Mr Patrick Barrett
Areas of expertise
- Public Economics Public Choice 140213
- Accounting, Auditing And Accountability 1501
- Corporate Governance And Stakeholder Engagement 150303
Research interests
Public Sector Reform, Governance developments and public sector accounting and auditing.
Biography
Public Administration for 46 years -mainly Civil Aviation, Health, Agricultural Economics, Tariff Board, Industries Assistance Commission, Finance, Housing and Construction, Australian National Audit Office. Chair of the Information Exchange Committee for six years and Member of the ACT Casino Surveillance Authority for three years. Deputy Secretary of the Departments of Housing and Construction and of Finance for over ten years. Auditor-General for ten years.
Director on the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management for seven years. Director of the International Federation of Accountants for three years and Chair, Audit and Risk Committee of CPAAustralia from 2005 to 2008. Life Member and Fellow of CPAAustralia. Fellow, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Fellow, Institute of Public Administration Australia. Fellow, Governance Institute of Australia. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Secretaries. Fellow, Risk Management Institution of Australasia. Fellow, Australian Risk Policy Institute.
Appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 1992 and Officer of the Order in 2003.
Publications
- Barrett, P 2021, 'New development: Whither the strategic direction of public audit in an era of the ˜new normal "?', Public Money and Management, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 124-128.
- Barrett, P 2019, 'Managing risk for better performance - not taking a risk can actually be a risk', Public Money and Management, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 408-413.
- Barrett, P 2019, 'New development: Reviews of public sector performance - groundhog day?', Public Money and Management, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 521-527.
- Barrett, P 2018, 'New development: Parliamentary 'watchdogs' taking a higher profile on government programme perfomance and accountability?', Public Money and Management, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 471-476pp.
- Barrett, P 2017, 'Effectiveness of the development and implementation of Australian Public Sector Management and Financial Reforms: E=MC2', Public Money and Management, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 451-456.
- Barrett, P 2016, 'New development: Procurement and policy outcomes- a bridge too far?', Public Money and Management, vol. 36,. no. 2, February.. pp. 145-148.
- Barrett, P 2016 'New development: financial reforms played in two octaves - yet again?', Public Money and Management, May, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 307-312.
- Barrett, P 2015, 'A mandate to deliver good Government', Public Finance. CIPFA
- Barrett, P 2014, 'New development: Risk management-how to regain trust and confidence in government', Public Money and Management, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 459-464.
- Barrett, P 2014, 'New development: Financial reform and good governance', Public Money and Management, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 59-66.
- Barrett, P 2014, 'Values and Ethics within a Public Governance Framework - Compliance versus Performance', Public Administration Today, vol. 15, pp. 52-56.
- Barrett, P 2013, 'Public Sector Governance and the Public Interest', Keeping Good Companies, vol. 65, no. 9 (October 2013), pp. 521-525.
- Barrett, P 2012, 'Debate: Focusing on programme implementation for improved accountability and results', Public Money and Management, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 240-242.
- Barrett, P 2012, 'Performance auditing-addressing real or perceived expectation gaps in the public sector', Public Money and Management, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 129-136.
- Barrett, P 2011, 'Commentary: Where You Sit Is What You See: The Seven Deadly Sins of Performance Auditing. Implications for Monitoring Public Audit Institutions', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 397-405.
- Barrett, P 2011, 'Commentary: Performance Audit of PPPs - Getting the Basics Right', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 99-106.
- Barrett, P 2010, 'Approaches to Control - A View From Australia', Public Money and Management, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 4-6.
- Barrett, P 2010, 'Performance Auditing - What Value?', Public Money and Management, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 271 - 278.
- Barrett, P 2009, 'Customers versus citizens - does the language matter?', Public Money and Management, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 81-83.
- Barrett, P 2007, 'A Matter of Record: Document Management as Part of Good Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Decision-Making', Australian Accounting Review, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 88-95.
- Barrett, P 2007, 'Risk and Control: Paradigm or Paradox?', CPA Australia Victorian Conference, ed. CPA Australia, CPA Australia, Melbourne, pp. i-28.
- Barrett, P 2007, 'Public Audit: Contributing to Good Governance', Symposium on Good Governance, 12th Commonwealth Advanced Seminar,
- Barrett, P 2006, 'Accountability and Good Governance: Issues and Challenges - Perspectives of a Developed Country, Centenial Celebration of the Supreme Audit Institution of Malaysia', National Audit Convention 2006, ed. Y.B. Tan Sri Ramli bin Ngah Talib, Speaker of Parliament, Jabatan Audit Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
