Commonwealth Grants Administration - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report 25 (2015-16), 4 (2016-17), 12 (2016-17) and 35 (2016-17) 

Any items, matters or circumstances connected with the following Auditor-General report

• No. 25 (2015-16) Delivery and Evaluation of Grants Programs
• No. 4 (2016-17) Award of Funding under the 20 Million Trees Program
• No. 12 (2016-17) The Design of, and Award of Funding Under, the Living Safe Together Grants Program 
• No. 35 (2016-17) Indigenous Advancement Strategy

Background

Having considered Auditor-General Reports 20-36 (2016-17) on 8 February 2017, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit resolved to conduct an inquiry based on the above Auditor-General reports.

Under section 8(1) of the legislation establishing the JCPAA, the Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951, one of the duties of the Committee is to ‘examine all reports of the Auditor-General (including reports of the results of performance audits) that are tabled in each House of the Parliament’ and ‘report to both Houses of the Parliament, with any comment it thinks fit, on any items or matters in those … reports, or any circumstances connected with them, that the Committee thinks should be drawn to the attention of the Parliament’.