No inquiries have been referred to the committee.

• 25/11/2010   Report on the Second Review of Annual Reports
• 25/11/2010   Report on the Management of the Premier's Annual Reports Awards
• 22/04/2010   Review of Annual Reports
• 08/09/2009   Environmental Impact Reporting in the NSW Public Sector
• 25/09/2008   Report on an Inquiry into Web-Based Annual Reporting in the NSW Public Sector
• 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

Public Bodies Review Committee, Parliament of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000

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.

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.



Details of a previous workshop held in 2006 are available from the Secretariat on request.

PREMIER'S ANNUAL REPORTS AWARDS
Following a review of its participation in the Premier's Annual Reports Awards, the Public Bodies Review Committee has resolved to cease its involvement in the Awards. The 2010 Awards are the final ones in which the Committee will participate.

The Committee considered that over the five years of its involvement, the overall standard of entrants had improved so markedly that it was time to adopt another approach to examine annual reports.

Rather than concentrating on those agencies which choose to enter the Awards, the Committee has developed an on-going inquiry program that seeks to scrutinise and assess annual reports from the entire public sector spectrum. This program reflects the core functions of the Committee and is intended to identify variations in the standard of public sector annual reporting and improve the standard, where necessary.

NSW PUBLIC SECTOR ANNUAL REPORTS AWARD WINNERS:

2006
Gold: NSW Health
Silver: NSW Fire Brigades
Bronze: Audit Office of NSW

2007
Gold: Legal Aid Commission of NSW
Silver: Audit Office of NSW
Bronze: NSW Health

2008
Gold: Audit Office of NSW
Silver: NSW Health
Bronze: NSW Fire Brigades

2009
Gold: Legal Aid NSW
Silver: NSW Health
Bronze: NSW Fire Brigades

2010
Gold: Judicial Commission of NSW; Housing NSW
Silver: Legal Aid NSW