improving public financial accountability2
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presentation to commonwealth parliamentary associationTRANSCRIPT
Improving public financial accountability:the way forward
Paul McLeay MPChair, PAC
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Sunlight is the best disinfectant
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE The Committee
Three themes:
• Manage the risks of performance budgeting
• Adapting parliamentary processes
• Community engagement
Inquiry into State Plan ReportingPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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Adapting ParliamentPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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an unrestrained pattern of ‘making mincemeat’ of benevolent politicians and policy makers who are transparent in what they want to achieve and how, will undoubtedly do away with the results-oriented management and policy model very soon.
Netherlands Minister for Finance, 2000
Community EngagementPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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Gives life and balance to performance budgeting
Community EngagementPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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Gives life and balance to performance budgeting
Identifies community priorities
Community EngagementPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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Gives life and balance to performance budgeting
Identifies community priorities
Fosters ownership and support
Community EngagementPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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Gives life and balance to performance budgeting
Identifies community priorities
Fosters ownership and support
Good ideas and information
Community EngagementPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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Gives life and balance to performance budgeting
Identifies community priorities
Fosters ownership and support
Good ideas and information
Provides reality check on performance
State Plan consultationPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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State Plan consultationPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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State Plan consultationPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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State Plan consultationPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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State Plan consultationPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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In setting priorities the Government held:
• 31 community forums • A peak representative forum involving 100 groups• Two fora for ethnic communities • Two fora for young people• Extensive agency consultations with stakeholder groups• Over 300 written submissions• 1,247 website feedback forms • Around 4,000 people and organisations provided feedback • Around 50,000 visited the State Plan website
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State Plan consultationPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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The ability to get beyond the gatekeepers of what local opinion is was really powerful, and ‘ordinary people’ actually have a better understanding of the notion of a budget constraint and that you cannot do everything than a lot of people who were there to push particular barrows. So you got some very good conversations going on around discussion group tables about what really is our priority locally? It is not to do everything.
Head of Premier’s Delivery Unit
Participative budgeting in Porto AlegrePUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
Dialogue with the city, Perth WAPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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Way forward for financial accountability:
• Manage the risks of performance budgeting
• Adapt Parliament to analyse performance data
• Engage community to keep it real
ConclusionPUBLIC ACCOUNTS
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