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Public Accountability Committee

The Public Accountability Committee was first established on 15 March 2018 in the 56th Parliament. The Committee was reappointed in the 57th Parliament on 8 May 2019.

The committee was established to inquire into and examine the public accountability, financial management, regulatory impact and service delivery of New South Wales government departments, statutory bodies or corporations.

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Chair:		Faehrmann, Cate (GRNS, LC Member)
Deputy Chair:		Borsak, Robert (SFF, LC Member)
Members:		Barrett, Scott (NAT, LC Member)
		Farlow, Scott (LIB, LC Member)
		Graham, John (ALP, LC Member)
		Houssos, Courtney (ALP, LC Member)
		Poulos, Peter (LIB, LC Member)

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

Referred	Inquiry
23/06/2022	Appointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas
23/06/2021	Transport Asset Holding Entity
24/05/2021	Further inquiry into the regulation of building standards
03/07/2020	Integrity, efficacy and value for money of NSW Government grant programs
27/03/2020	NSW Government’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic
14/10/2019	Budget process for independent oversight bodies and the Parliament of New South Wales
04/07/2019	Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes

No inquiries were undertaken by the committee in past parliaments.

Records of earlier inquiries undertaken by the committee appear below:

Referred	Inquiry
21/06/2018	Impact of the WestConnex project
22/05/2018	Impact of the CBD and South East Light Rail Project
15/03/2018	Scrutiny of public accountability in New South Wales

No inquiries have been referred to the committee.

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Inquiry/Report	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Integrity, efficacy and value for money of NSW Government grant programs	2022-06-08
08/06/2022	Government response - Reports No 8 and 10 - NSW Government grant programs	08/06/2022
24/02/2022	Report No 10 - Public Accountability Committee - NSW Government grant programs - Final report	24/02/2022	Due 24/08/2022
17/09/2021	Government Response to NSW Government grant programs inquiry - First report	17/09/2021
30/03/2021	Report No 8 - Public Accountability Committee - NSW Government grant programs - First report	30/03/2021	Due 30/09/2021
	Budget process for independent oversight bodies and the Parliament of New South Wales	2022-05-09
09/05/2022	Government response - Report No 7 - PAC - Budget process for independent oversight bodies and the Parliament of NSW	09/05/2022
05/08/2021	Government response - Report No 7 - PAC - Budget process for independent oversight bodies and the Parliament of New South Wales	05/08/2021
05/02/2021	Report No 7 - PAC - Budget process for independent oversight bodies and the Parliament of New South Wales - Final Report	05/02/2021
24/09/2020	Government Response - Budget process for oversight sight bodies and the Parliament of New South Wales	24/09/2020
24/03/2020	Report No 5 - First Report - PAC - Budget Process	24/03/2020
	Transport Asset Holding Entity	2022-04-08
08/04/2022	Report No 13 - Public Accountability Committee - Transport Asset Holding Entity	08/04/2022	Due 08/10/2022
12/11/2021	Special Report No 9 - Public Accountability Committee - Special report on the examination, publication and use of cabinet documents by Legislative Council committees as part of an inquiry	12/11/2021
	NSW Government’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic	2022-03-25
25/03/2022	Report No 12 - Public Accountability Committee - NSW Government’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic	25/03/2022
	Further inquiry into the regulation of building standards	2022-02-25
25/02/2022	Report No. 11 - Public Accountability Committee - Further inquiry into the regulation of building standards	25/02/2022	Due 25/08/2022
	Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes	2020-10-30
30/10/2020	Government response to Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes; Final report - Report no. 6	30/10/2020
13/05/2020	Government response to Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes; First report - Report no. 4	13/05/2020
30/04/2020	Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes; Final report - Report no. 6	30/04/2020
13/11/2019	Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes; First report - Report no. 4	13/11/2019
	Impact of the CBD and South East Light Rail Project	2019-07-09
09/07/2019	Government response - CBD and South East Light Rail Project - received 9 July 2019	09/07/2019
25/01/2019	Impact of the CBD and South East Light Rail Project - Final Report - Report No. 2	25/01/2019	Due 25/07/2019
	Impact of the WestConnex project	2019-06-17
17/06/2019	Government response - WestConnex	17/06/2019	Due 17/06/2019
17/12/2018	Final report	17/12/2018	Due 17/06/2019
	Scrutiny of public accountability in New South Wales	2019-01-30
30/01/2019	Final report - report no. 3	30/01/2019