Terms of Reference

Defence First Principles Review and Naval Construction - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's reports No. 34 and 39 (2017-18) 

Any items, matters or circumstances connected with the following Auditor-General reports:

Background

Having considered Auditor-General Report 17-50 (2017-18) on 27 June 2018, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit resolved to conduct an inquiry based on the above Auditor-General reports.

 

Under section 8(1) of the legislation establishing the JCPAA, the Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951, one of the duties of the Committee is to ‘examine all reports of the Auditor-General (including reports of the results of performance audits) that are tabled in each House of the Parliament’ and ‘report to both Houses of the Parliament, with any comment it thinks fit, on any items or matters in those … reports, or any circumstances connected with them, that the Committee thinks should be drawn to the attention of the Parliament’.

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Past Public Hearings

12 Sep 2018: Canberra
17 Aug 2018: Canberra

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Inquiry Status

Submissions closed

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The committee invites individuals and organisations to send in their opinions and proposals in writing (submissions)

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