APPENDIXES

The Hon Simon Crean MP

Minister for Employment, Education and Training

Number	Date	Title
C76/95	2/7/95	Working Nation introduces touch screen kiosks for job seekers
C77/95	3/7/95	Crean appoints assessment panel for cooperative multi-media centres
C78/95	7/7/95	New centre boosts higher education in Kimberley region
C79/95	7/7/95	Crean issues jobs challenge to north-western Australia
C81/95	14/7/95	Crean reaffirms commitment to migrants
C80/95	13/7/95	51,700 new jobs in June - unemployment rate falls to 8.953 per cent
C82/95	15/7/95	'Back door' undergraduate fees a threat to university funding: Crean
C82a/95	16/7/95	5000 positions for long term unemployed people in New South Wales
C83/95	17/7/95	3000 office admin traineeships by December: Crean
C84/95	18/7/95	Victorian automotive manufacturer expands export and job opportunities
C85/95	17/7/95	University credit transfer agency ready to run
C86/95	18/7/95	All Western Australian universities share additional student places in 1996 and 1997
C87/95	18/7/95	New South Wales university places allocated for 1996 and 1997
C88/95	18/7/95	Additional university places for Burnie
C89/95	22/7/95	Australia wins $US4 million contract with Turkey
C90/95	31/7/95	Breaking ground in China
C91/95	2/8/95	Crean congratulates North Western Melbourne ACC on jobs drive success
C92/95	2/8/95	Crean congratulates Melbourne East ACC on jobs drive success
C93/95	9/8/95	1000 jobs for Australia's holiday coast: Crean
C94/95	10/8/95	Unemployment rate continues to fall: full-time employment at record level
C95/95	11/8/95	Crean: Southern Melbourne gets moving with Working Nation
C96/95	11/8/95	Government reaffirms its commitment to jobseekers on the Mornington peninsula
C97/95	15/8/95	Challenge issued to Ballarat employers: 1500 new jobs by year's end
C98/95	15/8/95	Ballarat firms benefit from Federal Government $1m - plus recruitment and training assistance
C99/95	15/8/95	Coles supermarkets to create 400 new jobs
C100/95	15/8/95	1700 jobs by year's end: Crean in Bendigo
C101/95	15/8/95	Kyneton employer set to expand - 30 jobs
C102/95	16/8/95	Crean issues challenge to Hunter region: 7,600 jobs by Christmas
C103/95	16/8/95	Employers helping to build the skills of the Hunter region
C104/95	16/8/95	Jobs, jobs, jobs for Northern Rivers: Crean
C105/95	16/8/95	Crean congratulates Norco on jobs for Northern Rivers unemployed
C106/95	16/8/95	Northern Rivers in front with innovative timber project: Crean
C107/95	17/8/95	Crean urges industry to match Government's training commitment
C107(a)	17/8/95	Challenge issued to Brisbane employers: 25,000 jobs by year's end
C108/95	18/8/95	Working Nation a first year success: Crean
C108(a)	15/8/95	Long-term unemployment falls to the lowest level since Nov 1991
C109/95	17/8/95	Long term unemployed people are no gamble: Contrad treasury casino
C110/95	17/8/95	Crean welcomes the Australian Indonesia Merdeka ('independence') fellowship scheme
J111/95	22/8/95	Australians of all backgrounds to be given a fair go in law curricula
C112/95	25/8/95	One stop shop for Melbourne construction workers
C113/95	28/8/95	Youth unemployment remains a major problem: Crean
C114/95	29/8/95	Crean announces first cooperative multi-media centres
C115/95	1/9/95	Local young people regenerate Heidelberg
C116/95	1/9/95	Crean challenges Kennett to commit to a quality schools system
C117/95	3/9/95	Federal Government agrees to school 'job guarantee program'
C118/95	5/9/95	NEIS program is creating jobs, new enterprise and exports: Crean
C119/95	5/9/95	Crean issues challenge to Logan employers: 6,469 new jobs in six months
C120/95	5/9/95	The union of jobs and sport ; Crean announces new traineeships
C121/95	6/9/95	Crean issues job challenge to Wide Bay/Burnett area employers: 5,000 new jobs by the end of the year
C122/95	6/9/95	Crean opens new training facility for Bundaberg community
C123/95	7/9/95	NSW retailers guarantee 460 new traineeships: Crean
C124/95	7/9/95	Full time employment at record level: Crean
C126/95	12/9/95	Crean issues jobs challenge to La Trobe region: 3,100 jobs by year's end
C127/95	12/9/95	Moe may yet again host footy finals - Working Nation the key
C128/95	12/9/95	Working Nation - working for Orbost
C129/95	13/9/95	Working Nation and South Eastern ACC provides drive for jobs
C130/95	13/9/95	A first for Australia's timber industry: 490 jobs in New South Wales
C131/95	13/9/95	New work opportunities for Bega and district nursing home
C132/95	14/9/95	1550 job opportunities for South Australia
C133/95	14/9/95	490 skilled jobs for South Australia's automotive industry
C134/95	14/9/95	North Adelaide - the first of 8 regions selected for job guarantee program
C135/95	15/9/95	Crean issues jobs challenge to Tasmania: 6,400 jobs by year's end
C136/95	15/9/95	The Federal Government and Purity Supermarkets: a partnership in training
C137/95	15/9/95	Crean opens education services for Tasmania's North West
C138/95	15/9/95	Crean announces replacement for school leaver targets
C139/95	19/9/95	$225,000 in professional fellowships boost to Asian trade
C140/95	22/9/95	Crean announces further 'partnership for work'
C141/95	22/9/95	Australia to play major role in new Antarctic research project
C142/95	24/9/95	Multimedia training for unemployed people
C143/95	24/9/95	Youth jobs and training campaign tells young people they have the power
C144/95	24/9/95	Eight regions selected for $2 million 'job offer guarantee' program
C145/95	26/9/95	Student awards benefit universities, industry and community: Crean
C146/95	26/9/95	$215 million for improving indigenous education
C147/95	26/9/95	1996 national teaching development grants
C148/95	27/9/95	Federal Government's working nation program supports jobs for Australia's holiday coast
C149/95	27/9/95	Mr Kennett needs a mouthwash: Crean
C150/95	5/10/95	Working Nation takes Incat workforce to 1000: Crean
C151/95	10/10/95	$6.954 million for new research fellowships in 1996
C152/95	9/10/95	Community job drive in western Sydney will break records: Crean
C153/95	9/10/95	Sydney's tourism and hospitality sectors in training for Olympics
C154/95	11/10/95	300 new trainees for Tasmania meat industry: Crean
C155/95	10/10/95	$100 million for 667 new large research grants in 1996: Crean
C156/95	11/10/95	Australian Maritime College future secure: Crean
C157/95	12/10/95	Labour market consolidates: full-time employment up again
C158/95	13/10/95	Working Nation and youth wages: Howard silent on cuts
C159/95	17/10/95	More than 100 new collaborative research grants benefit universities, industry and community:Crean
C160/95	19/10/95	Working Nation - working for Canberra
C161/95	19/10/95	Crean announces second year enhancements to Working Nation
C162/95	20/10/95	Federal government announces additional $20 million for Queensland universities in 1998
C163/95	24/10/95	Rewards for outstanding university teachers
C164/95	25/10/95	Federal Government invests in nurse education: Crean
C165/95	26/10/95	$25 million boost for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education
C166/95	30/10/95	Universities quality assurance funding for third round
C167/95	30/10/95	Car companies commit to 830 traineeships in Victoria
C168/95	30/10/95	Senate report: further evidence of coalition tax policy
J169/95	31/10/95	Overseas skills for Australia - agenda for action
C170/95	2/11/95	$4.952 million for 240 jobs in Brisbane: Crean
C171/95	1/11/95	Crean congratulates western Sydney: 4000 jobs in 4 weeks
C172/95	2/11/95	$6.951 million to help create 470 jobs in retail and clerical industries: Crean
C173/95	6/11/95	$21 million for research infrastructure in 1996
C174/95	7/11/95	Increase in number of postgraduate awards
C175/95	7/11/95	Crean announces $26.952 million in small grant funding
C176/95	9/11/95	Unemployment rate rises to 8.957 per cent
C177/95	13/11/95	300 awards under the Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme for 1996
C178/95	13/11/95	Funding for key centres of teaching and research to continue
C179/95	16/11/95	Childcare no longer a barrier to training: Crean
C180/95	21/11/95	Federal funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers
C181/95	21/11/95	Improved access to courses and services for Murdoch students
C182/95	22/11/95	5000 university places lost: Crean
C183/95	27/11/95	Government's five per cent unemployment target can be met: Crean
C184/95	25/11/95	Minimum 20,000 new jobs for Queensland
C185/95	29/11/95	Crean releases key report on Working Nation
C186/95	4/12/95	Working Nation's ACCs creating jobs in regional areas
C189/95	8/12/95	Crean plan for another 15000 jobs in South Australia - this time in Government jobs
C193/95	12/1295	Report of Higher Education Management Review released
C194/95	13/12/95	Leading industrialist to head training authority
C195/95	15/12/95	Sport and recreation careers open up for young Australians
C196/95	15/12/95	Melbourne committee to create job opportunities for young people in arts and media
C197/95	15/12/95	$2.956 million to improve young people's access to the arts, media and entertainment sector
C198/95	18/12/95	In the swim at the University of Ballarat
C199/95	19/12/95	$52.953 million for joint government/industry student places over 1996-98
C200/95	19/12/95	OLA and open net merger: boost for on-line education and training
C201/95	19/12/95	Four more cooperative multimedia centres
C202/95	20/12/95	306 Australian students to study in Asia under 1996 UMAP grants
C203/95	20/12/95	$223 million discretionary funding to support broad thrust of HEC report
C204/95	19/12/95	Four more cooperative multimedia centres
C205/95	21/12/95	New chair for Employment and Skills Formation Council
C1/96	8/1/96	Funding of $16 billion for higher education from 1996 to 1998
C2/96	8/1/96	Howard's youth policy - 'going nowhere'
C3/96	11/1/96	Unemployment rate plummets to 8.1 per cent - best result in five years
C4/96	11/1/96	Mr Howard opens the back door for youth wage cuts
C5/96	16/1/96	Education agreement between Australia and Malaysia signed
C6/96	18/1/96	A first: OECD education ministers agree to a coherent strategy for lifelong learning
C6(a)	24/1/96	Improved chances for Victorian tertiary students this year: Crean
C7/96	25/1/96	Fruit flies keep flying with an additional $1.2 million
C14/96	1/2/96	3,171 job and training opportunities for South Australia
C15/96	30/1/96	The doctor is at it again: Crean
C16/96	2/1/96	'That's entertainment' - 3255 more career opportunities in rock music, arts and media
C18/96	5/2/96	669 job and training opportunities for Northern Rivers
C21/96	8/2/96	Trend figures confirm continued jobs growth: Crean
J25/96	14/2/96	$300 million for computer learning in schools
C25/96	14/2/96	Labor to do more for mature workers

The Hon Ross Free MP

Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training

Number	Date	Title
F43/94	13/7/95	Tasmania leads the way in print and design training
F54/95	5/7/95	Disadvantaged youth get help at school
F55/95	10/7/95	Science teachers awarded fellowships to UK
F56/95	17/7/95	Australia meets Indonesia on industry forum
F61/95	21/7/95	Opening of stage 2/951 of the Joondalup campus of the North Metropolitan College of TAFE
F1/96	15/1/96	New 'actual means' test makes AUSTUDY fairer
F2/96	17/1/96	Nation-wide charter for TAFE

The Hon Warren Snowdon MP

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training

Number	Date	Title
S53/95	3/7/95	Darwin families big winners from justice statement
S54/95	5/7/95	Alice Springs Show's a showcase of history
S55/95	6/7/95	Unemployed youth turn foggy dam into tourist destination
S56/95	6/7/95	NT Government disregards Aboriginal education issues
J57/95	12/7/95	Partnership between miners, Central Land Council and the Federal Government in Central Australia
S58/95	12/7/95	Funds for regional tourism
S59/95	17/7/95	New Work Opportunities for Tiwi Islands
S60/95	20/7/95	Environment treaties and opportunities in the Asia Pacific region
S61/95	20/7/95	Snowdon supports Racial Hatred Bill
S62/95	21/7/95	East Timorese decision welcome
S63/95	20/7/95	Contract let for next stage of Victoria highway road works
S64/95	20/7/95	Fairway Waters reconfirms Commonwealth commitment to Territory
S65/95	24/7/95	Australia remembers East Timor's heroes
S66/95	29/7/95	Back to the track convoy of Australia Remembers commemoration welcomed to the Territory
S67/95	31/7/95	Help for people in financial need
S68/95	1/8/95	Phoenix Day Club receives Federal grant
S69/95	2/8/95	Heroic generation given certificate from grateful nation
S70/95	5/8/95	Snowdon condemns French nuclear testing
S71/95	8/8/95	New Casy house benefits NT youth
S72/95	9/8/95	12 Territorians gain work under Federal Government scheme
S73/95	12/8/95	Australia remembers its war time efforts
S74/95	14/8/95	New traineeship plan for remote Aboriginal communities
S75/95	20/8/95	Territory hostels receive $450 000 for rural students
S76/95	21/8/95	Launch of automotive traineeships developed in the NT
S77/95	25/8/95	New Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) building opened in Alice Springs
S78/95	25/8/95	Snake Creek bridges
S79/95	17/8/95	Fed funding for local governing bodies in Territory
S80/95	26/8/95	Territory education facilities upgraded
S81/95	4/9/95	Australia to host international conference
S82/95	23/10/95	OECD group in Port Lincoln to study indigenous people's economic independence
S83/95	17/10/95	Chris Gallus right issue, wrong response
S84/95	29/10/95	OECD group in Sydney on study of indigenous people's economic independence
S85/95	22/10/95	OECD team in Australia to study indigenous people's economic independence
S86/95	7/12/95	Business incubators breed business success
S87/95	8/12/95	Green jobs expected to flow from environment pilots
S88/95	14/12/95	LEAP graduation
S1/96	17/1/96	National reference group meeting in Tennant Creek

