Annual Report 2025-26 Compliance Checklist

Summary of requirement		Basis for requirement	Annual report reference
Letter of compliance	A letter of compliance from the accountable officer or statutory body to the relevant Minister/s	ARRs – section 7	Letter of compliance – Page 4
Accessibility	Table of contents	ARRs – section 9.1	Table of contents – Page 3
	Glossary	ARRs – section 9.1	Appendix 3: Glossary – Page 69
	Public availability	ARRs – section 9.2	Inside front cover – Page 2
	Interpreter service statement	Queensland Government Language Services Policy ARRs – section 9.3	Inside front cover – Page 2
	Copyright notice	Copyright Act 1968 ARRs – section 9.4	Inside front cover – Page 2
	Information Licensing	QGEA — Information Licensing ARRs – section 9.5	Inside front cover – Page 2
General information	Introductory Information	ARRs – section 10	About NIISQ – Page 6 The NIISQ Agency – Page 7 Our purpose and vision – Page 9
Non-financial performance	Government’s objectives for the community and whole-of-government plans/specific initiatives	ARRs – section 11.1	Queensland Government objectives for the community – Page 10
	Agency objectives and performance indicators	ARRs – section 11.2	Report card – Page 19 Appendix 1: Strategic Plan 2022-2026 – Page 66
	Agency service areas and service standards	ARRs – section 11.3	Not applicable
Financial performance	Summary of financial performance	ARRs – section 12.1	Financial: Summary of financial performance – Page 26
Governance — management and structure	Organisational structure	ARRs – section 13.1	Our organisational structure – Page 14
	Executive management	ARRs – section 13.2	Our leadership team – Page 13
	Government bodies (statutory bodies and other entities)	ARRs – section 13.3	Not applicable
	Public Sector Ethics	Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 ARRs – section 13.4	Code of conduct – Page 11
	Human Rights	Human Rights Act 2019 ARRs – section 13.5	Our strong commitment to human rights – Page 23
	Queensland public service values	ARRs – section 13.6	Queensland public sector values – Page 10
Governance — risk management and accountability	Risk management	ARRs – section 14.1	Risk management – Page 24
	Audit committee	ARRs – section 14.2	Risk and audit committee (RAC) – Page 22
	Internal audit	ARRs – section 14.3	Internal and external accountability – Page 24
	External scrutiny	ARRs – section 14.4	Internal and external accountability – Page 24
	Information systems and records management	ARRs – section 14.5	Information systems and records management – Page 24
	Information Security attestation	ARRs – section 14.6	Not applicable
Governance — human resources	Strategic workforce planning and performance	ARRs – section 15.1	Workforce profile – Page 14
	Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchment	Directive No.04/18 Early Retirement, Redundancy and Retrenchment ARRs – section 15.2	Workforce profile – Page 14
Open Data	Statement advising publication of information	ARRs – section 16	NIISQ statistics – Page 25
	Consultancies	ARRs – section 31.1	https://data.qld.gov.au
	Overseas travel	ARRs – section 31.2	https://data.qld.gov.au
	Queensland Language Services Policy	ARRs – section 31.3	https://data.qld.gov.au
	Charter of Victims’ Rights	VCSVRB Act 2024 ARRs – section 31.4	n/a
Financial statements	Certification of financial statements	FAA – section 62 FPMS – sections 38, 39 and 46 ARRs – section 17.1	Certification of financial statements – Page 4 Management certificate – Page 62
	Independent Auditor’s Report	FAA – section 62 FPMS – section 46 ARRs – section 17.2	Independent auditor’s report – Page 63