DIMA Annual Report 1997-98
Introduction
The Annual Report of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) gives details of program operations and finances for the financial year ending 30 June 1998.
The report has four main parts:
part one: portfolio and corporate overview;
part two: program performance reporting;
part three: financial statements; and
part four: appendices.
The two statutory authorities within the Portfolio – the Immigration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal – publish their own annual reports and therefore, apart from including their data on Senior Executive Performance Pay to preserve privacy, are not referred to in this document in any detail.
The National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd. is a public company, limited by guarantee, within the Portfolio which publishes its own annual report. It therefore is not referred to in any detail in this report.
The Migration Agents Regulation Authority, established in March 1998 to regulate the migration advice industry, reports to the Minister and publishes its own annual report. Therefore it is not referred to in any detail in this report.
Financial style conventions
The financial statements are prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with the Department of Finance and Administration guidelines and professional accounting requirements. Additional information in relation to financial resources is summarised within each program and sub-program chapter.
All amounts displayed in multiples of one thousand dollars have been rounded using standard rounding conventions. Totals are based on the underlying unrounded amounts and not the rounded amounts. Discrepancies in tables between totals and sums of components are due to rounding.
Availability
Reference copies of this annual report are held at major libraries throughout Australia. Printed copies are available for purchase at Australian Government Bookshops. The report is also expected to be available on CD-ROM, as part of a collection of portfolio department annual reports.
The text of the report is available on this Internet site (www.immi.gov.au).
Inquiries about the distribution of this report should be directed to the Public Affairs Section, telephone (02) 6264 2244 or facsimile (02) 6264 2479.
Supplementary information may also be obtained by contacting these numbers.
Please address any comments about this report to:
Assistant Secretary
Ministerial and Communications Branch
DIMA
PO Box 25
Belconnen ACT 2616