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Annual Report 2007-08
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The PDF version has been created from the electronic files used to print the report as tabled in Parliament on 30 October 2008. The HTML version (with Financial Statements in PDF format) incorporates, where applicable, corrections identified since tabling.
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Acknowledgements and copyright
Letter of transmittal
Guide to this reportChapter 1
Secretary reports
Business division significant activities 2007-08
Management and accountability significant activities 2007-08
Case Study 1.1: Green Vehicle GuideChapter 2
Our Minister and Parliamentary Secretary
About the portfolio
About the department
Our governance arrangementsChapter 3
Infrastructure Outputs and Programs
Infrastructure overview
Output 1.1.1: Infrastructure investment, policy and programs
Output 1.1.2: Infrastructure investment coordination
Case Study 3.1: Pakenham bypass
Case Study 3.2: Infrastructure AustraliaChapter 4
Transport Outputs and Programs
Transport overview
Output 2.1.1: Transport safety investigations
Output 2.2.1: Transport security policy, programs and regulation
Output 2.3.1: Surface transport policy, programs and regulation
Output 2.3.2: Road safety and vehicle policy, programs and regulation
Output 2.3.3: Aviation and airports policy, programs and regulation
Contributions to international organisations (consolidated summary)
Case Study 4.1: Pasha Bulker grounding, Newcastle, 8 June 2007
Case Study 4.2: APEC Air Cargo Security Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 24-26 June 2008
Case Study 4.3: Motorcycle and Scooter Safety Summit: The Road Ahead
Case Study 4.4: APEC Aviation Emissions TaskforceChapter 5
Regional development and local government Outputs and Programs
Regional development and local government overview
Output 3.1.1: Regional development policy and programs
Output 3.2.1: Local government policy and programs
Case Study 5.1: Working with four Indigenous communities in the East Kimberley, WA
Case Study 5.2: Remote Air Services Subsidy SchemeChapter 6
Case Study 6.1: Improving accountability within the Department
Case Study 6.2: Improving IT servicesAppendicies
APPENDIX A: Report under the Access and Equity strategy
APPENDIX B: Activities of the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics
Case Study B.1: Third Regional Perspectives conference, 'Understanding Sustainable Regions'
APPENDIX C: Departmental procurement practices and outcomes
APPENDIX D: Report under the Commonwealth Disability Strategy
APPENDIX E: Report on ecologically sustainable development
APPENDIX F: Report under the FOI Act
APPENDIX G: List of discretionary grants programs
APPENDIX H: Additional human resource statistics
APPENDIX I: Airport performance data
APPENDIX J: Infrastructure, transport, regional development and local government portfolio bodies
APPENDIX K: Performance indicators modified or new since the 2007-08 Portfolio Budget Statements
APPENDIX L: Current and previous outcome and output structures
APPENDIX M: Resourcing by outcome and output-current and previous outcome structures
Financial Statements
Financial Statements (available in PDF format only) [
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Index and Key Terms
Compliance index
List of case studies, figures and tables
Glossary
Acronyms and abbreviations
CorrectionsPDF Version
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