❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the rules, conditions, and audit history of Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) credit cards. The response outlines the governing regulations and audit processes, but declines to provide specific audit dates due to resource constraints, offering to investigate specific concerns.
AnsweredQoN 1889Legislative Assembly
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(b) under what rules and conditions were these credit cards issued; and (c) when was the last time this card was audited to ensure compliance with the rules and conditions of use?
(c) when was the last time this card was audited to ensure compliance with the rules and conditions of use?
(a) To make official purchases of approved goods and services. (b) Finance Administration and Audit Act 1985, Section 55 (a) and (c); Treasurer’s Instruction 321; and Western Australian Government Corporate Credit Card Guidelines, September 2000. The credit card arrangement date from Kevin (Matt Farrell) - 1997 Harvey Collins - 2001 William (Bill) Hassell - 2000 Diane Robertson - 1997 Peter Thomson - 2002 (c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle. It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
(b) Finance Administration and Audit Act 1985, Section 55 (a) and (c); Treasurer’s Instruction 321; and Western Australian Government Corporate Credit Card Guidelines, September 2000. The credit card arrangement date from Kevin (Matt Farrell) - 1997 Harvey Collins - 2001 William (Bill) Hassell - 2000 Diane Robertson - 1997 Peter Thomson - 2002 (c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle. It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
(c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle. It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
(c) when was the last time this card was audited to ensure compliance with the rules and conditions of use?
(a) To make official purchases of approved goods and services. (b) Finance Administration and Audit Act 1985, Section 55 (a) and (c); Treasurer’s Instruction 321; and Western Australian Government Corporate Credit Card Guidelines, September 2000. The credit card arrangement date from Kevin (Matt Farrell) - 1997 Harvey Collins - 2001 William (Bill) Hassell - 2000 Diane Robertson - 1997 Peter Thomson - 2002 (c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle. It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
(b) Finance Administration and Audit Act 1985, Section 55 (a) and (c); Treasurer’s Instruction 321; and Western Australian Government Corporate Credit Card Guidelines, September 2000. The credit card arrangement date from Kevin (Matt Farrell) - 1997 Harvey Collins - 2001 William (Bill) Hassell - 2000 Diane Robertson - 1997 Peter Thomson - 2002 (c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle. It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
(c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle. It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
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Answered
23 September 2003
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Racing and Gaming
Response time
14 days
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SUPERANNUATION BOARD:
(a) To make official purchases of approved goods and services.
(b) Finance Administration and Audit Act 1985, Section 55 (a) and (c);
Treasurer’s Instruction 321; and
Western Australian Government Corporate Credit Card Guidelines, September 2000.
The credit card arrangement date from
Kevin (Matt Farrell) - 1997
Harvey Collins - 2001
William (Bill) Hassell - 2000
Diane Robertson - 1997
Peter Thomson - 2002
(c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle.
It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
(a) To make official purchases of approved goods and services.
(b) Finance Administration and Audit Act 1985, Section 55 (a) and (c);
Treasurer’s Instruction 321; and
Western Australian Government Corporate Credit Card Guidelines, September 2000.
The credit card arrangement date from
Kevin (Matt Farrell) - 1997
Harvey Collins - 2001
William (Bill) Hassell - 2000
Diane Robertson - 1997
Peter Thomson - 2002
(c) All expenditure, including that by credit card, is subject to regular periodic testing under the GESB’s internal audit program and the Office of the Auditor General’s audit cycle.
It would not be possible to ascertain when individual credit card usage was audited without reviewing working papers of both the internal and external audit functions. This would involve substantial staff resources, which I am not prepared to direct GESB to use for this purpose. If the Member has a particular concern about usage of a particular credit card however, I would be pleased to consider arranging for the provision of information on that credit card.
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