The Queensland Audit Office greatly values its relationship with elected members and we aim to ensure they benefit from the assurance services and insights we provide.
In addition to our reports to parliament, we support parliament in a number of ways, including by briefing new members and parliamentary committees, and meeting with councillors, ministers and other members of parliament throughout the year.
Below are some useful materials about our role and how we engage.
Councillors
Queensland Audit Office overview for local government PDF
Members of parliament
Queensland Audit Office overview for members of parliament PDF
Requests for audits
We welcome requests for audits from the public, elected representatives, entity management, and other integrity offices. To ensure transparency, we publish summaries of the requests we receive from members of state parliament (MPs) and councillors on our website.View current requests
You can find more information on this process in our requests for audits fact sheet. You are welcome to submit a request for audit via the contact us section of our website: www.qao.qld.gov.au/contact-us.
The topics we plan on auditing can be found in our forward work plan on our audit program page.
QAO insights
Interactive data visualisations
We prepare dashboards for some of our reports to parliament to illustrate the insights we collect from our work.
Our Status of Auditor-General's recommendations dashboard allows you to explore entities’ self-assessed progress in implementing the recommendations we make in our reports to parliament. Our QAO Queensland dashboard brings together important information about the services and finances of Queensland’s state and local government entities.
View our QAO Queensland dashboard
View our Status of Auditor-General's recommendations dashboard
View all our interactive dashboards
Blog
Through our blog, we provide timely insights, advice, and technical information – below is a selection. We also offer fact sheets that explain our work. One example that may be of interest is: How we prepare our reports to parliament.
 Keep fraud risks front and centre in 2024 |
 Risk management – where do we start? |
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 How do leaders support strategic asset management? |
 Local government audit committees—getting the right membership |
 Understanding general purpose
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 Increasing concerns around cyber security risks |
 Managing contract costs to minimise risk |
 The importance of timely release of financial information |
Better practice guides
We offer a range of resources such as guides, checklists and self-assessment tools for our clients.
 Financial statement preparation maturity model self-assessment tool |
 Local government procure-to-pay model |
 Risk management maturity model |
 Grant management maturity model |