Financial Reporting Panel

Annual Report

2006-2007

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11 October 2007

The Hon Peter Costello MP
Treasurer
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Dear Treasurer

ANNUAL REPORT 2006-2007

I have pleasure in presenting to you, in accordance with section 239 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, the 2006-07 Annual Report on the operations of the Financial Reporting Panel (FRP) for presentation to the Parliament. The report has been prepared in accordance with section 70 of the Public Service Act 1999.

The report sets out the FRP’s role as the primary adjudicator between ASIC and lodging entities in relation to the application of accounting standards in financial reports and gives an overview of the FRP’s operational programme, membership, financial information and management.

Yours sincerely

Paul Shannon
Chairman


 

Contents

Index of compliance

Introduction and guide to the report

Other sources of information

Enquiries

Review by the Chairman

Background and Function of the Financial Reporting Panel (FRP)

Overview

Role and functions

Structure, performance and operations

Operations

Liaison

Confidentiality and informality

Website and announcements

Organisational structure

Panel members

Executive

Corporate governance

Chairman

Executive team

Panel members

Performance information Outcome and output information

Outcome and output structure

Performance information

Treasury output 4.1.2 — Financial system and corporate governance policy advice

2006-07 outcomes

Financial Reporting Panel — Financial information

Notes to the schedule of revenue and expenditures for the year ended 30 June 2007

Management and accountability

Governance

Management of human resources

Staffing information

Australian Workplace Agreements

Staff development

Remuneration for SES

Remuneration for non-SES

Workplace diversity

Industrial democracy

Occupational health and safety (OH&S)

Commonwealth disability strategy

Consultants and competitive tendering and contracting

Discretionary grants

Advertising and market research

Environmental performance

Freedom of information

Freedom under section 8 of the Freedom Information Act 1982

Organisation, functions and powers

Categories of documents held by the Panel

Access to documents

Freedom of information activity in 2006-07

Regulatory impact statements

Panel members

Abbreviations and acronyms

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