e-Annual Report 2003-04

This abridged version of our 2003-04 Annual Report will give you an insight into our work during the financial year and provide links to further information. The report covers:

About the department – A brief overview of the department, our mission and values, Ministers, Parliamentary Secretary and organisational structure.

What the department did in 2003-04 – Reports on our overall performance, performance by output, including our purchaser and provider arrangements, national research priorities, service charters, social justice and equity and financial performance.

What the department’s management and accountability responsibilities were - Provides an overview of our management services and governance, corporate governance, internal and external scrutiny, management of human resources, purchasing, consultants and competitive tendering and contracting.

Other important aspects of the department’s performance in 2003-04 – Outlines discretionary grants, consultancy services, occupational health and safety, advertising and market research, freedom of information, ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance, Natural Resource Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992, commonwealth disability strategy and our financial statements.

Links will take you directly to the relevant section of the full version of our 2003-04 Annual Report or to other key documents, such as our Corporate Plan.

We value your feedback

The department encourages comment on the report’s usefulness and content to help us achieve higher standards in future reports.

To provide feedback, please:

Email:
Telephone: 02 6271 6592
Fax: 02 6272 4959

Or write to the information officer:

Information Officer
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601