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Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1992 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES Annual Report 1991-92 Report No. 66 November 1992 This publication has been catalogued in the New South Wales Parliamentary Library as follows: New South Wales. Parliament. Public Accounts Committee Annual report, 1991-92 /Public Accounts Committee, Parliament of New South Wales - [Sydney, NSW]: Public Accounts Committee, 1992 - 58 p. : 34 cm (Report / Public Accounts Committee, Parliament of New South Wales; no. 66) 1. New South Wales. Parliament. Public Accounts Committee 2. Expenditures, Public - New South Wales 1. Title Series: New South Wales. Parliament. Public Accounts Committee. Report; no. 66 328.3658 ISSN 1037-3829 Annual Report for 1991-92 CONTENTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE................................ ....................................................2 CHAIRMAN'S FOREWORD ......................................................................................................................................5 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR ...................................................................................................................................7 CHARTER ........................................................................'. ........................................................................................8 CORPORATE PLAN................................ ....................................... .............................................................................. 10 Mission statement ........................................................................................................................................10 Objectives................................ ........................................... ..........................................................................10 Strategies ............................................................................: ........................................................................10 Initiating inquiries................................ ..........................................................................................10 Examining Auditor-General's reports............................ ...............................................................10 The inquiry process................................ .......................................................................................11 Taking evidence................................ ............................................................................................11 Following up .................................................................. ...............................................................12 Review of legislation................................ ..................... ...............................................................12 Public education................................ ............................................................................................13 Deliberative meetings................................ .................... ...............................................................13 Targets for 1991-92 ................................................................................................................................. 13 ACTIVITIES IN 1991-92 ........................................................................... ................................................................... i 14 Hearings, meetings and inspections .......................................................................................................... 14 Conferences, seminars, symposia................................ .............................................................................. 17 ACHIEVEMENTS IN 1991-92 ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Reports tabled................................ ............................................................................................................ 18 Progress of ongoing inquiries................................ .................................................................................... 22 Inquiry into urban infrastructure financing................................ ...................................................22 Follow-up report on previous reports on health-related issues................................ .........................24 Inquiry into debt write-offs................................ ................................................................................24 Follow-up of Auditor-General's reports................................ ............................................................................ 24 Review of legislation................................ ........................................................................................................ 25 Codes of conduct................................ ...............................................................................................25 Financial management reform............................ .........................................................................26 Reporting of grants to non-government organisations................................ ..................................26 Senior Executive Service................................ ...............................................................................27 Payment of accounts................................ ......................................................................................27 Public education projects................................ .............................................................................................. 27 Exception report................................ ............................................................................................................ 27 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 1991-92................................ ................................................................................ 29 Statement by appointed Members................................ ................................................................................. 29 Auditor-General's opinion................................ ............................................................................................. 29 Income and Expenditure Statement for the year ending 30 June 1992................................ ........................ 30 Notes to and forming part of the Financial State'ments................................ ................................................ 30 Expenditure by month................................ ............ ........................................................................................35 Consultants .......................................................................................................................................................35 Account payment performance................................ .........................................................................................35 TARGETS FOR 1992-93 ............................................................................................................................................... 36 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................................. 37 1. Origin of Committee inquiries................................ ..............................................................................37 2. Previous reports................................ .....................................................................................................39 3. Details of follow-up of Auditor-General's reports................................ ................................................47 4. Secretariat ..............................................................................................................................................55 5. Annual report printing................................ ...........................................................................................56 8. Contact infomation................................ ................................................................................................56 INDEX ................................................................................................................................................................57 Public Accounts Committee MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Members of the Public Accounts Mr Geoff Irwin, ProdEngCert, Committee of the 50th Parliament DipTech, DipEd,MP during 1991-92 were: Geoff Irwin was elected to Parliament in Mr Jim Longley, BEc, MEc, March 1984 as the Labor Member for FCPA, ThC, MP, Chai rmanMerrylands, and he has been the Member for Fairf~eld since March 1988. Before Jim Longley was elected Liberal Member entering Parliament he worked in industry for Pittwater in May 1986. Prior to as a planning and supply manager and entering Parliament he worked in the taught business studies at TAFE. He banking industry; he was a corporate served as a member of the Select analyst in Westpac's London office and Committee upon Small Business and as group planning manager in its Sydney head Opposition Spokesperson on Business and office. He served as a member of the Consumer Affairs. Regulation Review Committee and the NSW Parliamentary Library Committee, Mr Terry Rumble, ASA, MP and has chaired three government committees, including the Treasury
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