10. Other Information

• Corrections to material errors in 2008-09 Annual Report
• Index of compliance with mandatory JCPAA requirements
• List of figures
• List of abbreviations
• Glossary

Corrections to material errors in 2008-09 Annual Report

National Archives of Australia

The National Archives of Australia was transferred to the PM&C portfolio on 1 May 2008. Due to an oversight it was not included in the list of PM&C portfolio agencies in the 2007– 08 Annual Report.

Market Research

In PM&Cs 2007–08 Annual Report, we stated that no market research had been undertaken during the reporting period. This was an omission. The table below provides information on market research undertaken by Eureka Strategic in the year 2007–08.

Index of compliance with mandatory JCPAA requirements

List of Figures

List of abbreviations

Glossary

Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO): An order issued from time to time by the government and signed by the Governor-General which establishes the matters or
outcomes to be dealt with by each department of state, and the Acts to be administered by each minister.

Administered items: Revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities that the government controls, but which an agency or authority manages on the government’s behalf.

Agency: A department of state, department of parliament and prescribed agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): The premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region comprising 21 Member Economies.

Australian Workplace Agreement (AWA): An agreement between an employer and an employee about the terms and conditions of employment, made under the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

Collective Agreement (CA): A collective agreement relating to employment conditions made directly between an employer and a group of employees.

Chief Executive’s Instruction provides operational guidance for accountability requirements under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (CPGs): The CPGs establish the core procurement policy framework and articulate the Government’s expectations for all agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and their officials when performing duties in relation to procurement.

Council of Australian Governments (COAG): The peak intergovernmental forum in Australia, comprising the Prime Minister, State Premiers, Territory Chief Ministers and the President of the Australian Local Government Association.

Equity: Also known as net assets, it is the residual interest in the assets of an entity after deduction of its liabilities.

First Ministers: The Prime Minister, state Premiers and territory Chief Ministers.

Inoperatives: Staff on paid leave greater than three months (maternity leave, long service leave, annual leave) and staff on leave without pay (external temporary transfers, overseas travel or study) and other temporary employment in the interests of the APS.

Non-ongoing employee: An Australian Public Service employee who is employed for a specific term or task, or for duties that are irregular or intermittent as per paragraph 22(2)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999.

Outcomes and outputs structure: This structure reflects and agency’s business and enables sound performance reporting to parliament. Outcomes are the results, impacts or consequences of actions by the Australian Government affecting the Australian community. Outputs contribute to outcomes. They are the goods or services produced by agencies on behalf of the government and are specified by price, quantity or quality.

Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS): These statements explain the provisions of the Appropriation bills (Budget Bills), that is, where appropriated funds are to be spent.

Portfolio agencies: The different government agencies which are accountable to a minister. For a list of the Prime Minister’s portfolio agencies see Chapter 2.

Price of outputs: The government’s contribution to the department’s direct costs in producing required outputs and associated indirect costs, such as corporate overheads. It does not include, for example, revenue from independent sources.

Reasonable adjustment: The principle of providing an employee with a disability with services and/or facilities to assist them in carrying out the inherent requirements of their employment, where this does not impose unjustifiable hardship on the employer.

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