Page 2524 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 23 August 1994
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I am sure that other members will look forward, as I do, to hearing what the Chief Minister has to say about this particular matter, as it concerns one of her Treasury officers.
Madam Speaker, the committee also commented on a number of matters in relation to the presentation of estimates material to the committee, and we have made three recommendations in this area. The first, recommendation 9, is:
. in the lead up to the presentation of budget information in GFS -
that is, governmental financial statistics -
format the Government provide additional information of a transitional nature which will enable the Committee to readily compare budget information.
Further, recommendation 15 is:
. future budgets clearly show the source and use of all ACT funds and a complete statement of public assets and liabilities.
Recommendation 18 is:
. the Government include details of both the liability for superannuation and the amount of funds set aside in respect of that liability in future budgets.
I will be interested to see the Government's response to these recommendations, which, if adopted, will make the Estimates Committee's task easier in future years.
I would now like to make several concluding remarks in a number of areas. Firstly, the Estimates Committee has recommended, in recommendation 1:
. a Select Committee on Supplementary Estimates be established to examine and report upon the performance outcomes of ACT Government agencies for the year ending 1993-94 having regard to information including agency financial statements and annual reports.
I believe that considerable care needs to be given to the establishment of the Supplementary Estimates Committee later this year. I have said earlier in my remarks that I believe that the Estimates Committee has attempted to be fair in its assessment of the issues and that constructive criticism has been offered by the committee in its report where it is believed that Government performance can be improved.
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