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Legislative Assembly Public Bodies Review Committee

The Public Bodies Review Committee is a current standing committee of the Legislative Assembly, established 30 May 1995, re-established 20 June 2007.

The Committee examines annual reports of all public bodies and enquires into and reports on the adequacy and accuracy of all financial and operational information, and on any matters arising from the annual report concerning the efficient and effective achievement of the agency's objectives.

Inquiries

During the current parliament, the following inquiries have been undertaken by the committee:

Referred	Inquiry Name
	2007 NSW Premier's Annual Reports Awards (Expired)
26/09/2007	Inquiry into Web Based Annual Reporting in the NSW Public Sector (Drafting Final Report)
26/09/2007	Inquiry into Environmental Impact Reporting in the NSW Public Sector (Drafting Final Report)

Records of 7 earlier inquiries conducted by the committee are also available online.

Submissions Invited

The committee is not actively receiving submissions at present. Past submissions may be available under the relevant inquiry.

Reports and Government Responses

The committee has not published any reports during the current parliament.

Records of earlier reports published by the committee appear below:

Report Date	Name of Report
23/11/2006	Report into the Public Trustee of New South Wales
23/11/2006	Report on the Premier's Annual Reports Award
26/10/2006	Report on the Inquiry into the Allocation of Social Housing
21/09/2006	Report on Corporate Governance
29/11/2002	Report on accountability for unforeseen performance outcomes and use of budget supplementations
26/09/2002	The Effects on Government Agencies of the Abolition of Nonfeasance Immunity
01/10/2001	Personal Effects: A Review of the Offices of the Public Guardian and the Protective Commissioner
01/11/2000	Public Liability Issues Facing Local Councils
01/11/2000	Towards Better Performance Reporting

Members

• Chairperson: Mr Matthew Morris MP.
• Deputy Chair: Mr Steve Cansdell MP.
• Mr Alan ASHTON (ALP, LA Member)
• Mr Steve CANSDELL (Nat, LA Member)
• Mr Peter DRAPER (Ind, LA Member)
• Ms Lylea MCMAHON (ALP, LA Member)
• Mr Wayne MERTON (Lib, LA Member)
• Mr Matthew MORRIS (ALP, LA Member)

Contact

Role	Name	Phone	Fax	Email
Main Contact	Jonathan Elliott	(02) 9230 2216	(02) 9230 3309	Jonathan.Elliott@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Senior Committee Officer	Jonathan Elliott	(02) 9230 2216		pbrc@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Research Officer	Hilary Parker	(02) 9230 3051		pbrc@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Assistant Committee Officer	Nina Barrett	(02) 9230 2737		pbrc@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Postal Address

Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney, 2000

Terms of Reference Establishing Committee

Legislative Assembly Votes and Proceedings No. 13, Entry 21, 20 June 2007.

That a standing committee be appointed to inquire into and report from time to time with the following terms of reference:
(1) To examine the annual reports of all public bodies and to enquire into and report on:

(a) The adequacy and accuracy of all financial and operational information;
(b) Any matter arising from the annual report concerning the efficient and effective achievement of the agency’s objectives;
(c) Any other matter referred to it by a Minister or by resolution of the Legislative Assembly.

(2) That such committee consist of six members of the Legislative Assembly.
(3) That Mr Ashton, Mr Cansdell, Mr Draper, Ms McMahon, Mr Merton and Mr Morris be appointed to serve on such committee.
(4) That the committee have leave to make visits of inspection within the State of New South Wales and other states and territories of Australia.

Further Reading

PUBLIC SECTOR ANNUAL REPORTING WORKSHOP
The Public Bodies Review Committee and the Public Accounts Committee hosted a half day workshop at Parliament House on Monday 23 June 2008. See below for the workshop programme and presentations.



PREMIER'S ANNUAL REPORTS AWARDS
The Public Bodies Review Committee in conjunction with the Public Accounts Committee hosts the Premier's Annual Reports Awards.

All public sector bodies in NSW are eligible to enter their annual report in the awards program to compete for the Gold, Silver or Bronze awards, which are part of the Premier's Public Sector Awards.

Entries are judged by a technical panel and a final judging panel according to criteria set out in the document below. Each entrant receives feedback on the extent to which their entry complied with the criteria.

All entries must be accompanied by an entry form, five copies of the annual report and a copy of a completed NSW Treasury Annual Reporting Review Compliance Checklist (available from the NSW Treasury website http://www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/annfaq/arpage)

Entries for the next Premier's Annual Reports Award are due by 31 January 2009.