Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Auditor-General's Report - Northern Territory Treasury

1. With reference to page 7 of the Auditor-General's Report, which stated that the Auditor-General's Office having "examined specific hedging and option transactions entered into by the Northern Territory Treasury between 10 October 1991 and 30 June 1994",:

(a) what are the details of the specific transactions referred to;

(b) what is the immediate and/or ongoing cost to public monies for each specific transaction;

(c) at the time of his Audit, did the Auditor-General state that the documentation did not exist and, since that time, have officers of the Treasury undertaken to have it prepared; if so, what is the nature and extent of that documentation; and

(d) when will documentation, adequate for decision making and accountability, be in place to guide financial risk management practices.

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