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Report 438: Advisory Report on the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Bill 2013

4 June 2013

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 139KB)
Foreword Membership of the Committee Membership of the Sectional Committee Committee Secretariat Terms of reference List of abbreviations List of recommendations

Chapter 1 Background	(PDF 47KB)
Referral of the Bill Scope of this inquiry Conduct of the inquiry

Chapter 2 The Commonwealth Financial Framework	(PDF 121KB)
The history of the existing legislation – FMA Act and CAC Act The Commonwealth Financial Accountability Review The draft Bill About the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Bill 2013

Chapter 3 The Bill in-principle	(PDF 119KB)
Overview Developing the Bill The motivation for change Jurisdictional comparisons Principles-based legislation Development of the Rules Consequences of not progressing legislation Committee comment

Chapter 4 The Bill – areas of impact	(PDF 159KB)
Independence Consequential amendments Committee comment A new approach to risk Achieving better outcomes through cooperation Impact on the third sector Committee comment Performance monitoring, reporting and evaluation Committee comment Interaction with the Public Service Act 1999 Enforcement of duties and termination provisions Committee comment

Chapter 5 Committee Conclusion	(PDF 113KB)

Dissenting Report—Coalition Members	(PDF 70KB)

Appendix A – Submissions	(PDF 32KB)

Appendix B – Exhibit	(PDF 37KB)

Appendix C – Public Hearing	(PDF 52KB)