October 20, 2021
Queensland Auditor-General Brendan Worrall has been visiting local councils to meet local mayors, councillors and Council staff
He visited the South Burnett Regional Council on Tuesday and dropped into Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council on Wednesday.
“I came into the role four years ago. Right from the start I saw it was important to go out and meet the entities that I audit,” Mr Worrall told Cherbourg Radio.
“And meet the decision-makers … the mayors, the councillors and the chief executives, to understand their operating context.”
Mr Worrall’s office is responsible for financial audits of all government entities, both State and local.
He said Cherbourg Council was the 23rd local government out of the 77 councils across Queensland to get its financial reports certified this year by the Queensland Audit Office.
“That’s a great achievement and obviously well within the statutory timeframes,” Mr Worrall said.
“It’s obviously a reflection upon the appetite for good governance of which financial reporting is a part.”
