EXTERNAL SCRUTINY

Reports by the Auditor-General, Parliamentary Committees or Commonwealth Ombudsman

As at 30 June 2013, no reports were made by the Auditor-General or Commonwealth Ombudsman regarding FWBC.

JUDICIAL REVIEW

As at 30 June 2013, none of FWBC’s administrative actions were the subject of judicial review.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

Agencies subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) are required to publish information to the public as part of the Information Publication Scheme (IPS). This requirement is in Part II of the FOI Act and has replaced the former requirement to publish a section 8 statement in an annual report. Each agency must display on its website a plan showing what information it publishes in accordance with the IPS requirements.

FWBC has published an agency plan which describes how FWBC proposes to implement and administer the IPS. The agency plan is available on the FWBC website.

Statistics

FWBC received four FOI requests during the reporting period.