The Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and the State. Welcome to the first annual report from the Institute for Primary Industries and Regional Development.
Operational structure
DPIRD was formed on 1 July 2017 as part of the State Government's Public Sector Reforms bringing together the former Departments of Agriculture and Food, Fisheries and Regional Development with staff from our State's nine Regional Development Commissions (RDCs). Northern Territory and former director of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Heather is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Performance management framework
Shared responsibilities with other agencies
The Regional Development Council is an advisory body of the Minister of Regional Development for regional development issues. The Regional Development Trust of Western Australia is an independent statutory advisory body that provides advice on the RfR fund to the Minister for Regional Development.
Report on operations
We removed the limited season for recreational lobster fishermen after determining that it was no longer necessary to ensure sustainability of the fishery. We began by relocating our fish health R&D team to the state-of-the-art Indian Ocean Marine Research Center at Watermans Bay, Perth to boost our research efforts and fish health services to industry.
Case studies
The state's mollusc aquaculture sector is worth about $4.2 million - the new hatchery is estimated to increase the sector's value by up to $12 million within five years. Participating businesses were also able to benefit from research included in the project's Target Market Opportunities report, which identified 20 high-growth, high-value premium opportunities in Asian markets for products directly related to Western Australia's production and supply conditions.
Financial targets and results
1 As set out in DPIRD's 2017/18 budget document, this includes the financial targets of the department and the nine RDCs. 1 The target is set out in DPIRD's 2017/18 budget document and includes the financial position of the department and the nine RDCs.
Key performance indicator (KPI) targets and results
- Enforcement and education 2.1. Average cost per hour of enforcement
- Research and assessment
- Market development, investment and market access
- Productivity improvement and innovation
- Business development and promotion
- Productive natural resources
- Biosecurity and product integrity
- A business environment for growth
- Regional investment
- Regional policy
Public and private sector co-investment in department-led productive resource management initiatives as a factor of the net cost of this service. Public and private sector co-investment in department-led biosafety and product integrity initiatives as a factor in the net cost of this service.
Independent auditor’s report
Financial statements
Statement of comprehensive income for the year ended 30 June 2018
Statement of changes in equity for the year ended 30 June 2018
From 1 July 2017, the departments for Agriculture and Food, Fisheries and Regional Development have merged to establish the Institute for Primary Business and Regional Development. As this is the first reporting period for the Institute for Primary Industries and Regional Development, there are no comparative figures to disclose.
Summary of consolidated account appropriations and income estimates for the year ended 30 June 2018
Index of notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20182.2 Statement of income and expenses by service for the year ended June 30, 2018.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 2.2 Schedule of income and expenses by service for the year ended 30 June 2018
Notes on the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20182.2 Schedule of income and expenses by service for the year ended June 30, 2018 2.2 Schedule of income and expenses by service for the year ended June 30, 2018. Notes to the financial statements for the year ended on June 30, 20182.3 Scheme of assets and liabilities according to service on June 30, 2018.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 2.3 Schedule of assets and liabilities by service as at 30 June 2018
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 3.1.1 Employee benefits expenses (continued)
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 3.1.2 Employee benefits provision
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 3.1.2 Employee benefits provision (continued)
The deferred leave provision applies to civil servants who have signed an agreement to self-fund an additional 12 months of leave in the fifth year of the agreement. The provision recognizes the value of salary intended for employees to spend in the fifth year.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 3.2 Grants and subsidies paid
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 3.3 Other expenses
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 3.3 Other expenses (continued)
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 4 Our funding sources
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 4.1 Income from State Government
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 4.1 Income from State Government (continued)
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20184.1 Income from State Government (continued).
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 4.2 User charges and fees
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 4.3 Commonwealth grants and contributions
Notes to the financial statements for the financial year ended 30 June 20184.4 Received non-government grants and subsidies.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 4.4 Non-government grants and subsidies received
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20184.6 Loss from disposal of long-term assets.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 4.6 Loss on disposal of non-current assets
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 5 Key assets
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 5.1 Infrastructure, property, plant and equipment (continued)
When measuring the fair value of an asset or liability, the department uses market-observed data to the extent possible. The department recognizes transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period in which the change occurred.
Notes to the accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 20185.1 Infrastructure, tangible fixed assets (continued).
