Public Accounts and Audit (Joint Statutory)


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Public Accounts and Audit (Joint Statutory)

1 January 2005 to 30 June 2005

Appointment

Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

Pursuant to Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951.

Committee name

Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

Pursuant to Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951

Membership

Members Senators
Mr Bob Baldwin MP (Chairman) Senator John Hogg
Ms Sharon Grierson MP (Deputy-Chair) Senator Gary Humphries
Mr Russell Broadbent MP Senator Claire Moore
Ms Anna Burke MP Senator Andrew Murray
Hon Jackie Kelly MP Senator Nigel Scullion
Ms Catherine King MP Senator John Watson
Mr Andrew Laming MP  
Hon Alex Somlyay MP  
Mr Lindsay Tanner MP  
Mr Ken Ticehurst MP  

Current inquiries

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

  • Further review of aviation security in Australia
  • Review of Auditor-General’s Reports

Reports presented

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

  • Report 403: Access of Indigenous Australians to Law and Justice Services (tabled 22 June 2005)

Government responses received

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

  • the Minister for Ageing, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, re recommendation 1 of Report 398, Review of Auditor-General’s Reports 2002-2003, Fourth Quarter;
  • the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, the Hon Mal Brough MP, re Report 398;
  • the Commissioner of Taxation, Mr Michael Carmody, re recommendation 5 of Report 398;
  • the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, Dr Ian Watt, re Report 399: Inquiry Into the Management and Integrity of Electronic Information in the Commonwealth;
  • the Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, the Hon Jim Lloyd MP, re Report 400: Review of Aviation Security in Australia;
  • the Commissioner of Taxation, Mr Michael Carmody, re recommendation 4 of Report 402, Review of Auditor-General’s Reports 2003-2004, First and Second Quarters;
  • the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Robert Hill, re recommendations 2 and 3 of Report 398;
  • the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, re recommendation 6 of Report 402;
  • Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, re recommendation 7 of Report 402;
  • the Hon Tony Abbott MP, the Minister for Health and Ageing, re Recommendations 1 and 2, Chapter 3 of Report 402; and
  • the Hon Warren Truss MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, re Recommendation 1, Chapter 2 of Report 402.

Meetings/hours

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

Full committee: 10 meetings, 11 hrs 47 mins                  

Sectional committees: 15 meetings, 44 hrs 48 mins

Total hours: 56 hours 35 minutes  

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