The Hon Senator Amanda Vanstone MP

Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs

Number	Date	Title
	14/3/96	Government confirms commitment to growth

29/3/96

Australia and Malaysia education cooperation

12/4/96

Official opening of the Australian International Education Foundation office in Bangkok

11/4/96

Unemployment rate rises to 8.5 per cent

18/4/96

Senator Vanstone meets with key employer groups

	22/4/96	Senator Vanstone launches Jobs East industry link project
V7/96	9/5/96	Unemployment rate rises to 8.9 per cent, trend remains flat
V8/96	9/5/96	Crean's mismanagement hurts jobless
V9/96	14/5/96	$96 million in additional funds to improve Aboriginal education
V10/96	15/5/96	Round three of University Quality Review announced
V11/96	20/5/96	Senator Vanstone sets the record straight
V12/96	22/5/96	Regional universities play an important role in higher education: Senator Vanstone
V13/96	23/5/96	Graduate employment prospects on the up
V14/96	21/5/96	Ministers agree to modernise apprenticeships
V15/96	24/5/96	Skillshare contracts extended until October
V16/96	2/6/96	Australian-Indonesian links stronger than ever
V17/96	2/6/96	Bill providing additional resources for indigenous education passes Parliament
V18/96	3/6/96	Getting young people competent for work
V19/96	2/6/96	Vanstone understands Skillshare concerns
V20/96	3/6/96	Victoria shows the lead in higher education funding talks
V21/96	4/6/96	NTEU comes on board in higher education talks
V22/96	6/6/96	Job remains to be done, warns Vanstone
V23/96	12/6/96	Senator Vanstone announces $1.7 million for university higher performance computing and communication facilities
V24/96	12/6/96	Senator Vanstone calls for an end to damaging speculation
V25/96	19/6/96	Vanstone secures future for Skillshare
V26/96	23/6/96	Government moves to help drought stricken farmers in NSW and Qld
V27/96	23/6/96	Funding to help young homeless people
V28/96	23/6/96	Funding to develop strategic plans for young homeless
V29/96	23/6/96	Funding for family counselling in far western NSW
V30/96	23/6/96	Funding for at risk youth in South Australia
V31/96	23/6/96	Funding for the inner Sydney homeless youth pilot project
V32/96	23/6/96	Funding for a youth centre in Eden
V33/96	25/6/96	$3.5 million boost to universities' international collaboration
V33a/96	28/6/96	Vanstone announces plans for labour market program funding

The Hon Dr David Kemp MP

Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training

Number	Date	Title
	14/5/96	Young people encouraged to unearth their future in the mining industry

29/5/96

New national professional teacher body

21/5/96

Kemp confirms Labor's 'New Schools Policy' to go

29/5/96

Kemp launches Assessing and Reporting Student Achievement

3/6/96

Kemp launches sports traineeships

7/6/96

Kemp launches vocational training kit for schools

15/6/96

Australia's top 500 students announced

	18/6/96	Labor's apprenticeship lies exposed
	21/6/96	National literacy goal proposal

The Hon Tony Abbott MP

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister

Number	Date	Title
A1/96	13/4/96	Government to review AUSTUDY actual means test

Departmental Media Releases

The following are the major Departmental media releases for 1995-96.

Number	Date	Title
D212/95	12/7/95	Quarterly survey of manufacturing employment June quarter 1995
D219/95	21/7/95	Industry and Government work together to provide jobs
D222/95	25/7/95	New program integrates Working Nation and Creative Nation
D224/95	1/8/95	DEET's CES Youth Access Centre and Career Reference
D229/95	9/8/95	CES 'look out for jobs' campaign is top deck
D243/95	24/8/95	Malaysia looks to Australia's higher education policy
D260/95	15/9/95	'Sceptics to converts' employers to benefit from Working Nation
D275/95	21/9/95	CES 'local employer of the year' award
D308/95	19/10/95	Business welcomes Working Nation changes
D1/96	5/1/96	Latest job prospects and career information from DEET
D6/96	15/1/96	APEC ministers' meeting guides human resources development towards the 21st century
D31/96	8/2/96	Higher education participate rates remain at a high level
D34/96	No date	Austudy deadline is 31 March
D39/96	29/2/96	Initial version of EDNA now available publicly
D60/96	16/4/96	Career opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
D104/96	28/6/96	Changes at DEETYA

The following is a list of Hansard references to debates on Portfolio legislation during 1995-96.

House of Representatives

subject	date	page
Education and Training Legislation Amendment Bill 1996	9 May 96 22 May 96	782-3 1114-53
Employment, Education and Training Amendment Bill 1995	21 Dec 95	4447-8
Employment Services Amendment Bill 1995	27 Sep 95 23 Oct 95 24 Oct 95	1748 2702-11 2733-48
Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1995	20 Sep 95	1359-80
Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1995	28 Sep 95 16 Oct 95 18 Oct 95 18 Oct 95 23 Nov 95 28 Nov 95 29 Nov 95 1 Dec 95 1 Dec 95	1969-72 2128-46 2310-33 2361-2 3723 3849-79 4076-77 4335-4337 4450
Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1995	29 Nov 95	3979
Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1996	26 Jun 96	2819-20
Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance) Amendment Bill 1996	9 May 96 23 May 96 23 May 96	783-5 1295 1323-39
States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1995	27 Sep 95 25 Oct 95 26 Oct 95 26 Oct 95	1748 2984-3010 3084 3127-47
Student and Youth Assistance Amendment (Youth Training Allowance) Bill 1995	27 Sep 95	1842-3
Student and Youth Assistance Amendment (Youth Training Allowance) Bill (No. 2) 1995	18 Oct 95 21 Nov 95 22 Nov 95 22 Nov 95	2269 3431-9 3539 3579-82
Student and Youth Assistance Amendment (Youth Training Allowance) Bill (No. 3) 1995	25 Oct 95 21 Nov 95 22 Nov 95 22 Nov 95	2837 3431-9 3539 3579-82
Student and Youth Assistance Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 1995	25 Oct 95 22 Nov 95 22 Nov 95	2837 3540-1 3582-98
Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment Bill 1995	30 Aug 95 19 Oct 95	800 2461-84

Senate

subject	date	page
Aboriginal Education (Supplementary Assistance) Amendment Bill 1995	25 Sep 95 18 Oct 95 20 Nov 95 23 Nov 95	1374-6 2072-81 3319-23 3856
Education and Training Legislation Amendment Bill 1996	23 May 96 30 May 96 31 May 96	988-9 1407-20 1555-6
Employment, Education and Training Amendment Bill 1995	30 Nov 95	4676-4678
Employment Services Amendment Bill 1995	25 Oct 95 27 Nov 95 28 Nov 95 28 Nov 95	2526-7 3993-4006 4021-38 4092-4100
Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1995	25 Sep 95 22 Nov 95 22 Nov 95	1376-8 3736-48 3786-3813
Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1995	23 Oct 95 22 Nov 95 22 Nov 95 28 Nov 95 29 Nov 95 30 Nov 95	2283-5 3736-48 3786-3813 4091 4164-75 4686-7
Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance) Amendment Bill 1996	27 May 95 30 May 95	1129-31 1423-6
States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1995	13 Nov 95 27 Nov 95	2783-5 3978-81
Student and Youth Assistance Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 1995	27 Nov 95	3889-91
Student and Youth Assistance Amendment (Youth Training Allowance) Bill 1995	21 Sep 95 25 Sep 95 26 Sep 95 28 Sep 95	1215-7 1378-98 1449-56 1636
Student and Youth Assistance (Youth Training Allowance) Bill (No. 2) 1995	23 Nov 95 28 Nov 95 29 Nov 95	3856-8 4100-4 4158-62
Student and Youth Assistance (Youth Training Allowance) Bill (No. 3) 1995	23 Nov 95 28 Nov 95 29 Nov 95	3856-8 4100-4 4158-62
Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment Bill 1995	19 Oct 95 26 Oct 95	2171-2 2612-4

Staff

The following table lists the number of staff in the Department at 30 June 1996 by gender and staffing classification.

Table 3: Departmental Staff (Actual) at 30 June 1996

Classification and level	Male	Female	Total	Change from 30 June 95
				%
Secretary	1		1
Senior Executive Service Band 3 Band 2 Band 1	3 19 41	1 2 26	4 21 67
Subtotal	63	29	92	-6.1
Senior Officers Grade A Grade B Grade C	6 192 450	3 129 361	9 321 811
Subtotal	648	493	1141	-5.9
Administrative Service Officers Class 6 Class 5 Class 4 Class 3 Class 2 Class 1	790 1139 1596 1334 87 88	627 1492 2765 2421 184 149	1417 2631 4361 3755 271 237
Subtotal	5034	7638	12672	-7.7
Other classifications Information Technology Public Affairs Professional Training Other	281 36 10 117 28	74 87 16 210 31	355 123 26 327 59
Subtotal	472	418	890	+5.1
Total	6218	8578	14796	-6.8

The following table lists the number of staff in the Department at 30 June 1996 by gender and employment category.

Table 4: Departmental Staff at 30 June 1966 by Employment Category

Employment category	Male	Female	Total	Change from 30 June 95
				%
Permanent Full-time Part-time	5919 123	7155 1019	13074 1142	-8.5 +8.2
Sub-total	6042	8174	14216	-7.3
Temporary Full-time Part-time	173 3	389 15	562 18	+9.8 -41.9
Sub-total	176	404	580	+6.8
Total	6218	8578	14796	-6.8

The following table lists the number of staff in the Department at 30 June 1996 by location.

Table 5: Departmental Staff at 30 June 1966 by National Office and Areas

Office	Male	Female	Total
National Office NBEET Area: Sydney Eastern Western Sydney South West Sydney Hunter Northern ACT\Illawarra Western New South Wales Melbourne West Melbourne East Victoria South East Victoria Country Queensland Central Queensland North Coastal Western Australia South Western Australia North South Australia South South Australia North Tasmania Northern Australia	1341 6 395 231 293 213 204 165 363 314 335 207 412 209 341 201 224 242 195 188 139	1358 34 442 367 389 424 362 279 503 384 478 274 601 398 521 308 305 307 333 233 278	2699 40 837 598 682 637 566 444 866 698 813 481 1013 607 862 509 529 549 528 421 417
Total	6218	8578	14796

The following table lists the number of staff in the Department at 30 June 1996 by EEO group.

Table 6: Staff by Equal Employment Opportunity Group

Classification	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff	Staff with a disability	Staff from non-English-speaking backgrounds
Senior Executive Service	1	3	4
Senior Officers	19	56	62
Administrative Service Officers	724	593	1366
Other classifications	13	17	99
Total	757	669	1531

Consultancies

Table 12 summarises by programme the number of consultancies undertaken for the Department in 1995-96 and the total expenditure on them. Corresponding figures for 1994­95 (from Annual Report 1994-95) are included for comparison. Full information on consultancies is available from the Department on request.

Table 7: Consultancies: Summary of Usage by the Department

	1994-95		1995-96
Programme	Number	Cost	Number	Cost
		($'000)		($'000)
1	11	366	15	609
2	28	674	26	887
3	0	0	1	5
4	16	371	13	230
5	15	355	12	172
6	65	5792	78	3443
Total	135	7558	145	5336

Source: departmental records

Staffing of the Senior Executive Service

Transfers and Promotions

Below is a list of the transfers of staff in the Senior Executive Service within the Department during 1995-96 together with the date of the transfer. There were no promotions.

Senior Executive Band 3

M O'Loughlin Unattached to Executive Division (25/3/96)

Senior Executive Band 2

J Moore Unattached to Senior Executive Pool (18/5/96)

Senior Executive Band 1

R McKay Higher Education Division to Senior Executive Pool (23/7/95)

W Mutton Economic Policy and Analysis Division to Corporate Services Division (9/10/95)

R Waite Area Coordination Division to Senior Executive Pool (16/12/95)

D Batchelor Area North WA to Area Coordination Division (15/1/96)

L Riggs Vocational Education and Training Division to Employment Programmes Delivery Division (15/1/96)

D Power Employment Programmes Delivery Division to Area North WA (15/1/96)

W Jarvie Unattached to Senior Executive Pool (8/3/96)

J Groves Unattached to Senior Executive Pool (2/4/96)

K Lin Unattached Economic Policy and Analysis Division (9/4/96)

K McGovern Schools and Curriculum Division to Senior Executive Pool (20/5/96)

P Mercer Corporate Services Division to Schools and Curriculum Division (18/6/96)

C White National Board of Employment, Education and Training to Corporate Services Division (17/6/96)

Commencements

The following is a listing of the details of the officers who commenced in SES positions in DEETYA during 1995-96. All were in Band 1 of the SES.

