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Letter of Transmittal

Australian Government Department of Human Services Secretary Renée Leon PSM The Hon. Stuart Robert Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister for Government Services Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Minister I am pleased to submit the Services Australia Annual Report for the year ending 30 June 2019, as required by section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. The report has been prepared in accordance with the Resource Management Guide No. 135—Annual reports for non-corporate Commonwealth entities, issued by the Department of Finance. The report meets my reporting requirements under the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973. The report also includes information on the data-matching program for the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 required by subsection 12(4) of the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990. I am required to provide the report on the data-matching program to the Information Commissioner. In accordance with Section 10 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Rule 2014, the department has prepared fraud risk assessments and fraud control plans to minimise the incidence of fraud through appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation and reporting mechanisms. All reasonable measures have also been taken to recover the proceeds of fraud against the department. Yours sincerely Renée Leon 17 September 2019

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