21 – 23 April 2024
Key documents
ACPAC Conference 2024 Information Pack 1
ACPAC Conference 2024 Information Pack 2
ACPAC Conference 2024 Program
Jurisdiction Reports
Australia (Commonwealth) – Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
Australian Capital Territory – Standing Committee on Public Accounts
Cook Islands – Public Accounts Committee
New South Wales – Public Accounts Committee
Northern Territory – Public Accounts Committee
New Zealand – Finance and Expenditure Committee
Queensland – Cost of Living and Economics Committee
Solomon Islands – Public Accounts Committee
South Australia – Economic and Finance Committee
South Australia – Statutory Authorities Review Committee
Tasmania – Public Accounts Committee
Victoria – Public Accounts and Estimates Committee
Western Australia – Public Accounts Committee
Western Australia – Estimates and Financial Operations Committee
Presentations
PowerPoints are available to download where there are links below:
| Day 1: Monday 22 April 2024 |
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| Keynote Speech Caroline Spencer In the absence of angels: the role of auditors and Parliament in our system of checks and balances |
Session 1: Sustainability reporting – Is there a role for PACs?– Lara Dalton MLA Biding our Time – Stuart Smith MP Sustainability Reporting – Rona Mellor PSM Is there a role for PACs in the area of sustainability reporting? |
| Session 2: Measuring how procurement policies shift government spending to achieve intended outcomes – Lisa O’Malley MLA The value for money proposition – Melissa McMahon MP How the Buy Queensland approach has transformed public procurement – Michael Harris The impact of themed audits over multiple years |
| Session 3: Gender responsive budgeting – How governments can identify and fund measures to help close the gender gap – Hon Dr Deborah Russell MP Gender responsive budgeting – identifying gaps and responding appropriately – Melissa McMahon MP Queensland Government’s policy commitment to gender-aware budgeting |
| Session 4: Beyond economic outcomes – Adopting a wellbeing approach to measure progress – Hon Justin Hanson MLC Sustainability bonds from the South Australian Government Financing Authority – Hon Dr Deborah Russell MP A wellbeing approach to measure progress – the Aotearoa New Zealand experience |
| Session 5: Managing occasions of non-provision of information – Hon Ruth Forrest MLC Managing and overcoming occasions of the non-provision of information or documents – the Tasmanian Public Accounts Committee experience – Sandra Labuschagne Was the Minister’s decision reasonable and appropriate? – Brendan Worrall Managing occasions of non-provision of information |
| Session 6: The state of State finances – Experiences with qualified audit opinions – Andrew Greaves The state of State finances: experiences with qualified audit opinions in Victoria – Caroline Spencer Number of qualified opinions now reducing, but much work still to be done – Bola Oyetunji The state of State finances: experience with qualified audit opinions – a NSW perspective |
| Day 2: Tuesday 23 April 2024 |
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| Session 7: Government spending on Aboriginal programs and services – Hon Alanna Clohesy MLC The role of Parliaments in combatting inequality through social procurement – Michael Galea MP Closing the Gap: a Victorian parliamentary committee perspective |
| Session 8: Jurisdiction Reports – Hon Ruth Forrest MLC – Tasmania – Minister Tingika Elikana – Cook Islands – Michael Pettersson MLA – ACT |
| Session 9: Public Accounts Committee experiences with Parliamentary Budget Offices – Sarah Connolly MP PAC experiences of Parliamentary Budget Offices: a Victorian perspective – Jason Li MP The NSW experience of working with a temporary Parliamentary Budget Office |
| Session 10: Conducting statutory reviews of audit offices – Sharing experiences and lessons learned – Hon Ruth Forrest MLC The role of PACs during and following statutory reviews of audit offices |
