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Annual reports
The department's annual reports detail its activities and financial performance for the relevant financial year and contain useful information for communities, governments and industry bodies.
Annual report 2011–12
The Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport tabled its 2011–12 Annual Report in Federal Parliament on 11 October 2012.
This annual report also details the performance and financial activities of the Office for Sport and Office for the Arts, which became part of the department following a machinery of government change, announced by the Prime Minister on 12 December 2011.
- 2011–12 annual report
2011–12 annual report (PDF 7.2 MB)
Annual report 2010–11
The Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government's first annual report (2010–11) was tabled in Federal Parliament on 13 October 2011.
- Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government Annual Report 2010–11
2010–11 annual report (PDF 8.1 MB)
You can find relevant information about the government's past work on regional issues in the annual reports of the Department of Infrastructure and Transport. Hard copies are available at more than 40 libraries around Australia, and online here.
Information about the government's past work in administering the territories of Australia can be found in the annual reports of the Attorney-General's Department.

