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New Zealand’s Auditor- General working with Parliament to improve scrutiny Inaugural meeting of the Pacific Public Accounts Committees: the relationship with SAIs Gareth Ellis, Assistant Auditor-General, Parliamentary Group 27 August 2015
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New Zealand’s Auditor-General working with Parliament to improve scrutiny Inaugural meeting of the Pacific Public Accounts Committees: the relationship with SAIs Gareth Ellis, Assistant Auditor-General, Parliamentary Group

27 August 2015

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New Zealand’s Auditor-General

•  Office of Parliament itself, so reports to Parliament •  independent of executive government •  mandatory annual audits of all (3,800) public entities •  very active in the Pacific •  5 year work programme

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Good use of public resources

•  resources being used effectively?

•  reported so others know what’s being done?

Cannot comment on government policy

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Five-year work programme

Themes in public sector management 2013/14: Service delivery 2014/15: Governance & accountability 2015/16: Investment & asset management 2016/17: Information 2017/18: Water

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Parliamentary scrutiny

•  reports and advice

•  working with Parliament to improve parliamentary scrutiny

•  using the Code of Practice, help Parliament to find the key issues within increasing volume of information

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Code of Practice

The Code of Practice for the Provision of Assistance by the Auditor-General to the House, select committees and members of Parliament (August 2007)

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Questions?


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