Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann
Minister for Finance and the Public Service
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Dear Minister
I am pleased to present the Merit Protection Commissioner’s report for 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. As required by section 51 of the Public Service Act 1999, my report deals with the activities of the Office of the Merit Protection Commissioner; it is required to be included in the Australian Public Service Commissioner’s annual report.
This report is prepared in accordance with Resource Management Guide No. 135: Annual Reports for Non-corporate Commonwealth Entities, approved on behalf of the parliament by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit in May 2018.
Yours sincerely
Linda Waugh
Merit Protection Commissioner
26 September 2018