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Committee’s Report

The committee considered the Auditor-General’s report and included comment in its Annual Report.

View:    Refer to Transport and Public Works Committee - Report No. 12 - Annual Report 2017-18

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

View:    Auditor-General's Report to Parliament 3: 2017-18 Rail and Ports: 2016-17 results of financial audits

This report summarises the results of our financial audits of the Queensland Government’s six rail and port entities being:

• the Queensland Rail Group (QR), including Queensland Rail Transit Authority (now Queensland Rail) and Queensland Rail Limited (QRL). QRL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Queensland Rail
• Far North Queensland Ports Corporation Limited (trading as Ports North)
• Port of Townsville Limited (PoTL)
• North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Limited (NQBP)
• Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited (GPC).The Auditor-General has made 17 recommendations drawn from the learnings from the audit for the benefit of all entities.

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 22 March 2018.