Historical Public Accounts Committees - 1862 onwards

History of one of the Longest Established Public Accounts Committees in the Commonwealth

On  the 28 August  2022, the Tasmanian Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts celebrated its 160 years of existence. An article celebrating its history was published in the  Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth - The Parliamentarian (2024 Vol 105 Issue 1). A copy  is available here to download: PAC History Article.

Bar the  inaugural report read, but not tabled, on 2 November 1875, the below table is a copy of all historical reports tabled in the Tasmanian Parliament from 1916 to present. Newer reports are also available under the relevant 'Completed Inquiries' sections on the  PAC website. Reports open in a new window.

Special thanks to  Parliamentary Library Services for locating  historic  tabled reports on their database.

Year	Table or Report Date	Title
1916	14 Nov 1916	Public Accounts: Progress Report of Standing Committee and Appendix (No. 47)
	28 Nov 1916	Public Accounts: Second Progress Report of Standing Committee (No. 62)
	13 Dec 2016	Public Accounts: Third Progress Report of Standing Committee (No. 69)
1917	02 Feb 1917	Public Accounts: Final Report of Standing Committee (No. 74)
	27 Sep 1917	Public Accounts: Progress Report of Standing Committee (No. 29)
1918	30 Oct 1918	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 43)
	11 Dec 1918	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 57)
1919	04 Dec 1919	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 60)
1920	23 Nov 1920	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 57)
1921	08 Sep 1921	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 30)
	08 Dec 1921	Public Accounts: Second Report of Standing Committee (No. 60)
1922	23 Aug 1922	Public Accounts: First Progress Report of Standing Committee (No. 18)
1923	20 Mar 1923	Public Accounts: Second Report of Standing Committee (No. 61)
	11 Jul 1923	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 12)
	16 Oct 1923	Public Accounts:  Report of Standing Committee (No. 44)
	31 Oct 1923	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 64)
1924	12 Feb 1924	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 73)
	19 Feb 1924	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 77)
	11 Mar 1924	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No.  81)
	11 Nov 1924	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 32)
	10 Dec 1924	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 42)
	18 Dec 1924	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 46)
1925	21 Jan 1925	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 50)
	25 Nov 1925	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 37)
	27 Nov 1925	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 39)
1926	23 Mar 1926	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 46)
	08 Sep 1926	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 17)
	24 Nov 1926	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 32)
	08 Dec 1926	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 36)
1927	08 Sep 1927	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 26)
		Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 27)
	03 Nov 1927	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 33)
	23 Nov 1927	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 35)
	30 Nov 1927	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 40)
1928	22 Nov 1928	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 38)
	06 Dec 1928	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 45)
1929	09 Jul 1929	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 8)
	11 Jul 1929	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 11)
	20 Nov 1929	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 23)
	28 Nov 1929	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 27)
	19 Dec 1929	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 37)
1930	03 Dec 1930	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 25)
	12 Dec 1930	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 31)
1934	22 Nov 1934	Public Accounts: Report of Standing Committee (No. 25)
1944	27 Jun 1944	Standing Committee on Public Accounts: Report on Auditor-General's report for the Year Ended 30th June 1943 (No. 49)
1960	02 Jun 1960	Report of Public Accounts Committee: State Teachers' Federation, Grants  to (No. 10)
1962	28 Aug 1962	Report of the Committee of Public Accounts on the Parliamentary Grants for the Mersey Hospital Group (No. 25)
1963	05 Sep 1963	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on Bridport Jetty (No. 41)
		Standing Committee of Public Accounts: General report for the Year Ended June 30, 1963 (No. 42)
1964	02 Sep 1964	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on Supply and Tender Department (No. 33)
1965	12 Oct 1965	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on estimates 1963-64 (No. 57)
1966	21 Jun 1966	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on Eastern Tasmania Fishermen's Co-operative Society Limited: Guarantee of Loan under Fish Canneries Act 1958 (No. 14)
1967	26 Sep 1967	Standing Committee on Public Accounts: Report on Estimates 1968-66 (No. 35)
	30 Nov 1967	Report of Standing Committee on Public Accounts: Rivers and Water Supply Commission - Excess Expenditure on Subsidy to New Norfolk Municipality 1965-66 (No. 70)
1968	26 Sep 1968	Report of Standing Committee of Public Accounts on North Western General Hospital: Contractual Arrangements and Other Matters (No. 59)
1969	16 Sep 1969	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on Department of Film Production (No. 29)
	26 Nov 1969	Report of Standing Committee of Public Accounts on the New Public Buildings, Murray Street (No. 64)
	10 Dec 1969	Report of Standing Committee of Public Accounts on a Statement by Mr K W Shugg in 'The Mercury' of 1 December 1969 (No. 71)
1970	25 Mar 1970	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on Potato Marketing Board (No. 8)
	04 Jun 1970	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on Motor Vehicle Enquiry (No. 15)
	17 Sep 1970	Standing Committee of Public Accounts: General Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1970 (No. 52)
	10 Nov 1970	Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts on Automatic Data Processing by State Departments and Authorities (No. 91)
1971	20 Jul 1971	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts:  Stores Control - Hydro-Electric Commission and Education Department (No. 26)
	16 Sep 1971	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: General report for Year 1970-71 (No. 46)
	28 Oct 1971	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Tasmanian Public Hospitals - Outstanding Fees (No. 68)
1972	09 Mar 1972	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: travelling by State Employees (No. 5)
1972	16 Aug 1972	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: General Report for Year 1971-72 (No. 22)
	02 Nov 1972	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: New Town Research Laboratories Department of Agriculture (No. 60)
1973	13 Nov 1973	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: General report for the Year 1972-73 (No. 77)
	27 Nov 1973	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Bell Bay Railway and Associated Works (No. 79)
1974	20 Aug 1974	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Matters Arising from Auditor-General's report 1973 (No. 28)
	03 Oct 1974	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: General Report for Year 1973-74 (No. 50)
1975	12 Aug 1975	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: General Report for Year 1974-75 (No. 37)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Matters Arising from Auditor-General's Report 1974 (No. 42)
1976	31 Mar 1976	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Public Service Motor Travel (No. 2)
	06 Aug 1976	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Matters Arising out of Auditor-General's Report 1975 (No. 43)
1977	17 Nov 1977	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Auditor-General's Report 1976 (No. 81)
1978	24 Aug 1978	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Matters Arising out of Auditor-General's report 1977 (No. 57)
1979	30 Oct 1979	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Rental Accommodation in Savings Bank of Tasmania Building, Collins Street, Hobart - Delay in Moving In (No. 54)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Matters Arising out of Auditor-General's Report 1978 (No. 55)
1980	08 Jul 1980	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Matters Arsing out of Auditor-General's Report 1979 (No. 34)
1981		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Tasmanian Administrative Bodies (No. 48)
1982	09 Dec 1981	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on King Island Abattoirs (No. 1)
1983	08 Sep 1983	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Prison Officer's Absenteeism (No. 46)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on State Library of Tasmania - Disposal of Materials (No. 47)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Supply and Tender Department (No. 48)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: report on Education Department - School Security and Cleaning (No. 49)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Port Arthur Restoration (No. 50)
1984	31 Oct 1984	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on National trust Preservation Fund (Hobart) (No. 55)
	13 Nov 1984	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Tasmanian Apple and Pear Marketing Authority (No. 64)
1985	12 Nov 1985	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: report for 1984-85 (No. 75)
1986	30 Oct 1986	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: report on Wynyard Airport Funding (No. 76)
	18 Nov 1986	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Transport Department (No. 82)
	02 Dec 1986	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: report on Purchase of Imported Wooden Benches for the Kingston Police Station (No. 92)
1987	25 Mar 1987	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Prison Officers Absenteeism (No. 16)
	09 Apr 1987	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on St Marys School Principal's Residence (No. 19)
	14 Jul 1987	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Unauthorized Expenditure (No. 26)
1988	25 Aug 1988	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Accrual Accounting (No. 31)
1999	05 Apr 1990	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Ambulance Module Project, Internal Audit, Wooden Benches - Longford Primary School, Prison Officers Absenteeism, Possible Tax/Revenue Avoidance, Lake St Clair-Ranger's Home, Corporate Affairs - Late Returns and Rationalisation of Investment and Borrowing of Public Bodies (No. 24)
1991	04 Jul 1991	Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts: Annual Report Various Enquiries 1990-91 (No. 16)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Independent Review of the Tasmanian Government Redundancy Program (N o. 18)
1992	May 1992	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Department of Resources and Energy Relocation of Chemical Laboratory from Launceston to Hobart (No. 19)
1993	22 Jul 1993	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on the Establishment of a Security and Investigations Unit (No. 18)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on the Sales of Cosgrove Park Home for the Aged (No. 19)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (No. 20)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: report into the Receipt, Analysis and Evaluation of Agency Annual Reports (No. 21)
	09 Aug 1993	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report into TT-Line Security (No. 24)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report to Parliament for the Period to 30 June 1993 (No. 25)
1994	27 Apr 1994	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Enquiry into the Hydro-Electric Commission (No. 10)
	22 Nov 1994	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Sale of Properties Penguin, Tasmania (No. 38)
1995	29 Mar 1995	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Auditor-General's Special Report No. 7 (Regional Health Medical Review) (No. 4)
	25 May 1995	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report into the Sale and Purchase of Properties in Relation to the Establishment of the Devonport Community Health Centre (No. 7)
1996		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Cost of Fire Protection in Schools (No. 5)
1998		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Disaggregation of the Hydro-Electric Corporation and Other Related Matters - Interim Report on Disaggregation (No. 8)
1999		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into a Special Dividend to be paid by the Hydro-Electric Corporation (No. 6)
2000		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into Certain Matters Related to the Sale of the Trust Bank (No. 13)
2001		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into Certain Matters related to the Skills Development Fund Intelligent Island Programme (No. 7)
	04 Oct 2001	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Southern Patient Transport Services (No. 16)
2002	26 Mar 2002	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: The Development of the Flintstone Drive Subdivision and Other Matters (No.2)
2003	03 Sep 2003	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into the Federal Hotels Agreement (No. 12)
	12 Dec 2003	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Fuel Distribution on King Island (No. 25)
2004	12 Oct 2004	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Hobart International Airport (No. 10)
	11 Oct 2004	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into the Purchase of Fibre Optic Cable (No. 11)
2005		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Administration of the Communities Support Levy (No. 12)
	19 Oct 2005	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Safety in Schools, Housing Tasmania  (and) TT-line (No. 18)
2007	29 Mar 2007	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Statement of Understanding between the Auditor-General and the Tasmanian Standing Committee of Public Accounts (No. 12)
2008	26 Aug 2008	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into Television Advertisements by the Tasmanian Greens (No. 20)
	18 Nov 2008	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Administration of the Crown Lands (Shacks Sites) Act 1997 (No. 31)
2009	24 Dec 2009	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: report on Inquiry into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Fox Eradication Program in Tasmania (No. 53)
	17 Dec 2009	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Compliance with the Deed of Agreement, Schedule 1 of the Gaming Control Act 1993 (No. X)
2011	17 Mar 2011	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Kingston High School (No. 11)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: 2010-2011 Annual Report (No. 44)
2012	30 Apr 2012	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Performance of Public Works Committee Approved Projects (May 2008 - March 2009) (No. 11)
	16 May 2012	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Performance of Public Works Committee Approved Projects (May 2008 - March 2009)  - Hazelwood School Relocation Project (No. 12)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: 2011-12 Annual Report (No. 37)
2013		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Special Report #72 of the Auditor-General - Public Sector Performance Information (No. 13)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) Inquiry (No. 23)
2014		Public Accounts Committee Annual Report  2013-14 (No. 13)
2015		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Infrastructure Projects - Road Works (No. 7)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Community Support Levy (No. 8)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Follow-up of Auditor-General's Special Reports - No. 82 Head of Agency Contract Renewal (and) No. 84 Funding the Tasmanian Education Foundation (No. 13)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Government Funding of Australian Rules Community Football in Tasmania (No. 24)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Special Report No. 95 - Fraud Control (No. 26)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2014-15 (No. 32)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 10 of 2013-14 - Government Radio Communications (No. 33) and Amendment to Recommendation 1
2016		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2015-16 (No. 25)
2017		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Special Report - Unauthorised Disclosure of Committee Deliberations (No. 4)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Special Report - Failure to Comply with Summons (No. 5)
	01 Aug 2017	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on the Financial Position and Performance of Government Owned Energy Entities (No. 16)
	20 Nov 2017	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Report on Review of the Public Accounts Committee Act 1970 (No. 34)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2016-17 (No.3)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2017-18 (No. 5)
2018	29 Aug. 2018	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Selected Public Works Committee Reports (No. 6)
2019		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2018-19 (No. 17)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 1 of 2013-14  - Fraud Control in Local Government (No. 21)
2020	27 May 2020	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Office of the Ombudsman and Health Complaints Commissioner (No. 14)
	26 Jun 2020	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Selected 2013 Public Works Committee Reports (No. 20)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: review of Auditor-General's Reports - No. 8 of 2015-16 - Provision of Social Housing (and) No.11 of 2015-16 - Compliance with Legislation (No. 21)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Reports - No.12 of 2013-14 - Quality of Metro Services, No. 3 of 2014-15 - Motor Vehicle Fleet Management in Government Departments (and) No.11 of 2013-14 - Compliance with the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Plan 2008-13 (No. 22)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2019-20 (No. 31)
	29 Sep 2020	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Tasmanian Government Fiscal Sustainability Report 2016 (No. 32)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Special Report - Failure of the Minister to Agree to Publicly Release Documents (No. 40)
2021	13 Aug 2021	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Final Report - Inquiry into the Government's Economic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (No. 13)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of the Tasmanian Government Fiscal Sustainability Report 2021 (No. 15)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2020-21 (No. 26
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Report - No. 4 of 2016-17 - Event Funding (No. 31)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Report - No. 8 of 2018-19 -Student Attendance and Engagement Years 7-10 (No. 32)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Report - No. 1 of 2016-17- Ambulance Emergency Services (No. 34)
2022	23 Feb 2022	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 11 of 2018-19 - Performance of Tasmania's Four Major Hospitals in the Delivery of Emergency Department Services (No. 9)
	25 May 2022	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Selected Public Works Committee Reports - 27 of 2015 - Midland Highway, Mangalore to Bagdad Stage 1 and Midland Highway, Kempton to Melton Mowbray Stage 1 (and) 2018 of 2015 - Midland Highway, Perth to Breadalbane Duplication (No. 17)
	28 Sep 2022	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Review of Selected Public Works Committee Reports -  41 of 2020: - Sorell Emergency Services Hub (and) 15 of 2020: Major Redevelopment of Sorell School (No. 27)
	28 Sep 2022	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2021-22 (No.28)
2023	16 Feb 2023	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Tasmanian Government's Spending Unallocated COVID-19 Funding (No.1)
	16 Feb 2023	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: South East Traffic Solution -Midway Point Intersection Project and the Sorell Bypass Highway Project (No. 2)
	30 Aug 2023	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts:  Tasmanian Government’s Proposed Hobart Stadium Feasibility Planning Process (No. 16)
	06 Sep 2023	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2022-23 (No. 17)
	08 Sep 2023	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Continuing Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Preparation for the Return to School in February 2022 (No. 18)
	10 Oct 2023	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Continuing Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -  Preparation for the State Border Re-opening on 15 December 2021 (No.25)
	18 Oct 2023	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Continuing Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Business Support and COVID-19 Check-in App (No. 26)
2024	19 Jun 2024	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts - Short Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Proposed Tasmanian Fire and Emergency Services Funding Model (No.7)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Inquiry into Hydro Tasmania and the Termination of the Basslink Services Agreement (No.8)
	06 Aug 2024	Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Annual Report 2023-24 (No.11)
	10 Sep 2024	PAC: Short inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s ... FMA 2016 to fund  election commitments in 2021 (No.16)
		Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts: Statement of Understanding Between PAC and Auditor-General (No.18)