Published audits, assurance reviews and rulings

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The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) conducts assurance activities and audits relating to:

  • all work expenses, travel expenses and travel allowances claimed by parliamentarians
  • travel expenses and travel allowances claimed by MOP(S) Act Staff.

IPEA may give rulings determining that conduct engaged in by a parliamentarian or another person in relation to travel expenses or allowances of a parliamentarian was or was not in accordance with the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017.

Audit reports released by the Members of the Authority

Rulings given by the Members of the Authority

1IPEA notes Mr Leyonhjelm has repaid the full amount

Corrected attachments

IPEA has released updated attachments for two audits. The audits were conducted on correct data. The omissions occurred when manually summarising the data into the table for publication. 

Assurance reviews

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Auditing process

IPEA’s oversight provides assurance to the public, parliamentarians and staff that parliamentary work expenses are being used in accordance with the Framework

Assurance activities

IPEA has a multi-layered approach to assurance that takes account of the high volume and types of parliamentary work expenses being accessed, and the need for public accountability

Assurance review

An assurance review follows a preliminary assessment if there are indications that a work expense may have been used outside the legislative framework.
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