Part 4 Financial statements 2002–03

Part 4 Financial statements 2002–03

Financial statements

CERTIFICATION OF DEPARTMENTAL FRAUD CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS

appropriate fraud risk assessments and fraud control plans in place that comply with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines;

appropriate fraud prevention, detection, investigation and reporting procedures and processes in place; and

annual fraud data has been collected and reported that complies with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines.

Mark Sullivan

Secretary

Financial statements

Glossary

Administered items	Expenses, revenues, assets or liabilities that agencies administer on behalf of the Commonwealth. Administered expenses include grants, subsidies and benefits.
Average staffing level(s) (ASL)	ASL is the average number of employees receiving salary/wages (or compensation in lieu of salary/wages) over a financial year, with adjustments for causal and part-time employees to show the full-time equivalent.
Clients	Recipients of social support payments or outputs. Sometimes also known as customers.
Competitive tendering	The process by which agencies call for offers to perform a service from internal and external bodies, including the private sector and other departments and agencies, in an open and transparent competitive environment.
Departmental	Assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses directly controlled by agencies.
Departmental outputs	Four common ‘departmental’ outputs are reported for each of the ten output groups. Broadly, these outputs are the direct product of the policy, management and administrative functions of FaCS.
Effectiveness	The extent to which actual outcomes are achieved, in terms of the planned outcomes, via relevant outputs or administered expenses. An intervention’s effectiveness should be distinguished from its efficiency, which concerns the adequacy of its administration.
FaCS	Department of Family and Community Services including Child Support Agency and until 30 June 2002, CRS Australia.
FaCS core	Department of Family and Community Services excluding Child Support Agency and until 30 June 2002, CRS Australia.
Governance	Method or system of government or management
Outcomes	Results, impacts or consequences of actions by the Commonwealth on the Australian community. Outcomes are the results or impacts that the Government wishes to achieve. Actual outcomes are the results or impacts actually achieved.

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Outputs	The goods and services produced by agencies on behalf of Government for external organisations or individuals. Outputs include goods and services produced for other areas of Government external to the agency.
Output groups	The aggregation based on homogeneity, type of product or beneficiary target group, of outputs. Aggregation may also be needed for the provision of adequate information for performance monitoring; or based on a materiality test.
Performance	The proficiency of an agency or authority in acquiring resources economically and using those resources efficiently and effectively in achieving planned outcomes.
Performance indicators	Qualitative and quantitative measures of an output which provide a guide on performance where direct causal links are not obvious and changes in performance are difficult to measure directly.
Performance information	Evidence about performance that is collected and used systemically. Evidence may relate to effectiveness or efficiency. It may be about outcomes, factors that affect outcomes, and what can be done to improve them.
Performance measures	A more precise measure than indicators. Performance measures relate to outcomes, outputs, third party outputs and administered items. They are used when there is a direct causal link between an intervention and a measurable change in performance.
Portfolio Budget Statements	Statements prepared by portfolios to explain the budget appropriations in terms of planned Government outcomes.
Price	The amount the Government or the community pays for the delivery of agreed outputs. The total of all prices aggregates to equal total expenses.
Quality	Relates to the characteristics by which clients or stakeholders judge an organisation, product or service. Assessment of quality involves use of information gathered from interested parties to identify difference between users’ expectations and experiences.
Quantity	Size of an output. Count or volume measures. How many or how much.
Strategies	Groups of activities to produce outputs required to achieve planned outcomes. Strategies usually comprise several activities and outputs.

List of acronyms and initialisms

AAT		Administrative Appeals Tribunal
ABS		Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACT		Australian Capital Territory
AHURI		Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
AICCA		Aboriginal and Islander Child Care Agencies
AIHW		Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
ANAO		Australian National Audit Office
APS		Australian Public Service
ARHP		Aboriginal Rental Housing Program
ARIA		Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia
ART		Administrative Review Tribunal
AT		Assistive Technology
ATO		Australian Taxation Office
AWA		Australian Workplace Agreement
AWT		Australians Working Together
BAF		Business Assurance Framework
BAP		Business Allocation Process
BARAC		Business Planning and Resource Allocation Committee
BPA		Business Partnership Agreement
CCS		Childrens Contact Services
CDS		Commonwealth Disability Strategy
CFO		Chief Financial Officer
COP		Contact Orders Program
CPI		Consumer Price Index
CRF		Consolidated Revenue Fund
CRV	Collaborative Research Venture
CSA	Child Support Agency
CSHA	Commonwealth State Housing Agreement
CSHC	Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
CSMAC	Community Services Ministerial Advisory Committee
CTC	Competitive tendering and contracting
DSP	Disability Support Pension
DVA	Department of Veterans’ Affairs
FAB	First Australians Business
FaCS	Department of Family and Community Services
FAO	Family Assistance Office
FCNI	Family and Community Network Initiative
FHBH	Fixing Housing for Better Health
FIS	Financial Information Service
FLW	Family Liaison Worker
FOI	Freedom of Information
FOI	Freedom of Information
FRE	Family Relationships Education
FRSP	Family Relationships Services Program
HIC	Health Insurance Commission
ICYS	Innovative and Collaborative Youth Servicing
ISO	International Organisation for Standardisation
IT	Information Technology
JCPAA
JET	Jobs, Education and Training
JPET	Job Placement, Employment and Training Program
KPI	Key Performance Indicator
MAA	Mature Age Allowance
MTAWE	Male Total Average Weekly Earnings
NICRI	National Information Centre on Retirement Investments Inc
NIDS	National Illicit Drugs Strategy
NMG			Network Management Group
NSA			Newstart Allowance
OHS			Occupational Health and Safety
OSHCQA			Outside School Hours Care Quality Assurance
PA			Partner Allowance
PBS			Portfolio Budget Statements
PER			Pensioner Entitlement Review
PMCBP			Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership
PPP			Parenting Payment Partnered
PPS			Parenting Payment Single
RA			Rent Assistance
RFT			Request for Tender
SA			South Australia
SAAP			Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
SES			Senior Executive Service
SFLEX			Stronger Families Learning Exchange
SpB			Special Benefit
SSAT			Social Security Appeals Tribunal
STO			State and Territory Office
TBL			Triple Bottom Line
TILA			Transition to Independent Living Allowance
US			United States
WA			Widow Allowance
YA			Youth Allowance
YAS			Youth Activity Service
YOPP			Youth Offenders Pilot Program

How to find out more

For inquiries about this report contact:

Communication and Media Unit

Box 7788

Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610

Email: CMU@facs.gov.au

Fax: (02) 6244 5540

FaCS web site

For more information about FaCS visit the department’s web site on www.facs.gov.au or Email: facs.internet@facs.gov.au

To obtain copies of other FaCS publications

For copies of this or other FaCS publications, telephone 1800 050 009 (a free call except from mobile and pay phones).

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