W Burmester Department of Finance to Higher Education Division (transfer: 24/7/95)

M Haughey Senior Information Technology Officer Grade A, DEET to Systems Division (promotion: 23/11/95)

L White Department of Tourism to Vocational Education and Training Division (transfer: 15/1/96)

P Whitney Senior Officer Grade B, DEET to Schools and Curriculum Division (promotion: 15/2/96)

Separations

The following is a listing of SES officers who separated from DEETYA during 1995-96 and the date of their separation. All were in Band 1 of the SES.

R McKay Transfer to Department of Finance (10/8/95)

N van Weelden Retirement (13/10/95)

A Weeks Retirement (29/1/96)

W Jarvie Transfer to Department of Family Services and Health (3/5/96)

K McGovern Retirement (17/6/96)

J Groves Retirement (21/6/96)

H Swift Retirement (26/6/96)

Numbers of SES Commencements and Separations 1995­96

The following figures summarise the data on commencements and separations to and from DEETYA in 1995-96. All were in Band 1 of the SES.

	Male	Female	Total
Commencements	3	1	4
Separations	2	5	7

Performance-based pay for Senior Executive Service and Senior Officers

The following provides information on the payment of performance-based pay to Senior Officers and members of the Senior Executive Service during 1995-96.

Senior Executive Service

Tables 13 to 17provide information on the payment of performance-based pay to Senior Officers and members of the Senior Executive Service during 1995-96. Payments to SES staff for the cycle ended 30 June 1995 were made in December 1995. A total of 105 officers were eligible to receive full or part payment. Ninety-seven of those officers received a rating that attracted a payment.

Table 8: Performance Ratings for Members of the SES

Rating	Number of officers			Distribution	Expenditure
	Male	Female	Total
				%	($'000)
4	31	13	44	42	260
3	34	19	53	51	142
2	6	2	8	8	0
Total	71	34	105	100	402

Note: Because of the confidentiality of performance-based pay, details are not provided by level.

Bonus amounts were determined as follows.

Table 9: Amount of Performance-based Pay at
Each Level and Rating for the SES

Classification	Rating
	4	3	2
	$	$	$
SE Band 3	10 500	5 500	0
SE Band 2	8 000	4 500	0
SE Band 1	6 500	3 200	0

Senior Officers

A pro rata payment of performance-based pay was made for the period 1 July 1994 to 7 September 1994, with 1196 officers eligible for consideration for payment. A total of 1152 officers (96.3 per cent) attracted a rating which enabled a bonus to be paid.

For this report, the 19 Area offices of the Department have been bracketed into state geographic locations. Area ACT/Illawarra has been included as part of New South Wales and Area Coastal, which covers parts of New South Wales and Queensland, is incorporated in the Queensland statistics.

Table 10: Number of Senior Officers at Each Performance-based Pay Rating Level by State or Territory

Location	Eligible staff	SOG A, B and equivalent					SOG C and equivalent
		Rating				Exp.	Rating				Exp.
		5	4	3	2	($'000)	5	4	3	2	($'000)
Nat. Office	861	12	133	132	6	259	11	200	329	38	177
NSW	106	2	16	21	-	27	2	24	41	-	22
Vic.	71	1	15	8	-	19	-	26	21	-	16
Qld	65	-	5	7	-	10	-	12	41	-	18
WA	44	-	10	13	-	11	-	12	9	-	7
SA	30	-	6	13	-	9	-	5	6	-	4
NT *	11	-	1	10	-	4
Tas. *	8	-	3	5	-	3
Total	1196	15	189	209	6	343	13	279	447	38	244

* SOGA, SOGB, SOGC and equivalents combined

Table 11: Number of Female Officers at Each Rating Level

Location	Eligible staff	SOG A, B and equivalent rating				SOG C and equivalent rating
		5	4	3	2	5	4	3	2
Nat. Office	371	5	48	44	2	6	104	151	11
NSW	39	-	5	4	-	1	6	23	-
Vic.	21	-	1	3	-	-	10	7	-
Qld	16	-	-	2	-	-	3	11	-
Other states *	19	-	10	8	1	-
Total	466	5	64	61	3	7	123	192	11

* Because of the small number of female staff in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory; SOGA, SOGB and SOGC classifications have been combined and details of ratings have not been provided by individual state for confidentiality reasons.

Bonus amounts for Senior Officers across the Department were as follows.

Table 12: Amount of Performance-based Pay at Each Rating Classification

Classification		Rating
	5	4	3	2
	$	$	$	$
SOG A, B and equivalent	1512	1040	756	0
SOG C and equivalent	567	390	284	0

Policies

The Department is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace with safe work practices, through its policies and procedures.

Framework

The requirements of Commonwealth agencies are set out in the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991. Pursuant to the Act, the Department and the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) signed an agreement on occupational health and safety (OH&S) in March 1993. A review of the agreement commenced in May 1996.

Under the agreement, joint OH&S committees have been set up in National and Area offices. The work of committees is coordinated by a national committee which met four times during the year.

The Act requires the specification of designated work groups. This task has been completed. There is also requirement to elect health and safety representatives for each work group. The number of such was 143 in June 1996 compared with grew from 71 in June 1995.

OH&S Policies

During 1995-96, the Department developed or revised its policy and guidelines on manual handling, first aid officers and on eyesight testing for visually demanding tasks. It also developed procedures for case management for compensable and non-compensable injuries.

Quality of Working Life, Management and Reducing Stress in the Workplace

A review of the major causes of stress in the Department was conducted during 1995-96. Approaches to reduce the incidence and cost of stress are being developed on the base of the findings of the review. These will reinforce the responsibilities of managers in improving communication, providing feedback on performance and managing change across the organisation.

Employee Assistance Programmes

Staff have access to staff counselling services through employee assistance programmes in all Areas and National Office.

Investigations

Six investigations were conducted during the year, as follows:

• Comcare Australia conducted five audits to measure compliance by the Department with the legislation. One of the audits was in National Office and the others were Area based. The findings from the investigations are being used to develop and enhance national strategies;
• an investigation in an Area was undertaken in response to staff perceptions of workload pressures and increasing stress claims. Remedial action was taken by the Department.

Directions and Provisional Improvement Notices

No directions were given to the Department under section 45 of the Act during the year. Five provisional improvement notices were issued by health and safety representatives.

Statistics of Accidents

Statistics of accidents or dangerous occurrences, notified to Comcare as set out in section 68 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991, are set out below.

Table 13: Statistics on Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences

Area	No. of incidents reported to Comcare
National Office	11
Qld North	8
Qld Central	12
Coastal	10
Hunter Northern	0
Sydney Eastern	1
South West Sydney	42
Western Sydney	16
ACT/Illawarra	5
Western NSW	16
Victoria South East	3
Melbourne West	6
Melbourne East	33
Victoria Country	11
Tasmania	34
South Australia South	11
South Australia North	15
Western Australia South	17
Western Australia North	25
Northern Australia	11
Total	287

The following are details of payments made to advertising and market research organisations over 1995-96. Where the total amount paid to an organisation is less than $1500, details have not been included. This is consistent with section 311A of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.

ADVERTISING AGENCIES

Organisation	Amount	Service Provided
Burson-Marsteller Pty Ltd	$222 635	Marketing strategies for Working Nation and the National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools program
Clifton Court Smith Ogilvy & Mather	$449 004	Creative/Advertising agency for the implementing of communication strategies for the Working Nation program
J S McMillan	$5 734	Artwork and production of pamphlet promoting the key competencies
Morris Walker (PRWORKS!)	$236 021	Marketing strategy for promotion of Key Competencies in the business community and vocational education and training sector
The Artworks	$4 234	Design of display material for employer marketing events
Total	$917 628

MEDIA ADVERTISING ORGANISATIONS

Organisation	Amount	Service Provided
Active Mail Pty Ltd	$16 250	Telemarketing activities in relation to the Working Nation campaign
Adelaide Institute of TAFE	$5 000	Advertising student assistance in SA TAFE diaries
AIS Media	$2 996 792	Advertising to promote Working Nation.
AIS Media	$146 562	Advertising the AUSTUDY Actual Means Test and 31 March cut-off date
Australia Enterprise Review	$15 000	Advertise AIEF Membership Offer
Australian Municipal Publications	$2 055	Advertisement for Career Reference Centres in the Australian Training Directory
Australian Taxation Office	$21 125	Distribution of insert promoting Key Competencies to 900,000 businesses Australia-wide
Commercial Advertising and Publishing House Pty Ltd	$5 538	Advertising student assistance in NSW TAFE diaries.
Comskill Pty Ltd	$3 099	Telemarketing activities in relation to the Working Nation campaign
Communication Partners	$8 852	Printing Key Competencies promotional material
Data Sell Pty Ltd	$11 964	Telemarketing activities in relation to the Working Nation campaign
Film and Tape Sales	$3 606	Duplication of videos
Life be in it Communications Pty Ltd	$69 864	Life Be in It advertising
Media Futures Pty Ltd	$2 800	YAC advertisement in Rock Eisteddfod magazine
Mirror Australia Television	$2 076	Australia Education Exhibition
Morgan & Banks	$4 558	To recruit Director Marketing and Assistant Director Business Development
National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia	$4 783	International Awards & Exchanges
Neville Jeffress	$413 878	Program and corporate related advertising 1995-96
Neville Jeffress	$19 685	Working Nation campaign advertising
New Hobson Press Pty Ltd	$9 795	Student assistance and Graduate Administrative Assistant advertising
Pacific Publications	$60 030	Design, copy, layout and printing of Getting a Job in the 90s 8 page insert in Girlfriend
Plumbers News Pty Ltd	$1 850	Advertisement in the Plumbers News magazine to promote the Working Nation initiatives
RASA Visions	$8 091	Advertising student assistance in Victorian university diaries
The Graduate Connection	$3 500	Advertising for Directory of Postgraduate Study and Directory of Postgraduate Scholarships
Trotmans	$13 875	Recruitment advertising in Graduate Opportunities
University of Sydney Union	$12 500	Advertising student assistance in NSW and Qld university diaries
Work and Turner Pty Ltd	$10 000	Advertising student assistance in Victorian TAFE diaries
Total	$3 873 128

MARKET RESEARCH AND POLLING ORGANISATIONS

Organisation	Amount	Service Provided
ACIL Economics and Policy Pty Ltd	$26 200	Framework to measure secondary public benefit of LEAP and Jobskills
AGB McNair Pty Ltd	$95 356	Benchmark and tracking research to monitor and evaluate the Working Nation campaign
AGB McNair Pty Ltd	$99 682	Field work for Student Assistance Centre client satisfaction survey 1996
AGB McNair Pty Ltd	$289 736	National survey of employer satisfaction with Commonwealth Employment Service
AGB McNair Pty Ltd	$39 138	Survey of Australian Vocational Training System pilot participation
AGB McNair Pty Ltd	$171 870	Working Nation evaluation employer survey
Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd	$411 521	Management and conduct of joint ACER/DEETYA longitudinal program
Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd	$182 998	Development and management of Australian Youth Survey program
Christine Bundesen Consultant	$5 031	Study: English Language Education Opportunities in the former East Germany
Keys Young Pty Ltd	$24 820	Focus groups of intermediaries for Working Nation
Keys Young Pty Ltd	$21 350	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander case studies - evaluation of youth training initiatives
Keys Young Pty Ltd	$64 434	Entry Level Training evaluation - employer focus groups
New Focus Research Pty Ltd, Adelaide SA	$74 607	AIEF 1996 Client Satisfaction Survey
Purdon Associates Pty Ltd	$79 268	CES staff and client interviews for Jobs, Education and Training evaluation
Reark Research Pty Ltd	$225 975	Fieldwork for Post Program Monitoring surveys
Reark Research Pty Ltd	$83 682	Qualitative study of case management as part of the Working Nation evaluation
Reark Research Pty Ltd	$388 645	Evaluation of Working Nation initiative (cohort study)
Reark Research Pty Ltd	$64 675	Case study component of Austudy/Abstudy supplement evaluation
Reark Research Pty Ltd	$33 450	Entry Level Training evaluation - trainee focus groups
Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd	$149 919	Longitudinal cohort study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd	$132 300	Evaluation of language and literacy elements of Special Intervention Program
Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd	$141 420	User Needs Analysis of occupational information
Worthington Di Marzio	$32 750	Evaluations of the Key Competencies promotional strategies
Total	$2 838 827

DIRECT MAIL ORGANISATIONS

Organisation	Amount	Service Provided
DHL International (Aust) Pty Ltd	$66 972	Dispatch of AIEF members' material to overseas Posts
Financial Planning Association	$4 322	Mailout of Working Nation program to FPA members
Mail Works	$15 228	Mailouts for Working Nation promotions
McMillan's consortium	$397 566	Mailouts for AUSTUDY program administration requirements
J S McMillan Printing Group	$30 124	Mailhouse services for the distribution of The GEN newsletter
R L Polk & Co Pty Ltd	$4 904	Mailouts of sample study Socio-economic Status and School Education and Key Competencies information kits
Salmat Pty Ltd	$193 366	Mailhouse services and postage for the Post Program Monitoring Surveys during 1995-96
TNT Logistics	$119 416	Mailhouse services - NSW Job Guide, Koori Mail insert, Women and Work newsletters and AIEF material to overseas posts
Total	$831 898

Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) requires each Commonwealth agency to publish information about the way it is organised, its functions, powers and arrangements for public participation in the work of the agency. Agencies are also required to publish the categories of documents it holds and how members of the public can gain access to them

Organisation and Functions

The Department deals with education (other that migrant adult education); youth affairs; employment and training; the Commonwealth Employment Service; labour market programmes; coordination of research policy; and research grants and fellowships. Information on the organisation of the Department is covered in the Corporate Overview chapter in Part 1 of this report.

