Senate debates
Tuesday, 20 June 2006
Committees
Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference
3:46 pm
Michael Forshaw (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I move:
- That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 19 October 2006:
The transparency and accountability to Parliament of Commonwealth public funding and expenditure, including:
- (a)
- the impact on the Parliament’s ability to scrutinise, approve and monitor proposed and actual expenditure of:
- (i)
- outcome budget appropriations and reporting,
- (ii)
- multiple sources of funding including special appropriations, advances to the Minister for Finance, annual departmental carry-over surpluses, revenue retained under section 31 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, special accounts and goods and services tax appropriations, and
- (iii)
- the use of ordinary annual services to fund activities including non-annual services;
- (b)
- options for improving the transparency and specificity of budget papers and related documents; and
- (c)
- other measures to improve the Parliament’s oversight of proposed and actual Commonwealth funding and expenditure.
Question agreed to.