Corporate Governance

Portfolio Minister

Responsibility for administration of the legislation under which ASNO operates – the Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987, Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994 and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998 – rests with the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Director General ASNO

The Director General ASNO reports directly to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The position combines the statutory offices of the:

• Director of the national authority for nuclear safeguards (formerly Director of Safeguards), as established by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987;
• Director of the national authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention, as established by the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994; and
• Director of the national authority for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as established by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998.
• The Director General ASNO is a statutory position, appointed by the Governor-General. Remuneration for this position is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal.

Dr Robert Floyd was reappointed as the Director General ASNO on 6 December 2015 for a period of five years.

Assistant Secretary ASNO

The Assistant Secretary ASNO deputises for the Director General and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the office. Dr John Kalish has held this position since 21 April 2010.

ASNO Staff

ASNO has a small core of staff whose day- to-day activities are overseen by the Director General. ASNO staff are employed under the Public Service Act 1999 as a division within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). ASNO staff, other than the Director General, are also employed under the DFAT Enterprise Agreement. Further details can be found in Table 18 and the DFAT Annual Report 2018–19.

In 2018–19 ASNO had an allocated staff level of 18 FTE.

ASNO's organisational structure is closely aligned with the outputs and can be found in Figure 5.

Table 18: ASNO Staff at 30 June 2019

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
SES B2	1	0	1
SES B1	1	0	1
Executive Level 2	3	2	5
Executive Level 1	2	3	5
APS Level 6	2	2	4
APS Level 5		2	2
APS Level 4			0
TOTAL	9	9	18

Figure 5: ASNO's Organisational Structure at 30 June 2019

Training and Development

ASNO's primary training requirements are professional development of specialist skills. ASNO is proactive in managing this training, in part through participation in IAEA and OPCW led training courses and participation in international conferences and negotiations. Further details are in Table 19.

Table 19: Training and Development Activities during 2018–19

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY	PERSON DAYS
Formal DFAT courses	22
Structured work unit and on-the-job training, including planning days	20
Seminars, workshops, conferences, overseas negotiations and IDCs	40
External formal courses	5
Academic study	0
Other (IAEA Consultancy)	0
TOTAL	87