Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

The Joint Committee of Public Account and Audit (JCPAA) holds Commonwealth agencies to account for the lawfulness, efficiency and effectiveness with which they use public monies.

The JCPAA owes its authority to the Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951 (PAAC Act).

The JCPAA is also one of the oldest committees in the Parliament, having first been established by the Committee of Public Accounts Act 1913.

More information about the JCPAA can be found here.

Committee activities

Reviews of Auditor-General's Reports & Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Budget Statements

Reviews of Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) Major Projects Reports

Oversight of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO)

Public Hearings with the Commissioner of Taxation

Australian Public Service updates

General inquiries

Bill inquiries

Other oversight activities

Full list of completed inquiries and reports

Committee information

Committee members

Committee establishment, role and history

JCPAA Annual reports

Engaging with the Committee

General information about preparing a submission for a parliamentary committee can be found here and general information about appearing as a witness at a public hearing can be found here.

For Commonwealth Departments and Agencies:

Information on how to frame responses to Questions on Notice (.rft 78kb)

Information on how to frame a Government response to the recommendations of a Committee Report can be found on the Department of Finance and Deregulation website.

The Committee Secretariat can be contacted at:

Committee Secretary
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
PO Box 6021
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA

Phone: (02) 6277 4615
email: jcpaa@aph.gov.au

Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit