APPENDIX A
Family Responsibilities Board – schedule of meetings
Date of FR Board meeting	Venue	Attendees	
19 August 2014	DATSIMA
Meeting Room
Neville Bonner Building
6A/75 William Street
Brisbane	Mr James Purtill, Director-General, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs (Chair); Mr Noel Pearson, Executive Chairman, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership; Ms Caroline Edwards A/Deputy Secretary, Indigenous Affairs, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet representative for Ms Liza Carroll, Associate Secretary – Indigenous Affairs, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.	

Note (1): the FR Board meeting for November 2014 was moved from 18 November to 25 November 2014 but was subsequently cancelled as a quorum of a least 2 members under section 123 (3) of the Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008 was not achieved.
Note (2): the FR Board Meeting of 3 February 2015 was cancelled as the Queensland Government was still in a caretaker period. The Queensland State election of the 31 January 2015 had not been declared prior to the scheduled Board meeting.
Note (3): the subsequent re-scheduled FR Board meeting of the 17 February 2015 was also cancelled with a new Minister, the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP, appointed to the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships on 16 February 2015. The meeting was rescheduled for 24 April 2015.
Note (4): the rescheduled FR Board meeting of 24 April 2015 was cancelled as a quorum of a least 2 members under section 123 (3) of the Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008 was not achieved.

APPENDIX B - SITTING CALENDAR
Family Responsibilities Commission 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2014
WEEK COMMENCING	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	OTHER	
30 June							
7 July							
14 July		15	16		Public Holiday	18 Cairns Show Day	
21 July		22				21 Mossman Show	
		22					
28 July		29	30	31			
4 August	Public Holiday	5	6			4 Aurukun Day	
		5					
11 August	11	12	13	14			
18 August		19	20			19 FR Board Meeting	
		19					
25 August		26	27	28			
1 September		2	3				
		2					
8 September	8	9	10	11			
15 September		16	17				
22 September							
29 September							
6 October	Public Holiday	7	8			6 Labour Day	
		7	8				
13 October	13	14	15	16			
20 October		21	22				
		21					
27 October		28	29	30			
3 November		4	5	6			
		4	5				
		4					
10 November	10	11	12	13			
17 November		18	19	20			
		18	19				
		18					
24 November		25	26	27			
1 December		2	3				
		2					
8 December							
15 December							
22 December				Public Holiday	Public Holiday	25 Xmas Day, 26 Boxing Day	
29 December				Public Holiday		29, 30, 31 Office Closed for Xmas,
1 New Year’s Day, 2 Jan Office Closed	
Family Responsibilities Commission 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015
WEEK COMMENCING	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	OTHER	
5 January							
12 January							
19 January							
26 January	Public Holiday	27	28			26 Australia Day	
2 February		3	4				
		3	4				
		3					
9 February		10	11				
16 February		17	18				
		17	18				
		17					
23 February	23	24	25	26			
2 March	2	3					
		3	4				
		3					
9 March		10	11				
16 March		17	18				
		17	18				
		17					
23 March		24	25				
30 March		31	1		Public Holiday	3 Good Friday	
		31					
		31					
6 April	Public Holiday					6 Easter Monday	
13 April							
20 April		21	22				
		21	22				
		21					
27 April		28	29	30			
4 May		5	6				
		5	6				
		5					
11 May	11	12	13	14			
18 May			20	21			
		19	20				
		19					
25 May						Commissioner Development Week	
1 June	Public Holiday	2	3	4		1 Mabo Day for Doomadgee	
8 June	Public Holiday		10	11		8 Queens Birthday	
		9	10				
		9					
15 June	15	16	17	18	Public Holiday	19 Mt Isa Show Day	
22 June		23	24				
		23					
		23					
29 June							

APPENDIX C

Compliance checklist
Family Responsibilities Commission 2014-2015 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 107	
	•	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	QGEA – Information Licensing
ARRs – section 10.5	N/A	
General information	•	Introductory Information	ARRs – section 11.1	Pages 7-9	
	•	Agency role and main functions	ARRs – section 11.2	Pages 11-21	
	•	Operating environment	ARRs – section 11.3	Pages 46-53,
57-59, 101	
	•	Machinery of government changes	ARRs – section 11.4	N/A	
Non-financial performance	•	Government’s objectives for the community	ARRs – section 12.1	Pages 14-17	
	•	Other whole-of-government plans / specific initiatives	ARRs – section 12.2	Pages 14-15	
	•	Agency objectives and performance indicators	ARRs – section 12.3	Pages 16-17	
	•	Agency service areas and service standards	ARRs – section 12.4	Page 47	
Financial performance	•	Summary of financial performance	ARRs – section 13.1	Pages 54-55	
Governance – management and structure	•	Organisational structure	ARRs – section 14.1	Pages 60-61	
	•	Executive management	ARRs – section 14.2	Page 60	

Summary of requirement	Basis for requirement	Annual report reference	Summary of requirement	
	•	Government bodies (statutory bodies and other entities)	ARRs – section 14.3	N/A	
	•	Public Sector Ethics Act 1994	Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
(section 23 and Schedule)
ARRs – section 14.4	Page 65	
Governance – risk management and accountability	•	Risk management	ARRs – section 15.1	Page 66	
	•	External scrutiny	ARRs – section 15.2	Page 67	
	•	Audit committee	ARRs – section 15.3	N/A	
	•	Internal Audit	ARRs – section 15.4	Page 54	
	•	Information systems and record keeping	ARRs – section 15.5	Page 65	
Governance – human resources	•	Workforce planning and performance	ARRs – section 16.1	Page 62	
	•	Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchment	Directive No.11/12 Early Retirement, Redundancy and Retrenchment
ARRs – section 16.2	Page 63	
Open Data	•	Consultancies	ARRs – section 17
ARRs – section 34.1	Page 69	
	•	Oversea travel	ARRs – section 17
ARRs – section 34.2	Page 69	
	•	Queensland Language Services Policy	ARRs – section 17
ARRs – section 34.3	N/A	
	•	Government bodies	ARRs – section 17
ARRs – section 34.4	N/A	
Financial statements	•	Certification of financial statements	FAA – section 62
FPMS – sections 42, 43 and 50
ARRs – section 18.1	Page 72	
	•	Independent Auditors Report	FAA – section 62
FPMS – section 50
ARRs – section 18.2	Pages 99-100	
	•	Remuneration disclosures	Financial Reporting Requirements for Queensland Government Agencies
ARRs – section 18.3	Page 62	

APPENDIX D
Welfare Reform
Welfare Reform is a partnership between five welfare reform communities, the Queensland Government, Australian Government and the Institute. Welfare Reform aims to address the collapse of social norms and passive dependence on welfare which has displaced responsibility from many Indigenous people.
The partnership communities are:
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 991 people as at 30 June 2014.
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 234 people as at 30 June 2014,3.
Doomadgee
Doomadgee lies alongside the Nicholson River, one of the permanent freshwater rivers that flow from the ranges behind Lawn Hill National Park in North West Queensland. Doomadgee is the first (or last) township on the Queensland section of the Savannah Way. It is 630 kilometres by road to Mt Isa and 1035 kilometres west of Cairns. The community had an estimated resident adult population of 869 people as at 30 June 20141.
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 774 people as at 30 June 20141.
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 Douglas Shire Council area. The community had an estimated resident population of 99 people as at 30 June 2014.