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 Funding: Schools and Indigenous Health - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's reports 18 and 50 (2017-18)
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 27 June 2018

Australian Government Security Arrangements: Personnel Security and Domestic Passenger Screening - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's reports 38 and 43 (2017-18)
        Status: Accepting Submissions
        Date Referred: 27 June 2018
        Next Hearing: 19 September 2018

Commonwealth Financial Statements - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report No. 24 (2017-18)
        Status: Accepting Submissions
        Date Referred: 27 June 2018
        Next Hearing: 22 August 2018

Commonwealth Procurement - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's reports Nos. 61 (2016-17), and 9 and 12 (2017-18)
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 29 November 2017

Defence First Principles Review and Naval Construction - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's reports 34 and 39 (2017-18)
        Status: Accepting Submissions
        Date Referred: 27 June 2018
        Next Hearing: 12 September 2018

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
        Next Hearing: 12 September 2018

Inquiry into the 2016-17 Defence Major Projects Report
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 14 February 2018

Mental Health in the Australian Federal Police - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report 31 (2017-18)
        Status: Accepting Submissions
        Date Referred: 27 June 2018
        Next Hearing: 22 August 2018

See Also:

Completed inquiries by this committee

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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