Appendix A – Conduct of the Committee’s review
Selection of Audit Reports 2008-09
The Committee considered the following
Audit Reports which were tabled in Parliament in the period from 23 September
2008 to 28 January 2009:
n No. 3 2008-09, Establishment
and Management of the Communications Fund;
n No. 4 2008-09, The
Business Partnership Agreement between the Department of Education, Employment
and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and Centrelink;
n No. 5 2008-09, The
Senate Order for Departmental and Agency Contracts (Calendar Year 2007
Compliance);
n No. 6 2008-09, Illegal,
Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in the Southern Ocean;
n No. 7 2008-09, Centrelink’s
Tip-off System;
n No. 8 2008-09, National
Marine Unit;
n No. 9 2008-09, Defence
Materiel Organisation – Major Projects Report 2007-08;
n No. 10 2008-09, Administration
of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Post-2005 (SIP) Scheme;
n No. 11 2008-09, Disability
Employment Services;
n No. 12 2008-09, Active
After-school Communities Program;
n No. 13 2008-09, Government
Agencies’ Management of their Websites;
n No. 14 2008-09, Audits
of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period
Ended 30 June 2008;
n No. 15 2008-09, The
Australian Institute of Marine Science’s Management of its Co-investment
Research Program;
n No. 16 2008-09, The
Australian Taxation Office’s Administration of Business Continuity Management;
and
n No. 17 2008-09, Administration
of Job Network Outcome Payments.
The JCPAA discussed the above audit
reports and considered whether the issues and findings in the reports warranted
further examination at a public hearing. In making this assessment the
Committee considered, in relation to each audit report:
n the significance of
the program or issues canvassed in the audit report;
n the significance of
the audit findings;
n the response of the
audited agencies, as detailed in each audit report; and
n the extent of any
public interest in the audit report.
The Committee selected the following
reports for review:
n Audit Report No. 4
2008-09, The Business Partnership Agreement between the Department of
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and Centrelink;
n Audit Report No. 7
2008-09, Centrelink’s Tip-off System;
n Audit Report No. 11
2008-09, Disability Employment Services;
n Audit Report No. 12
2008-09, Active After-school Communities Program; and
n Audit Report No. 17
2008-09, Administration of Job Network Outcome Payments.
