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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No. 1046

Auditor-General - Report on Government

Schooling Program

MR CORNWELL - Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 19 October 1993:

What was the cost of the Auditor-Generals Report No.6 - Government Schooling Program.

MS FOLLETT - The answer to the Members question is as follows:

In accordance with Section 68 of the Audit Act 1989 the cost of all performance audits are reported to the Assembly. I am advised by the Auditor General that, in the normal course of events, the cost of the Government Schooling Program audit (along with all other performance audits completed in 1993-94) will be included in the Auditor-Generals 1993-94 Annual Management Report which will be tabled in September 1994.

The Auditor-General has agreed to provide the following break-down of the costs of Report No. 6:

Arthur Andersen Consulting (main contractor) $100,000

Professor F Sharpe (adviser to Auditor-General $ 5,466

and independent reviewer of Report draft)

Audit Office internal costs - $ 13,260

Printing $ 2,810

Total $121,536

The Auditor-General has advised that the selection of the main contractor and the adviser was made using a competitive selection process with cost and the qualifications of tenderers being taken into account.

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