Annual Report 2011-2012

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  • Annual Report 2011-2012 [PDF 8MB]
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  • Overviews [PDF 1.5 MB]
  • Performance reporting [PDF 3.7 MB]
  • Corporate management [PDF 1 MB]
  • Appendixes [PDF 1 MB]
  • Financial statements [PDF 1.5 MB]
  • Glossaries and indexes [PDF 1 MB]

Table of contents

• Letter of transmittal
• Guide to the report

Section 1: Overviews

• Secretary's review
• Departmental overview

Section 2: Performance reporting

• Outcome 1: The advancement of Australia's international strategic, security and economic interests including through bilateral, regional and multilateral engagement on Australian Government foreign and trade policy priorities
• Program 1.1: Foreign Affairs and Trade operations
• Program management (advocacy and protection of Australia's interests)
  • 1.1.1 North Asia
  • 1.1.2 South-East Asia
  • 1.1.3 Americas
  • 1.1.4 Europe
  • 1.1.5 South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa
  • 1.1.6 Pacific
  • 1.1.7 Bilateral, regional and multilateral trade negotiations
  • 1.1.8 Trade development and policy coordination
  • 1.1.9 International organisations, legal and environment
  • 1.1.10 Security, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
• Program management (services to other agencies)
  • 1.1.11 Services to other agencies in Australia and overseas (including Parliament, state representatives, business and other organisations)
• Program management (services to diplomatic and consular representatives)
  • 1.1.12 Services to diplomatic and consular representatives in Australia
• Program management (public information services and public diplomacy)
  • 1.1.13 Public information services and public diplomacy
• Program 1.2: Payments to international organisations
  • Administered item:
    • Payments to international organisations
• Program 1.3: Public information services and public diplomacy
  • Administered items:
    • International relations grants program
    • Australia Network
    • Australia and New Zealand School of Government–China Advanced
    • Leadership Program
    • Expositions Special Account
• Outcome 2: The protection and welfare of Australians abroad and access to secure international travel documentation through timely and responsive travel advice and consular and passport services in Australia and overseas
• Program 2.1: Consular Services
• Program 2.2: Passport services
• Outcome 3: A secure Australian Government presence overseas through the provision of security services and information and communications technology infrastructure, and the management of the Commonwealth's overseas owned estate
• Program 3.1: Foreign Affairs and Trade operations
• Program 3.2: Overseas property

Section 3: Corporate management and accountability

• Overview
• Corporate governance
• External scrutiny
• Management of human resources
• Management of financial resources

Section 4: Appendixes

1. Ministerial responsibilities
2. Staffing overview
3. Agency resource statement and tables of expenses by outcomes
4. Work health and safety
   
5. Inquiries by parliamentary committees
6. Matters before courts and administrative tribunals
7. Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
8. Purchaser–provider arrangements
9. Advertising and market research
10. Grants and contributions
11. List of sponsors
12. Summary of the overseas network

Section 5: Financial statements

• Independent auditor's report
• Statement by the Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer
• Statement of Comprehensive Income
• Balance sheet
• Statement of changes in equity
• Cash flow statement
• Schedules of commitments, contingencies, asset additions and administered items
• Notes to and forming part of the financial statements

Section 6: Glossaries and indexes

• Glossary of terms
• Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations
• List of requirements

Copyright Notice

ISSN 1032-2019 (print)
ISSN 1839-5147 (online)
ISBN 978-1-74322-031-3 (book)
ISBN 978-1-74322-032-0 (pdf)
ISBN 978-1-74322-033-7 (online)

Creative Commons

With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and where otherwise noted (including photographs protected by copyright), this report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.

The report should be attributed as
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2011–12.

Use of the Coat of Arms
The terms under which the Coat of Arms can be used are detailed on the It's an Honour website http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/coat-arms/index.cfm.

Acknowledgments
Executive Editor Majell Hind
Coordinating Editor Vanessa Lai
Coordinating Editor Eric Spry
Assistant Editor Charles Prestidge-King
Editorial Consultant Angus Mackenzie
Indexer Michael Harrington

Website
http://www.dfat.gov.au/dept/annual_reports

Contact
Inquiries about the annual report are welcome and should be directed to:

Director, Corporate Planning Section
Executive, Planning and Evaluation Branch
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
R G Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221

Phone 02 6261 3299
Fax 02 6261 3541
Email editor.annualreport@dfat.gov.au

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