APPENDIX A
Family Responsibilities Board – Schedule of Meetings
Date of FR Board Meeting	Venue	Attendees	
8 August 2012	Executive Building
100 George Street
Brisbane	Mr Ron Weatherall, Deputy-Director General, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs, Chair on behalf of Jon Grayson; Mr Noel Pearson, Executive Chairman, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership; Mr Finn Pratt, Secretary of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.	
5 November 2012	ADG Meeting Room
Neville Bonner Building
6A/75 William Street
Brisbane	Mr Wayne Briscoe, A/Deputy-Director General, Policy, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs, Chair on behalf of Jon Grayson; Mr Noel Pearson, Executive Chairman, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership; Mr Finn Pratt, Secretary of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.	
4 February 2013	ADG Meeting Room
Neville Bonner Building
6A/75 William Street
Brisbane	Ms Debbie Best, Director-General, Policy, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs (Chair); Mr Noel Pearson, Executive Chairman, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership; Mr Finn Pratt, Secretary of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.	
7 May 2013	Novotel
122 Lake Street
Cairns	Ms Debbie Best, Director-General, Policy, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs (Chair); Mr Noel Pearson, Executive Chairman, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership; Mr Finn Pratt, Secretary of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.	

APPENDIX B - SITTING CALENDAR
Family Responsibilities Commission 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2012
WEEK 
COMMENCING	COEN	AURUKUN	HOPE
VALE	MOSSMAN GORGE	OFFICE CAIRNS	
2 July					NAIDOC Week	
9 July			10, 11		9, 12, 13	
16 July	16	17, 18, 19			20 Cairns Show Day	
23 July			24	26	23, 25, 27	
30 July		31, 1, 2			30 July, 3 August	
6 August			7, 8	9	8 FR Board Meeting
6, 10	
13 August	13	14, 15, 16			17	
20 August			21		20, 22, 23, 24	
27 August		28, 29, 30			27, 31	
3 September			4, 5	6	3, 7	
10 September	10	11, 12, 13			14	
17 September			18, 19		17, 20, 21	
24 September					Office week	
1 October	Public Holiday			4	1 Queen’s Birthday extra	
8 October		9, 10, 11			8, 12	
15 October			16, 17	18	16/17 Estimates
15, 19	
22 October	22	23, 24, 25			26	
29 October			30, 31		29 Oct, 1, 2 Nov	
5 November		6, 7, 8			5 FR Board Meeting
5, 9	
12 November			13, 14	15	12, 16	
19 November	19	20, 21, 22			23	
26 November			27, 28		26, 29, 30	
3 December		4, 5, 6			3, 7	
10 December			11	13	10, 12, 14	
17 December					Office week	
24 December		Public Holiday	Public Holiday		27, 28 Office closed for Xmas	
31 December		Public Holiday			31 Office closed for Xmas	

Family Responsibilities Commission 1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013
WEEK COMMENCING	COEN	AURUKUN	HOPE 
VALE	MOSSMAN 
GORGE	OFFICE CAIRNS	
7 January					Office week	
14 January					Office week	
21 January					Office week	
28 January	Public Holiday	29, 30, 31			28 Australia Day
1 Feb	
4 February			5, 6	7	4 FR Board Meeting
4, 8	
11 February	11	12, 13, 14			15	
18 February			19, 20	21	18, 22	
25 February		26, 27			25, 28 Feb, 1 March	
4 March			5, 6	7	4, 8	
11 March	11	12, 13			14, 15	
18 March			19, 20	21	18, 22	
25 March		26, 27			25, 28, 29 Good Friday	
1 April	Public Holiday				1 Easter Monday
Office Week	
8 April					Office Week	
15 April			16, 17	18	15, 19	
22 April	22	23, 24		Public Holiday	25 ANZAC Day
26	
29 April			30, 1		29 April, 2, 3, May	
6 May					7 FR Board Meeting
Commissioner Week	
13 May		14, 15, 16			13, 17	
20 May			21, 22	23	20, 24	
27 May	27	28, 29, 30			31	
3 June			4, 5	6	3, 7	
10 June	Public Holiday	11, 12, 13			10 Queens Birthday
14	
17 June			18	19	17, 20, 21	
24 June					Office Week	

APPENDIX C

Compliance checklist
Family Responsibilities Commission 2012 – 2013 annual report	

