Letter of Transmission

1. The Secretary's review 1999-2000

2. The Department

3. A summary of the Department's roles and the new reporting framework

4. Analysis of performance for Outcome 1

5. Analysis of performance for Outcome 2

6. Analysis of performance for Outcome 3

7. People management

8. Management and accountability

9. External scrutiny and legal matters affecting the Department

A1. Staffing statistics

A2. Occupational health and safety

A3. Freedom of information

A4. Payments to advertising and market research organisations

A5. Consultancies

A6. Performance against actual results against outcomes and outputs

A7. Financial statements

A8. The Higher Education Contribution Scheme

A9. Discretionary grants

A10. Glossary and acronyms

Section 1. Introduction  
Section 2. The structure of the Department

 

Section 1. Education in Australia  
Section 2. Trends
Section 3. The outcomes outputs reporting framework  
Section 4. How we measure our achievements against outcomes

 

Section 1. Description  
Section 2. Our strategic priorities
Section 3. Effectiveness indicators 
Section 4. Summary of the achievements against this outcome

 

Section 1. Description
Section 2. Our strategic priorities 
Section 3. Effectiveness indicators 
Section 4. Other activities that broadly support Outcome
Section 5. Summary of the achievements against this outcome

 

Section 1. Description 
Section 2. Our strategic priorities 
Section 3. Effectiveness indicators
Section 4. Other activities that broadly support Outcome 3 
Section 5. Summary of the achievements against this outcome

 

Section 1. Workforce planning, staff turnover and retention
Section 2. Learning and development
Section 3. Occupational health and safety 
Section 4. Workplace relations

 

Section 1. Introduction 
Section 2. Corporate governance 
Section 3. Corporate and operational planning, reporting and review 
Section 4. Managing financial and operational risk 
Section 5. Ethical standards 
Section 6. Purchasing and assets management 
Section 7. Consultancies and competitive tendering and contracting 
Section 8. Managing better

 

Section 1. Introduction 
Section 2. Formal complaints, appeals and other legal matters
Section 3. Freedom of information 
Section 4. Audit reports  
Section 5. Parliamentary scrutiny
Section 6. Our Service Charter 

 

Section 1.Decision making powers 
Section 2. Arrangements for outside participation 
Section 3. Categories of document produced by the Department 
Section 4. Access other than through the Freedom of Information
Act 1982

 

Section 1. The Department’s policy on the selection and engagement
of consultants 
Section 2. Summary of consultancies 
Section 3. Key to list of consultancies in 1999-2000  
Section 4. Details of consultancies let in 1999-2000 

 

Performance information for Outcome 1
Performance information for Outcome 2 
Performance information for Outcome 3   

 

Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements