Offices of Parliament — Office of the Controller and Auditor-General—Appointment of Auditors

I move, That pursuant to section 38(1) of the Public Audit Act 2014, the House appoint PKF Goldsmith Fox Audit as the independent auditor to audit the financial statements, accounts, and other information of the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General for the financial years ending 30 June 2020, 30 June 2023, and 30 June 2024.

There was a brief discussion about this at the Business Committee. Of course, while I’m the person bringing the recommendation to the House, this is the recommendation of the Officers of Parliament Committee. There are only a limited number of auditors who could possibly do this work. Most significant audit firms do work contracted by the Office of the Auditor-General and therefore it would be a conflict of interest for them to themselves be auditing the Office of the Auditor-General. When previous processes have attempted to run a tender for this work to take place, it has by and large been relatively unsuccessful. In this case, the incumbent auditors, the current auditors, PKF Goldsmith Fox Audit, are happy to continue in that role, and that is the recommendation of the Officers of Parliament.

Motion agreed to.

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