Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Review of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

Report

The Committee tabled its report Review of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 on 16 March 2000 in the House of Representatives and the Senate . Copies of the contents of the report (individual chapters and other sections of the report) are available in PDF format or from the Committee Secretariat.

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Recommendations (PDF Format)  
 
Finance Minute/Government Response: to date there has been no Finance Minute/Government response to the Committee's report.

Contents of report: Review of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

Covering documents (PDF Format 40KB)

Chairman's Foreword
Membership of the Committee
Membership of the Sectional Committee
Duties of the Committee
Terms of Reference
List of abbreviations
Recommendations

Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF Format 18KB)

Chapter 2: The Financial Management Legislation (PDF Format 83KB)

Chapter 3: Accountability for Performance (PDF Format 56KB)

Appendix A: List of Submissions (PDF Format 14KB)

Appendix B: List of Exhibits (PDF Format 8KB)

Appendix C: Witnesses appearing at public hearings (PDF Format 14KB)

Appendix D: Issues Raised in the Evidence and the Response from DoFA (PDF Format 8KB) 

Contents of Appendix D (PDF Format49KB )

Appendix E: Ratios for Comparisons of Performance (PDF Format 21KB)

Appendix E: Page 2 - Graph (GIF Format 9KB)