About the authors

Helen Lewis describes herself as a wordsmith and has worked in the communications industry for over 25 years. Her work includes media liaison materials, articles, brochures, booklets, newsletters, annual reports, short stories and radio/film scripts. She also has considerable experience in project management and has researched, developed and implemented information campaigns for a wide variety of target audiences.

Hilary Hudson was born in the UK but has spent most of her life living elsewhere…in Canada, the US and Australia. She has worked as a copywriter, freelance journalist and PR consultant. As a journalist in the Commonwealth Public Service she wrote and edited newsletters, brochures, pamphlets, feature articles and, of course, annual reports. Hilary is the author of several science theatre projects including An Evening with the Curies and Leakey’s Ladies.
 

The following are links to the annual reporting requirements of the federal, state and territory governments.

Commonwealth Government
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/index.cfm

ANAO Australian National Audit office
Better Practice guide
www.anao.gov.au/director/publications/betterpracticeguide.cfm

Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO)
www.agimo.gov.au/practice/delivery

ACT
ACT Government guidelines
www.psm.act.gov.au/publications/annualreportdirections06_07.pdf

NSW
Treasury Department
www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/

VIC
Dept of Treasury & Finance
www.dtf.vic.gov.au/

QLD
Department of the Premier & Cabinet
www.premiers.qld.gov.au

Department of the Premier and Cabinet
www.premcab.sa.gov.au/dpc/publications_circulars.html

WA
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
www.dpc.wa.gov.au/psmd/

TAS
Treasury Department
www.treasury.tas.gov.au/

IPAA Institute of Public Administration Australia
www.act.ipaa.org.au/

ARA Australasian Reporting Awards
www.arawards.com.au/

Global reporting initiative – a framework of principles for sustainability reporting
www.globalreporting.org

Australian Society of Editors
www.editorscanberra.org

Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers
www.anzsi.org

Australian Society for Technical Communication (NSW)
www.astcnsw.org.au