Powers

Specified officers have delegations and authorisations to make decisions under Acts, Regulations and Determinations. The Acts (and parts of Acts) administered by the Ministers number 35. The most important of these are:

Employment Education and Training Act 1988;

Employment Services Act 1994;

Higher Education Funding Act 1988;

Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973;

Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992;

and the groups of Acts relating to States Grants Education Assistance and Overseas Students.

A full list of portfolio legislation is available on request.

Arrangements for Outside Participation

The Department consults state and territory government departments and agencies, advisory bodies, industry groups, employer and union bodies and other organisations.

Information is available on request setting out the details of statutory and non-statutory bodies established within the portfolio (See Guide to the Report). These bodies are fora for public participation in government and departmental policy formulation and decision-making.

Categories of Documents

Documents used for decision-making

An index of documents used to make decisions that affect members of the public is published in accordance with section 9 of the Act and is available from offices of the Department as well as at information access offices of Australian Archives Regional Offices. The documents listed in the index may be inspected or purchased at the National Office or any Area office of the Department (See Appendix 9 for addresses and phone numbers).

Documents available free of charge

Available to the public free of charge on request are brochures, booklets, forms, pamphlets, cards and posters giving details of various schemes. A publication giving information for job seekers is available in 18 languages other than English and a brochure on student assistance is available in 14 languages other than English. Available for purchase by the public are policy manuals, assessing manuals and statistical bulletins. A list of major 1995­96 publications can be found at the end of each chapter in Part Two of this report.

Other documents

The other categories of documents that are kept by the Department are Cabinet documents, Executive Council documents, internal administrative documents, technical evaluation reports, contractual documents, publications, films, videos, artwork, files, reports, manuals, guidelines, agreements, contracts, computer data and survey data.

Access to Documents

Access through the Freedom of Information Act 1988.

Inquiries regarding freedom of information may be made at the National Office and the various Area offices (See Appendix 9 for addresses and phone numbers).

Applications for access to documents under the Act can be made in writing (there is no mandatory application form) and lodged with, or posted to, the FOI Coordinator in the Area or National Office. Applicants are encouraged to contact the FOI coordinator with any questions they may have about making applications under the FOI Act.

Applications should have an address to which notices may be sent and a telephone number for use during business hours. If there is insufficient information in an application an officer of the Department will assist the applicant to clarify the request. Applications are processed as quickly as possible. Where access in the form of inspection of documents is sought, this can be arranged by making an appointment with the FOI coordinator.

As required by the Act, the Department refers to other agencies those requests that involve information not in the possession of the Department but known to be available in another agency which is more closely connected with the function.

Review Tribunals

These procedures and contact points also apply to FOI matters concerning the Review Tribunals.

Access other than through the Freedom of Information Act 1988

Persons can obtain access to their CES or student assistance records. No formal or written application is required. Inquiries should be directed initially to the office of the CES or Student Assistance Centre where the record is held. Any inquiries about requests that have been lodged with the Department can be directed to the Freedom of Information liaison officer in the Area or National Office.

Freedom of Information Statistics

	1994-95	1995-96
Requests received
On hand at 30 June	30	42
Requests received (Area and National Offices)	462	806
Total to 30 June	492	848
Action on Requests
Access granted in full	253	511
Access granted in part	119	166
Access refused	22	43
Transferred to another agency	12	13
Withdrawn by applicant	44	74
Outstanding at 30 June	42	41
Total to 30 June	492	848
Internal review under section 54 of the Act
Applications received	13	20
Applications withdrawn	0	0
Decisions affirmed	3	15
Decisions varied, or not affirmed	10	4
Outstanding at 30 June	3	4
Applications to the AAT
On hand 30 June	-	1
Number lodged	2	5
Number withdrawn	-	2
Dismissed by the AAT	-	1
Decisions affirmed	-	0
Decisions varied	-	1
AAT had no jurisdiction	1	1
Outstanding at 30 June	1	1
Charges
Application Fees collected	$2 775	$3 050
Amount of charges notified (including charges waived under the Act and charges for applications which were subsequently withdrawn)	$3 735	$3 600
Amount of charges collected (separate from application fees)	$1 769	$3 440

This appendix provides information on the outcomes of both formal scrutiny processes such as provided by legislation and informal processes for obtaining client feedback. It focuses largely on areas of client dissatisfaction, and has only minimal references to more positive client feedback.

ANAO Reports

Reports Tabled in Parliament by the Auditor General during 1995­96

There were seven reports which are listed below together with a brief description.

• Audit Report No. 3 1995-96, Performance Audit - CES Case Management - Department of Employment, Education and Training.

This audit reviewed the efficiency and administrative effectiveness of case management in the Department of Employment, Education and Training to identify good practices and areas in need of improvement.

• Audit Report No. 13 1995-96, Financial Statements Audit - Results of the 1994­95 Financial Statements Audits of the Commonwealth Entities.

The Auditor-General is required by the Audit Act 1901 and other legislation to audit and report on financial statements of Commonwealth entities. These include departments, statutory authorities, companies and other entities such as trusts and joint ventures.

• Audit Report No. 23 1995-96, Performance Audit - Procurement of Training Services - Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

The ANAO examined the tendering procedures for several labour market programmes. These were JOBTRAIN, Special Intervention Programme and privately procured Accredited Training for Youth courses.

• Audit Report No. 25 1995-96, Performance Audit - Department of Employment, Education and Training and Youth Affairs.

The audit examined how well performance information for programmes administered by the Department facilitates good decision-making and provides a suitable framework for control and accountability for performance.

• Audit Report No. 27 1995-96, Financial Control and Administration Audit - Asset Management.

The objectives of the audit were to assess how well agencies are managing their assets to produce better outcomes and to identify or develop better practice in asset management.

• Audit Report No. 30 1995-96, Performance Audit - Implementation of Competition in Case Management - Employment Services Regulatory Authority, Department of Employment Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

The audit focused on the strategic issues relating to the implementation of the framework for competition on case management, including arrangements for establishing a competitively neutral environment. The object of the audit was to determine the extent the model of competition in case management had been implemented efficiently and effectively.

It involved both the Department of Employment Education, Training and Youth Affairs and the Employment Services Regulatory Authority.

• Audit Report No. 33 1995-96, Preliminary Study - Joint Commercial Arrangements.

The overall objective of the preliminary study was to determine whether a performance audit of joint commercial arrangements was warranted. Specifically, the preliminary study objectives were to review the extent to which entities' arrangements appropriately addressed risk and protected the Commonwealths interests, ensured the Commonwealth received value for money on its joint venture dealings and provided for the effective management of the resources and facilities applied to the joint venture.

Reports Tabled in Parliament by the Auditor General prior to 1995­96

Action has now been completed on seven ANAO reports included matters that were outstanding as at 1 July 1995. These reports are listed below.

• Audit Report No. 17 of 1993-94 - Underperforming Officers in the APS - Question of Efficiency. (Tabled 8 December 1993)
• Audit Report No. 5 of 1994-95 - New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS), Protective Security, AUSTUDY. (Tabled 28 October 1994)
• Audit Report No. 22 of 1994-95 - Specific Payments to and through the States and Territories. (Tabled 27 February 1995)
• Audit Report No. 23 of 1994-95 - Results of the Financial Statements Audits of Commonwealth Entities. (Tabled 22 March 1995)
• Audit Report No. 26 of 1994-95 - Inoperative Staff in the APS. (Tabled 29 May 1995)
• Audit Report No. 27 of 1994-95 - Study Bank. (Tabled May 1995)

Action is still outstanding on Audit Report No. 40 of 1993-94 - Information Technology Security. (Tabled 20 May 1994)

Full details of the findings and recommendations of the Auditor-General and the actions taken by the Department are available on request.

Ministerial Representations

The Department responded to 21 221 letters to the Ministers in 1995­96, compared with 19 623 in 1994­95.

The most significant mail campaigns related to:

• funding for education centres
• AUSTUDY and HECS and the status of permanent residents
• funding cuts to the tertiary education sector
• funding cuts to labour market programmes (especially SkillShare)

Higher Education

Research Funding

The Department and the Australian Research Council (ARC) have appeals procedures for selection processes on which the ARC makes recommendations to the Minister. Appeals are lodged against procedures followed, rather than against the results of peer review. Successful appeals are referred back to the appropriate selection panel or committee for consideration.

In 1995-96, 80 appeals were lodged against the outcomes of the selection process for 1996 large grants, fellowships and collaborative research grants. Of these, 36 were upheld. Four unsuccessful appeals were lodged against the outcomes of the selection process for the Key Centres programme. Three appeals were lodged against the outcomes of the selection process for the Special Research Centres programme; 1 was rejected and 2 were upheld.

HECS Remission Applications

Under Section 106L of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988, the Secretary (or delegate) has the power to remit a student's semester debt in special circumstances, including those that are illness, work or course related.

There were 2219 applications for remission of semester debt received in 1995­96 (including 210 for the Open Learning Deferred Payment Scheme), as well as 481 (amended from the 1994­95 Annual Report) applications that were on hand before 1 July 1995. As at 30 June 1996:

• 47 applications were not considered because the applicants had paid upfront;
• 145 were received outside the required time and were not considered further;
• 112 were not considered because the applicant had not yet incurred the debt;
• 765 were successful and the debt was remitted;
• 1079 were unsuccessful;
• 164 were resolved by negotiation with institutions; and
• 388 were under consideration.

Review Process

Section 106M of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 allows students to seek a review of the decision of the Secretary (or delegate) refusing to remit their semester debt. An application for review is made in writing within 28 days and the review is initially undertaken by the Department. An applicant can apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) within 28 days after notification of the decision of the internal review. Applicants are required to pay a filing fee of $368 but there are exemptions. The Act was amended in 1995 to allow the Secretary to reconsider any decision after an appeal to the AAT but before the Tribunal hands down a decision.

There were 326 applications for internal review in 1995­96. Of these, 124 were remitted and 19 were resolved by negotiations with institutions. 166 were not remitted and 17 were still under consideration at 30 June 1996.

Thirteen applications were made to the AAT for review of a decision in 1995­96 and there were another 8 applications outstanding from 1994­95. Eight of these 21 cases were not heard in 1995­96 and are still active. Three cases proceeded to a full hearing of the AAT in 1995­96, with the AAT finding in the student's favour in all 3 cases. Two cases were dismissed and 8 students withdrew their applications.

Since the introduction of HECS, there have been 22 full AAT hearings, and in 16 cases the decisions of the Secretary, or delegate, have been upheld.

Schools

The Schools and Curriculum Division provides mechanisms for regular client contact on schools policy and programme administration. The Division also consults formally with national client groups on policy matters and on the Administrative Guidelines, and contributes to policy development in the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs.

The Non-Government Schools Funding Review Committee reviews decisions made under the New Schools Policy in respect of the commencement of schools or schools significantly changing operations to receive Commonwealth funding and on the level of funding provided to a school under the General Recurrent Grants programme.

During 1995-96, the Committee received applications to review 21 decisions. In 7 cases the original decision not to grant general recurrent funding was overturned. At 30 June 1996, 15 reviews had yet to be finalised.

Six of 44 applications for a higher rate of per capita funding sought in 1995-96 were successful. There are 17 outstanding applications. The Committee also received applications from 4 schools which had been approved to commence in 1997 for a review of their initial funding category; 3 of these applications were subsequently withdrawn.

During 1995, some 109 individual schools and 2 school systems had their level of Commonwealth recurrent funding reassessed in the cycle of reviews conducted by the Department. The 1995 cycle of reassessments was for the 1997-2000 funding period. A more favourable funding category was approved for 2 of these schools.

Employment

CES Advisory Committee Review of Labour Market Programmes

In 1995, CES Advisory Committee (CESAC) reviewed labour market programmes, in particular administrative arrangements, job seekers' travel related needs and programme structure.

The Committee sought the views of organisations involved in the administration, delivery and use of labour market programmes including employers, business and industry associations, unions, training providers, and community and ethnic organisations. The main issues identified by the participants were the need to reduce the number of labour market programmes; more flexible programme design and delivery; meeting the needs of employers by providing job ready job seekers; provision of accredited training; removing the complex and inflexible administrative arrangements including tendering, documentation and reporting arrangements; greater communication between the CES and its clients; and providing for the costs of job seeker travel.

