Preliminary pages

Foreword

I am pleased to present the 2009-10 annual report of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA), pursuant to section 8B of the Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951. 

In general terms, the duties of the JCPAA are to:

• examine the financial affairs of authorities of the Commonwealth, and examine all reports of the Auditor-General that are tabled in each house of the Parliament;
  
  
• consider the operations and resources of the Audit Office;
  
  
• approve or reject the Prime Minister’s recommendation for appointment of the Auditor-General and the Independent Auditor; and
  
  
• increase parliamentary and public awareness of the financial and related operations of government.

While this report is being released by the Committee in the 43^rd Parliament, the activities recorded herein were undertaken by our predecessor Committee before the 2010 federal election.  I thank the members of that Committee (chaired by Sharon Grierson MP, Deputy Chair Petro Georgiou MP) for their work, and on behalf of the new Committee flag our ongoing commitment to proper scrutiny of the use of public resources by the Executive and its agencies.      

Robert Oakeshott MP

Chair

 

Membership of the Committee

43^rd Parliament

Chair	Mr Robert Oakeshott MP
Deputy Chair	Mrs Yvette D’Ath MP
Members	The Hon Dick Adams MP	Senator Guy Barnett
	Mr Jamie Briggs MP	Senator Mark Bishop
	Ms Gai Brodtmann MP	Senator Annette Hurley
	Mr Darren Cheeseman MP	Senator Helen Kroger
	Mr Josh Frydenberg MP	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Ms Deb O’Neill MP
	Ms Laura Smyth MP
	The Hon Alex Somlyay MP

42^nd Parliament (2009–10)

Chair	Ms Sharon Grierson MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Petro Georgiou MP
Members	The Hon Dick Adams MP (from 17/08/09)	Senator Guy Barnett
	The Hon Arch Bevis MP	Senator Mark Bishop
	The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP	Senator David Bushby (until 02/02/10)
	Mr David Bradbury MP	Senator David Feeney
	Mr Jamie Briggs MP	Senator Helen Kroger (from 02/02/10)
	Ms Catherine King MP	Senator Kate Lundy
	The Hon Sussan Ley MP (from 03/02/10)
	Mr Shayne Neumann MP
	Mr Stuart Robert MP (until 03/02/10)

Committee secretariat

43^rd Parliament

Secretary	Mr Russell Chafer
Inquiry Secretaries	Ms Pauline Cullen
	Ms Stephanie Mikac
	Ms Penny Wijnberg
Senior Research Officer	Dr Narelle McGlusky
Research Officer	Ms Fiona Gardner

42^nd Parliament (2009-10)

Secretary	Mr Russell Chafer
Inquiry Secretaries	Mr Muzammil Ali
	Ms Sharon Bryant
	Ms Pauline Cullen
	Dr Kris Veenstra
Senior Research Officers	Mr Shane Armstrong
	Dr Narelle McGlusky
ANAO secondee	Dr Stewart Ashe

List of abbreviations

ACPAC	Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees
ANAO	Australian National Audit Office
ANU	Australian National University
CDI	Centre for Democratic Institutions
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CPA	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
DMO	Defence Materiel Organisation
DPM&C	Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
FMA	Financial Management and Accountability (Act)
I(C)T	Information (and Communications) Technology
JCPAA	Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
MPR	Major Projects Report
PAC	Public Accounts Committee