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This week in Hobart, the Tasmanian Auditor‑General, Martin Thompson, hosted a meeting of Auditors‑General with representatives from all Australian States and Territories, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and several Pacific Island nations. The meeting coincided with a meeting of the Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees (ACPAC), hosted by the Hon Ruth Forrest MLC, Chair of the Tasmanian Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.
As part of the program held in Hobart, the Auditor‑General delivered an address to the Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees reflecting on 200 years of public sector audit in Tasmania. The address considered the development of independent public sector auditing and its continuing role in supporting integrity, accountability and public trust in government. A commemorative video marking the bicentenary of public sector audit in Tasmania was also shown to both ACPAC delegates and members of the Australasian Council of Auditors‑General, incorporating reflections from the Auditor‑General, Audit Tasmania staff and Parliamentarians on the contribution of public sector audit to the Tasmanian Parliament and the community over two centuries.