Annual reports

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Annual Report 2009-10

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2010
ISSN 1441-9335

Guide to the Annual Report

Structure

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) Annual Report 2009-10 has been prepared in accordance with the Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies, as approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit. This report is presented in four sections as outlined below.

Executive summary

This section provides:

Report on performance by outcome

This section contains five chapters that detail DEWHA's activities, achievements and performance during the year against the five outcomes as set down in the department's strategic plan and the Portfolio Budget Statements 2009-10. These outcomes are:

Legislation annual reports are included with the Outcome 1, 2, 4 and 5 chapters.1 Some Acts that the department administers require the department or minister to provide annual reports on their operation to the parliament. This report details the operation of the eight Acts the department administers that do not report separately, focusing on how the statutory requirements of the Acts were met during the reporting year and how the Acts were administered.

The Acts covered are:

A sixth chapter covers the department's corporate activities as outlined in the department's strategic plan. It details the department's effectiveness in managing the corporate governance, workforce planning, financial framework, stakeholder management and cross-cutting aspects of the department's operations. This outcome is:

Financial Statements

This section contains DEWHA's audited financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2010.

Glossary, List of requirements and Index

The report includes a glossary of terms and acronyms, a list of requirements for locating mandatory and suggested information and an alphabetic index.

Enquiries

The department welcomes comment on this report. Enquiries and feedback may be directed to:

Assistant Secretary
Strategic Advice Branch
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities2
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601

Copies of this annual report and other departmental publications can be requested online at www.environment.gov.au/about/publications/order-form.html. Further information can be obtained from the department's internet sites: www.environment.gov.au, www.aad.gov.au , www.arts.gov.au , www.portrait.gov.au 

Online annual report

An online version of this annual report and related information, including the supplement listing consultancies, are available at www.environment.gov.au/about/publications/annual-report/index.html

1 The department provides separate annual reports to the parliament for the following legislation:

2 Following machinery of government changes on 14 September 2010 the department's name was changed in line with the restructure of its portfolio responsibilities.

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