Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

Current Inquiries

Australian Government Contract Reporting - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report No. 19 (2017-18)
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 29 November 2017

Australian Government Security Arrangements: Personnel Security and Domestic Passenger Screening - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's reports 38 and 43 (2017-18)
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 27 June 2018

Commonwealth Financial Statements - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report No. 24 (2017-18)
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 27 June 2018

New  Cyber Resilience - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's Report No. 53 (2017-18)
        Status: Accepting Submissions
        Date Referred: 12 February 2019
        Submissions Close: 04 March 2019

Foreign Investment Obligations in Residential Real Estate - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report 48 (2017-18)
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 27 June 2018

Issuing of a Certificate under section 37 of the Auditor-General's Act 1997 - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's Report No. 6 (2018-19)
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 19 September 2018

See Also:

Completed inquiries by this committee

Media Releases

JCPAA monitoring PGPA implementation, issued 21 December 2018

Reviews

Parliamentary Budget Office Independent Review 2016-17
Parliamentary Budget Office Review 2016-17: Report of the Independent Review Panel - March 2017
Media Release
Terms of Reference
Parliamentary Budget Office Implementation of Recommendations: Report of the Independent Review Panel - March 2017

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Government Responses

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