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This report outlines the operations and performance of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy for the financial year ending 30 June 2011. The report is prepared in accordance with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Requirements for Annual Reports, released in July 2011.

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• Letter of Transmittal
• How to use this report
• Section 1 - Overview
  • Secretary's review
  • Overview of department and portfolio
• Section 2 - Performance review
  • Program 1.1: Broadband and communications infrastructure
  • Program 1.2: Telecommunications, online and postal services
  • Program 1.3: Broadcasting and digital television
  • Financial performance
• Section 3 - Management and accountability
  • Corporate governance and performance
  • Our people
  • Equipping our staff to do business
• Section 4 - Appendices
  • Appendix 1-Agency resource statement and expenses and resources for outcome
  • Appendix 2-Parliamentary committees
  • Appendix 3-External scrutiny
  • Appendix 4-Legislation and statutory instruments
  • Appendix 5-Staffing statistics
  • Appendix 6-Freedom of information
  • Appendix 7-Advertising and market research
  • Appendix 8-Grants
• Section 5 - Financial Statements
• Section 6 - Other Information
  • Acronyms and glossary
  • Corrections to 2009-10 annual report
  • Compliance index-list of requirements

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Full report:

•  DBCDE Annual Report: Entire report (PDF, 6.3MB)

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•  Letter of transmittal (PDF, 1MB)
•  DBCDE Annual Report: Overview (PDF, 1.8MB)  
•  DBCDE Annual Report: Performance review (PDF, 3.0MB)
•  DBCDE Annual Report: Management and accountability (PDF, 859KB)
•  Table of consultancy services let during 2009-10, of $10,000 or more (PDF, 127KB) 
•  Section 4-Appendices (PDF, 1.4MB)
•  Section 5-Financial statements (PDF, 2.3MB)
•  Section 6-Other information (PDF, 776KB)

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ISBN 978-0-642-75418-9

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Annual Report 2010–11 (DBCDE Annual Report 2010–11) is protected by copyright.

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The details of the relevant licence conditions are available on the Creative Commons website (accessible using the links provided) as is the full legal code for CC BY 3.0 AU licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/legalcode).

The document must be attributed as the DBCDE Annual Report 2010–11.

All rights in the materials listed below are reserved. If you wish to use any of these materials in a way that is not permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, you should contact the Manager, Governance and Reporting using the contact details below.

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms and Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy logo—Cover, Title Page (i) and Letter of Transmittal (iii).
Image of emergency smartphone application prototype—page 42.
Image of the mySwitch mapping application—page 53.
Photograph of ‘talking’ set-top box and remote control—page 55.
Image of the ‘initiatives in your area’ map—page 80.

Inquiries regarding the licence and any use of this document should be directed to:
Manager Governance and Reporting
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
GPO Box 2154
Canberra ACT 2601
Tel: 02 6271 1406 (international +61 2 6271 1406)
Website: www.dbcde.gov.au
Email: annual.report@dbcde.gov.au

Acknowledgements

Annual Report team: Sue Rixon, Marnie Hodsdon and Lacey Borg
Special thanks go to all departmental staff and specialist contractors involved in the project.