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Committee's REPORT

The committee tabled its report on 10 September 2020.  The committee noted that it is satisfied the issues identified by the Auditor-General in the reports are being addressed in a structured and timely way by departments. The committee did not resolve to hold further inquiries into these audit reports and made no recommendations to the Legislative Assembly.

View:    Report No 41, 56^th Parliament - Annual Report 2019-20, 
View:   Auditor-General Report 20: 2018-19 – Follow-up of Managing child safety information

Overview

Role of the Auditor-General

The role of the Auditor-General is to provide Parliament with independent assurance of public sector accountability and performance. This is achieved through reporting to Parliament on the results of its financial and performance audits.

About the Auditor-General Report

The purpose of the report is to present a summary of the findings of a follow-up audit assessing whether the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (department) has effectively implemented the recommendations the Queensland Audit Office made in Managing child safety information (Report 17: 2014–15). The Queensland Audit Office also assessed whether the actions taken have addressed the underlying issues that led to their recommendations in that report.

The audit concluded that the department:

• has not effectively implemented all of the recommendations the Queensland Audit Office made in Managing child safety information (Report 17: 2014–15)
• has taken steps to implement the recommendations and to address some of the underlying issues, and
• has made progress in improving access to information but not in a holistic manner and security is still an area needing further work.

The report made no recommendations.

Referral to Committee 

Standing Order 194B provides that the Committee of the Legislative Assembly shall as soon as practicable after a report of the Auditor-General is tabled in the Assembly refer that report to the relevant portfolio committee(s) for consideration. 

The committee is responsible under section 94 of the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 for assessing the integrity, economy, efficiency and effectiveness of government financial management by examining government financial documents and considering reports of the Auditor-General.

The Committee of the Legislative Assembly referred this Auditor-General’s report to the committee on 14 June 2019.