Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014

CHAPTER 2 - COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH  

PART 2-3 - PLANNING, PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY  

Division 3A - Annual report for Commonwealth entities  

Subdivision A - Annual report for non-corporate Commonwealth entities  

SECTION 17AC   PLAIN ENGLISH AND CLEAR DESIGN  

17AC(1)    
The annual report for a non-corporate Commonwealth entity must be prepared having regard to the interests of the Parliament and any other persons who are interested in the annual report.

17AC(2)    
Information included in the annual report must be relevant, reliable, concise, understandable and balanced, including through doing the following, where practicable:

(a)    using clear design (for example, through headings and adequate spacing);

(b)    defining acronyms and technical terms (for example, in a glossary);

(c)    using tables, graphs, diagrams and charts;

(d)    including any additional matters as appropriate.