NSW Tabling Requirements for Auditor-General Performance Audit Reports

Government Sector Audit Amendment (Performance Audit Reports) Bill 2025

5 Aug 2025: Passed by Parliament and signed off by the governor.

This bill kicks in: TBA

Legislative Council

Legislative Assembly

Assent

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Topics

government accountability government auditing performance audits public finance

Introduced by: The Hon Jenny Aitchison MP (ALP); The Hon John Graham MLC (ALP)

Links to official parliament websites

Official page: progress through parliament

Official page: bill text and explanatory notes

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Auditor-General must present performance audit reports of government sector finance agencies to Parliament as soon as possible.
The Auditor-General can delay presenting a report if it is not in the public interest.
The Auditor-General must notify Parliament of the intent to delay a report; they must specify a date or event for its eventual release.
The Auditor-General must present the delayed report by that specified date or event.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

David Mehan ALP

“The Manager of Opposition Business referred to changes made to bill in the other place. The member for Davidson spoke at length on the role of the Auditor-General’s office and referred to many useful reports published by the Audit Office.”

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News articles and press releases

Government Sector Audit Amendment (Performance Audit Reports) Bill 2025

The Hon. JOHN GRAHAM, Minister for Transport — 2025-06-03

The bill proposes amendments to the Government Sector Audit Act 1983, which I will refer to as the audit Act, to provide the Auditor-General for New South Wales with greater discretion to, in limited circumstances, delay the tabling of reports of performance audits in each House of Parliament. These amendments were requested by the Auditor-General and were prepared in consultation with the Audit Office. The Auditor‑General has written to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee to inform the committee of the Auditor‑General’s request that the audit Act be amended.