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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report on Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 1 of 1994 -
Government Response
MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (3.37): Madam Speaker, for the information of members, I present the Government's response to report No. 15 of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts entitled "Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 1, 1994 - Overtime and Allowances - Part 2". I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the paper.
Madam Speaker, the Auditor-General presented report No. 1 of 1994, "Overtime and Allowances - Part 2", to the Legislative Assembly in May 1994. Report No. 1 of 1994 was the second part of a two-part report which examined the overall effectiveness of management in ensuring that overtime and allowances are paid only when necessary for the economic performance of an agency's functions. The reports also examined the appropriateness of payments in terms of the various awards and determinations under which the payment of overtime and allowances is made.
The PAC sought comment from me on the broader ACT Government Service-wide matters raised by the audit and from the Minister for Housing and Community Services, the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning, the Minister for Education and Training and the Minister for Health on the matters raised by the audit as they affected their respective portfolio responsibilities. The committee was provided with comments by me, by letter dated 5 September 1994; by the Minister for Housing and Community Services, by letter dated 6 September 1994; by the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning, by letter dated 8 August 1994; by the Minister for Education and Training, by letter received on 15 August 1994 - again you forgot to put the date on, Bill - and by the Minister for Health, by letter dated 12 August 1994.
Madam Speaker, the relevant agencies have noted the recommendations made by the Auditor-General and the comments of the Public Accounts Committee. Where required, steps have been taken to implement the recommendations or to respond to the comments of the committee.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
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