Page 3367 - Week 10 - Thursday, 19 October 2006
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Department |
Use of available credit |
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ACT Health |
Monthly amounts ranged from $36,984 in January to $79,482 in June. |
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ACT Planning and Land Authority |
100% available monthly credit average |
|
Canberra Institute of Technology |
$620,000 total usage |
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Chief Minister’s Department, including the Department of Economic Development |
$198,198 total usage |
|
Cultural Facilities Corporation |
$83,546 total usage |
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Disability Housing and Community Services |
15% available monthly credit average |
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Education and Training |
$377,740 total usage |
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Exhibition Park in Canberra |
$7,051 total usage |
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Gambling and Racing |
$15,081 total usage |
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INTACT |
$48,085 total usage |
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Justice and Community Services including ACT Workcover and Emergency Services. |
$384,000 total usage |
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Land Development Agency |
$11,514 total usage |
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Territory and Municipal Services, including Cemeteries |
12% on average over the year. |
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Treasury, including the Superannuation Unit |
$7,472.97 total usage |
(5) Detailed policies and procedures, incorporated in the Chief Executive Financial Instructions, govern the use of corporate credit cards with regular audits and reviews undertaken. Cardholders must provide monthly reconciliations to the Credit Card Administration Office in the Corporate Finance area. Internal Audit systems conduct periodical reviews.
(6) Monthly expenditure is sighted by senior officers in all agencies. Audits of Corporate Credit Cards are completed by a member of the internal audit unit or may be contracted out to an external company. External audits are also conducted by the ACT Auditor-General’s Office.
(7) For the majority of agencies no instances of inappropriate use of corporate credit cards have been identified either as a consequence of an audit process or from any other investigations of the use of corporate credit cards.
The following table records the agencies that have identified instances of inappropriate use.
The identified instances of inappropriate use are as follows:
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Department |
Instances of inappropriate use |
Supporting Commentary |
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ACT Health |
Two incidents identified through the monthly checking process. |
In both instances the Corporate Credit Card had been mistakenly used instead of the Personal Credit card and the amounts were promptly repaid to ACT Health. |
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