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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 financial and performance audits and other insights.

About the Auditor-General Report

The Auditor-General Report 5: 2025-26—Attracting and retaining teachers in regional and remote Queensland examined whether the Department of Education’s strategies are effective in attracting and retaining teachers in regional and remote Queensland.

The Report made 7 recommendations to the Department of Education around the following themes:

• building stronger central intelligence to inform decisions about its workforce
• implementing a longer-term strategic workforce plan
• implementing better central governance
• improving its central approaches to teacher recruitment and mobility.

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 20 November 2025.