Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Administration

The Assembly resolved to establish a standing committee on Public Accounts and Administration on 03 December 2024. Please click here to view the current resolution.

The committee is responsible for examining the following areas:

• Accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the ACT and its authorities
• All reports of the Auditor-General which have been presented to the Assembly
• ACT Public Service
• Procurement Policy
• Insurance Policy
• Chief Digital Officer
• Digital and Data Strategy
• Finance
• Treasury (including taxation and revenue)

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Committees may make statements to the Assembly under Standing Order 246A in relation to matters under their resolution of establishment or inquiries being undertaken by the Committee.

Statements to the Assembly are generally provided by the Committee Chair on behalf of the Committee.

Below is a list of statements and discussion papers presented to the Assembly by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Administration during the Eleventh Assembly.

All bills presented to the Assembly are referred to the relevant standing committee for consideration under Standing Order 174.

The committee must advise the Speaker of its decision to inquire into a bill within three weeks of its presentation to the Assembly, or one week after the relevant scrutiny report is tabled (whichever is later).

Where the committee inquiries into a bill, it must complete its report within three months of the bill’s presentation in the Assembly, except bills presented in the last sitting period of each year where the committee must report within four months of the bill’s presentation.

Below is a list of all bills considered by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Administration during the Eleventh Assembly.

Pursuant to Standing Order 99A - Petitions or e-petitions with at least 500 signatories from residents/citizens of the Australian Capital Territory are referred to the relevant Assembly standing committee for consideration under Standing Order 99A. In the event that the subject matter of the Petition makes it unclear which committee it should be referred to, the Speaker will determine the appropriate committee.

Below is a list of all petitions referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Administration in the Eleventh Assembly:

All reports of the ACT Auditor-General presented to the Assembly are referred to the standing committee on Public Accounts and Administration. The committee may then choose to examine the report further.

The ACT Government has guidelines for responding to performance audit reports by the Auditor-General. Click here to read those guidelines.

Want to read a specific Auditor-General's report? Reports can be found on the ACT Audit Office website.