Published: June 2015
Type: Our role and services
Queensland’s Auditor-General has a broad mandate and with it, broad powers. However, there are limits to both. One important limitation is that the Auditor-General cannot question the merit of public policy objectives.
This fact sheet explains what this means, including what policy objectives are, how policies are developed, and how we consider policy in an audit.
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