Resolution of appointment
Standing Committee on Public Account
The Legislative Assembly for the ACT appointed the current Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 27 November 2012.
Specifically the resolution of 27 November 2012 establishing the Standing Committees of the 8th Assembly, as it relates to the Public Accounts Committee states:
“ (1) The following general purpose standing committees be established and each committee inquire into and report on matters referred to it by the Assembly or matters that are considered by the committee to be of concern to the community:
(a) a Standing Committee on Public Accounts to:
(i) examine:
(A) the accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the Australian Capital Territory and its authorities; and
(B) all reports of the Auditor-General which have been presented to the Assembly;
(ii) report to the Assembly any items or matters in those accounts, statements and reports, or any circumstances connected with them, to which the Committee is of the opinion that the attention of the Assembly should be directed;
(iii) inquire into any question in connection with the public accounts which is referred to it by the Assembly and to report to the Assembly on that question; and
(iv) examine matters relating to economic and business development, small business, tourism, market and regulatory reform, public sector management, taxation and revenue;” [1]
[1] Legislative Assembly for the ACT, Minutes of Proceedings, No. 2, 27 November 2012, pp. 24–27.