evolving oversight - the australian joint committee of public accounts and audit
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Evolving Oversight - The Australian Joint Committee of Public Accounts
and Audit
Shane ArmstrongJoint Committee of Public Accounts and AuditShane.Armstrong.Reps@aph.gov.au
Contents
• Introduction• New oversight activities• Reports of the Committee• Other Australian jurisdictions• Conclusions
Introduction
• Committee’s centenary year• Committee role has evolved– Monitoring receipts and expenditure– Oversight of the Auditor-General
• New oversight roles have developed– Primarily driven by inquiries– Also given by Government– Varied role of Auditor-General in these hearings
New oversight activities• Annual Public Hearing with Commissioner of Taxation
– Arisen out of Committee inquiry– Purpose– Format
• Defence Materiel Organisation Major Projects Report– Arisen out of Committee inquiry– Annual item, but an evolving process
• Public sector governance and administration– Driven by Committee– Originally private– Purpose– Latest hearing involving fourth arm of government bodies
• Parliamentary Budget Office– Oversight conferred by Government through legislation– Based on oversight of Auditor-General
• Other oversight roles– Driven by Committee
Reports of the Committee• Don’t tell the full story of what a Committee does• Best publicly available indication• Categorised into:– Inquiries– Administrative– Audit Reports– Bills– Auditor-General– Oversight
• Findings
Other Australian jurisdictions
• No comparable increase in other jurisdictions• Reasons– Other oversight Committees– Use of Select Committees– Powers under the Public Accounts and Audit
Committee Act 1953 (Cth)
Conclusions
• Clear trend, accounting for a consistent amount of JCPAA output (approx. 30 per cent over the last 3 Parliaments)
• May not continue to be the case• No comparable trend in other jurisdictions• However, no loss of accountability• JCPAA’s oversight role, while remaining true to
the Act has evolved
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