The role of the Audit and Risk Committee is to provide advice to the accountable authority on the appropriateness of financial and performance reporting, system of risk oversight and management, and system of internal control.

The Audit and Risk Committee Charter outlines the functions, roles and responsibilities and administrative arrangements of the committee.

The below list provides the details of appointments of officers of the Department that are made under Acts (other than APS employees within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999). This list is published in accordance with the requirements of the Information Publication Scheme (IPS) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

• Mr Andrew Johnson, appointed under section 10.78 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, as the Registrar of Liner Shipping, from 9 March 2018.

On 20 June 2001, Australia's Senate agreed to an order which requires each non-corporate Commonwealth entity (NCCE) to publish a list of its contracts which provide for consideration of $100,000 or more on its Internet page.

The order requires that the list of contracts include details of: