All Commonwealth regulators are accountable to Parliament. This is through Senate Estimates and Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) scrutiny.
Statements detailing our statutory objectives
Ministers set out their expectations and guidance on how we fulfil our statutory role through ministerial Statements of Expectations. These statements detail the government policies and objectives relevant to our statutory objectives and the priorities the minister expects us to observe when conducting our operations.
In response to the Statement of Expectations, we provide our Statement of Intent. This outlines how we intend to deliver on the government’s expectations.
Download the documents
You can download the:
- Statement of Expectations (PDF 118.27KB)
- Statement of Intent (PDF 276KB)
Related pages
Learn more about how we assess and report our regulatory performance in our:
This guidance sets out how we interpret certain Australian legislation, along with associated Rules and regulations. Australian courts are ultimately responsible for interpreting these laws and determining if any provisions of these laws are contravened.
The examples and scenarios in this guidance are meant to help explain our interpretation of these laws. They’re not exhaustive or meant to cover every possible scenario.
This guidance provides general information and isn't a substitute for legal advice. This guidance avoids legal language wherever possible and it might include generalisations about the application of the law. Some provisions of the law referred to have exceptions or important qualifications. In most cases your particular circumstances must be taken into account when determining how the law applies to you.