In August 1995, CESAC made eleven recommendations to streamline programme administration, make them more flexible, provide a greater client focus and simplify the programme structure. Four broad strategic categories were suggested to promote rationalisation of labour market programmes and assessment and support services for job seekers. Other recommendations addressed issues of improving area consultative committee links with training and community sectors, provision of accredited training to improve cost effectiveness of labour market programmes and assisting employers who recruit long-term unemployed job seekers.

The Government has broadly accepted the CESAC recommendations and the Department is implementing them. As a result, labour market programmes will be made simpler, more efficient and better targeted to people's needs and more effective in getting people into jobs.

SkillShare Funding Committee of Review

The SkillShare Funding Committee of Review considers requests by project sponsors or prospective sponsors for a review of SkillShare funding decisions made by the Department's area managers. The recommendations in previous years have changed the funding of projects and more attention is now given to documenting the decision making process.

From 1 July 1995 the SkillShare programme funding transferred from a calendar to a financial year basis. In 1995­96, two sponsors applied for a review of funding decisions. The Committee found that in one case grounds for review had not been established while in the other, the application for review was successful.

National Employer Survey

A National Survey of Employer Satisfaction with CES services was conducted during the months of March to May 1996. Over 32 800 employers who had lodged a vacancy with the CES in the six month period from July to December 1995 were surveyed.

The objectives of the survey were to:

• measure performance against the service standards at both national and local levels;
• identify changes in employer satisfaction since the 1994 survey; and
• give feedback to each CES office on their performance against the service standards.

Preliminary findings indicate:

• Overall 82 per cent of surveyed employers were either satisfied with the services provided by the CES (or very satisfied). Although this exceeds the Departmental standard of 80 per cent, it was a 3 per cent decrease since the 1994 survey.
• Almost 97 per cent (an increase of 4 per cent since 1994) of all employers reported that CES staff were 'always' or 'usually' courteous in their dealings with employers. This exceeds the service standard of 95 per cent.
• Three in four employers surveyed reported that the service they received was as good as or better than their expectations.
• CES offices were able to refer job seekers for vacancies to almost 98 per cent of employers surveyed. However, only 50 per cent of employers who received referrals reported that the job seekers they were sent were 'always' or 'usually' appropriate to their job vacancy requirements. There was a substantial decrease in satisfaction with the appropriateness of referrals since the 1994 survey, where 66 per cent of employers interviewed reported that the job seekers they were sent were appropriate.
• The main reasons why job seekers were not perceived as appropriate for the vacancies were job seekers lacked motivation (36 per cent), job seekers lacked skills and experience (25 per cent) and job seekers lacked qualifications (11 per cent).

Student Assistance Centre Survey

A Student Assistance Centre (SAC) Client Satisfaction Survey was conducted during the months April to June 1996. The objectives were to:

• measure performance against the service standards at both national and individual SAC levels;
  • identify changes in student satisfaction since the 1994 survey; and
• give feedback to each SAC on their performance against the overall service goal for SACs.

Over 5000 AUSTUDY and 2600 ABSTUDY applicants who lodged their application between December 1995 and March 1996 were interviewed for the survey. Findings were unavailable at the time of printing.

National Employer/SAC Surveys: Use of Results

Each CES (in the case of the employer survey) and each SAC will be provided with survey results based on the responses of those clients they serviced, to assist in improving the quality of the service delivered to clients. This detailed information enables each outlet to develop service improvement strategies specifically directed to their own local job seekers or students. Such information assists with the cycle of continual improvement of service delivery which is a fundamental feature of the Department's service improvement strategies.

The work programme for 1996­97 will include research focusing on the needs and expectations of the various groups of customers to assist in the development of a charter of customer service. Satisfaction with service will continue to be monitored to provide feedback on performance against the charter of customer service.

Survey of Occupational Information User Needs

In 1996 a survey and analysis of occupational information user needs was undertaken. The main findings were as follows:

Students, particularly in Year 10, have a strong need for occupational information linked with courses to assist in selecting appropriate employment, education and training options. Job Guide which is used by 70 per cent of Year 10 students, is seen as the most valuable source of information, higher than information from university handbooks, newspapers, family and counsellors combined.

Job seekers wanted personal service up front to provide them with information on their options as well as vacancies, with newspapers as the most valuable source of print information. However, job seekers did see job search material (resume and application writing, etc) as useful.

Student and job seeker intermediaries both found the Job Guide as containing very valuable material.

Availability and capacity of dedicated hardware and the skills of the intermediaries and teachers to use it effectively were the main impediments to the more widespread adoption of electronic delivery solutions in schools and the CES. Electronic occupational information, particularly Internet or other on line services, may develop a new market among those students and job seekers who just want to make a very specific inquiry on jobs and courses and get the latest information.

Education Assistance and Income Support

Working Nation Evaluation

As part of the overall evaluation of Working Nation, Youth Training Initiative (YTI) clients were surveyed to assess the performance of the YTI programme. This evaluation is discussed in detail under Programme 5.

Youth Consultations

At the request of the then Minister, a series of consultations with young people were held through the Youth Access Centres late in 1995. Over 700 young people participated in around 70 consultations across Australia. There were roughly equal numbers of females and males, approximately 75 per cent unemployed, 20 per cent students and 5 per cent employed. Around 10 per cent were from non­English speaking backgrounds, 8 per cent were Indigenous people and 10 per cent were homeless.

The views of young people who took part in the consultations can be summarised as follows:

• in general, they have positive views and experience of case management but they want it to be more flexible and responsive. In particular, they want more choice in the type of training activities they undertake;
• they have difficulties understanding complex income support arrangements and they have experienced problems getting and staying on pay;
• they are unhappy about the anomalies in the income support system - in particular that they receive different rates of pay for different activities they see as similar, and that rates vary by age;
• while many can mention individual officers who are helpful, they generally have a poor perception of the service delivered to young people by government departments;
• they indicated that the information products targeted at young people are not effective; and
• they generally welcome the opportunity to provide feedback and most want more opportunities to do so.

Aboriginal Education

No client surveys were specifically undertaken. There were, however, several submissions, both oral and in writing associated with the National Review of Education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples that was undertaken throughout 1995­96. Resulting from this review changes to the Indigenous Education Supplementary Initiatives Programme will come into effect s from 1 January 1997.

A study of client and community satisfaction with Aboriginal Education Unit (AEU) service delivery was conducted during 1994-95 which has resulted in a review of the service standards for the Units. A draft AEU Service Standards Guide is being developed with consultation with the AEU network. The major changes relate to the way in which assistance is provided to programme recipients and the focus of programmes. These changes were announced in the Commonwealth's response to the national review on 26 September 1995.

Portfolio Administration and Advising

Review of ESOS Act

The Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration of Providers and Financial Regulation) Act 1991 (the ESOS Act) provides assurances of education quality and financial protection to international students studying in Australia by registering providers of international education and training, based on state or territory approval, and by imposing financial conditions on private (non­exempt) providers.

A review of the ESOS Act was prompted by the Act's sunset clause, which means that, in the absence of amendment, the Act will cease on 1 January 1997. The review was conducted by an independent consultant and involved extensive consultation including all providers registered under the ESOS Act, all industry peak bodies, state and territory regulatory authorities and relevant Commonwealth agencies. It ran in early 1996 being completed in May 1996.

The review found that, broadly, industry bodies were happy with the current legislation, although they favoured some simplification of it. The review report suggests ways to simplify the financial regulation while still protecting students, Australia's international education reputation, $1.9 billion per annum in export revenue, and taxpayers' funds which might otherwise be needed to assist students in situations where the provider defaults on their obligations.

The major recommendations arising from the review were to:

• extend the sunset date to 1 January 1999;
• simplify fee refund requirements so that all that is required is a written refund agreement with each student;
• simplify the national register so that detailed course information is no longer recorded;
• make some minor administrative changes to the ESOS Act;
• clarify the sharing of regulatory costs;
• consult with industry to develop self­regulation of refund agreements, in lieu of the detailed regulations in the ESOS Act; and
• consult with states/territories to encourage them to take more responsibility for financial regulation of providers.

Action to implement these recommendations is under way. A Bill to extend the sunset date in the ESOS Act was introduced in the Senate on 23 May 1996.

Australian International Education Foundation 1996 Client Satisfaction Survey

Australian International Education Foundation (AIEF) Members were surveyed in the first half of 1996 about their satisfaction with the Foundation. Most large education and training institutions with established international programmes responded to the survey. Relative newcomers to the international education and training community proved less likely to respond. More than half of the respondents considered that the AIEF had met their expectations in its first year. The AIEF has established a sound foundation to build on and needs to maintain a balance between those core services that members consider essential, and innovative developments that could help Australia's competitiveness and positioning in the market. There is a need to ensure that while innovative services are developed, existing services meet the needs of members. The survey report provides detailed suggestions on strategic directions for the AIEF.

The following pages provide the financial statements for the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs for 1995-96 and respond to departmental annual report requirement 46. They have been submitted to the Auditor­General for scrutiny as required by sub-section 50(1) of the Audit Act 1901. They contain the following information.

Audit report

Certification of financial statements

Operating statement

Statement of assets and liabilities

Statement of program expenses and revenues

Statement of program assets and liabilities

Statement of cash flows

Statement of transactions by fund

Notes to and forming part of the financial statements

Glossary of terms

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND YOUTH AFFAIRS
INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT

Scope

I have audited the financial statements of the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs for the year ended 30 June 1996.

The statements comprise:

• Statement by the Departmental Secretary and Chief Accountant, Finance Branch
• Operating Statement
• Statement of Assets and Liabilities
• Statement of Program Expenses and Revenues
• Statement of Program Assets and Liabilities
• Statement of Cash Flows
• Statement of Transactions by Fund, and
• Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements.

The Department's Secretary and Chief accountant, Finance Branch are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and the information contained therein. I have conducted an independent audit of the financial statements in order to express an opinion on the m.

The audit has been conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. Audit procedures included examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures in the financial report, and the evaluation of accounting policies and significant accounting estimates. These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion whether, in al material respects, the financial statements are presented fairly in accordance with Australian Accounting concepts and Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements and statutory requirements so as to present a view of the Department which is consistent with my understanding of its financial position, its operations and its cash flows.

The audit opinion expressed in this report has been formed on the above basis.

Audit Opinion

In accordance with sub-section 51(1) of the Audit Act 1901, I now report that in my opinion, the financial statements:

• are in agreement with the accounts and records kept in accordance with section 40 of the Act;
• are in accordance with the Guidelines for Financial Statements of Departments; and
• present fairly in accordance with Statements of accounting Concepts, applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements the information required by the Guidelines including the Department's departmental and administered operations and its cash flows for the year ended 30 June 1996 and departmental and administered assets and liabilities as at that date.

Australia National Audit Office

(signed)

P.J. Barrett
Auditor-General

Canberra

25 September 1996

In our opinion, the attached financial statements present fairly the information required by the Financial Statements of Departments Guidelines issued by the Minister for Finance in March 1995.

(signed) (signed)

D. A. Hollway N. D. McAuslan

Departmental Secretary Chief Accountant

Finance Branch

23 September 1996 23 September 1996

OPERATING STATEMENT

for the year ended 30 June 1996

Notes 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000

NET COST OF SERVICES

Expenses 3

Employee expenses 652,896 648,644

Other administrative expenses 351,163 330,048

Total expenses 1,004,059 978,692

Revenues from independent sources

User charges 12,621 5,629

Other revenues from independent sources 4 7,665 4,762

Total revenues from independent sources 27 20,286 10,391

Net cost of services 17 983,773 968,302

REVENUES FROM GOVERNMENT

Appropriations used for:

Ordinary annual services (net appropriations) 991,159 876,995

Other services 42,130 21,807

Liabilities assumed by other departments - 76,668

Resources received free of charge from other departments 5 12,125 11,504

Total revenues from government 1,045,415 986,974

Excess of revenues from government over net cost of services 61,641 18,673

Total revenues less expenses 61,641 18,673

Accumulated revenues less expenses at beginning of reporting period (43,817) (62,490)

Accumulated revenues less expenses at end of reporting period 17,825 (43,817)

ADMINISTERED EXPENSES AND REVENUES

Administered expenses

Grants 6,597,086 6,173,704

Subsidies 1,245,215 486,515

Benefit payments 2,233,887 1,978,827

Payments of appropriations to public authorities 1,004,146 892,422

Administered assets transferred to other departments 2 - 133,254

Other 3 771,881 1,212,057

Total administered expenses 11,852,215 10,876,780

Administered revenues

Fees 1,568 2,063

Fines 2,499 920

Interest 7,460 1,330

Other 4 209,200 94,442

Total administered revenues 220,727 98,755

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

as at 30 June 1996

Notes 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash 6 404 390

Receivables 7 3,988 5,407

Other 8 44,976 17,574

Total current assets 49,368 23,371

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Receivables 7 4 18

Property, plant and equipment 9 153,208 108,088

Other 8 968 527

Total non-current assets 154,180 108,633

Total assets 203,548 132,004

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Creditors 12 7,580 6,610

Leases 13 5 92

Provisions 14 60,805 50,482

Other 15 5,667 6,175

Total current liabilities 74,057 63,359

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

Creditors 12 - 121

Leases 13 2 129

Provisions 14 110,011 112,212

Other 15 1,653 -

Total non-current liabilities 111,666 112,462

Total liabilities 185,723 175,821

NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES) 16 17,825 (43,817)

