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Office of the Governor Annual Report 2017 – 2018 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ANNUAL REPORT 2017 – 2018 To obtain information about the content of Aim of Report this report, please contact: The Office of the Governor Annual Report Air Commodore Mark Gower AM OAM(Mil) 2017/18 is an integral part of the Office Official Secretary of the Governor’s Corporate Governance Office of the Governor of Queensland Framework and describes the achievements, performance, outlook and financial position GPO Box 434 of the Office for the financial year. The Brisbane Qld 4001 Annual Report is a key accountability Telephone: (07) 3835 5700 document and the principal way in which the Facsimile: (07) 3835 5701 Office reports on activities and provides a Email: [email protected] full and complete picture of its performance to Parliament and the wider community. Information about the activities of the Queensland Governor and the operations The Report details the objectives, activities of the Office of the Governor is available and performance of the Office during the Cover image at the following internet address: period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 and The cover illustration by Brisbane-based includes information and images which botanical artist Anne Hayes depicts a Small- www.govhouse.qld.gov.au illustrate the many activities the Office fruited Grey Gum (Eucalyptus propinqua). undertakes to provide executive, personal, This species sheds its grey bark in strips Internet annual report: administrative and logistical support to the and the new bark underneath ranges in www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/ Governor and to manage the Government colour from cream and pale yellow to bright House estate. orange and even pink. It is an important office-of-the-governor/news-publications/ koala food tree, and its flowers attract annual-reports.aspx The Office of the Governor advises nectar-feeding birds and fruit bats. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Copyright and ISSN The Small-fruited Grey Gum is one of many people that this Annual Report may hundreds of species of eucalypt, almost © The State of Queensland (Office of the contain images of people who have died. all of which are found only in Australia. Governor) 2018 The Office does not wish to cause distress Eucalyptus and the related classifications to any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Angophora and Corymbia dominate most Copyright protects this publication except for community members. of Australia’s forest landscapes. Eucalypts purposes permitted by the Copyright Act. even have their own national day (23 March). The Office of the Governor is committed The 10 hectares of remnant bushland on Reproduction by whatever means is prohibited without the prior written to providing accessible service to the Government House estate are rich in Queenslanders from culturally and eucalypts, including the pictured species, permission of the accountable officer. in addition to tallow wood (E. microcorys) linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you and the blue gum (E. tereticornis). They ISSN 1837-2767 have difficulty in understanding the annual provide a marked contrast with the report, please contact us on telephone formal gardens on the higher, northern (07) 3858 5700 and we will arrange an side of the estate and give the area an interpreter to effectively communicate unmistakably Australian character. the report to you. The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Premier of Queensland PO Box 15185 CITY EAST QLD 4002 Dear Premier, I am pleased to submit for presentation to the Parliament the 2017/18 Annual Report and financial statements of the Office of the Governor. I certify that this Annual Report: • Complies with the prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009; and • Reflects the achievements of the Office in providing an effective and accountable agency which supports the Governor of Queensland. Yours sincerely Mark Gower AM OAM(Mil) Official Secretary 24 September 2018 Table of Contents 04 25 Official Secretary’s Summary Financial Overview Year in Review Expenditure 2017/18 Outlook for 2018/19 Consultancies Overseas Travel Public Liability Waste Management 08 2017/18 Statement of Assurance Office Overview Corporate Objectives 26 Financial Statements 10 Statement of Comprehensive Income Corporate Governance Statement of Financial Position Management Processes Statement of Changes in Equity Management Structure Statement of Cash Flows Measuring Corporate Governance Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements 2017/18 Management Certificate 14 Independent Auditor’s Report Report on Performance Constitutional and Legal Ceremonial Community Engagement Preserving the Government House Estate Effective Management Promoting Queensland ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 [01] Overview of Engagement and Activities Cairns | 4 visits Townsville | 5 visits Charters Towers | 1 visit Airlie Beach | 1 visit Cloncurry | 1 visit Proserpine Beach | 1 visit Mackay | 6 visits Moranbah | 1 visit Clermont | 1 visit Rockhampton | 2 visits Gladstone | 1 visit Yarwun | 1 visit Wondai | 1 visit Sunshine Coast | 4 visits Quilpie| 1 visit Toogoolawah | 1 visit Dalby | 1 visit Redland City | 1 visit Amberley | 4 visits 1 visit Thargomindah|1 visit Ipswich | Warwick | 1 visit Gold Coast | 11 visits Tamborine | 1 visit Stanthorpe / Broadwater | 2 visits Visits outside of Brisbane [02] OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, QUEENSLAND 21,522 People who visited Government House. March 2018 11 September 2017 Government House hosted a visit by His Royal Highness An Investiture Ceremony was held in Townsville, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall in the honouring outstanding men and women from across lead up to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. North Queensland. 