30 September 2016

Senator the Hon Marise Payne
Minister for Defence
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann
Minister for Finance
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Dear Ministers

On behalf of the Board of Directors, the accountable authority of Defence Housing Australia (DHA), I am pleased to present our Annual Report for the financial year ending 30 June 2016.

DHA continues to deliver housing and related services to Australian Defence Force members and their families in accordance with the Defence Housing Australia Act 1987, and our obligations under service agreements with the Department of Defence.

This report details DHA's performance against strategic objectives and performance indicators set out in our Corporate Plan 2015–16 to 2018–19. In the Board's opinion, it is based on properly maintained records, is an accurate reflection of DHA's performance in 2015–16 and has been prepared in accordance with all legislative requirements, including the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ( PGPA Act) and PGPA Rule 2014.

The Board is satisfied that DHA has prepared a fraud risk assessment and fraud control plan, and has appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation, reporting and data collection procedures in place that comply with the Australian Government Fraud Control Guidelines.

DHA's Board endorsed this report in accordance with a resolution on 11 August 2016.

I commend this report to you as a record of DHA's achievements and compliance, and request that you present it to the Parliament.

Yours sincerely

Hon J.A.L. (Sandy) Macdonald

Chairman