APPENDIX A
Family Responsibilities Board – schedule of meetings
Date of FR Board meeting	Venue	Attendees	
28 October 2015	Remote Indigenous Land and Infrastructure Program Office
Conference Room
Level 9
15 Lake Street
Cairns	Ms Clare O’Connor, Director-General, DATSIP (Chair); Mr Noel Pearson, Founder, CYP; Ms Caroline Edwards, First Assistant Secretary, Indigenous Affairs, DPMC.	
19 May 2016	Remote Indigenous Land and Infrastructure Program Office
Conference Room
Level 9
15 Lake Street
Cairns	Ms Clare O’Connor, Director-General, DATSIP (Chair); Mr Noel Pearson, Founder, CYP; Ms Caroline Edwards, First Assistant Secretary, Indigenous Affairs, DPMC.	

APPENDIX B - Sitting Calendar
Family Responsibilities Commission 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015
WEEK COMMENCING	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	OTHER	
6 July							
13 July		14	15	16	Public Holiday	17 Cairns Show Day	
20 July		21	22			20 Mossman Show	
		21					
		21					
27 July		28	29				
3 August	Public Holiday	4	5			4 Aurukun Day	
		4	5				
		4					
10 August	10	11	12				
17 August		18	19				
		18	19				
		18					
24 August	24	25	26	27	Public Holiday	28 Doomadgee Day	
31 August		1	2				
		1	2				
		1					
7 September	7	8	9	10			
14 September		15	16				
		15	16				
		15					
21 September							
28 September		29					
5 October	Public Holiday		7	8		5 Labour Day	
		6	7				
12 October	12	13	14	15			
19 October		20	21				
		20	21				
26 October	26	27				28 FR Board Meeting	
2 November		3	4	5			
		3	4				
9 November			11	12			
16 November		17	18	19			
		17	18				
23 November	23	24	25	26			
30 November		1	2	3 (Half Day)			
		1					
7 December							
14 December							
21 December					Public Holiday	25 Christmas Day	
28 December	Public Holiday				Public Holiday	28 Boxing Day, 29, 30, 31 Office Closed for Xmas, 1 New Year’s Day	

Family Responsibilities Commission 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2016
WEEK COMMENCING	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	OTHER	
4 January							
11 January							
18 January							
25 January		Public Holiday				26 Australia Day	
1 February		2	3	4			
		2	3				
8 February	8	9	10	11			
15 February		16	17	18			
		16	17				
22 February	22	23	24				
29 February		1	2	3			
		1		3			
7 March	7	8	9				
14 March		15	16	17			
		15		17			
21 March	21	22	23		Public Holiday	25 Good Friday	
	21						
28 March	Public Holiday			31		28 Easter Monday	
4 April							
11 April		12	13	14			
		12		14			
18 April	18	19	20	21			
25 April	Public Holiday		27	28		25 Anzac Day	
		26		28			
2 May	Public Holiday					2 Labour Day
Commissioner Development Week	
9 May		10	11	12			
16 May		17	18	19		19 FR Board Meeting	
		17		19			
23 May	23	24	25				
30 May		31	1	2			
		31					
6 June						Aurukun conferences cancelled	
13 June			15	16			
				16			
		14		16			
20 June	29	21	22	23			
		21					
27 June							

APPENDIX C

Compliance checklist
Family Responsibilities Commission 2015-2016 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/s	ARRs – section 8	Page 4	
Accessibility	•	Table of contents
•	Glossary	ARRs – section 10.1	Page 5
Page 111	
	•	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 7-8	
	•	Agency role and main functions	ARRs – section 11.2	Pages 10-19	
	•	Operating environment	ARRs – section 11.3	Pages 48-55,  58-61, 105	
Non-financial performance	•	Government’s objectives for the community	ARRs – section 12.1	Pages 13-15	
	•	Other whole-of-government plans / specific initiatives	ARRs – section 12.2	Pages 13-14	
	•	Agency objectives and performance indicators	ARRs – section 12.3	Page 15	
	•	Agency service areas and service standards	ARRs – section 12.4	Page 49	
Financial performance	•	Summary of financial performance	ARRs – section 13.1	Pages 56-57	
Governance – management and structure	•	Organisational structure	ARRs – section 14.1	Pages 62-63	
	•	Executive management	ARRs – section 14.2	Page 62	

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
ARRs – section 14.4	Page 69	
	•	Queensland public service values	ARRs – section 14.5	Page 69	
Governance – risk management and accountability	•	Risk management	ARRs – section 15.1	Page 70	
	•	Audit committee	ARRs – section 15.2	N/A	
	•	Internal audit	ARRs – section 15.3	Page 56	
	•	External scrutiny	ARRs – section 15.4	Page 70	
	•	Information systems and record keeping	ARRs – section 15.5	Page 68	
Governance – human resources	•	Workforce planning and performance	ARRs – section 16.1	Page 64	
	•	Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchment	Directive No.11/12 Early Retirement, Redundancy and Retrenchment
ARRs – section 16.2	Page 65	
Open Data	•	Consultancies	ARRs – section 17
ARRs – section 34.1	Page 73	
	•	Oversea travel	ARRs – section 17
ARRs – section 34.2	Page 73	
	•	Queensland Language Services Policy	ARRs – section 17
ARRs – section 34.3	N/A	
Financial statements	•	Certification of financial statements	FAA – section 62
FPMS – sections 42, 43 and 50
ARRs – section 18.1	Page 76	
	•	Independent Auditors Report	FAA – section 62
FPMS – section 50
ARRs – section 18.2	Pages 103-104	

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 1,010 people as at 30 June 2015,.
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 277 people as at 30 June 201510,.
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 875 people as at 30 June 201510,11.
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 805 people as at 30 June 201510,11.
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 98 people as at 30 June 201510,12,.