ADMINISTERED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Administered assets

Cash 6 7,695 5,736

Receivables 7 3,424,597 3,063,167

Intangibles 10 952 5,102

Investments 11 1,015,261 -

Other 8 2,199 3,018

Total administered assets 4,450,704 3,077,023

Administered liabilities

Creditors 12 6,581,343 7,501,761

Total administered liabilities 6,581,343 7,501,761

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM EXPENSES AND REVENUES

for the year ended 30 June 1996

Notes Schools Higher Education

1995-96 1994-95 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

NET COST OF SERVICES

Expenses

Employee expenses 10,219 9,438 10,721 9,200

Other administrative expenses 4,569 5,469 16,659 16,146

Total expenses 14,788 14,906 27,380 25,347

Revenues from independent sources

User charges - - 9 308

Other revenues from independent sources 4 35 2 75 45

Total revenues from independent sources 27 35 2 84 353

Net cost of services 14,753 14,904 27,296 24,993

REVENUES FROM GOVERNMENT

Appropriations treated as revenues

Ordinary annual services 15,744 15,141 19,287 14,469

Other services - - - -

Liabilities assumed by other departments - 1,103 - 917

Resources received free of charge
from other departments 5 25 43 8,628 7,747

Total revenues from government 15,769 16,286 27,914 23,133

Excess of revenues from government
over net cost of services 1,016 1,382 618 (1,860)

Total revenues less expenses 1,016 1,382 618 (1,860)

ADMINISTERED EXPENSES AND REVENUES

Administered expenses

Grants 1,715,342 1,775,281 4,393,121 4,073,261

Subsidies - - - -

Benefit payments - - 827 900

Payments of appropriations to Public Authorities - - 4,650 3,043

Assets transferred to other departments 2 - - - 133,254

Other 3 4,267 2,086 150,966 107,126

Total administered expenses 1,719,609 1,777,366 4,549,564 4,317,584

Administered revenues

Fees - - 272 220

Fines - - - -

Interest - - - -

Other 4 - - 152,557 69,219

Total administered revenues - - 152,829 69,439

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM EXPENSES AND REVENUES

for the year ended 30 June 1996

Notes Vocational Education Employment
and Training

1995-96 1994-95 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

NET COST OF SERVICES

Expenses 3

Employee expenses 8,868 8,831 382,889 405,237

Other administrative expenses 3,435 6,296 164,889 173,520

Total expenses 12,303 15,127 547,779 578,757

Revenues from independent sources

User charges - - 11,221 5,121

Other revenues from independent sources 4 20 1 4,211 1,432

Total revenues from independent sources 27 20 1 15,432 6,553

Net cost of services 12,283 15,126 532,347 572,204

REVENUES FROM GOVERNMENT

Appropriations treated as revenues

Ordinary annual services 13,132 15,439 579,599 515,466

Other services - - - -

Liabilities assumed by other departments - 1,032 - 50,503

Resources received free of charge
from other departments 5 20 40 1,319 1,965

Total revenues from government 13,152 16,511 580,918 567,934

Excess of revenues from government
over net cost of services 869 1,385 48,572 (4,270)

Total revenues less expenses 869 1,385 48,572 (4,270)

ADMINISTERED EXPENSES AND REVENUES

Administered expenses

Grants 2,428 8,496 336,107 169,108

Subsidies 2,603 - 1,242,607 486,515

Benefit payments - 41 398,691 296,782

Payments of appropriations to Public Authorities 926,278 870,359 73,217 19,020

Assets transferred to other departments 2 - - - -

Other 3 54,670 94,316 458,210 923,598

Total administered expenses 985,980 973,212 2,508,832 1,895,023

Administered revenues

Fees - - 1,256 1,128

Fine - - - -

Interest 688 - 40 -

Other 4 - - 360 -

Total administered revenues 688 - 1,656 1,128

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM EXPENSES AND REVENUES

for the year ended 30 June 1996

Notes Student, Youth and Portfolio
Aboriginal Education Administration
Support and Advising

1995-96 1994-95 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

NET COST OF SERVICES

Expenses 3

Employee expenses 74,457 74,149 165,741 141,789

Other administrative expenses 37,457 43,558 124,153 85,059

Total expenses 111,915 117,708 289,894 226,848

Revenues from independent sources

User charges - - 1,391 200

Other revenues from independent sources 4 140 143 3,185 3,139

Total revenues from independent sources 27 140 143 4,576 3,339

Net cost of services 111,775 117,564 285,319 223,509

REVENUES FROM GOVERNMENT

Appropriations treated as revenues

Ordinary annual services 120,838 104,060 242,559 212,421

Other services - - 42,130 21,807

Liabilities assumed by other departments - 9,200 - 13,913

Resources received free of charge
from other departments 5 622 740 1,512 970

Total revenues from government 121,460 114,000 286,201 249,110

Excess of revenues from government
over net cost of services 9,685 (3,564) 882 25,601

Total revenues less expenses 9,685 (3,564) 882 25,601

ADMINISTERED EXPENSES AND REVENUES

Administered expenses

Grants 137,810 134,960 12,278 12,599

Subsidies - - 6 -

Benefit payments 1,834,369 1,681,105 - -

Payments of appropriations to Public Authorities - - - -

Assets transferred to other departments 2 - - - -

Other 3 94,526 67,456 9,242 17,475

Total administered expenses 2,066,705 1,883,521 21,526 30,074

Administered revenues

Fees - - 40 715

Fines 2,499 920 - -

Interest 6,699 1,330 33 -

Other 4 27,746 8,409 28,537 16,814

Total administered revenues 36,944 10,659 28,610 17,529

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM EXPENSES AND REVENUES

for the year ended 30 June 1996

Notes Total

1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000

NET COST OF SERVICES

Expenses 3

Employee expenses 652,896 648,644

Other administrative expenses 351,163 330,048

Total expenses 1,004,059 978,692

Revenues from independent sources

User charges 12,621 5,629

Other revenues from independent sources 4 7,665 4,762

Total revenues from independent sources 27 20,286 10,391

Net cost of services 983,773 968,302

REVENUES FROM GOVERNMENT

Appropriations treated as revenues

Ordinary annual services 991,159 876,995

Other services 42,130 21,807

Liabilities assumed by other departments - 76,668

Resources received free of charge
from other departments 5 12,125 11,504

Total revenues from government 1,045,415 986,974

Excess of revenues from government
over net cost of services 61,641 18,673

Total revenues less expenses 61,641 18,673

ADMINISTERED EXPENSES AND REVENUES

Administered expenses

Grants 6,597,086 6,173,704

Subsidies 1,245,215 486,515

Benefit payments 2,233,887 1,978,827

Payments of appropriations to Public Authorities 1,004,146 892,422

Assets transferred to other departments 2 - 133,254

Other 3 771,881 1,212,057

Total administered expenses 11,852,215 10,876,780

Administered revenues

Fees 1,568 2,063

Fines 2,499 920

Interest 7,460 1,330

Other 4 209,200 94,442

Total administered revenues 220,727 98,755

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

as at 30 June 1996

Notes Schools Higher Education

1995-96 1994-95 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

ASSETS

Current 6,7,8 523 11 717 190

Non-current 7,8,9 1,623 1,422 1,743 1,329

Total assets 2,146 1,432 2,460 1,518

LIABILITIES

Current 12,13,14,15 883 986 1,063 832

Non-current 12,13,14,15 1,336 1,431 1,435 1,342

Total liabilities 2,219 2,417 2,498 2,174

ADMINISTERED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Administered assets

Cash 6 - 3 - -

Receivables 7 6 348 3,304,803 2,983,652

Intangibles 10 - 96 - -

Investments 11 - - 973,648 -

Other 8 - - 419 -

Total administered assets 6 446 4,278,870 2,983,652

Administered liabilities

Creditors 12 1,673,537 3,177,884 2,471,603 2,319,646

Total administered liabilities 1,673,537 3,177,884 2,471,603 2,319,646

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

as at 30 June 1996

Notes Vocational Education Employment
and Training

1995-96 1994-95 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

ASSETS

Current 6,7,8 1,530 858 30,332 7,396

Non-current 7,8,9 1,295 1,548 103,894 73,203

Total assets 2,826 2,405 134,225 80,599

LIABILITIES

Current 12,13,14,15 849 845 45,100 39,424

Non-current 12,13,14,15 1,083 1,564 71,300 74,018

Total liabilities 1,932 2,409 116,400 113,442

ADMINISTERED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Administered assets

Cash 6 219 0 272 94

Receivables 7 1,474 11 3,468 2,248

Intangibles 10 - 0 - 24

Investments 11 41,438 - 175 -

Other 8 3 - 609 1,637

Total administered assets 43,133 11 4,524 4,003

Administered liabilities

Creditors 12 434,661 395,563 1,029,987 674,902

Total administered liabilities 434,661 395,563 1,029,987 674,902

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

as at 30 June 1996

Notes Student, Youth and Portfolio
Aboriginal Education Administration
Support and Advising

1995-96 1994-95 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

ASSETS

Current 6,7,8 5,156 697 11,110 14,221

Non-current 7,8,9 17,679 11,377 27,945 19,754

Total assets 22,835 12,074 39,055 33,975

LIABILITIES

Current 12,13,14,15 8,501 7,247 71,662 14,024

Non-current 12,13,14,15 13,358 13,611 23,154 20,496

Total liabilities 21,859 20,857 40,816 34,520

ADMINISTERED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Administered assets

Cash 1,078 1,119 6,126 4,520

Receivables 113,430 76,699 1,416 209

Intangibles - 0 952 4,983

Investments - - 0 -

Other 348 329 821 1,052

Total administered assets 114,856 78,147 9,316 10,763

Administered liabilities

Creditors 970,179 931,963 1,377 1,802

Total administered liabilities 970,179 931,963 1,377 1,802

STATEMENT OF PROGRAM ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

as at 30 June 1996

Notes Total

1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000

ASSETS

Current 6,7,8 49,368 23,371

Non-current 7,8,9 154,180 108,633

Total assets 203,548 132,004

LIABILITIES

Current 12,13,14,15 74,057 63,359

Non-current 12,13,14,15 111,666 112,462

Total liabilities 185,723 175,821

ADMINISTERED ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Administered assets

Cash 6 7,695 5,736

Receivables 7 3,424,597 3,063,167

Intangibles 10 952 5,102

Investments 11 1,015,261 -

Other 8 2,199 3,018

Total administered assets 4,450,705 3,077,023

Administered liabilities

Creditors 12 6,581,343 7,501,761

Total administered liabilities 6,581,343 7,501,761

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

for the year ended 30 June 1996

Notes 1995-96 1994-95

$'000 $'000

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Inflows:

Appropriation revenue 1,033,289 898,802

Revenue from independent sources 23,617 8,711

1,056,906 907,513

Outflows:

Employee expenses (656,285) (562,157)

Other administrative expenses (329,539) (286,591)

(985,824) (848,748)

Net cash provided by operating activities 17 71,082 58,765

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Inflows:

Proceeds from disposals of property, plant & equipment 653 1,754

Outflows:

Payments for the acquisition of property, plant & equipment (71,722) (60,683)

Net cash used in investing activities (71,068) (58,929)

Net increase in cash 14 (165)

Cash at beginning of the reporting period 390 555

Cash at end of the reporting period 404 390

CASH FLOWS FROM ADMINISTERED TRANSACTIONS

Inflows:

Fees 1,476 2,063

Fines 1,248 920

Interest 2,140 1,330

Other 28,499 16,816

33,363 21,129

Outflows:

Grants (8,561,439) (8,270,186)

Benefits (2,134,518) (1,948,779)

Subsidies (914,937) (408,230)

Payments to Public Authorities (945,951) (864,678)

Other (740,125) (834,856)

(13,296,970) (12,326,729)

Net cash outflows from administered transactions (13,263,607) (12,305,600)

STATEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS BY FUND

for the year ended 30 June 1996

Notes 1995-96 1995-96
Budget Actual
$ $

Consolidated Revenue Fund

RECEIPTS 18 82,665,000 103,796,303

Total receipts 82,665,000 103,796,303

EXPENDITURE

Special appropriations 19 11,007,190,000 10,894,343,053

Annual appropriations 20

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1995 3,356,909,000}

Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1995 n/a}

Audit Act 1901 (section 35) 15,399,000} 3,448,226,618

Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1995 89,880,000}

Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1995 n/a} 60,082,017

Sub-total 3,462,188,000 3,508,308,635

Total expenditure 14,469,378,000 14,402,651,688

Loan Fund

RECEIPTS Nil Nil

EXPENDITURE Nil Nil

Trust Fund 21

Heads of Trust (private moneys):

Receipts 21,660,000 22,741,339

Expenditure 21,660,000 21,367,138

Trust accounts (Commonwealth activities):

Receipts 757,001,000 751,571,149

Expenditure 757,001,000 749,969,632

Total receipts 778,661,000 774,312,487

Total expenditure 778,661,000 771,336,770

NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1996

Note	Description
1	Departmental Objectives
2	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3	Expenses
4	Revenues
5	Resources Received Free of Charge
6	Cash
7	Receivables
8	Other assets
9	Property, Plant and Equipment
10	Intangible Assets
11	Investments
12	Creditors
13	Leases
14	Provisions
15	Other Liabilities
16	Residual Interest in Assets
17	Cash Flow Reconciliation
18	Receipts to the Consolidated Revenue Fund
19	Expenditure from Special Appropriations
20	Expenditure from Annual Appropriations
21	Receipt and Expenditure of the Trust Fund
22	Appropriation for Future Reporting Periods
23	Services Provided by the Auditor-General
24	Executive Remuneration
25	Agreements Equally Proportionately Unperformed
26	Liabilities not Recognised
27	Revenue from Independent Sources
28	Amounts Written Off , Act of Grace Payments and Waivers
29	Events Occurring after Balance Date

NOTE 1 : DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVES

The overall mission of the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs is to provide the best possible employment, education, training and youth services, within the funds available, to prepare Australians for economic and employment opportunities.