Summary of requirement	Basis for requirement	Annual report reference	
Letter of compliance	•	A letter of compliance from the accountable officer or statutory body to the relevant Minister	ARRs – section 8	Page 4	
Accessibility	•	Table of contents
•	Glossary	ARRs – section 10.1	Page 5
Page 109	
	•	Public availability	ARRs – section 10.2	Page 2	
	•	Interpreter service statement	Queensland Government Language Services Policy
ARRs – section 10.3	Page 2	
	•	Copyright notice	Copyright Act 1968
ARRs – section 10.4	Page 2	
	•	Information licensing	Queensland Government Enterprise Architecture – Information licensing
ARRs – section 10.5	N/A	
General information	•	Introductory Information	ARRs – section 11.1	Pages 7-8	
	•	Agency role and main functions	ARRs – section 11.2	Pages 9-17,42-53	
	•	Operating environment	ARRs – section 11.3	Pages 54-56, 103	
	•	Machinery of Government changes	ARRs – section 11.4	N/A	
Non-financial performance	•	Government objectives for the community	ARRs – section 12.1	Pages 11-13	
	•	Other whole-of-government plans / specific initiatives	ARRs – section 12.2	Page 59	
	•	Agency objectives and performance indicators	ARRs – section 12.3	Page 13	
	•	Agency service areas, service standards and other measures	ARRs – section 12.4	Page 43	
Financial performance	•	Summary of financial performance	ARRs – section 13.1	Pages 50-53	
	•	Chief Finance Officer (CFO) statement	ARRs – section 13.2	N/A	
Governance – management and structure	•	Organisational structure	ARRs – section 14.1	Pages 58, 60	
	•	Executive management	ARRs – section 14.2	Page 59	
	•	Related entities	ARRs – section 14.3	N/A	
	•	Boards and committees	ARRs – section 14.4	Page 58	
	•	Public Sector Ethics Act 1994	Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
(section 23 and Schedule)
ARRs – section 14.5	Page 63	
Governance – risk management and accountability	•	Risk management	ARRs – section 15.1	Page 64	
	•	External scrutiny	ARRs – section 15.2	Pages 39-41	
	•	Audit committee	ARRs – section 15.3	N/A	
	•	Internal Audit	ARRs – section 15.4	Page 50	
	•	Public Sector Renewal Program	ARRs – section 15.5	N/A	
	•	Information systems and record keeping	ARRs – section 15.7	Page 63	
Governance – human resources	•	Workforce planning, attraction and retention and performance	ARRs – section 16.1	Page 61	
	•	Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchment	Directive No.11/12 Early Retirement, Redundancy and Retrenchment
ARRs – section 16.2	Page 61	
	•	Voluntary Separation Program	ARRs – section 16.3	Page 61	
Open Data	•	Open Data	ARRs – section 17	Page 65	
Financial statements	•	Certification of financial statements	FAA – section 62
FPMS – sections 42, 43 and 50
ARRs – section 18.1	Page 70	
	•	Independent Auditors Report	FAA – section 62
FPMS – section 50
ARRs – section 18.2	Pages 101-102	
	•	Remuneration disclosures	Financial Reporting Requirements for Queensland Government Agencies
ARRs – section 18.3	Page 61	

APPENDIX D
Cape York Welfare Reform
The Cape York Welfare Reforms are a partnership between four CYWR trial communities, the Queensland Government, Australian Government and the Institute. The Cape York Welfare Reforms aim to address passive dependence on welfare and rebuild social norms in the communities.
The partnership communities
The CYWR trial communities are:
•	Aurukun 
•	Coen 
•	Hope Vale 
•	Mossman Gorge.
Aurukun
Aurukun is on the western coast of Cape York and is approximately 900 kilometres northwest of Cairns, and about 200 kilometres south of Weipa. The community had an estimated resident adult population of 969 people as at 30 June 2011.
Coen
The township of Coen is approximately halfway between Cairns and the tip of Cape York. It is not a discrete Aboriginal community and is part of Cook Shire. The township had an estimated resident adult population of 238 people as at 30 June 20111.
Hope Vale
Hope Vale is situated on the Cape York Peninsula and is 46 kilometres northwest of Cooktown. The estimated resident adult population of Hope Vale was 727 people as at 30 June 20111.
Mossman Gorge
Mossman Gorge is a small Aboriginal community 75 kilometres north of Cairns, 4 kilometres from Mossman (the nearest town), and approximately 25 kilometres by road from Port Douglas. It is not a discrete Aboriginal community and is part of the Cairns Regional Council area. The community had an estimated resident population of 103 people as at 30 June 2011.