The department
Section contents:
- Role and outcome
- Outcome and output structure
- Corporate governance
- Corporate goals and values
- The executive
- Governance framework
- Risk management, internal audit and fraud control
- Ethical standards
- Social justice and equity
- Financial overview
- Departmental financial performance
- Statement of financial performance
- Statement of financial position
- Administered item
This section describes the role and functions of the Department of Human Services (DHS), its outcome and outputs structure, and the corporate governance and financial arrangements that apply to all three organisations covered by this Annual Report.
The following three chapters report individually on the core department, the Child Support Agency (CSA) and CRS Australia and provide more detailed information on their governance functions.
The core department, CSA and CRS Australia report on their performance against the indicators and measures in the department’s 2004–05 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements. CRS Australia also reports on performance in the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Annual Report.