The Department is structured into 6 programs:

Program 1: Schools

Program 2: Higher Education

Program 3: Vocational Education and Training

Program 4: Employment

Program 5: Student, Youth and Aboriginal Education Support

Program 6: Portfolio Administration and Advising

Schools

To support systems and schools to equip the nation's young people to develop their full potential and share equally in the benefits of education.

Higher Education

In cooperation with government and non-government education authorities, higher education institutions and the private sector, to use higher education resources effectively to address Australia's social, cultural, economic and labour market objectives including meeting the need for an educated and skilled population; and to maintain a diverse higher education system that takes a long term and independent approach in pursuing its teaching, scholarly and research functions.

Vocational Education and Training

To contribute to the improvement of Australia's economic competitiveness and social well-being by improving the productivity and skills of the workforce, through the provision of quality vocational education and training.

Employment

To assist the efficient and effective functioning of the labour market by reducing unemployment through the provision of services to jobseekers and employers. These services include job brokerage, facilitating skills formation and retention in individuals, industries and regions, and ensuring that case management services for disadvantaged and long term unemployed clients are provided cost-effectively and fairly through open competition among providers.

Student, Youth and Aboriginal Education Support

To promote equality of educational and employment opportunity by improving access to, participation and retention in and completion of, education, training and work experience particularly through the provision of financial assistance.

Portfolio Administration and Advising

To contribute to the achievement of employment, education and training systems that are responsive to socio-economic needs by providing strong and effective corporate leadership, portfolio advising and management and ensuring that resources provided to meet the Portfolio's domestic and international objectives are allocated and managed effectively and efficiently.

NOTE 2 : SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

2.1 Basis of Accounting

The financial statements are required by section 50 of the Audit Act 1901 and are a general purpose financial report. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Statements of Departments Guidelines ("the Guidelines"), issued by the Minister for Finance for periods ending on or after 30 June 1995. The Guidelines require compliance with Statements of Accounting Concepts, Australian Accounting Standards, Accounting Guidance Releases issued by the Australian Accounting Research Foundation and other relevant mandatory professional reporting requirements (Consensus Views of the Urgent Issues Group).

The financial statements have been prepared on an accrual basis and, except where stated, the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention and do not take account of changing money values.

The continued existence of the Department in its present form and with its present programs is dependent on Government policy and on continuing appropriations by Parliament for the Department's administration and programs.

2.2 Rounding

Amounts shown in the financial statements and the notes have been rounded to the nearest thousand dollars except in relation to the following items:

• Statement of Transactions by Fund and associated notes;
• write-offs, act of grace payments and waivers; and
• remuneration of executives.

All totals are the rounded sum of unrounded figures.

2.3 Departmental and Administered Items

Departmental assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses are those which are controlled by the Department including:

• computers, plant and equipment used in providing goods and services;
• liabilities for employee entitlements;
• revenues from running costs appropriations and from user charging etc where the proceeds are deemed appropriated under section 35 of the Audit Act 1901; and
• employee expenses and other administrative expenses incurred in providing goods and services.

Administered assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses are those which are controlled by the Government and managed by the Department in a fiduciary capacity. These include grants, benefit payments and fees.

The purposes of the separation of administered and departmental items is to enable the assessment of the administrative efficiency of the Department in providing goods and services. Administered items are distinguished from departmental items in the financial statements by shading.

2.4 Taxation

The Department is exempt from all forms of taxation except fringe benefits tax.

2.5 Foreign Currency

Transactions involving overseas currencies occurring during the year have been converted at the rate of exchange prevailing at the date of each transaction. Amounts owing to and payable by the Department have been converted at the rate of exchange prevailing at balance date. Associated currency gains and losses are not material.

NOTE 2 Continued

2.6 Insurance

In accordance with Commonwealth Government policy, assets are not insured and losses are expensed as they are incurred.

2.7 Principles of Consolidation

The financial statements of the Department encompass all entities that are controlled by the Department and those entities which form part of the Department, that is, the Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, including Employment Assistance Australia (EAA) and the National Board of Employment, Education and Training (NBEET).

In the process of reporting the Department as a single unit, and in preparation of the program statements, all intra and inter-program transactions have been eliminated in full.

2.8 Bad and Doubtful Debts

Bad debts are written off during the year in which they are identified. A provision is raised for any doubtful debts based on a review of all outstanding accounts at year end.

2.9 Cash

Cash includes notes and coins held, deposits at call with a bank or financial institution and cash equivalents which are readily convertible to cash.

2.10 Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment items over $2000 have been recorded on the following basis:

• computers, plant and equipment and land and buildings on hand as at 30 June 1993 have been recorded at market value as determined by the Australian Valuation Office as at 30 June 1993,
• computers, plant and equipment and land and buildings purchased from 1 July 1993 have been recorded at historical cost,
• leasehold improvements have been valued at historical cost on a lease by lease basis,
• purchased computer software has been valued at historical cost. Inhouse developed software reflects the cost of development. Software developed internally prior to 30 June 1994 has not been capitalised in the statements. Expenses incurred in developing internally developed software are capitalised at the end of the financial year.

Depreciable non-current assets are written off to their estimated residual values over their estimated useful lives. Depreciation is calculated on a straight line basis over the expected useful life of the asset reflecting the pattern of usage of the asset.

2.11 Leases

A distinction is made between finance leases which effectively transfer from the lessor to the lessee substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to ownership of leased non-current assets and operating leases under which the lessor effectively retains substantially all such risks and benefits.

Where a non-current asset is acquired by means of a finance lease, the asset is capitalised at the present value of minimum lease payments at the inception of the lease and a liability recognised for the same amount. Leased assets are amortised over the period of the lease. Lease payments are allocated between the principal component and the interest expense.

Operating lease payments are charged to the Operating Statement on a basis which is representative of the pattern of benefits derived from the lease assets.

NOTE 2 Continued

2.12 Employee Entitlements

The Department recognises at balance date its liabilities for recreation leave, long service leave and performance pay. No provision has been made for sick leave as all sick leave is non-vesting and the average sick leave taken in future years by employees of the Department is estimated to be less than the annual entitlement for sick leave.

The provision for annual leave reflects the value of total annual leave entitlements of all employees at balance date and is recognised at the nominal amount.

The provision for long service leave reflects the value of the estimated future cash flows to be made in respect of all employees. In determining the present value of the liability, the Department has taken into account attrition rates and pay increases through promotion and inflation. The determination of current and non-current leave is based on past history of payments in accordance with AAS30.

2.13 Superannuation Payments

Staff of the Department contribute to the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme and the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme. Employer contributions have been expensed in these financial statements. Prior to 1995-96, the Department was not required to make employer contributions in relation to staff membership of these schemes. The costs of superannuation in 1994-95 were shown as a liability assumed by other departments.

No liability is shown for superannuation in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as the employer contributions fully extinguish the accruing liability which is assumed by the Commonwealth.

2.14 Resources Received Free of Charge

Resources received free of charge are recognised as revenue where the amounts can be reliably measured. Use of those resources is recognised as an expense in the net cost of services, or as an asset where there is a long term benefit.

2.15 Comparative Figures

Where necessary, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform with changes in presentation in these financial statements.

2.16 Lease Incentives

Lease incentives taking the form of 'free' leasehold improvements and rent free holidays are recognised as liabilities. These liabilities are reduced by allocating lease payments between rental expense and reduction of the liability.

2.17 Cost Attribution

Costs contained in the Program Statements have been attributed across the six Departmental programs in accordance with this Department's Cost Attribution Guide based primarily on information contained in FINEST and NOMAD (the Department's primary financial and human resource management systems). Assets and liabilities have been allocated to programs responsible for control and administration.

2.18 Voluntary Disclosure

In 1995-96, the Department's total expenditure was some $13.4 billion. Approximately $2.1 billion of this comprised income support payments. Income support payments (of which $1.8 billion relates to student assistance) are made on the basis of eligibility criteria administered by the Department. They rely, in part, on recipients providing correct and timely information. To supplement that information the Department has in place a number of checks and controls. In respect of student assistance this included reviews, enrolment and employment checks, mobile review teams, internal audits, data analysis and data matching.

NOTE 2 Continued

Data collection forms completed by applicants for DEETYA income support payments also include warnings about the provision of false information. Recovery action is taken when it is established that payments are based on incorrect information.

Results of a survey of AUSTUDY beneficiaries during 1992-93 showed that the level of previously unidentified invalid program payments was immaterial. The adequacy of controls in income support programs has been assessed partly through the risk assessment process undertaken for all Departmental programs. The Department further tightened AUSTUDY controls in 1994-95 in respect of income testing. Based on those improvements as well as the 1992-93 survey and assessments, the Department considers that there is a very low risk of invalid payments in these programs and that the level of any invalid payments would not materially affect the financial statements.

2.19 Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are recorded at historical cost. The Department's intangible assets comprise identifiable items such as copyrights and research surveys. The costs reported do not take into account salaries of Departmental officers or Departmental administrative expenses. Intangible assets are amortised on a straight line basis over the expected useful life of the asset.

2.20 Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) - Change in Accounting Policy

Under HECS, students are required to contribute to the cost of their courses. Eligible students may elect to make up front payments directly to the institution, in which case they pay 75 per cent of the HECS charge while the Commonwealth pays the balance to the institution. Some students are required to pay up front in which case they pay the full HECS charge to the institution. Students who have the choice may elect to defer their HECS payment until their taxable income reaches a minimum repayment threshold, equivalent to average weekly earnings. In this case, they take out a loan with the Commonwealth for the full amount of the liability. The money is forwarded to the institution on their behalf, and is reflected in the Department's Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

In 1994-95, an amount was shown under 'assets transferred to other departments' in the Department's Operating Statement to reflect that once the receivable has been reduced by the raising of total HECS assessment debt, the responsibility for collection was transferred to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) who then applied Tax Instalment Deductions collected in the previous income year to HECS accounts.

In 1994-95, the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system of HECS repayment was introduced whereby additional Tax Instalment Deductions were collected from HECS debtors by the ATO, specifically to cover required HECS payments for 1994-95. This year, in order to better reflect the overall operation of HECS, the full transactions of HECS are recorded in the Department's financial statements as though the additional Tax Instalment Deductions collected through the PAYE mechanism were received by this Department. As a result, the HECS receivable will be reduced when money in relation to HECS is received by the ATO through additional PAYE payments, rather than when the allocation of Tax Instalment Deductions to the HECS debt is made after assessment.

The Department includes information collected by the ATO with respect to the total accumulated HECS debt in its financial statements. The information included in the financial statements is supplied by the ATO in certified form. From this year, the statements will include an adjustment for estimated Tax Instalments Deductions collected through PAYE. This estimate is prepared by the Department using the HECS Revenue Projection Model and is consistent with the final estimate of PAYE Tax Instalment Deductions for 1995-96, which has been agreed with the Department of Finance for the purposes of the operation of the HECS Trust Fund.

NOTE 2 Continued

As 1995-96 is the first year in which the change in treatment will apply, the comparatives and opening balance of outstanding HECS debt have not been adjusted to reflect PAYE Tax Instalment Deductions actually collected in 1994-95. Therefore, adjustments to the receivable in 1995-96 will include Tax Instalment Deductions collected through PAYE in the previous year but allocated in 1995-96 (HECS Assessment Debt Raised) as well as estimated PAYE Tax Instalment Deductions collected in 1995-96.

2.21 Investments - Change in Accounting Policy

The Commonwealth's investment in Commonwealth controlled entities in the Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio has been recognised as an administered asset for the first time this year. The investments, which have been valued at the Commonwealth's share of net assets of each controlled entity, have been credited to the Administered Entities Investment Reserve. As these investments are controlled by the Commonwealth rather than the Department, they have not been consolidated.

