About this report
Section contents:
Purpose
This is the first Annual Report of the Australian Government’s Department of Human Services. The report, which is prepared in accordance with the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, documents the department’s activities and performance to 30 June 2005.
The department oversights and coordinates six government entities, some of which publish their own Annual Reports. CRS Australia reports on its performance in the Annual Report of another department, as explained in the ‘Overview’ section.
Structure
The report is in nine parts:
- a review by the Secretary of the department, summarising significant developments during 2004 - 05 and the outlook for 2005 - 06
- an overview of Human Services, identifying and explaining the interactions of the small ‘core department’ and its agencies
- a section on the department as a whole, outlining its structure and those corporate governance and financial arrangements that apply to all its component organisations
- three sections reporting on performance and governance in the core department, the Child Support Agency and CRS Australia
- the audited financial statements of the core department, the Child Support Agency and CRS Australia
- Appendixes containing detailed information and statistics required under legislation and reporting regulations
- a reference section, which includes a glossary and list of abbreviations, a compliance index and a general index
Readers
This report is presented for tabling in the House of Representatives and the Senate. It is also designed to meet the information needs of our staff, other government agencies, the media, researchers, students and interested citizens.
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 1832-8792
Web address of this report: http://www.humanservices.gov.au/publications/annual_reports.htm
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Contact officer
Assistant Secretary
Corporate Branch
Department of Human Services
PO Box 3959
Manuka ACT 2603
Telephone: 1300 544 479
Fax: 02 6223 4999
Email: annual.report@humanservices.gov.au
Website: www.humanservices.gov.au