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Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 2001–02
Parliamentarians' Entitlements: 1999-2000
Published
Tuesday 7 August 2001
Portfolio
Across Entities
Entity
Across Agency
The audit was conducted in response to a November 2000 resolution of the Senate that the Auditor-General examine all expenditures and entitlements accruing to Parliamentarians in 1999-2000. The objectives of the audit were to:
- provide assurance to the Parliament regarding the administration by Finance, the chamber departments and the portfolio departments of all expenditures and entitlements accruing to Parliamentarians, including Ministers, in 1999-2000;
- assess the administrative and control structures governing expenditures and entitlements accruing to Parliamentarians and Ministers in 1999-2000; and
- identify opportunities to improve the current framework.