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 5.2 Intangible assets
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 5.2 Intangible assets (continued)
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 5.2.1 Amortisation and impairment (continued)
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6 Other assets and liabilities
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6.1.1 Movement of the allowance for impairment of receivables
Explanations to the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20186.1.1 Movement in the adjustment of the value of receivables.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6.3 Other assets
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6.5 Biological assets
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20186.6.1 Investments accounted for using the equity method.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6.6.1 Investments accounted for using the equity method
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6.6.1 Investments accounted for using the equity method (continued)
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20186.6.1 Investments accounted for using the equity method (continued).
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6.6.2 Jointly controlled assets
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 6.7 Payables
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 7 Financing
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 7.2 Finance costs
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 20187.3.2 Restricted cash and cash equivalents.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 7.3.2 Restricted cash and cash equivalents
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 7.4 Commitments
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 7.4 Commitments (continued)
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 8 Risks and contingencies
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 8.1 Financial risk management (continued)
Notes on the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20188.1 Financial risk management (continued) 8.1 Financial risk management (continued). Notes on the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 20188.1 Financial risk management (continued) 8.1 Financial risk management (continued).
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 8.2 Contingent assets and liabilities
This Standard implements consequential amendments to Australian Accounting Standards (including Interpretations) resulting from the publication of AASB 15. This Standard implements consequential amendments to Australian Accounting Standards (including Interpretations) resulting from the publication of AASB 9 (December 2014). ).
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.3 Key management personnel
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.4 Related party transactions (continued)
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 20189.4 Related Party Transactions (continued) 9.4 Related Party Transactions (continued). The Department had no material related party transaction with ministers/senior officials or their immediate family members or their controlled (or jointly controlled) entities for disclosure.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.5 Related bodies
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.7 Special purpose accounts
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.7 Special purpose accounts (continued)
The purpose of the fund is to receive and distribute funds from the sheep and goat industry to empower the industry to self-determine and fund appropriate responses to serious pest and disease incursions that primarily affect the. The balances of the two funds were transferred to the fisheries research and development account in 2011/2012.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.8 Remuneration of auditor
Notes to the accounts for the financial year ended 30 June 20189.10 Long-term assets classified as assets held for sale.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.10 Non-current assets classified as assets held for sale
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.11 Equity
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.12 Supplementary financial information
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.14 Explanatory statement
Notes on the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.14 Explanatory statement (continued) 9.14 Explanatory statement (continued).
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 9.14 Explanatory statement (continued)
This reduction mainly reflects underspending across the department's RfR funded projects, following the re-cash flow of project expenditure from 2017/18 and in the off years, and changes in project scope as approved as part of the government's half-yearly review and budget processes. This reduction mainly reflects underspending in RfR-funded projects, following the re-cashing of project expenditure from 2017/18 and in the off years, and changes in project scope as approved as part of the Government's half-yearly review and budget.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 10 Administered disclosures
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 10.1 Disclosure of administered income and expenses by service
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 201810.1 Notes to recorded income and expenses by service. Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 201810.2 Notes to items administered.
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 10.2 Explanatory statement for administered items
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 10.2 Explanatory statement for administered items (continued)
Notes on the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 201810.2 Explanatory statement for administered items (continued).
Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2018 10.3 Administered assets and liabilities
Additional key performance indicator information
The proportion of fish stocks identified as not being at risk or vulnerable through exploitation
The department's 2017/18 target for the proportion of fish stocks not threatened by fishing is 97%. For the 2017/18 reporting period, the proportion of fish stocks identified as not at risk or vulnerable through exploitation is 97%, which is the target level (Tables 5 and 6).
The proportion of commercial fisheries where catches or effort levels are acceptable
The major commercial fisheries that have acceptable catch and/or effort areas account for most of the commercial volume and value of WA's landed catch. Comparisons of actual catches (or effort) with acceptable ranges have been made for 27 of the 36 commercial fisheries listed in Appendix 2.
The proportion of recreational fisheries where catches or effort levels are acceptable
Of these 13 fisheries, the data from the 2015/16 Statewide Survey of Boat-Based Recreational Fisheries had catch assessment levels that were all within acceptable catch ranges except for pink snapper, which exceeded the recreational sector recovery acceptable catch range within the demersal West Coast Shellfish fishery.
The volume (tonnes) of State commercial fisheries (including aquaculture) production
The annual finfish production in 2016/17 was marginally down from the previous year due to changes occurring across a number of fisheries. The results of these surveys are used to monitor, evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the department's programmes, activities and functions.
