2012 ANNUAL REPORT

Principle 3: Organisational Structure

Our Governance Model and Organisational Structure

Review of Corporate Executive

During the year, as part of our continuing commitment to good governance practices, a review of the effectiveness and efficiency of the operation of Corporate Executive was undertaken. The approach taken was similar in nature to the review that might be undertaken for a Board of a listed company or Government trading entity. The approach included reviewing material and documents, facilitated workshops for the Corporate Executive, one on one interviews and survey tools. Overall, the review found that Corporate Executive and its supporting structure performed well. However, there were 21 opportunities for improvement identified grouped into five themes. In the six months since the report was tabled, Corporate Executive has closed out all but seven of the recommendations and it is anticipated that these will be completed before the end of 2012. Some of the significant actions have included the creation of a new Charter, restructuring the outcome-focused agenda, locking away dedicated time at every meeting to discuss an issue of strategic importance, and initiating a review of the structure, accountability and membership of all committees that currently report to Corporate Executive.

OAG Report

In July 2011, the Auditor General advised that he was undertaking a review to assess the 'Maturity of KPI and Performance Reporting across Government' and sought to include Main Roads as part of the review along with nine other agencies. The review determined each agency's performance against six attributes and determined compliance against a number of criteria within each attribute. The Assessment was determined based on the Performance Rating (this reflects the outcome of receiving a pass or fail rating against a set of criteria within each attribute) resulting in a mark of Strong, Competent or Limited. This is the first time that the Auditor General has attempted to audit the maturity of KPIs in the State Public Sector and it has limited precedence internationally. Main Roads is mentioned favourably throughout the report which is available on the Auditor General's website. In addition to the report tabled in Parliament, we also received information on findings arising from the Performance Audit. It was pleasing to see that we achieved an assessment of Strong against four of the criteria, with one being ranked as Competent and one as Limited. Overall, the findings from the audit are excellent and demonstrate that we continue to be a leader in terms of accountability and transparency in reporting our activities and services. Action has been taken to address all of the improvements identified.