Eighty percent of local authorities now have audit committees but only 67 percent of them are considered effective. That’s one of the main messages from assistant auditor-general, local government Bruce Robertson as the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) releases its latest observations from council annual audits for the financial...
Shaping future water and roads services
Local authorities need to manage the challenges of delivering future water and roads services, says the OAG's Bruce Robertson.
I’ve been heartened by the reaction that we’ve had to our report Water and roads: Funding and management challenges. As you’ll know if you’ve seen the report,...
