Joint Standing Committee on Audit

Joint (Legislative Council)

Title & summary	Status
No inquiries

Report No	Title	Date tabled	Related documents
1	Second review of the Financial Management Act 2006	16 May 2019	More...

Title & summary	Status
Second Review of the Financial Management Act 2006	Past

Purpose of undertakings

When the Committee finds an issue in delegated legislation, it may request an undertaking from the relevant local government or Minister to fix the issue (for example, by amending the delegated legislation).

A person or body giving an undertaking commits to do certain actions within a certain timeframe, for example to:

amend delegated legislation within a certain timeframe (usually 6 months) and not enforce it in the meantime;
provide a copy of the undertakings wherever the delegated legislation is publically available (such as at a local government office or on a website);
provide a copy of the minutes of the meeting at which the council of a local government resolved to provide an undertaking.

Giving an undertaking to a Parliamentary Committee is a serious matter. A failure to comply with an undertaking may be reported to the Legislative Council for further action.

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No proceedings

Committee members

Chairman:	Hon. Alanna Clohesy MLC
Deputy Chairman:	Hon. Dr Tony Buti MLA
Members:	Hon. Tjorn Sibma MLC Ms Diane Evers MLC Mr Colin Tincknell MLC Mr Aaron Stonehouse MLC Mr Dean Nalder MLA Mr Vincent Catania MLA Mr Simon Millman MLA Mrs Lisa O'Malley MLA
Staff:	Mr Andrew Hawkes (Advisory Officer) Mr David Graham (Committee Clerk)

Terms of Reference

The following is an extract from Schedule 1 of the Legislative Council Standing Orders:

7. Joint Audit Committee

7.1	A Joint Audit Committee is established.
7.2	The Committee consists of the Members of the Legislative Council Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations and the Members of the Legislative Assembly Public Accounts Committee.

7.3	The Chair of the Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations will be the Chair of the Joint Audit Committee.
7.4	The Standing Orders of the Legislative Council relating to Standing Committees will be followed as far as they can be applied.

The Joint Standing Committee on Audit (Committee) was first established on 13 November 2012, pursuant to section 43 of the Auditor General Act 2006 (AG Act). As it is a joint committee of both Houses, the Committee ceased to exist upon the dissolution of the 38th Parliament on 30 January 2013.

The second Committee was established on 13 June 2013 and dissolved 30 January 2017. It tabled seven reports with the last two reports being:

• Review of the operation and effectiveness of the Auditor General Act 2006

• Review of the Minister's Report on the Financial Management Act 2006 of the operation and effectiveness of the Auditor General Act 2006

On 13 June 2017 the 40th Parliament established the third and current Committee. The Committee has three statutory functions under the AG Act and one under the Financial Management Act 2006 (FM Act). Collectively, these are to:

• review the operation and effectiveness of the AG Act, pursuant to section 48 of that Act

• review the Minister’s review of the Financial Management Act 2006 report, pursuant to section 85(4) of that Act

• make recommendations to the Treasurer on the budget of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG), pursuant to section 44 of the AG Act

• inquire into, and report on, any motion of suspension or removal of the Auditor General referred by either House of Parliament, pursuant to Schedule 1, clause 7(4) of the AG Act.