annual report 2012 – 13 - Australian Government Solicitor

profitability, 17progress reports, quarterly, 37property and leasing, 20, 45protective security policy framework, 37public sector requirement changes, 20Public Service Commissioner’s Directions, 48publications and communication products, 20, 24, 33,90–3purchasing see procurementQquarterly progress reports, 37quoting see pricing projectRreconciliation, 45recruitment, 25regional processing centres, 10remuneration, 25, 28–9, 38reportingto Attorney-General’s Department, 37to shareholder Ministers, 37responsible Minister, 36–7restructure of legal practice, 23retention of staff, 25, 27revenue, 17reviews by outside bodies, 37risk management, 12, 39role, 6roundtables, 20Ssecurity, national, 13–14seminars see training courses, conferences andother forumssex of employees, 27shareholder Ministers, 6, 36–7 see also Attorney-Generalshareholder return, 17significant events, 37significant matters, 10–11, 13, 14, 15, 31 see also litigationsocial media, 20, 42social responsibility, 44–5Solicitor-General, 7, 11souvenir publication, AGS’s, 24staff, 24–9full-time, 27gender, 27indemnities and insurance premiums, 39numbers, 25, 26part-time, 28professional development, 22, 24–5profile, 25–7retention, 25, 27survey, 28work health and safety, 24–5, 29statement of corporate intent, 37Storm Financial Ltd investigation, 31strategies and objectives, 16–17, 19–30emphasised in mandate, 7Strategy and Operations Advisory Group, 39structure of AGS, 40succession planning, 25summer/winter clerk recruitment, 25support staff, 25survey of clients, 22Ttendering, 22tenders see procurementtied work, 12tobacco plain packaging litigation, 10–11, 13training courses, conferences and other forums, 20, 22,32, 43, 98international training, 45Uunregistered managed investment schemes, 31Vvalue for money of services, 22values and ethics, 8vision statement, 7vodcast, 24Wwebsite, 24, 41wheat export marketing, 14Williams decision, 12, 20women employees, 27work health and safety, 24–5, 29Work Health and Safety Act 2011, 33workers compensation claims, 29workforce see staffworkshops see training courses, conferences and otherforumsWorld Trade Organisation, 11AGS Annual report 2012–13 99