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AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION ACT 1989 - SECT 43

Extra general matters to be included in annual reports

  (1)   The annual report on Australia Post given to the Minister under section   46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must also:

  (d)   include an outline of the strategies and policies that Australia Post is following to carry out its community service obligations; and

  (e)   if the Minister has, under subsection   40(1), directed the Board to vary the statement included in the corporate plan of Australia Post's strategies and policies to carry out its community service obligations--include an outline of the strategies and policies that the Minister directed the Board to vary; and

  (f)   include an assessment of the appropriateness and adequacy of the strategies and policies that Australia Post is following to carry out its community service obligations; and

  (fa)   include a statement about compliance, during the period, with the performance standards referred to in paragraph   27(4)(b) (these standards relate to Australia Post's community service obligations); and

  (g)   include particulars of:

  (i)   any government policy orders that apply in relation to Australia Post under section   22 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for the period;

  (ii)   any directions given by the Minister under section   49 that are applicable to the period; and

  (h)   deal specifically with the effect on Australia Post's operations during the period of:

  (i)   each such policy and direction; and

  (ii)   any other obligations of Australia Post under this or any other Act that require it to act otherwise than in accordance with normal commercial practice; and

  (j)   if the Minister has, under subsection   33(3), disapproved a proposed determination by the Board fixing or varying rates of postage--set out particulars of the proposed determination; and

  (k)   include particulars of:

  (i)   companies that Australia Post and its subsidiaries formed, and companies in whose formation Australia Post and its subsidiaries participated, during the period;

  (ii)   companies that became or ceased to be subsidiaries of Australia Post and its subsidiaries during the period; and

  (iii)   interests in partnerships, trusts, unincorporated joint ventures and other arrangements for the sharing of profits that Australia Post and its subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the period; and

  (m)   include an outline of:

  (i)   shares that Australia Post subscribed for, purchased or disposed of during the period;

  (ii)   other business interests that Australia Post and its subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the period; and

  (iii)   other activities of Australia Post's subsidiaries during the period; and

  (n)   include an outline of the exercise during the period by Australia Post and its employees of any powers to open, or examine the contents of, articles carried by post; and

  (o)   include, in relation to:

  (i)   each subsection of section   90J (other than subsections   90J(2) and (4)); and

  (ii)   each subsection of section   90K;

    a record of the number of times during the period that information or documents were disclosed in reliance on that subsection and of the persons, authorities or bodies to which information or documents were so disclosed.

  (2)   In this section:

"corporate plan" means the corporate plan for Australia Post under section   35 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .



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