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Annual Report 06–07
Guide to the Annual Report
Purpose
The annual report of the Portfolio Department of Human Services (DHS) sets out DHS’s activities and performance for the financial year ending 30 June 2007.
It has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Requirements for annual reports for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies, as approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit under subsections 63(2) and 70(2) of the Public Service Act 1999. It satisfies the annual reporting requirements set out in the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
This is the report on the performance of the three organisations that constitute DHS—the Core Department, the Child Support Agency (CSA) and CRS Australia. Information on how the other four agencies within the Human Services Portfolio report their performance is in the overview section of this report.
Structure
This report is presented in eight parts:
- a review by the Secretary summarising significant developments in 2006–07 and the outlook for 2007–08;
- an overview of the Human Services Portfolio explaining the roles of, and relationships between, the Core Department and the six agencies, and the corporate governance and financial arrangements that apply to the three organisations that constitute DHS;
- an output section reporting on performance and governance in the Core Department;
- an output section reporting on performance and governance in CSA;
- an output section reporting on performance and governance in CRS Australia;
- the audited financial statements of DHS inclusive of the Core Department, CSA and CRS Australia;
- appendices containing detailed information and statistics required under legislation and reporting regulations; and
- references, comprising a list of abbreviations, a compliance index and a general index.