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APPENDIX 2:

(Incorporated in Hansard on 7 December 1994 at page 4727)

STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

REPORT NO 19

REVIEW OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITY DURING THE SECOND ASSEMBLY

On behalf of the committee I inform the Assembly of activity by the Public Accounts Committee during the course of the second Assembly.

I also take the opportunity to outline the committees position in relation to several matters of committee business which will be unfinished when the Assembly adjourns prior to the forthcoming ACT election. The committee makes certain recommendations in respect of those matters.

Committee Objectives

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts was established in the first Assembly. The committee was re-established in the second Assembly with objectives contained in its terms of reference which have required it to examine:

(a) the accounts of the ACT;

(b) the financial affairs of ACT authorities; and

The committee was also authorised to report to the Assembly on any items or matters in the ACT accounts and reports or any circumstances connected with them, and to inquire into any question in connection with the public account which is referred by the Assembly.

Performance

In the event, the committee found its base workload in the review of reports presented to the Assembly by the ACT Auditor-General.

On a quantitative basis, since March 1992 and to this point, the committee has reviewed 22 reports by the Auditor-General covering a wide range of ACT Government agency activities and has reported to the Assembly on the outcome of those reviews.

In addition, the committee considered and reported to the Assembly on:

(i) the Audit (Amendment) Bill 1993;

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