Index of Annual Report requirements

This list of requirements has been prepared in accordance with Resource Management Guide No. 136, Annual report for corporate Commonwealth entities published by the Department of Finance (Public Management Reform Agenda group) in July 2016.

Table 22: DHA compliance with list of requirements

Description	Requirement
General
Letter of transmittal	30
Approval of report by accountable authority	Mandatory
Table of contents	Mandatory
List of figures and tables	Suggested
Index [alphabetical]	Mandatory
Glossary [acronyms and abbreviations]	Mandatory
Contact officer	Mandatory
Internet address for the annual report	Mandatory
Agency overview
Acting Managing Director's review
Review by the Managing Director	Mandatory
Summary of significant issues and developments	Suggested
Overview of the agency's performance and financial results	Suggested
Outlook for the following year	Suggested
Agency overview
Role and functions	Mandatory
Organisational structure (including responsible Minister)	Mandatory
An outline of the location or major activities or facilities of the entity	Mandatory
Performance reporting
Review of performance in relation to programmes and contribution to outcomes	Mandatory
Analysis of performance	Mandatory
Customer service
Performance against service charter customer service standards, complaints data, and the agency's response to complaints	Mandatory
Human resources management
Assessment of effectiveness in managing and developing human resources to achieve agency objectives	Mandatory
Statistics on staffing	Mandatory
Statistics on employees who identify as Indigenous or as having a disability	Mandatory
Information about performance pay	Mandatory
Information about the how the nature and amount of remuneration for senior executive service (SES) officers is determined	Mandatory
Information about workforce planning, staff retention and turnover	Suggested
Information about the impact and features of the entity's enterprise agreement	Suggested
Information about training and development undertaken and its impact	Suggested
Information about the entity's work health and safety (WHS) performance	Suggested
Financial management
Assessment of the agency's financial performance, including any significant changes to overall financial structure and condition	Mandatory
Assessment of any events or risks that could cause financial information reported not to be indicative of future operations or financial condition	Mandatory
Information about any dividends paid or recommended in the period	Mandatory
Management and accountability
Corporate governance
Enabling legislation	Mandatory
Information in relation to the main corporate governance practices used by the entity in the period	Mandatory
Names of responsible Minister(s) during the period	Mandatory
Information about any directions given to the entity by a Minister under an Act or instrument during the period	Mandatory
Information about any government policy orders that applied in relation to the entity during the period under section 22 of the Act	Mandatory
Information about the accountable authority and each member of the accountable authority	Mandatory
Information about any related entity transactions during the period	Mandatory
Names of the senior executive and their responsibilities	Suggested
Senior management committees and their roles	Suggested
Information about internal audit arrangements	Suggested
Information in relation to how the entity identifies financial or operational risk and arrangements to manage those risks	Suggested
Information about indemnities and insurance premiums for officers	Mandatory
Information about how the entity manages privacy and requests for information (includes Information Publication Scheme Statement)	Suggested
Assessment of purchasing against core policies and principles	Mandatory
Information about the number of new consultancy service contracts issued in the period and the value of those contracts	Mandatory
A statement of any significant issue reported to the responsible Minister under paragraph 19(1)(e) of the Act that relates to non-compliance with finance law in relation to the entity	Mandatory
An outline of the action that has been taken to remedy the non-compliance	Mandatory
Policy and practices on the establishment and maintenance of appropriate ethical standards	Suggested
External scrutiny
Significant developments in external scrutiny	Mandatory
Judicial decisions and decision of administrative tribunals and by the Australian Information Commissioner	Mandatory
Reports by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee, the Commonwealth Ombudsman or an agency capability review	Mandatory
DHA Investment Management Limited (DHA IML)
Information about any subsidiaries and an assessment of their performance during the period	Mandatory
Financial statements
Independent auditor's report	Mandatory
Financial statements	Mandatory
Notes to the consolidated financial statements	Mandatory
Other mandatory information and statutory requirements
Community service obligations	Mandatory
Grant programs	Mandatory
Work health and safety (Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011)	Mandatory
Advertising and market research (section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918)	Mandatory
Ecological sustainable development and environmental performance (section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 2010)	Mandatory
Correction of material errors in previous annual reports	Mandatory
List of requirements	Mandatory

NOTE

Index [alphabetical] applies to the printed version of the report only. Where DHA had nil to report, there is no link to information.