Corporate governance

We are subject to legislation, regulations, standards, and guidelines applicable to our status as a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act and the PGPA Rule. We are also subject to both Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation when assisting the Administrator to fulfil their obligations under the NHR Act and Agreement. In 2023-24 we reviewed and updated our Accountable Authority Instructions, Financial Delegations and Human Resource Delegations to ensure we commenced the new financial year fully compliant.

Our Executive meet weekly and use these meetings as a forum for engagement and discussion, including providing advice to the CEO on strategic direction, key initiatives, agency policies, as well as any immediate and emerging issues.

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The NHFB is wholly committed to upholding the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework(Opens in a new tab/window) to support keeping children safe in any circumstance. To reinforce this, our annual statement on child safety compliance for 2023-24 [please click here for further details] was published on 3 October 2024.
In accordance with the Australian Public Service Commission - Guidance for Agency Heads(Opens in a new tab/window)(Opens in a new tab/window), all NHFB staff must not accept gifts or benefits that influence or could be perceived to influence, a decision or action on a particular matter.
All gifts and benefits accepted and valued at over $AUD 100 (excluding GST) must be publicly disclosed.
The NHFB will maintain and publish the register of gifts and benefits accepted, valued at more than $AUD100.00 (excluding GST). The register will be reported quarterly on this webpage.
NHFB Gifts, Benefits or Services register 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024
Date received Date recorded Gift/Item/
Benefit/
Service Received by Presented by Organisation Name/
Country Occasion/
Circumstance Estimated value in $AUD
Nil
Under the Privacy (Australian Government Agencies – Governance) APP Code 2017(Opens in a new tab/window)(Opens in a new tab/window) (Privacy Code), the National Health Funding Body (NHFB) is required to maintain and publish a register of the Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) conducted for all high-risk privacy projects.
This includes projects that may involve new or changed ways of handling personal information that are likely to have a significant impact on the privacy of individuals.
Since the Privacy Code came into effect on 1 July 2018, the NHFB has not conducted any PIAs.
Year PIA title Project description Date completed
2018-19 Nil
2019-20 Nil
2020-21 Nil
2021-22 Nil
2022-23 Nil
2023-24 Nil
Requesting a PIA
This register was last reviewed on 30 June 2024.
You can request information by contacting the NHFB’s Privacy Officer at executive.support@nhfb.gov.au
Control: ISM-1717; Revision: 2; Updated: Sep-23; Applicability: All; Essential Eight: N/A
To report a vulnerability please complete the form at https://www.cyber.gov.au/report-and-recover/report/report-a-cyber-security-vulnerability#no-back(Opens in a new tab/window)(Opens in a new tab/window).
For all other enquires please email cyber@aph.gov.au
Under the Legal Services Directions 2017, Chief Executives of agencies are to ensure that their agencies’ legal services purchasing, including expenditure, is appropriately recorded and monitored and that, by 30 October each year, the agency makes publicly available records of the legal services expenditure for the previous financial year.
Total legal services expenditure, non-corporate Commonwealth entity for 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

2023-24 ($)
National Health Funding Body Nil

NHFB Gifts, Benefits or Services register 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

Requesting a PIA

Total legal services expenditure, non-corporate Commonwealth entity for 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024

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Freedom of information

Senate Orders and directions

Date received	Date recorded	Gift/Item/ Benefit/ Service	Received by	Presented by	Organisation Name/ Country	Occasion/ Circumstance	Estimated value in $AUD
		Nil

Year	PIA title	Project description	Date completed
2018-19			Nil
2019-20			Nil
2020-21			Nil
2021-22			Nil
2022-23			Nil
2023-24			Nil