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Australian Human Rights Commission PS ActGGS℗

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Aliases

Australian Human Rights Commission

Link

https://humanrights.gov.au/

Portfolio

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S

Governance Characteristics

Type of Body

Corporate Commonwealth entity

Accountable authority

President of the Australian Human Rights Commission

Lead Body

No

Institutional sector classification

General Government Sector - (GGS)

Employment instruments

Public Service Act 1999

Establishing instruments

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

Annual Report Requirements

Additional annual report requirement in establishing legislation

Yes

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 45 Annual report

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 45 Annual report

Other requirements and references to ‘annual report’ under the enabling legislation

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - Schedule 1 Convention concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - Schedule 2 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - Schedule 1 Convention concerning Discrimination in respect of Employment and Occupation

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - Schedule 2 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Corporate Plan Requirements

Section 35 of the PGPA Act applies

Yes

Section 35(3) of the PGPA Act applies

Yes

Enabling legislation references to 'corporate plan'

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 46AA Corporate plan

Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 - 46AA Corporate plan

Current Budget Characteristics

Outcome #1: An Australian society in which human rights are respected, protected and promoted through independent investigation and resolution of complaints, education and research to promote and eliminate discrimination, and monitoring, and reporting on human rights.

#	Program	Body	Contribution
1.1	Australian Human Rights Commission Program 1.1	Australian Human Rights Commission	The Commission provides leadership to ensure human rights issues are on the national agenda, with the goal that human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected and protected in Australian law, policy and practice. We provide impartial information and dispute resolution services to prevent and resolve disputes about breaches of human rights and discrimination and conduct research and project work that is evidence based and contributes to improved protection and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Outcome #1: An Australian society in which human rights are respected, protected, and promoted through independent investigation and resolution of complaints, contributions to law and policy reforms, research, education, partnerships, and monitoring and reporting on human rights

#	Program	Body	Contribution
1.1	Australian Human Rights Commission Program 1.1	Australian Human Rights Commission	- Australians have access to independent human rights complaint handling and public inquiries processes and benefit from human rights education, promotion and monitoring, and compliance activitiesThe Commission provides leadership to ensure human rights issues are on the national agenda, with the goal that human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected and protected in Australian law, policy and practice. We provide impartial information and dispute resolution services to prevent and resolve disputes about breaches of human rights and discrimination, and conduct research and project work that is evidence based and contributes to improved protection and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms

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Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Classification
Key	Description
GGS	General Government Sector (GGS) - All Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies are part of the GGS unless stipulated by a GFS classification below.
F	Public Financial Corporation
T	Public Non-financial Corporation (Trading)

Definitions
Key	Description
Listed Entities	A listed entity is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity prescribed by an Act or the PGPA Rule. All non-corporate Commonwealth entities are “listed entities” except for Departments of State and Parliamentary Departments.

Government Requirements
Key	Description
℗	Subject to the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs). All non-corporate Commonwealth entities are subject to the CPRs.
X	Entities that are exempt, or partially exempt, from government policy orders (section 22 of the PGPA Act).

Governance Structure or Characteristics
Key	Description
B	Prescribed as Government Business Enterprises under the PGPA Rule.
E	Executive Agency, through an Order made by the Governor General, under subsection 65(1) of the Public Service Act 1999
HC	The Attorney-General’s portfolio includes the High Court of Australia, which is part of the Commonwealth, is an “agency” named in the annual Appropriation Acts and is in the “General Government Sector”. However, it is not a Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act, due to its status under its enabling legislation, which also sets its employment framework.
I	Inter-jurisdictional entities in nature (interacts with State, Territory or foreign governments)
M	Material entities and companies (comprising 99% of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of the total General Government Sector). All Departments of State are considered material in nature.
R	Corporate Commonwealth entities established by regulation under an Act and/or by a rule under the PGPA Act.
*	3 entities have a body corporate status but are prescribed as noncorporate Commonwealth entities

Employment Arrangements
Key	Description
PS Act	Officials are taken to be employed under Public Service Act 1999.
^	Entities that do not engage staff under the PS Act.
#	Entities can engage officials under enabling legislation as well as PS Act. These include Defence entities under the Defence Act 1903.
▲	Has officials employed under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.

Type of Body
Key	Description
	Non-corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth entity that is not a body corporate.*
	Corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth entity that is a body corporate.*
	A Commonwealth company is a Corporations Act 2001 company that the Commonwealth controls.

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