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(a) a Standing Committee on Public Accounts to:
(i) examine:
(A) the accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the Australian Capital Territory and its authorities; and
(B) all reports of the Auditor-General which have been presented to the Assembly;
(ii) report to the Assembly any items or matters in those accounts, statements and reports, or any circumstances connected with them, to which the Committee is of the opinion that the attention of the Assembly should be directed;
(iii) inquire into any question in connection with the public accounts which is referred to it by the Assembly and to report to the Assembly on that question; and
(iv) examine matters relating to economic and business development, small business, tourism, market and regulatory reform, public sector management, taxation and revenue;
(b) a Standing Committee on Education, Training and Youth Affairs to examine matters related to early childhood education and care, primary, secondary, post secondary and tertiary education, non-government education, youth services, technology, arts and culture;
(c) a Standing Committee on Health, Community and Social Services to examine matters related to hospitals, community, public and mental health, health promotion and disease prevention, disability matters, drug and substance misuse, targeted health programs and community services, including services for older persons and women, families, housing, poverty, and multicultural and indigenous affairs;
(d) a Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety to perform the duties of a scrutiny of bills and subordinate legislation committee and examine matters related to community and individual rights, consumer rights, courts, police and emergency services, corrections including a prison, governance and industrial relations, administrative law, civil liberties and human rights, censorship, company law, law and order, criminal law, consumer affairs and regulatory services;
(e) a Standing Committee on Planning, Territory and Municipal Services to examine matters related to planning, public works, land management and municipal transport services, sport and recreation and heritage; and
(f) a Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and Water to examine matters related to climate change policy and programs, water and energy policy and programs, provision of water and energy services, conservation, environment and ecological sustainability.
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