Committee Details

COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION

In its Report No. 13, 57th Parliament - Annual Report 2020-21, tabled on 18 October 2021, the committee reported on its consideration of a number of Auditor-General's reports referred to it, including Auditor-General Report 12: 2020-21 - Health 2020. The committee did not resolve to hold further inquiries into these audit reports and made no recommendations to the Legislative Assembly.

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 report summarises the financial audit results of Queensland health entities for 2019–20, including the Department of Health, 16 hospital and health services, 12 hospital foundations, and 4 other statutory entities.

The report provided five recommendations for Queensland health entities to:

• automate manual financial reporting processes
• resolve outstanding audit issues
• strengthen the security of information systems
• approve service agreements for shared services
• address backlog of asset maintenance.

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 report to the committee on Thursday 25 February 2021.