Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

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Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 34 1997-98, New Submarine Project

Report

The Committee tabled its report Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 34 1997-98, New Submarine Project on 11 June 1999 in the House of Representatives and the Senate . Copies of the contents of the report (individual chapters and other sections of the report) are available in PDF format or from the Committee Secretariat.

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Recommendations  

Finance Minute/Government Response: The Finance Minute/Government response to the Committee's report was tabled on 10 May 2000.

Contents of report: Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 34 1997-98, New Submarine Project

Covering documents (PDF Format 22KB)

Chairman's Foreword
Table of contents of the report
Membership of the Committee
Membership of the Sectional Committee
Recommendations

Recommendations (PDF Format 5KB)

Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF Format 15KB) 

What this report is about
Background
Structure of the report

Chapter 2: Contractor Performance Risk (PDF Format 15KB) 

Committee comments

Chapter 3: Commonwealth Indemnity (PDF Format 27KB) 

Committee comments
$2.4 million payment for insurance services
Committee comments

Chapter 4: Monitoring Project Progress (PDF Format 27KB) 

Introduction
Contract Management and Control System
Claims audits
Committee comments

Chapter 5: Cost to Complete (PDF Format 28KB)

Contracted specifications
Committee comments

Chapter 6: ANAO Access to Records and Premises (PDF Format 26KB) 

Consultants engaged by ANAO
Committee comments

Chapter 7: Project Management and Risk Management (PDF Format 20KB) 

Committee comments

Chapter 8: Combat System Development (PDF Format 29KB) 

Committee comments

Chapter 9: Submarine Design Construction and Safety (PDF Format 29KB)

Overall performance
Submarine saftey
Hull integrity
Acoustics
Diesel engines
Committee comments

Chapter 10: Operational Capability (PDF Format 36KB) 

Committee comments
Other issues

Appendix I: Conduct of the JCPAA's review (PDF Format 12KB)

Appendix II: Duties of the Committee (PDF Format 10KB)

Appendix III: List of Abbreviations (PDF Format 5KB)

Appendix IV: List of Submissions (PDF Format 7KB)

Appendix V: List of Exhibits (PDF Format 7KB)

Appendix VI: Transcript of Evidence