Annual reports

Compliance checklist

Summary of requirement		Basis for requirement	Annual report reference
Letter of compliance	A letter of compliance from the accountable officer or statutory body to the relevant Minister/s	ARRs – section 7	Letter of compliance
Accessibility	Table of contents Glossary	ARRs – section 9.1	Contents Glossary of terms
	Public availability	ARRs – section 9.2	Communication objective
	Interpreter service statement	Queensland Government Language Services Policy ARRs – section 9.3	Communication objective
	Copyright notice	Copyright Act 1968 ARRs – section 9.4	Copyright
	Information Licensing	QGEA – Information Licensing ARRs – section 9.5	Licence
General information	Introductory Information Agency role and main functions	ARRs – section 10.1 ARRs – section 10.2	Director-General’s report About the Department Government’s objectives for the community List of Legislation
	Machinery-of-government changes	ARRs – section 10.2, 31 and 32	Not applicable
	Operating environment	ARRs – section 10.3	About the Department
Non-financial performance	Government’s objectives for the community	ARRs – section 11.1	About the Department Government's objectives for the community
	Other whole-of-government plans / specific initiatives	ARRs – section 11.2	About the Department Our people
	Agency objectives and performance indicators	ARRs – section 11.3	Policy Advice, and Coordination and Cabinet Support Strategy and Engagement Government Services Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel
	Agency service areas and service standards	ARRs – section 11.4	Policy Advice, and Coordination and Cabinet Support Strategy and Engagement Government Services Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel
Financial performance	Summary of financial performance	ARRs – section 12.1	Financial Summary 2019–20
Governance – management and structure	Organisational structure	ARRs – section 13.1	About the Department
	Executive management	ARRs – section 13.2	Our leaders Corporate Support Functions
	Government bodies (statutory bodies and other entities)	ARRs – section 13.3	Statutory reports
	Public Sector Ethics	Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 ARRs – section 13.4	Our people
	Human Rights	Human Rights Act 2019 ARRs – section 13.5	Our people
	Queensland public service values	ARRs – section 13.6	Our people
Governance – risk management and accountability	Risk management	ARRs – section 14.1	Corporate Support Functions Risk management Audit and Risk Management Committee
	Audit committee	ARRs – section 14.2	Corporate Support Functions Audit and Risk Management Committee
	Internal audit	ARRs – section 14.3	Corporate Support Functions Internal audit
	External scrutiny	ARRs – section 14.4	Corporate Support Functions External scrutiny
	Information systems and recordkeeping	ARRs – section 14.5	Corporate Support Functions
Governance – human resources	Strategic workforce planning and performance	ARRs – section 15.1	Our people
Governance – human resources	Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchment	Directive No.04/18 Early Retirement, Redundancy and Retrenchment ARRs – section 15.2	Our people
Open Data	Statement advising publication of information	ARRs – section 16	Corporate Support Functions Open data
	Consultancies	ARRs – section 33.1	https://data.qld.gov.au
	Overseas travel	ARRs – section 33.2	https://data.qld.gov.au
	Queensland Language Services Policy	ARRs – section 33.3	https://data.qld.gov.au
Financial statements	Certification of financial statements	FAA – section 62 FPMS – sections 38, 39 and 46 ARRs – section 17.1	Financial statements 2019–20
Financial statements	Independent Auditor’s Report	FAA – section 62 FPMS – section 46 ARRs – section 17.2	Financial statements 2019–20

FAA Financial Accountability Act 2009
FPMS Financial and Performance Management Standard 2019
ARRs Annual report requirements for Queensland Government agencies

Last updated: 3 November, 2024

Last reviewed: 27 October, 2020