Professional Services Review Annual Report 2004–05

• Contents
• Letter of Transmittal
• Director’s report
• 2004–05 Key events at a glance
• 1. Agency overview
• 2. Report on performance
• 3. Management and accountability
  • Structure and organisation chart
  • Audit Committee
  • Management Committee
  • Risk management
  • External scrutiny
  • Management of human resources
  • Training and development
  • Ethical standards
  • Certified Agreement and Australian Workplace Agreements
  • Performance pay
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Workplace diversity
  • Industrial democracy
  • Commonwealth Disability Strategy
  • Finance
  • Purchasing
  • Asset management
  • Consultants and competitive tendering and contracting
  • Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
  • Information technology
  • Publications
• Appendixes
• Glossary

3. Management and accountability

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee was established late in 2004–05 and comprises three members: Ms Glenys Roper, independent chairperson, Mr Peter Hoefer,

independent member and Mr John Jenner, Executive Officer at PSR. The committee met for the first time in June 2005. A representative from the Australian National Audit Office attended as an invited observer.

The objective of the Audit Committee is to provide independent assurance and assistance to the Director on PSR’s risk, control and compliance framework and its external accountability responsibilities.

As part of the overall management and control responsibilities, PSR has appointed a respected Canberra audit and governance service provider, Ascent, to provide internal audit services.