55 Regional visits made by the Governor. 9 June 2018 20 April 2018 Government House Open Day attracted 1,500 The Governor and Mrs de Jersey attended the 148th visitors, confirming Fernberg’s place as A House Dalby Show. for all Queenslanders. 261 Events hosted at Government House. 21 August 2017 December 2017 The Governor and Mrs de Jersey visited Blackheath More than 11,267 people came through Fernberg’s gates for & Thornburgh College as part of Regional the annual Christmas Lights Display. Government House. 616 Constitutional, ceremonial and community events attended by the Governor. 4 April 2018 21 September 2017 The Governor attended Commonwealth Games basketball The Governor and His Royal Highness The Duke of in Townsville, paying tribute to GOLDOC volunteers. York visited the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art. ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 [03] Official Secretary’s Summary The 2017/18 financial year marked the The Office supported the Governor’s fourth year of the original tenure of extensive program prior to and during the His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Games, focused on celebrating the Games Jersey AC. The year saw the Office of the themselves and on promoting the Games’ Governor provide timely, professional economic, cultural and reconciliation legacy support for His Excellency and in Queensland. His Excellency welcomed the Mrs de Jersey in fulfilling a wide range Queen’s Baton Relay’s arrival in Singapore of constitutional, ceremonial and and at Government House in Brisbane; community roles in the State, and in cheered on Australian athletes in Games promoting Queensland overseas. events; promoted trade and investment in Queensland, particularly the Gold Coast; The Office supported the Governor’s 55 visits supported the Games Reconciliation Action to regional and remote centres in the State, Plan; and hosted His Royal Highness the assisting him to continue to ensure that as Prince of Wales, HRH the Duchess of many Queenslanders as possible, wherever in Cornwall, and HRH the Earl of Wessex the State they reside, had the opportunity to during their Games-related visits to the State. see and meet the Governor. Managing the Government House estate, The Office assisted the Governor in whose fabric ranges widely from an undertaking the third Regional Government Mark Gower AM OAM(Mil) original house built in 1865 to 10 hectares House of his tenure, in Mackay from 17 to Official Secretary of well-preserved remnant bushland, is a 23 August 2017, managing, coordinating substantial undertaking for the small team at and implementing the extensive program. Government House. In 2017/18, the Office During Mackay Regional Government continued to balance the many functional, House, the Governor undertook 32 heritage, security and other requirements of program commitments in five locations the estate, which was visited by 21,522 people in the immediate region, and in Charters in the 12-month period, in order to maintain Towers. The Governor’s program in Mackay, and, where possible, enhance the heritage Whitsunday and Isaac Local Government values of the estate. areas focused particularly on first-hand briefing by local councils and emergency The Deputy Official Secretary, Ms Cecily services personnel on ongoing recovery efforts Pearson OAM, retired in May 2018 following from the severe damage caused by Cyclone 10 years of service to three Governors of Debbie in the region in March 2017. Queensland. Following a comprehensive and competitive recruitment and selection process, The period in review included important Ms Kate Hastings was appointed Deputy anniversaries associated with the final two Official Secretary in April 2018, allowing a years of World War I. The Governor’s two-week handover with Ms Pearson and a program for the year had a substantial focus thorough induction program. on solemn commemoration of the service and sacrifice of Australian men and women in The Office continued to pursue and refine the Great War. This included a visit to Be’er the Government House social media strategy Sheva (formerly Beersheba) in Israel for the on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to centenary commemorations of the famed reach more Queenslanders, enhance their charge of the Australian 4th Light Horse understanding of the role of Governor, and Brigade in the Battle of Beersheba. make access to information on the activities of the Governor richer, more timely, and The Commonwealth Games were held on more transparent.
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