Inquiries of the Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations focused on the accountability of Commonwealth bodies and statutory authorities including matters raised at estimates hearings and examinations of their annual reports.
Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations, 1 July 1981. L-R: Senators Gareth Evans and Austin Lewis, Tim Mackey [Secretary], Senators Peter Rae [Chair], Reg Withers and Douglas McClelland.
Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations, 28 October 1981. L-R: Senators Peter Walsh and Austin Lewis, Tim Mackey [Secretary], Senators Peter Rae [Chair], Reg Withers, Bruce Childs and John Coates.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
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Public Service Computer Use
Parliamentary paper number 65/1977
Progress Report
Parliamentary paper number 183/1977
Public Service Computer Use
Parliamentary paper number 13/1978
Examination of the Australian National Gallery Annual Report for 1975-76
Parliamentary paper number 23/1978
Wiltona Hostel
Parliamentary paper number 7/1978
Examination of the Australian Housing Corporation Annual Report 1974-75
Parliamentary paper number 200/1978
Expenditure by Commonwealth Departments on the Hire of Pot Plants
Parliamentary paper number 201/1978
Use of Consultants by the Commonwealth Public Service
Parliamentary paper number 204/1978
Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth (First Report)
Parliamentary paper number 1/1979
Departmental Expenditure on Newspapers and Periodicals
Parliamentary paper number 72/1979
Examination of the Capital Territory Health Commission Annual Report 1975-76
Parliamentary paper number 73/1979
Advance to the Minister for Finance
Parliamentary paper number 217/1979
Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth (Second Report)
Parliamentary paper number 285/1979
Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth (Third Report)
Parliamentary paper number 2/1980
The Financial, Accounting and Audit Provisions of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Amendment Bill 1980
Parliamentary paper number 59/1980
Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth (Fourth Report)
Parliamentary paper number 107/1980
The Australian Dairy Corporation and its Asian Subsidiaries
Parliamentary paper number 153/1981
Cartoon - Geoff Pryor, 'That makes seven', Canberra Times, 18 September 1981, National Library of Australia, nla.obj-156390375. Cartoon in response to the Finance and Government Operation Committee casting doubt on a statement by Minister for Primary Industry Ian Sinclair that he was unaware that actions of Australian Dairy Corporation subsidiary Asia Dairy Industries were in breach of an international trade agreement.
List of Statutory Authorities
Parliamentary paper number 351/1981
Examination of Certain Annual Reports
Parliamentary paper number 350/1981
Honey (Export Inspection Charge) Bill 1982
Parliamentary paper number 118/1982
The First and Second Annual Reports of the Special Broadcasting Service
Parliamentary paper number 134/1982
Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth (Fifth Report)
Parliamentary paper number 197/1982
Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth (Sixth Report)
Parliamentary paper number 198/1982
Banking Amendment Bill 1981
Parliamentary paper number 312/1982
Report on Certain Annual Reports
Parliamentary paper number 39/1983
Income Tax Regulations (Amendment) Contained in Statutory Rules 1983 No. 111 (Prescribed Payments System)
Parliamentary paper number 115/1983
The Superannuation Fund Investment Trust and the Commissioner for Superannuation Annual Reports 1980-81 (for final Government response see Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 1985)
Parliamentary paper number 276/1983
Funding of Superannuation by Statutory Authorities (Interim Report)
Parliamentary paper number 279/1983
Alterations to the List of Commonwealth Statutory Authorities and Authority Subsidiaries since September 1982 (NB. Miscellaneous Paper not Parliamentary Paper number)
Parliamentary paper number 75/1983
Income Tax Assessment Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1984
Parliamentary paper number 91/1984
The Practical Operation of the Prescribed Payments System of Taxation
Parliamentary paper number 173/1984
Non-Statutory Bodies of the Commonwealth (Interim Report)
Parliamentary paper number 313/1984
List of Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary paper number 304/1984
Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island Administration (Further Report)
Parliamentary paper number 300/1984
Annual Reports - ACT Totalizer Agency Board (1979-80, 1980-81); ACT Gaming and Liquor Authority (1981-82); Poker Machine Licensing Board of the ACT (1980-81)
Parliamentary paper number 299/1984
The Policy Questions underlying Division 312 of Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 1983-84
Parliamentary paper number 301/1984
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 1985
Parliamentary paper number 243/1985
Changes in the Presentation of the Appropriations and Departmental Explanatory Notes
Parliamentary paper number 242/1985
The Superannuation Fund Investment Trust
Parliamentary paper number 325/1985
Alterations to the List of Statutory Authorities between 1 October 1984 and 30 September 1985
Parliamentary paper number 503/1985
Changes in the Presentation of the Appropriations and Departmental Explanatory Notes (Second Report)
Parliamentary paper number 502/1985
The Health Insurance Commission Annual Report 1984-85
Parliamentary paper number 159/1986
Report on the ACT Registrar of Co-operative Societies Annual Report 1983-84
Parliamentary paper number 160/1986
Northern Territory Superannuation Arrangements
Parliamentary paper number 158/1986
Non-Statutory Bodies
Parliamentary paper number 441/1986
ACT Gaming and Liquor Authority Annual Report 1983-84
Parliamentary paper number 428/1986
ABC Employment Contracts and their Confidentiality
Parliamentary paper number 432/1986
Funding of Superannuation by Statutory Authorities
Parliamentary paper number 427/1986
The Delay in Disposal of the Customs House, Wiltona Hostel and Rifle Range, Williamstown, Victoria
Parliamentary paper number 136/1987
Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 5) 1986
Parliamentary paper number 137/1987
Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1986
Parliamentary paper number 137/1987
Briefing Note on Interest Rates
Parliamentary paper number 170/1987
List of Commonwealth Bodies
Parliamentary paper number 175/1987
Report on the Parliament House Construction Authority Annual Report 1985-86
Parliamentary paper number 172/1987
The Circumstances Surrounding the Various Court Actions Relating to the Film 'The Return of Captain Invincible'
Parliamentary paper number 173/1987
![Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations, 1 July 1981. L-R: Senators Gareth Evans and Austin Lewis, Tim Mackey [Secretary], Senators Peter Rae [Chair], Reg Withers and Douglas McClelland.](/assets/committees/body-images/c059/c059-finance-and-government-operations-standing-committee-1-july-1981-j1.jpg)
![Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations, 28 October 1981. L-R: Senators Peter Walsh and Austin Lewis, Tim Mackey [Secretary], Senators Peter Rae [Chair], Reg Withers, Bruce Childs and John Coates.](/assets/committees/body-images/c059/c059-finance-and-government-operations-standing-committee-28-october-1981-j1.jpg)