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Auditor-General Amendment Bill 2008 [2009]

Type	Government
Originating house	Senate
Status	Act
Portfolio	Special Minister of State

Summary

In response to certain recommendations of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit report on the Auditor-General Act (Report No. 386), the bill amends the Auditor-General Act 1997 to: clarify and extend the distribution of performance audit reports; provide for the inclusion of comments on proposed reports in final reports; clarify when audit information made available to entities and other parties in the course of a performance audit may be disclosed; clarify the powers of the Auditor-General when sensitive information is not to be included in a public report; and update penalty provisions.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	03/12/08
Second reading moved	03/12/08
Second reading debate	05/02/09
Third reading agreed to	05/02/09

House of Representatives
Introduced	05/02/09
Second reading moved	12/02/09
Second reading debate	12/02/09
Second reading agreed to	12/02/09
Third reading agreed to	12/02/09

Text of bill as passed both Houses	12/02/09
Assent	25/02/09	Act no.: 8 Year: 2009