NOTE 3: EXPENSES

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Employee Expenses
Salaries and wages	495,895	502,168
Superannuation	92,690	91,360
Provision for employee entitlements	64,311	55,116
	652,896	648,644
Other Administrative Expenses
Provision for depreciation - property, plant and equipment	25,111	20,969
Loss arising from the sale or disposal of assets	836	8,306
Bad and doubtful debts expense	372	141
Property operating expenses	132,635	116,789
Communications	38,492	33,130
Travel	27,417	27,627
Non departmental staff costs	31,006	20,198
Information and computer services	42,818	32,955
Other	52,476	69,933
	351,163	330,048
Administered Expenses
Payments to other parties	473,166	891,980
Provision for amortisation - intangible assets	4,150	1,200
Program support	89,647	168,996
Bad and doubtful debts expense	165,782	76,104
Other	39,136	73,777
	771,881	1,212,057

NOTE 4: REVENUES

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Other Revenues from Independent Sources
Subsidies	2,917	341
International projects	2,842	2,159
Sale/leasing of goods	281	899
Staff contributions	429	544
Other	1,196	819
	7,665	4,762
The following item of revenue was included in the aggregate amount for Appropriations shown in the Operating Statement:
Parliamentary appropriation carried over from the preceding year	39,009	15,589
Administered Revenue - Other
Indexation on HECS receivable	152,557	69,219
Indexation on AUSTUDY loans	27,746	8,409
Other	28,897	16,814
	209,200	94,442

NOTE 5 : RESOURCES RECEIVED FREE OF CHARGE

The following resources received free of charge from other departments have been recognised in the Operating Statement:

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Australian National Audit Office - auditing services	750	820
Australian Taxation Office - recovers amounts for the Higher Education Contribution Scheme	8,601	7,712
Department of Administrative Services- officer on secondment	10	-
Department of Defence - officer on secondment	10	16
Department of Finance - payroll and accounting services	1,307	2,138
Department of Social Security - debt recovery services	376	385
Department of Transport and Regional Development - officer on secondment	15	-
Family Court of Australia - officer on secondment	2	-
Overseas Property Group - international accommodation	1,054	433
	12,125	11,504

Resources received free of charge from the Australian Archives for storage and disposal facilities and the Attorney-General's Department for legal advice are not recognised in the Operating Statement as estimates of the costs were not able to be provided by the service provider.

NOTE 6 : CASH

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Cash on hand	283	294
Cash at bank	121	96
	404	390
Administered Cash
Cash on hand	536	209
Cash at bank	1,040	1,009
Cash in trust accounts	6,119	4,518
	7,695	5,736

NOTE 7 : RECEIVABLES

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Trade debtors
Commonwealth Departments	624	321
Other Commonwealth entities	195	947
Non Government entities	3,549	4,388
less: Provision for doubtful debts	(376)	(231)
	3,992	5,425
Receivables are aged as follows:
Not overdue	2,321	4,759
Overdue: less than 30 days	998	307
30 to 60 days	391	146
more than 60 days	654	426
Non-current	4	18
less: Provision for doubtful debts	(376)	(231)
TOTAL TRADE DEBTORS	3,992	5,425
Administered Receivables
Loans to other entities	3,992,183	3,525,059
less Provision for doubtful debts	(687,000)	(541,000)
	3,305,183	2,984,059

NOTE 7 Continued

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Other debtors
Commonwealth Departments	414	140
Other Commonwealth entities	1,416	59
Non Government entities	131,109	87,850
less: Provision for doubtful debts	(13,525)	(8,941)
	119,414	79,108
Receivables are aged as follows:
Not overdue	26,929	23,583
Overdue: less than 30 days	12,547	8,958
30 to 60 days	5,726	4,296
more than 60 days	49,470	36,635
Non-current	38,267	14,577
less: Provision for doubtful debts	(13,525)	(8,941)
TOTAL OTHER DEBTORS	119,414	79,108
TOTAL ADMINISTERED RECEIVABLES	3,424,597	3,063,167

NOTE 8: OTHER ASSETS

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Current
Prepayments	44,976	17,574
Non-Current
Prepayments	968	527
Administered Other Assets
Prepayments	2,199	3,018

NOTE 9 : PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Land and buildings - at valuation	5,008	5,008
Less accumulated depreciation	(289)	(193)
Land and buildings - at cost	5,875	5,880
Less accumulated depreciation	(333)	(222)

NOTE 9 Continued

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Leasehold improvements - at cost	39,773	44,749
Less accumulated depreciation	(18,407)	(16,339)
Computers, plant & equipment - at valuation	15,198	16,251
Less accumulated depreciation	(9,564)	(6,986)
Computers, plant and equipment - at cost (a)	144,558	69,688
Less accumulated depreciation	(28,612)	(9,748)
Total Property, Plant and Equipment	153,208	108,088

1. This includes in-house developed software work in progress amounting to $21,514,782
   (1994-95: $10,131,034).
   

NOTE 10: INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Administered Intangible Assets	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Research and Development
Gross value - cost	5,556	5,556
Less accumulated amortisation	(5,556)	(1,667)
Other Identifiable Intangible Assets
Gross value - cost	1,300	1,300
Less accumulated amortisation	(348)	(87)
	952	5,102

NOTE 11: INVESTMENTS

Administered Investments	1995-96 $'000		1994-95 $'000
Investments in Commonwealth Entities
Anglo-Australian Telescope Board (net assets at 30 June 1995)	30,577		-
Australian Maritime College (net assets at 31 December 1995)	59,324		-
Australian National Training Authority (net assets at 30 June 1995)	41,438		-
Australian National University (net assets at 31 December 1995)	761,351		-
Employment Services Regulatory Authority (net assets at 30 June 1995)		175	-
University of Canberra (net assets at 31 December 1995)	122,396		-
	1,015,261		-

The financial statements of the Australian National University for 1995 received a qualified audit report in relation to their accounting for grants and investments. The net effect was to decrease their net assets by $16,900,000. This has the same effect on the Administered Investments balance reported in this note.

NOTE 12: CREDITORS

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Current
Trade creditors	7,580	6,610
Non-Current
Trade creditors	-	121
Administered Creditors
Other creditors	6,581,343	7,501,761

NOTE 13: LEASES

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Finance Lease Commitments
Not later than one year	6	97
Later than one year and not later than two years	2	88
Later than two years and not later than five years	-	49
Minimum lease payments	8	234
less: future finance charges	(1)	(13)
Lease Liability	7	221
Lease liability is represented by:
Current	5	92
Non-current	2	129

NOTE 14: PROVISIONS

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Current
Annual leave	46,148	41,159
Long service leave	11,830	9,263
Unearned revenue	2,827	60
	60,805	50,482
Non-Current
Annual leave	18,520	25,261
Long service leave	91,490	86,951
	110,011	112,212
The aggregate employee entitlement liability recognised at 30 June 1996 is $167,988,046 (1994-95: $162,633,743)

NOTE 15: OTHER LIABILITIES

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Current
Lease incentives	265	-
Accrued salaries	5,402	6,175
	5,667	6,175
Non-Current
Lease incentives	1,653	-

NOTE 16: RESIDUAL INTEREST IN ASSETS

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Opening balance	(43,817)	(62,490)
plus: Operating result	61,641	18,673
Closing balance	17,825	(43,817)
Administered Entities Investment Reserve
Opening balance	-	-
Recognition of administered investments	1,015,261	-
Closing balance	1,015,261	-

NOTE 17: CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION

Net cash provided by operating activities reconciled to net cost of services.

	1995-96 $'000	1994-95 $'000
Net cost of services - gain/(loss)	(983,773)	(968,302)
Depreciation/amortisation	25,111	20,969
Loss on sale of assets	836	8,306
Revenues from Government	1,045,415	986,974
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in receivables	1,434	(4,224)
Decrease in inventories	-	34
Decrease (increase) in prepayments	(27,842)	7,636
Increase (decrease) in creditors	849	(6,398)
Increase in provisions	8,121	7,687
Increase in other liabilities	1,145	6,175
Decrease in leases	(214)	(94)
Net cash provided by operating activities	71,082	58,765

NOTE 18: RECEIPTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND

	1995-96 Budget $	1995-96 Actual $	1994-95 Actual $
States Grants (General Revenue) Act 1985	47,413,000	45,936,000	44,696,000
Repayment of allowances (AUSTUDY)	4,750,000	3,579,825	4,577,114
APS Recruitment Recoveries	843,000	1,164,565	1,127,901
Miscellaneous	13,793,000	28,489,197	16,713,502
AIDAB contribution for students from developing countries	-	-	167,400
Overseas Students Charge	60,000	39,894	537,253
Recoveries of Payments made to Institutions - ELICOS	200,000	48,000	110,524
NOOSR Fees	207,000	271,887	220,000
Section 35 Receipts	15,399,000	24,266,935	10,022,405
	82,665,000	103,796,303	78,172,099

NOTE 19: EXPENDITURE FROM SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS

	1995-96 Budget $	1995-96 Actual $	1994-95 Actual $
States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1988 and States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1992	3,258,447,000	3,207,090,461	3,112,749,813
Higher Education Funding Act 1988 Institutional funding	4,286,622,000	4,244,454,341	4,125,834,765
Higher Education Contribution Scheme	729,559,000	713,810,227	713,740,193
Aboriginal Education (Supplementary Assistance) Act 1989	83,201,000	83,871,908	87,654,854
Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992	830,508,000	788,146,750	733,205,237
Student Assistance Act 1973 AUSTUDY	1,527,504,000	1,572,896,387	1,471,039,397
ABSTUDY	122,023,000	128,490,181	114,281,982
AIC	26,007,000	28,083,683	23,674,688
Voluntary Student Loans Scheme	41,514,000	43,384,042	14,099,632
Youth Training Allowance (a)	101,805,000	84,115,074	29,549,283
	11,007,190,000	10,894,343,053	10,425,829,845

(a) Administration of this item was transferred to the Department of Social Security during the year.NOTE 20: EXPENDITURE FROM ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS

	1995-96 Appropriation $			1995-96 Actual $	1994-95 Actual $
Ordinary Annual Services of Government:
APPROPRIATION ACTS Nos 1 and 3
Division 220 - Administrative
1. Running Costs	1,017,364,502			1,009,754,811	881,532,018
2. Assistance for Schools
01 Curriculum Development	3,264,000			3,264,000	3,490,999
02 Australian Student Prize	1,000,000			1,000,000	1,000,000
03 Key Competency Measures for Schools	7,572,000			6,187,000	9,122,000
04 Teacher Professional Development Program	24,970,000			24,970,000	19,758,174
05 National survey-Australia's literacy skills	1,239,000			1,238,858	40,069
06 National Asian languages/studies strategy for Australian schools	8,314,000			8,138,490	2,218,119
* Education Counselling and Support Services for School Students	-			-	1,837,311
3. Assistance for Higher Education
01 Grants for Research	2,124,000			2,112,571	2,080,311
02 International awards and exchanges (a)	1,981,000			1,580,135	1,809,067
03 Overseas study grants for Aboriginals	188,000			188,000	345,000
4. Special Employment, Education & Income Support
01 Aboriginal Education - Direct Assistance	51,411,000			51,353,067	43,095,809
5. Labour Market and Training Assistance	2,160,931,000			2,155,057,120	1,690,781,940
6. Other Services
01 Compensation and legal expenses (b)	989,000			475,717	558,124
02 Australian Language & Literacy Policy	5,194,000			4,848,743	8,344,741
03 Superannuation payments for former Commissioners of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission		56,252		56,251	51,168
04 Offshore administration of the Overseas Students program	92,000			92,000	32,511
05 UNESCO- Project Grants	130,000			129,067	124,899
06 OECD - Grants and contributions	235,000			227,900	198,000
07 Evaluation research and development	5,694,000			5,516,566	6,657,326
08 Youth Affairs grants and publicity (c)	4,595,000			3,425,294	5,687,754
09 Grants-in-aid Educational and research associations	1,441,000			1,405,400	1,367,700

NOTE 20 Continued

	1995-96 Appropriation $					1995-96 Actual $		1994-95 Actual $
10 Asian Studies teacher training	1,198,000					1,198,000		1,155,000
11 Framework for open learning program (d)	2,312,000					1,127,024		2,071,790
12 International EET Institutional Links	5,354,000					4,521,266		4,327,542
13 International marketing of Australian education and training services (for payment to the AIEF trust account)	5,339,000					4,430,580		3,867,733
14 National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd - Commonwealth Contribution	534,000					534,000		526,000
15 Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901	7,000					7,000		22,950
* A strategy for the development of management skills in Australia	-					-		197,430
* Education Export Enhancement	-					-		1,175,005
Division 221 - Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
1. For expenditure under the Anglo-Australian Telescope Agreement Act 1970	3,164,000					3,164,000		3,043,000
Division 222 - National Board of Employment, Education & Training
1. Running Costs	6,236,433					5,671,568		5,485,877
2. Grants for Innovative Projects	934,000					829,857		898,699
Division 223 - Australian National Training Authority
1. For expenditure under the Australian National Training Authority Act 1993	14,113,000					14,113,000		9,129,000
2. For expenditure under Section 11 of the Australian National Training Authority Act 1992	61,330,000					58,394,332		76,480,629
Division 224 - Employment Services Regulatory Authority
1. For expenditure under the Employment Services Act 1994	73,215,000					73,215,000		14,013,000
TOTAL APPROPRIATION ACTS Nos 1 & 3	3,472,521,189					3,448,226,618		2,802,526,695
Represented by:
- Appropriation Act (No 1)	3,356,909,000
- Appropriation Act (No 3)	91,542,000
- Section 35 Receipts	24,266,937
- Section 36A determination	(247,000)
- Advance from the Minister for Finance	50,252
TOTAL	3,472,521,189					3,448,226,618		2,802,526,695