Ministerial Requests
The Minister can request the Office to evaluate or audit funded organisations under section 193X(1)(b) of the Act. In addition, section 193X(1)(ca) enables the Minister to request evaluations or audits of the activities and operations of land councils in the Northern Territory. Ministerial requests are not included in the Work Program.
The Office finalised two Ministerial requests in 2008-09. The OEA finalised its audit of the Centrecorp Aboriginal Investment Corporation in November 2008 and the report was tabled in Parliament on 11 March 2009. The Office was also requested to undertake an audit of the Northern Land Council. This was implemented in two stages covering a financial management component (finalised in July 2008) and a governance component (finalised in December 2008). The Minister tabled a report on the recommendations of the governance component on 24 June 2009. There were no Ministerial requests in progress as at 30 June 2009.