Assurance Review Memorandum – 2022/14 - Staff use of car transport in Canberra for the 2021-2022 financial year

This extensive Assurance Review examined staff use of parliamentary business resources for car transport in Canberra for travel to and from Parliament House for the 2021‐2022 financial year. After analysing the available data of 1,208 transactions during the period in scope, IPEA contacted  5 parliamentarians (The Hon Linda Burney MP, The Hon Andrew Gee MP, Mr Rowan Ramsey MP, The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Senator Anne Urquhart) for certification of their staff members’ use of car transport during the period. Senator Urquhart provided a completed certification form for those trips which were in accordance with the legislative framework and requested an invoice for 11 transactions which were not. An invoice to recover $219.37 was forwarded to Senator Urquhart’s office  on 7 September 2023. The 4 other parliamentarians contacted certified all travel in scope. Following analysis of the information held by and available to IPEA, including the responses provided by parliamentarians or authorised persons, IPEA is satisfied the remaining staff use of car transport in Canberra was consistent with the legislative framework.