Page 1777 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 30 April 1991

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Recognising that the Department has had to put together program statements and unitary statements for the first time - the aggregating was previously undertaken centrally - with no allocation of specialist resources - it was inevitable that delays occurred.

The above information has been provided to the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts as part of the Governments submission on the Auditor Generals Report Number One, 1990-91.

I would expect that the difficulties experienced in preparing the 1989-90 financial statements will have been overcome, and that the financial statements for this financial year will be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Audit Act and the annual report guidelines.

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