A.5 Management Discussion and Analysis

The Office is a downstream agency. It is not in control of its workload, nor the services it is required to deliver, nor the timeframes in which it delivers them. At a time when the workload of the Office is expanding, the resources available to it are contracting.

The outcome for the 2012–2013 financial year reflects the budgetary pressures faced by the Office and a sharp increase in depreciation costs.

IT costs and witness expenses will continue to burden the budget in future years. Ongoing reductions in funding by way of efficiency dividends, budget efficiency realisation program savings and workforce planning savings will further add to these challenges in an environment of increasing workloads, and greater complexity of legislation and court procedure.

A.6 Financial Report

The financial transactions of the Office for the year ending 30 June 2013 are subsumed within the audited financial statements of the JACS Directorate. For information related to the budget outcomes please refer to the audited JACS financial statements for 2012–13 (Output 1.4). It should be noted that total expenses in Output 1.4 include allocated JACS Directorate overheads.

A.7 Statement of Performance

The following is extracted from the audited JACS financial statements for 2012–2013:

Output Class 1 : Justice Services

Output 1.4 : Public Prosecutions

Output Description

Prosecution of summary and indictable matters, at first instance and on appeal, provision of assistance to the Coroner, and provision of witness assistance services.

Note: For full Output 1.4, see audited JACS financial statements.

A.8 Strategic Indicators

This is not a matter on which the Office is required to report.