Annual Report 2021-22

                                                                                2021 - 22 Annual Report


The Policy identifies that internal audit will play an active role in:
  • developing and maintaining a culture of accountability and integrity,
  • 	facilitating the integration of risk management into day-to-day business activities and processes,
    and
  • 	promoting a culture of cost-consciousness, self-assessment and adherence to high ethical
    standards.
Within this context, Council’s internal audit activity over the medium-term is managed by its Internal
Audit Plan 2020 - 25 which is developed having regard to current strategic and operational risks and is
regularly reviewed by the Audit and Risk Committee and adopted annually by Council. Council’s
internal audits are conducted in accordance with Council’s Internal Audit Terms of Reference and
Internal Audit Policy.
For the period, Council undertook an internal audit on Development Assessment and Approval
Processes which commenced on 1 June 2022 with the final audit report delivered to Council on 9
August 2022. The internal audit was undertaken by a specialist external provider. Council has in place
numerous systems and processes to ensure that recommendations resulting from its internal audits are
appropriately actioned and implemented into day-to-day operations.


Access to Information
Right to Information and Information Privacy gives the community greater access to government
information, including from Council, unless contrary to public interest. Council processes Right to
Information (RTI) and Information Privacy (IP) access applications in accordance with the following:
  • Right to Information Act 2009
  • Right to Information Regulation 2009
  • Information Privacy Act 2009
  • Information Privacy Regulation 2009
During this financial year, Council processed 15 formal information access applications. Table 11
provides a summary of information access applications for the period.

Table 11: Information Access

Information Access – 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022

The number of Right to Information access applications received by Council                   15

The number of Information Privacy access applications received by Council                    0

The number of Right to Information access applications finalised by Council                  11

The number of Information Privacy access applications finalised by Council                   0

The number of pages released under the Right to Information Act 2009                         728

The number of pages released under the Information Privacy Act 2009                          0

The number of pages refused under the Right to Information Act 2009                          474*

The number of pages refused under the Information Privacy Act 2009                           0

The amount of fees and charges received under the Right to Information Act 2009              $4,748

Note: * Part released pages and fully refused pages
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