Part One
Agency overview
Reporting framework
Austrade operates under the Australian Government’s outcomes and programmes framework. Government outcomes are the intended results, impacts or consequences of actions by the Government on the Australian community. Government programmes are the primary vehicle by which government agencies achieve the intended results of their outcome statements.
Austrade’s 2013–14 Portfolio Budget Statements identify the outcomes and associated deliverables and key performance indicators used to assess its contribution to the Australian Government’s outcomes.
In 2013–14, Austrade had two outcomes:
- Outcome 1: Advance Australia’s trade, investment and education promotion interests through information, advice and services to business, the education sector and governments
- Outcome 2: The protection and welfare of Australians abroad through timely and responsive consular and passport services in specific locations overseas.
Austrade’s performance against these outcomes is assessed in Part 2 of this report.
Tourism policy, programmes and research
On 3 October 2013, responsibility for tourism policy, programmes and research was transferred to Austrade from the former Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. The tourism function comprises a discrete programme in the former department’s outcome and programmes structure—Programme 3: Tourism-related initiatives and management.
Under the rules governing changes to the machinery of government, Austrade must report for the whole financial year on the performance of the tourism programme against the deliverables and key performance indicators set out in the 2103–14 Portfolio Budget Statements of the former Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.
The tourism programme’s achievements against its deliverables and key performance indicators are assessed in a stand-alone section in Part 2 of this report, starting on page 105.
Austrade’s outcome and programme framework for 2013–14 is shown in Figure 2.
| Outcome 1 Advance Australia’s trade, investment and education promotion interests through information, advice and services to business, the education sector and governments |
Outcome 2 The protection and welfare of Australians abroad through timely and responsive consular and passport services in specific locations overseas |
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| Programme 1.1 Trade, education and investment promotion |
Programme 1.2 Trade development schemes— Export Market Development Grants |
Programme 1.3 Trade development schemes— Asian Business Engagement Plan |
Programme 2.1 Consular and passport services |
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| Tourism policy, programmes and research | ||||
| Programme 3 Tourism-related initiatives and management |
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