What Entrants Have Said

“Guardians has entered the Australasian Reporting Awards for many years (previously as NZ Super). We value the ARA’s continuing commitment to promoting best practice reporting standards in the region, which we see as vital to good corporate practice and the healthy functioning of our respective capital markets.

Entering the Awards has allowed us to benchmark our annual reports against world best-practice reporting criteria, and against our industry peers across the region. The ARA’s educative activities, including individualised constructive advice from the adjudication panels, have helped us to steadily improve our approach to reporting over the years as we continue to strive to provide relevant and fulsome information to our stakeholders.

We are delighted to have been awarded the 2021 ARA Report of the Year Award. I congratulate the whole Guardians’ team for their commitment and hard work.”

Matt Whineray, Chief Executive, Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation 

“The Audit Office holds a privileged position as one of a small number of independent agencies that provide checks and balances integral to our system of government. It is important that we operate in line with the standards we expect of our auditees, and that we demonstrate transparency and good governance.

The Annual Report is a key part of our commitment to continuous disclosure, and we voluntarily adopt full and open performance reporting. Our culture values the production of high quality, insightful and transparent reports, and we recognise that our Annual Report is an important opportunity to showcase the hard work of our people, to capture the true impact of our work, and to identify opportunities for improvement.

In 2021, we received our 12th consecutive Gold Australasian Reporting Award, and the Special Award for Governance Reporting for the public and not-for-profit sectors. We are proud of this recognition by the Australasian Reporting Awards and appreciate that it helps us role model excellence in year-end financial reporting and corporate governance practices to the rest of the sector, and ultimately helps improve the quality of annual reporting across Australia.”

Margaret Crawford, Auditor-General of NSW

“The Judicial Commission is required to report annually to the New South Wales Parliament regarding its work and activities. The Commission strives to achieve quality, transparent and accurate reporting of its operations. This is reflected in our values as an organisation and our participation since 1994 in the Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA) annual benchmarking process.

Since entering the awards 26 years ago the Commission has received eleven consecutive gold awards, 8 silver and 5 bronze awards. In addition, in 2020 the Commission was awarded the Governance Reporting Award – Public and Not-For-Profit Sector and the ARA Chair’s Commendation for demonstrating year-on-year excellence in reporting. In 2021 the Commission was awarded the inaugural award for Best in Public Administration – State Sector and was a finalist for the Governance Reporting Award and Report of the Year.

Acknowledgment of the standard of its report gives the Commission a sense of achievement, and we believe the report reflects the high quality work the Commission performs each year. By entering the ARA Awards, the Commission has been able to benchmark our report against best practice criteria and has benefited from the expert guidance of the ARA adjudicators and judges.”

 Ernest Schmatt AM PSM, Chief Executive, Judicial Commission of New South Wales