5 | Our Structure and Governance 5.3 Location and national reach The office location of the Commission is in Sydney. Like other Commonwealth agencies, we have a growing number of staff working remotely from locations across the country. The Commission conducts its activities nationally, including by maintaining a National Information Service, and conducting consultations, meetings, and events across Australia. 5.4 Responsible Minister In this period the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP was the Attorney-General responsible for the Commission for the 2023−24 reporting period. The Attorney-General has various powers under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth). 5.5 Governance The Commission operates under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth), the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth). The implementation of these responsibilities is outlined in the Commission’s Governance Framework 2022, showing how the Commission is to be governed and its guiding principles; how it is to implement its functions, responsibilities and roles; and operating procedures necessary to fulfill the Commission’s purpose and functions. The Commission (consisting of the President and Commissioners) holds formal meetings to which the Chief Executive reports four times a year. These meetings facilitate comprehensive regular reporting of progress against the Commission’s Strategic Plan and annual work plan, and the President and Commissioners’ term goals, and provide space for key strategic decision making. As required, senior management also provide updates from across the Commission’s work. In line with our Governance Framework the Commission has four Sub-Committees: Budget; Partnership and Projects; Organisational Development and Culture; and Strategic Issues and Engagement. These Sub-Committees are chaired by Commissioners with diverse and relevant staff representation. They each meet regularly and report to the quarterly Commission meetings. The President and Commissioners, as ‘the Commission’, must approve acts such as reports, submissions, interventions in court proceedings, and the granting of temporary exemptions. The Commission obtains appropriate ethics approval for all relevant major activities. We adopt a positive risk management culture that promotes an open and proactive approach to managing risk. We achieve this through our governance, risk and compliance mechanisms, such as the Audit and Risk Committee and Governance Framework Sub-Committees. Our strategic and corporate planning processes are conducted at all levels of the organisation and align our strategic goals and outcomes with our strategic priorities and financial planning. In this period the AHRC conducted an independent Enterprise Risk Assessment that guides our risk management framework which provides a mechanism for proactively identifying and mitigating risks across the organisation, and for monitoring the operating environment. 5.6 Audit and Risk Under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 (Cth) (PGPA rule) requirement (section 17(2)(b)), our Audit and Risk Committee has assessed the performance statement contained in this report, reviewing the completeness and appropriateness of the performance information, systems and framework, and performance reporting. Under the PGPA Rule requirement (section 17BE), the following information is provided: 16