The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit will hold public hearings this Friday as part of two inquiries.

Media release issue date: Thursday, 30 October 2025

The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit will hold public hearings this Friday as part of two inquiries: The effectiveness of Australia’s National Anti-Doping Scheme The procurement of mandated national support and advocacy services for victims of child sexual abuse. Date: Friday, 31 October 2025 Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm (AEDT) Venue: Committee Room 2R1, Parliament House Program Inquiry into the effectiveness of Australia’s National Anti-Doping Scheme 9.00 am           Sport Integrity Australia Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts Australian National Audit Office Inquiry into the procurement of mandated national support and advocacy services for victims of child sexual abuse 10.35 am         Attorney-General’s Department                         Australian National Audit Office 12.00pm          Close The hearings will be broadcast live and will be accessible from the Parliament House website at www.aph.gov.au/live. Details on the inquiries—including the terms of reference and submissions received—are available on the Committee’s website. Media inquiries Kitty Middleton, Office of Josh Burns MP 0429 044 218 For background information Committee Secretariat 02 6277 4615 jcpaa@aph.gov.au For more information about this Committee, you can visit its website. On the site, you can make a submission to an inquiry, read other submissions, and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can also track the Committee and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button in the bottom right hand corner of the page.

Public Accounts and Audit committee commences inquiry into Attorney-General’s Department’s procurement of services in response to 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse.

Media release issue date: Wednesday, 10 September 2025

The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has commenced an inquiry into the Attorney-General’s Department’s procurement of services in response to the 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse. The Chair of the Committee, Mr Josh Burns MP, stated that ‘effective tendering and procurement processes are fundamental to how the Australian Government delivers vital services such as these. Eight years on from this Royal Commission, however, they are still not in place.’ The Committee will consider the findings of Auditor-General Report No. 44 (2024-25), alongside the following terms of reference: The tender and procurement processes being utilised by the Attorney-General’s department to seek providers of the required services The lessons learned by the department in relation to these procurements and their current status. Submissions to the inquiry addressing the above terms of reference are invited by Friday 17 October 2025. Details of this inquiry—including the submissions received and public hearings—will be available on the inquiry website. For background information Committee Secretariat jcpaa@aph.gov.au For more information about this inquiry, you can visit its website. On the site, you can make a submission to an inquiry, read other submissions, and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can also track the Committee and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button in the bottom right-hand corner of the page.