Indigenous Land Corporation gpo box 652 Adelaide sa 5001

Table 19: General Policies of the Australian Government 
Applicable to the ILC 2013–14

Policy	Effective from	Exemption sought	Compliance during the reporting period
Australian Government Branding	31 December 2003	Yes, but denied	Yes
National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry	3 October 2003	No	Yes
Foreign Exchange Risk Management	22 July 2005	No	Yes
Cost Recovery but Australian Government Agencies	22 July 2005	No	Yes
Australian Government Property Ownership Framework	1 July 2005	Yes	The ILC has not been formally advised that the framework applies to it.
Fraud Control Guidelines	March 2011	No	The ILC has not been formally advised that the framework applies to it.

External scrutiny

There were no judicial decisions, decisions of administrative tribunals or decisions by the Australian Information Commissioner in 2013–14 that had, or may have, a significant impact on the operations of the ILC. There were no enquires made of the ILC’s operations by the Auditor General other than the usual financial audit, which is included in the Financial Statements in this Annual Report.

The Australian National Audit Office published a report on the ILC’s administration of its Land Acquisition Programme. The report was tabled in Parliament on 19 December 2013. A copy of the report can be found at: http://www.anao.gov.au/Publications/Audit-Reports/2013-2014/The-Indigenous-Land-Corporations-Administration-of-the-Land-Acquisition-Programme/Audit-summary

The ILC agrees with and welcomes the ANAO’s recommendations for further improvements. The ILC also acknowledges the ANAO’s positive findings regarding the well-developed administrative processes the ILC utilises to support the Land Acquisition Programme.

Appearances before Parliamentary Committees

The ILC appeared before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee (Estimates) on 22 November 2013 and 28 February 2014.

The ILC also appeared at a public hearing before the Environment and Communications References Committee on 7 May 2014 to give evidence regarding its submission on federal environmental offsets.