The participation rate in recreational fishing
The number of days fished by recreational anglers in the past 12 months ranged from 1 to 235 days. The median number of days fished by recreational anglers during the 2017/18 survey period was five days (Figure 3) and the mean number of days fished was 12.5 days.
Satisfaction rating of broader community and
Lower fishing levels were reported from the Gascoyne Coast bioregion (5.6%), the Southern Mainland bioregion (2.9%) and the Northern Mainland bioregion (6.0%). An assessment of the satisfaction of the wider community regarding the extent to which the ministry is achieving its water resource management goals.
Proportion of co-investment in department-led initiatives
The following three effectiveness indicators are used to measure the impact of our department on the profitability, innovativeness and environmental sustainability of the. The change was made based on the fact that scores of five and above showed greater variation in previous years.
Proportion of businesses that consider the
Of those looking to grow, 45% rated the department's impact on profitability as medium to very strong, up from 43% last year. Similarly, among those looking to expand their business, newer entrants to the sector once again rated us highest, continuing the trend seen in last year's report.
Proportion of businesses that consider the
Proportion of businesses and key stakeholders that consider the department has positively influenced the
Customer satisfaction with regional development services To determine the effectiveness of the delivery of.
Client satisfaction with regional development services To determine the effectiveness of the delivery of the
The key performance indicators for this result were calculated by dividing the total service by the hours attributed to the provision of the service. They indicate the average price per hour of service required to provide the services and results, and include all costs.
Fisheries management
- Average cost per hour for management (excluding grants and fisheries adjustments)
The increase in the actual 2017/18 target over the 2017/18 target of $33 (or 17%) reflects a significant reduction in hours delivered in this service, following the implementation of the Government's voluntary targeted separation scheme. In addition, an error in the calculation of the 2017/18 target resulted in an understatement of this indicator.
Enforcement and education
- Average cost per hour of enforcement and education Efficiency in Service 2 is described as the average cost per
Research and assessment
- Average cost per hour of research and assessment Efficiency in Service 3 is described as the average cost per
We do not include funding from the RfR program as 'co-investment' in this context because it is sourced from the state government. However, the total net cost of service associated with this outcome, which affects these performance indicators, was higher than expected due to an unforeseen devaluation of approximately $20 million of the department's South Perth site.
Market development, investment and market access
- Net service cost as a factor of GVAP
- Public and private sector co-investment in
Productivity improvement and innovation This service supports businesses to optimise the technical
- Net service cost as a factor of GVAP
- Public and private sector co-investment in department-led productivity improvement and
Business development and promotion This service relates to the department’s focus on the
- Net service cost as a factor of GVAP
- Public and private sector co-investment in department-led business development and
Productive natural resources
- Net service cost as a factor of GVAP
- Public and private sector co-investment in department-led initiatives related to productive
Biosecurity and product integrity This service protects the productivity, marketing,
- Net service cost as a factor of GVAP
- Public and private sector co-investment in
A business environment for growth
- Net service cost as a factor of GVAP
- Public and private sector co-investment in
Regional investment
- Average cost per funded initiative administered The number of open, funded initiatives is comprised of the
- Average internal cost per satellite site supported As per the 2017/18 Budget Paper, there is no Budget Target
Regional policy
- Average cost per item of written advice requiring Minister’s attention
Ministerial directives
Other financial disclosures
Explanation: The 2016/17 personnel profile is composed of FTEs in the former departments of Agriculture and Food, Fisheries and Regional Development and the FTEs of the RDCs, presented as an average over the 2016/17 financial year. Previously calculated data for the Ministry of Regional Development and the RDCs were in some cases given as an FTE number on the last payment date in the fiscal year and have therefore been recalculated to give an average over the year 2016/17 so that all data is calculated consistently.
Governance disclosures
DPIRD must report cases where a government purchasing card ("credit card") has been used for personal use. The number of times a Western Australian Government Shopping Card has been used for personal expenditure.
Other legal requirements
Our department continued to support employment for people with disabilities, mainly throughout Western Australia. Our department continues to raise awareness and celebrate the achievements of people with disabilities as part of Disability Awareness Week and International Day of People with.
Government policy requirements
Our department is committed to occupational safety and health (OSH) and injury management and is working to merge the OSH management systems of our former departments, including a framework for our safety management system, which will include policy, procedures, guidelines and various tools such as checklists and fact sheets. The Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) received a WorkSafe Plan rating of 77% in 2013 and the Department of Fisheries 60% in 2015.
