B.5 Internal Audit

The CMTEDD Audit and Risk Committee (the Committee) assisted the Director-General and the Under Treasurer in fulfilling their oversight and governance responsibilities. The Committee’s role, composition, authorities and responsibilities are set out in the Audit and Risk Committee Charter. The membership of the Committee includes an Independent Chair, an Independent Deputy Chair, a Senior Executive from another government directorate and three members from within CMTEDD. Details are in the table below.

A representative from the ACT Audit Office and internal CMTEDD staff regularly attend to present to the Committee.

During the year the Audit and Risk Committee held four general meetings and two special meetings (one for Access Canberra and one for Shared Services). Committee attendance was as follows:

Table 1. Membership of the Internal Audit Committee

Name of Member	Position	Duration	Meetings attended
Carol Lilley	Independent Chair	July 2017 to June 2018	6
Peter Lewinsky	Deputy Chair	July 2017 to June 2018	6
Geoffrey Rutledge	Senior Executive Officer from another ACT Government directorate	July 2017 to Feb 2018 as CMTEDD Member March 2018 to June 2018 as External member	3
Peter Murray	Member	July 2017 to June 2018	4
Dave Peffer	Member	March 2018 to June 2018	2
Sam Engele	Member	March 2018 to June 2018	2

The Internal Audit Program is developed by the directorate after identifying areas of operational or financial risk. This Program is proposed and overseen by the Committee and approved by the Director-General.

Nine independent audits were completed in the 2017-18 financial year as follows:

2016 Election Commitment Process Review;
ACT Insurance Authority – Review of Legislative Compliance and Insurance Claims Data for the Default Insurance Fund and the Nominal Defendant Fund;
System Under Development Review - Revenue Management Office – TReVs Gateway 4 Review;
Shared Services Benefits Realisation Review;
Fraud Prevention Review (Shared Services) - also known as Data Analytics Review;
Grants Management (within Enterprise Canberra);
Online Driver Licence Renewal Solution;
Public Safety Review (Events); and
Past Audit Recommendations - Review the recommendation implementation status for a selection of past audit reports.

Fieldwork was in progress or complete for a further four audits, all of which are expected to be presented to the Committee in August and November 2018. These audits are as follows:

Procurement Processes for Contractor Construction Safety Review;
Shared Services Implementation of Recommendations Review for the Audit Office Report No 4 Computer Information System Report;
ACT Government Office Projects Review; and
System Under Development Review - Human Resources Information Management Solution (HRIMS) Program Review.

Further information can be obtained from

Robert Wright
Executive Director
Corporate
+61 2 6207 0569
Robert.Wright@act.gov.au