❓ A Member of Parliament questions the Minister for Emergency Services regarding audit findings of unsatisfactory financial reporting by agencies within the portfolio. The Minister's response indicates that the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA (FESA) was recognized for providing high-quality audit documentation, rendering the remaining questions inapplicable.
AnsweredQoN 3492Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the WA Auditor General Audit Results Report Annual 2009-10 Assurance Audits Report 10 November 2010 in section five, ‘Quality and Timeliness of Financial Reporting’, on page 30 where it refers to too many Agencies providing documents of unsatisfactory quality, causing audit costs to rise, often significantly, which can delay the issuing of the opinion and the tabling of the Annual Report, and I ask -
(1) What are the Agencies under the Minister’s portfolio that the audit is referring to?
(2) Have any Annual Reports of these Agencies been delayed because of the unsatisfactory quality of their documents for audit?
(3) What action has been taken to ensure these Agencies are able to improve their financial statements for audit?
(4) Can the Minister give an assurance that these Agencies will implement better quality control processes to improve the material they submit in time for the next audit?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
(1) What are the Agencies under the Minister’s portfolio that the audit is referring to?
(2) Have any Annual Reports of these Agencies been delayed because of the unsatisfactory quality of their documents for audit?
(3) What action has been taken to ensure these Agencies are able to improve their financial statements for audit?
(4) Can the Minister give an assurance that these Agencies will implement better quality control processes to improve the material they submit in time for the next audit?
(5) If no to (4), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
5 April 2011
Responded by
Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
42 days
(1) The Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA (FESA) is listed in Table 10 (page 32) as a Better Practice Agency in 2009-10 for providing high quality audit documentation. Furthermore, FESA was also acknowledged in 2008-09.
(2) Not applicable
(3) Not applicable
(4) Not applicable
(5) Not applicable
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(2) Not applicable
(3) Not applicable
(4) Not applicable
(5) Not applicable
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