August Bimonthly Report Update
Hawker Britton’s Bimonthly Report Update presents the latest audits from the NSW Auditor-General and developments in NSW Parliamentary Committees.
NSW Audit-General Reports to Parliament
Performance Audits Tabled
Report No |
Date |
Agency or Issue Examined |
Title |
155 |
19 July 2006 |
Follow-up of 2002 Performance Audit |
Regulating the Clearing of Native Vegetation |
154 |
29 June 2006 |
Follow-up of 2002 Performance Audit |
Managing Sick Leave in NSW Police and the Department of Corrective Services |
153 |
21 June 2006 |
Performance Information |
Agency Use of Performance Information to Manage Services |
Performance Audits in Progress
Title |
Planned Tabling Date |
Roads and Traffic Authority – Condition of our Roads |
16 August 2006 |
Special Education |
6 September 2006 |
Managing Nursing Resources |
3rd quarter of 2006 |
The distribution of Legal Aid in NSW |
4th quarter of 2006 |
Infectious Disease Outbreaks – Readiness to Respond |
4th quarter of 2006 |
Helping Elderly People access residential care |
4th quarter of 2006 |
Managing Young Offenders |
1st quarter of 2007 |
Dealing with Break and Entry |
2nd quarter of 2007 |
Services for the Homeless |
2nd quarter of 2007 |
NSW Parliamentary Committee Inquiries and Reports
Reports Tabled
Committee |
Report |
Date Tabled |
Tobacco Smoking Committee |
Tobacco Smoking in NSW |
30 June 2006 |
Social Issues |
Public Disturbances at Macquarie Fields |
16 June 2006 |
Legislation Review |
The Right to Silence: Responses to the Discussion Paper |
8 June 2006 |
GPSC 5 |
A Sustainable Water Supply for Sydney |
8 June 2006 |
Public Accounts |
Inquiry into Public Private Partnerships |
8 June 2006 |
Snowy Hydro Inquiry |
Proposed Sale of Snowy Hydro Ltd |
7 June 2006 |
GPSC 3 |
Issues relating to the operations and management of the Department of Corrective Services |
5 June 2006 |
Current Inquiries
Committee |
Inquiry |
Interim Report Due |
Final Report Due |
GPSC 1-5 |
Budget Estimates 2006-2007 |
|
30 November 2006 |
Public Accounts |
Home and Community Care Program Inquiry |
|
TBA |
GPSC 2 |
Health impacts of air pollution in the Sydney Basin |
|
TBA |
Public Works |
Inquiry into Sportsground Management in NSW |
|
TBA |
Legislation Review |
Strict and Absolute Liability |
|
TBA |
Snowy Hydro Continued Public Ownership Committee |
Continued Public Ownership of Snowy Hydro Ltd |
|
27 October 2006 |
Joint Select Committee on the Cross City Tunnel |
Cross City Tunnel – now extended to include the Lane Cove Tunnel |
28 Feb 2006 (tabled)
18 May 2006 (tabled) |
|
Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission |
Scrutiny of NSW Police Counter-terrorism and other powers |
|
TBA |
Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission |
Ten Year review of the police oversight system in NSW |
|
TBA |
Electoral Matters Committee |
Voter Enrolment |
|
30 September 2006 |
Children and Young People |
Children Young People and the Built Environment |
|
TBA |
GPSC 2 |
Health Care Complaints Inquiry Review |
|
TBA |
Social Issues |
Impact of Commonwealth Workchoices Legislation |
|
23 Nov 2006 |
Health care Complaints |
Inquiry into the adequacy of internal complaint handling systems and other methods to measure consumer satisfaction in relation to practices and clinics outside the hospital system |
|
TBA |
Public Bodies Review |
Inquiry into Allocation of Social Housing |
|
TBA |
Staysafe Committee |
Review of Road Safety Administration in NSW |
|
TBA |
Public Accounts |
Tender for the Review of the Audit Office of NSW |
|
TBA |
Public Works |
Inquiry into Municipal Waste Management in NSW |
|
TBA |
Public Bodies Review |
Inquiry into the Public Trustee of NSW |
|
TBA |