Chapter 3—Report on performance

External scrutiny

The only external scrutiny affecting the agency in 2008–09 was routine budget and audit scrutiny, as Table 9 shows.

Table 9 External scrutiny of Old Parliament House, 2008–09

Type	Activity
Auditor-General	The agency was the subject of a Financial Statements Audit by the Australian National Audit Office.
Privacy Commissioner	The Privacy Commissioner made no reports under the Privacy Act 1988 concerning the agency’s practices or actions.
Commonwealth Ombudsman	The Commonwealth Ombudsman considered no matters involving the agency.
Freedom of information requests	No requests for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 were received.
Parliamentary committees	Other than Senate Estimates Committees, the agency did not appear before any parliamentary committees. No reports that were on issues specifically relevant to Old Parliament House were received from parliamentary committees.
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	No decisions by the agency were the subject of review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

• About the report
• Letter of transmittal
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Director’s review
• Chapter 2: Agency overview
  • Role and functions
  • Governance framework
  • Organisational structure
  • Outcome and output structure
• Chapter 3: Report on performance
  • Outcome 1
  • Output 1.1
  • Output 1.2
• Chapter 4: Management and accountability
  • Overview
  • Corporate governance
  • External scrutiny
  • Human resources management
  • Information management
  • Assets management
  • Procurement
• Chapter 5: Financial statements
  • Summary of financial management and performance
• Appendices
• References