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ombudsman-annual-report15-16
ombudsman-annual-report15-16
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GUIDE TO THE REPORT<br />
GUIDE TO THE REPORT<br />
This report provides information on<br />
the activities, achievements and performance of<br />
the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman<br />
(the office) for the 20<strong>15–16</strong> financial year.<br />
Part 1—REVIEW BY THE<br />
OMBUDSMAN<br />
This is the Commonwealth Ombudsman,<br />
Colin Neave’s review of the year and the<br />
outlook for 2016–17.<br />
Part 2—OVERVIEW OF<br />
THE OFFICE<br />
This outlines the roles and functions,<br />
the organisational structure, outcome<br />
and program structure and the purpose<br />
of the office.<br />
Part 3—REPORT ON<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
This provides an overview of complaints<br />
received by the office, our annual performance<br />
statement and a summary of our financial<br />
performance for the 20<strong>15–16</strong> financial year.<br />
Part 4—WHAT WE DO<br />
Departments and agencies were given the<br />
opportunity to comment on draft sections of<br />
this report that relate to their organisations.<br />
Part 5—MANAGEMENT<br />
AND ACCOUNTABILITY<br />
This outlines the office’s governance and<br />
accountability arrangements including external<br />
scrutiny, management of human resources,<br />
procurement and asset management.<br />
Part 6—APPENDICES<br />
This includes the financial statements; a report<br />
on compliance with the information publication<br />
scheme, statistics on the number of approaches<br />
and complaints received by the office, entity<br />
resource statement and the ecologically<br />
sustainable development and environmental<br />
performance for the office.<br />
Part 7—REFERENCES<br />
This includes a glossary, a list of figures and<br />
tables contained in the body of the report,<br />
a compliance index and an alphabetical index.<br />
This provides information about our work in our<br />
major areas of responsibility, including:<br />
• Social Services agencies and programs<br />
• Postal Industry Ombudsman<br />
• Immigration Ombudsman<br />
• Overseas Students Ombudsman<br />
• Private Health Insurance Ombudsman<br />
• Defence Force Ombudsman<br />
• Law Enforcement Ombudsman<br />
• Public Interest Disclosure scheme<br />
• International program.<br />
6 | COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMAN ANNUAL REPORT | 20<strong>15–16</strong>