Annual Report 1996-97

Volume 2 - Supplementary Information

CONTENTS

Section 1: Portfolio Legislation

• Legislation administered by the Portfolio Ministers
• Acts passed in 1996-97
• Acts repealed in 1996-97
• Statutory Authorities
  

Section 2: Non-Statutory Bodies

• Anglo-Australian Telescope Board: Australian Time Assignment Committee
• Asia Education Foundation
• Civics Education Group
• Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development
• Commonwealth Employment Service Advisory Committee
• Enterprise Education Reference Group
• National Advisory Committee for Capital Support to Non­government Centres under the Special Learning Needs Programme
• National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition
• Non-government Schools Funding Review Committee
  

Section 3: Government Companies

• Australian Student Traineeship Foundation
• Language Australia
• National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd
• National Employment and Training Taskforce
• Open Learning.Technology Corporation
  

Section 4: Staff Training

Section 5: Staff on Interchange

Section 6: Claims and Losses

Section 7: Purchasing

Section 8: Payment of Accounts

Section 9: Consultancies

• Key to list of consultancies in 1996-97
• Summary of consultancies used by the Department in 1996-97
• Programme 1
• Programme 2
• Programme 3
• Programme 4
• Programme 5
• Programme 6

Section 10: Property Usage

• Summary
• Dead rent
• Staff housing
• Capital works
• Office space usage by programme

Section 11: Reports by Auditor-General

• Details of reports tabled in Parliament during 1996-97 that affect the Department
• Details of reports tabled in previous years for which remedial action was incomplete

Section 12: Inquiries by Parliamentary Committees

• Details of inquiries concluded during 1996-97 with relevance to the Department
• Inquiries of relevance to the Department which were responded to by the Government in 1996-97
• Inquiries for which a report has been tabled but the Government response has not been finalised
• List of inquiries not concluded during 1996-97 for which the Department provided submissions

Section 13: Administrative Law

Section 14: Environmental Matters

• Introduction
• Initiatives
• Achievements in relation to performance indicators
• Transport
• Equipment
• Environmental issues

Section 15: Business Regulations