect on the operation of the entity.

If applicable, Mandatory

21-26

17AG(3)(b)

Information on any reports on operations of the entity by the Auditor-General (other than report under section 43 of the Act), a Parliamentary Committee, or the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

17AG(3)(c)

Information on any capability reviews on the entity that were released during the period.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

Management of Human Resources

17AG(4)(a)

An assessment of the entity’s effectiveness in managing and developing employees to achieve entity objectives.

Mandatory

33–34

17AG(4)(aa)

Statistics on the entity’s employees on an ongoing and non‑ongoing basis, including the following:

1. statistics on full-time employees;
2. statistics on part-time employees;
3. statistics on gender;
4. statistics on staff location.

Mandatory

33-34

17AG(4)(b)

Statistics on the entity’s APS employees on an ongoing and non-ongoing basis, including the following:

• Statistics on staffing classification level;
• Statistics on full-time employees;
• Statistics on part-time employees;
• Statistics on gender;
• Statistics on staff location;
• Statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous.

Mandatory

33–34

17AG(4)(c)

Information on any enterprise agreements, individual flexibility arrangements, Australian workplace agreements, common law contracts and determinations under subsection 24(1) of the Public Service Act 1999.

Mandatory

33–34

417AG(4)(c)(i)

Information on the number of SES and non-SES employees covered by agreements etc identified in paragraph 17AG(4)(c).

Mandatory

33–34

17AG(4)(c)(ii)

The salary range available for APS employees by classification level.

Mandatory

33–34

17AG(4)(c)(iii)

A description of non-salary benefits provided to employees.

Mandatory

33–34

17AG(4)(d)(i)

Information on the number of employees at each classification level who received performance pay.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

17AG(4)(d)(ii)

Information on aggregate amounts of performance pay at each classification level.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

17AG(4)(d)(iii)

Information on the average amounts of performance payment, and range of such payments, at each classification level.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

17AG(4)(d)(iv)

Information on aggregate amount of performance payments.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

Asset management

17AG(5)

An assessment of effectiveness of assets management where asset management is a significant part of the entity’s activities.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

Purchasing

17AG(6)

An assessment of entity performance against the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.

Mandatory

39

Consultants

17AG(7)(a)

A summary statement detailing the number of new contracts engaging consultants entered into during the period; the total actual expenditure on all new consultancy contracts entered into during the period (inclusive of GST); the number of ongoing consultancy contracts that were entered into during previous report period; and the total actual expenditure in the reporting year on the ongoing consultancy contracts (inclusive of GST).

Mandatory

39-40

17AG(7)(b)

A statement that “During [reporting period], [specified number] new consultancy contracts were entered into involving total actual expenditure of $[specified million]. In addition, [specified number] ongoing consultancy contracts were active during the period, involving total actual expenditure of $[specified million]”.

Mandatory

39-40

17AG(7)(c)

A summary of the policies and procedures for selecting and engaging consultants and the main categories of purposes for which consultants were selected and engaged.

Mandatory

39-40

17AG(7)(d)

A statement that “Annual reports contain information about actual expenditure on contracts for consultancies. Information on the value of contracts and consultancies is available on the AusTender website.”

Mandatory

40

Australian National Audit Office Access Clauses

17AG(8)

If an entity entered into a contract with a value of more than $100 000 (inclusive of GST) and the contract did not provide the Auditor-General with access to the contractor’s premises, the report must include the name of the contractor, purpose and value of the contract, and the reason why a clause allowing access was not included in the contract.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

Exempt contracts

17AG(9)

If an entity entered into a contract or there is a standing offer with a value greater than $10 000 (inclusive of GST) which has been exempted from being published in AusTender because it would disclose exempt matters under the FOI Act, the annual report must include a statement that the contract or standing offer has been exempted, and the value of the contract or standing offer, to the extent that doing so does not disclose the exempt matters.

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

Small business

17AG(10)(a)

A statement that “[Name of entity] supports small business participation in the Commonwealth Government procurement market. Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Small Enterprise participation statistics are available on the Department of Finance’s website.”

Mandatory

38

17AG(10)(b)

An outline of the ways in which the procurement practices of the entity support small and medium enterprises.

Mandatory

38

17AG(10)(c)

If the entity is considered by the Department administered by the Finance Minister as material in nature—a statement that “[Name of entity] recognises the importance of ensuring that small businesses are paid on time. The results of the Survey of Australian Government Payments to Small Business are available on the Treasury’s website.”

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

Financial statements

17AD(e)

Inclusion of the annual financial statements in accordance with subsection 43(4) of the Act.

Mandatory

49

Executive Remuneration

17AD(da)

Information about executive remuneration in accordance with Subdivision C of Division 3A of Part 2‑3 of the Rule.

Mandatory

34

17AD(f)

Other Mandatory Information

17AH(1)(a)(i)

If the entity conducted advertising campaigns, a statement that “During [reporting period], the [name of entity] conducted the following advertising campaigns: [name of advertising campaigns undertaken]. Further information on those advertising campaigns is available at [address of entity’s website] and in the reports on Australian Government advertising prepared by the Department of Finance. Those reports are available on the Department of Finance’s website.”

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

17AH(1)(a)(ii)

If the entity did not conduct advertising campaigns, a statement to that effect.

If applicable, Mandatory

39

17AH(1)(b)

A statement that “Information on grants awarded by [name of entity] during [reporting period] is available at [address of entity’s website].”

If applicable, Mandatory

Not applicable

17AH(1)(c)

Outline of mechanisms of disability reporting, including reference to website for further information.

Mandatory

34–35

17AH(1)(d)

Website reference to where the entity’s Information Publication Scheme statement pursuant to Part II of FOI Act can be found.

Mandatory

34

17AH(1)(e)

Correction of material errors in previous annual report

Mandatory

Not applicable

17AH(2)

Information required by other legislation.

Mandatory

21–26