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Recycling and Reuse of Waste by the NSW Public Sector - Examination of Performance Audit (Inquiry)

This inquiry is a current Legislative Assembly inquiry conducted by the Public Accounts Committee.

Under section 57 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, the functions of the Committee include the examination of any report of the Auditor-General laid before the Legislative Assembly and any circumstances connected with those reports. At its meeting of 26 September 2007, the Committee adopted a systematic approach to its examination of the reports of the Auditor-General.

Under this new approach, the Committee is requesting all agencies the subject of recommendations or significant comments in a report, 12 months after the tabling of that report, to provide a submission outlining the agency’s response, including any action to date. This submission will then be examined, further comment will be sought from the Auditor-General, and the Committee may subsequently hold a public hearing with relevant agency officers to clarify issues or obtain further information.

The Committee’s examination is commencing with Auditor-General's reports tabled in Parliament after 30 June 2006. The process will continue for the remainder of this Parliament.
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Timeline

Self-referred: 26 Sep 2007

Reports and Government Responses

No records of reports or government responses are available for this inquiry.

Hearings and Transcripts

Date	Name of Document
30/10/2009	Public Hearing

Submissions

View the public submission(s) published by the committee in relation to this inquiry.

Contact Us

• Primary contact: Russell Keith, phone (02) 9230 3050, pac@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Committee Manager: Russell Keith, phone (02) 9230 3050, Russell.Keith@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Senior Committee Officer: Bjarne Nordin, phone (02) 9230 2843, Bjarne.Nordin@parliament.nsw.gov.au
• Address for written correspondence:

  The Committee Manager
  Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
  Parliament House
  Macquarie St
  Sydney NSW 2000
  Fax: (02) 9230 2831 or (02) 9230 3052
  

Inquiry Terms of Reference

This inquiry was self-referred. Public Finance and Audit Act 1983

Public Finance and Audit Act 1983

57 Functions of Committee
(1) The functions of the Committee are:
...
(c1) to examine any report of the Auditor-General laid before the Legislative Assembly,
(d) to report to the Legislative Assembly from time to time upon any item in, or any circumstances connected with, those financial reports, reports or documents which the Committee considers ought to be brought to the notice of the Legislative Assembly,
...
(2) The functions of the Committee extend to an examination of, inquiry into or report upon a matter of Government policy if and only if the matter has been specifically referred to the Committee under subsection (1) (f) by the Legislative Assembly or a Minister of the Crown.
(3) The functions of the Committee do not extend to an examination of, inquiry into or report upon the estimates of any proposed expenditure by the State or by an authority of the State





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