Annual Report
2004–05
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2004–05 |
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Page IndexDocument SummaryThe Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet provides support to the Prime Minister and works to achieve a coordinated approach to the development and implementation of government policies. This annual report details the department’s activities during the 2004–05 financial year and is in eight parts. In the Secretary’s review, the head of the department, Dr Peter Shergold, reports on the year’s activities. The year in pictures provides some photographic highlights of the department’s activities. The chapter on overviews looks at the structures of both the department and the six agencies comprising the Prime Minister’s portfolio. It also provides a summary of the department’s operational and financial performance. A separate chapter on performance reports in detail on each of the department’s four output groups and rates their performance against their performance targets. The chapter on management and accountability reports on the department’s approach to corporate governance, the management of its resources and how it fulfils its statutory obligations. A special article on the department's Cabinet Implementation Unit describes the aims and work of the unit. The appendixes give detailed information on staffing and other data, including consultancies, required by legislation to be included in the annual report. The audited financial statements account for the money allocated to the department by the Parliament. The reference section includes a compliance index and a glossary. In addition, a help section explains how to navigate through this online report, how to download and print the report, and information about its accessibility. AccessibilityIn order to make the online annual report accessible to the largest possible audience, this report has been developed in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) To reduce download times for users with slow connections to the internet, PDF files have been provided for individual sections of the report, and thumbnails have been provided to larger images. If you have any difficulty accessing the report, please contact the contact the Web Administrator using the Feedback facility. Netscape Navigator 4 is not compliant with W3C standards. This affects only the appearance of the online report, not its content or functionality. We recommend that if you use Netscape Navigator 4 you print from the PDF files, and consider viewing the report in a later version browser if possible. Copyright© Commonwealth of Australia 2005 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Australian Government, available from the Attorney-General's Department. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Copyright Law Branch, Attorney-General's Department, National Circuit, Barton ACT 2601, or posted at http://www.ag.gov.au/cca. ISSN 0157-8340 Document Production DetailsWeb address of this report: www.pmc.gov.au/annual_reports/2004-05/index.htm Produced by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Photos by Auspic, departmental staff and the White House Inquiries and Feedback about this ReportContact officer Assistant Secretary Telephone: (02) 6271 5404 Website: www.pmc.gov.au |
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