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Chapter 1 The role and functions of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

[1]       The Act can be viewed at the Committee’s website: http://www.aph.gov.au/jcpaa

[2]       The Australian Labor Party & the Independent Members (Mr Tony Windsor and Mr Rob Oakeshott) (‘the Parties’) – Agreement, ‘The Committee System’, signed 7 September 2010, p.6.

[3]       The duties of the JCPAA are described in detail in sections 8 and 8A of the Committee’s Act.

[4]       The House of Representatives Standing Order 215(c) requires that the JCPAA be notified in writing if a House committee decides to review an Auditor-General report.

[5]       Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Report 411: Progress on equipment acquisition and financial reporting in Defence, August 2008, p. 158; Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Materiel Acquisition and Management in Defence, March 2003, p. 79.

[6]       The Auditor-General Act 1997, Part 3 – The Auditor-General.

[7]       A copy of the report of the Joint Select Committee on the Parliamentary Budget Office, and the subsequent Government response is accessible at: http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_representatives_committees?url=jscpbo/index.htm

[8]       See Department of Finance and Deregulation, Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Reports: A guide for Agencies when preparing a response, available from: http://www.finance.gov.au/financial-framework/governance/joint-committee-of-public-accounts-and-audit.html

Chapter 2 Summary of activities for 2011–12

[1]       JCPAA Website – All inquiries and reports at: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=jcpaa/reports.htm

[2]       A copy of the statement is available on the JCPAA website at www.aph.gov.au/jcpaa.

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