Annual Report 2003-04 I volume 1

Appendix 9 | Statement of material error

On page 46 of Volume two of the 2002-03 annual report, incorrect figures were reported in Table 9.

The correct figures are as follows:

	Min award wage PW ($)	Austudy rate PW	($) Ratio
single no children	448.20	155.05	2.9:1
single with children	448.20	203.20	2.2:1
partnered no children	448.20	155.05	2.9:1
partnered with children	448.20	170.30	2.6:1

Output Group 3.4—Support for the Aged

Support for the Aged: Age Pension, Widow B Pension, Wife Pension (Age), Pension Bonus Scheme Percentage of estimated aged population who are customers

On page 196 of Volume two of the 2002-03 annual report, an incorrect figure was reported for the estimate of the Australian population over qualifying age for Age Pension. The figure reported was 2 742 662 persons for June 2003. The correct figure is 2 795 212. An incorrect figure was also reported for the number of people over Age Pension age receiving similar means-tested income support payments from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The figure reported was 31 000. The correct figure should read 310 000. This section of the 2002-03 annual report should read:

‘ABS estimates the Australian population over qualifying age for Age Pension at 2 795 212 persons for June 2003. At this time, around 67 per cent, or 1 861 055 persons, received Age Pension. In addition, around 310 000 people over Age Pension age received similar means-tested income support payments from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), bringing total government pension take-up for this group to 78 per cent.’

Appendix 4 Consultants

Summary

Table 85 Consultancy services contracts 2002-03

On page 281 of Volume two of the 2002-03 annual report, two incorrect figures were reported in Table 85. Total consultancy services expenditure of FaCS core was reported as $32 340 127. The correct figure is $14 959 718. As a result, the correct total for Table 85 should read $16 881 838 and not $34 262 247.

On page 283 of Volume two of the 2002-03 annual report, the name of the consultant for the following consultancy service, which was provided at a contract price of $18 095 435, was incorrectly reported as the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare:

‘Consultancy services for the detailed design, implementation and management of a major longitudinal study of Australian children’

The name of the consultant should read the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

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 casual and part-time employees to show the full-time equivalent.
Customers	Recipients of social support payments or outputs.
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, programs or administered expenses. The effectiveness of an output or program should be distinguished from its efficiency, which concerns the adequacy of its administration.
FaCS	Department of Family and Community Services including Child Support Agency.
FaCS core	Department of Family and Community Services excluding Child Support Agency.
Governance	Method or system of government or management of the organisation.
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.
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 in acquiring resources economically and using those resources efficiently and effectively in achieving outcomes.
Performance indicators	Qualitative and quantitative factors of an output which provide a framework for assessing performance where direct causal links are not obvious and changes in performance are difficult to measure directly. Performance indicators are published in the Portfolio Budget Statement.
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 information is the actual results in terms of performance indicators.
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 customers 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.

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