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Report 427: Review of Auditor-General's funding agreements

24 November 2011

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 120KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 143KB)
Background Purpose of the inquiry Conduct of the inquiry Structure of the report

Chapter 2 The Framework - Committee comment	(PDF 179KB)
Introduction The Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations Goods and Services Tax and general revenue National Agreements National Partnership agreements and payments Governance and accountability Ministerial Council for Federal Financial Relations COAG Reform Council Productivity Commission Perspectives on the overall reforms The significance of the reforms Changing dynamics Benefits of the new framework Issues with national funding agreements Goods and Services Tax revenue Changes to improve the framework

Chapter 3 Implementation of national funding agreements	(PDF 169KB)
Introduction COAG Reform Council reports Heads of Treasuries Review Difficulties with implementation of national funding agreements Inflexibility Administrative burden Risk Management Micromanagement Development of implementation plans An inclusive approach Clear and consistent definitions Committee comment

Chapter 4 Performance reporting for national funding agreements	(PDF 195KB)
Introduction Accountability and performance reporting Cultural change Setting reporting objectives Clearly defined outcomes Key performance indicators Data quality and collection Timeliness Comparability Generic data collections Meaningful interpretation Improvements underway Conceptual Framework for Performance Reporting Whole-of-government data integration project COAG Reform Council reports and recommendations Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision Committee comment

Chapter 5 Scrutiny of National Funding Agreements	(PDF 240KB)
Introduction Accountability and transparency High level accountability and transparency mechanisms State perspectives on accountability and transparency mechanisms Other perspectives on accountability and transparency mechanisms Parliamentary scrutiny Commonwealth perspectives on parliamentary scrutiny State perspectives on parliamentary scrutiny Other perspectives on parliamentary scrutiny COAG Reform Council The Auditor-General’s role Constitutional, legal and operational implications Collaborative audits Committee comment

Appendix A — Submissions	(PDF 33KB)

Appendix B — Public hearing	(PDF 38KB)

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