Meeting minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                    20 MARCH 2025




   11.1.    AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE REPORT - 14 FEBRUARY 2025

            ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES

            COMMITTEE MEMBERS
            Audit & Risk Committee Chair - Timothy Cronin (External)
            Cr Tom Wegener
            Cr Nicola Wilson

            NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS
            Chief Executive Officer - Larry Sengstock
            Director Corporate Services - Margaret Gatt
            Director Strategy & Environment - Kim Rawlings
            Executive Officer, Internal Audit & Corporate Performance - Debra Iezzi
            Sustainability and Climate Change Coordinator - Shayan Barmand
            Organisational Development Lead - Amy Birss
            Workplace Health & Safety Officer - Craig Hodgson
            Governance Manager - Diana Stewart
            Financial Services Manager - Pauline Coles
            QAO - Chantelle Hanna (External)

            APOLOGIES
            Audit & Risk External Member - Ian Rushworth (External)

            COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL

            1. QAO - 2025 AUDIT COMMITTEE BRIEFING PAPER - CHANTELLE HANA,
            SENIOR MANAGER (QAO)
            That Council note the Queensland Audit Office 2024 Audit Committee Briefing
            Paper provided by the Queensland Audit Office (QAO) to the Audit & Risk
            Committee dated 14 February 2025.

            2. ASSESSMENT OF COUNCIL'S REGULATORY PRACTICES
            That Council note the report by the Governance Manager to the Audit & Risk
            Committee Meeting dated 14 February 2024 and note the self-assessment results
            on Council’s regulatory practices.

            3. RISK MANAGEMENT & BCP UPDATE
            That Council note the report by the Governance Manager to the Audit & Risk
            Committee Meeting dated 14 February 2025 providing an update on risk
            management related matters.

            4. INTERNAL AUDIT UPDATE
            That Council note the report by the Executive Officer Internal Audit and Corporate
            Performance to the Audit and Risk Committee meeting dated 14 February 2025
            regarding the Internal Audit Update, and note that recommendations to the
            Internal Audit Policy have been deferred until the Audit & Risk Committee dated
            31 May 2025 in order to review both Internal & External Audit recommendations.

            5. AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE CHARTER
            That Council note the report by the Executive Officer Internal Audit and Corporate
            Performance to the Audit and Risk Committee meeting of 14 February 2025
            regarding proposed changes to the Audit and Risk Committee Charter Policy, and
            note that recommendations to the Audit and Risk Committee Charter have been