Rates & spending · Scenic Rim Regional Council
Scenic Rim approves 2026 - 2027 internal audit plan
Unconfirmed minutes record unanimous approval of the plan and a separate vote to note the Audit and Risk Committee’s 2025 - 2026 annual report. The minutes do not disclose the plan’s audit topics or timetable.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Scenic Rim Regional Council unanimously approved its Annual Internal Audit Plan for 2026 - 2027, while separately noting the Audit and Risk Committee’s annual report for 2025 - 2026, according to unconfirmed meeting minutes.
The internal audit plan was considered under Item 11.13 at the council’s 28 October 2026 ordinary meeting. The minutes record a unanimous vote to approve the plan, which was listed as an attachment.
The Audit and Risk Committee report was dealt with under Item 11.12. The minutes record that councillors unanimously voted to note the report rather than approve it as a policy or action plan.
The supplied minutes do not identify the audits scheduled for 2026 - 2027, their timing, or how their results will be reported. They also do not set out the findings or recommendations in the committee’s annual report. Those details are not available from the minutes alone.
What deserves a closer look
The source distinguishes between noting the Audit and Risk Committee report and approving the internal audit plan; both motions are followed by their own unanimous voting results.
The minutes record the resolutions and identify the attachments, but do not reproduce the substantive contents of either document.
The record is explicitly awaiting confirmation on 25 November 2026.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Which audit topics and risks are included in the 2026–2027 Annual Internal Audit Plan?
What timetable does the plan set for the audit work?
What findings or recommendations are contained in the 2025–2026 Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The minutes record a motion to note the Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report 2025–2026, followed by a unanimous result.
2025-2026 Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report Recommendation That Council note the Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report 2025-2026. Moved: Cr Amanda Hay Seconded: Cr Marshall Chalk Motion That Council note the Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report 2025-2026. Carried unanimously Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 49 11.13 Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027 Executive Officer: Director Corporate and Community Services Attachments: 1.
Item 11.12, motion and voting result
Open original minutes ↗The minutes record a motion to approve the Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026–2027, followed by a unanimous result.
Scenic Rim Regional Council Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027 Recommendation That Council approve the Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027. Moved: Cr Amanda Hay Seconded: Cr Marshall Chalk Motion That Council approve the Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027. Carried unanimously Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 50 6.1 (continued) Declaration - Cr Tom Sharp re Item 11.14 LATE ITEM - Complaints about Public Official (Chief Executive Officer) Policy and Nominated Person appointment Cr Tom Sharp: "I have actually declared a conflict of interest and will now excuse myself from the meeting and I will hand it over to the Deputy Mayor to chair this item." At 2:41 pm, Cr Tom Sharp left the meeting.
Item 11.13, motion and voting result
Open original minutes ↗Item 11.12 lists the 2025–2026 Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report as an attachment.
Carried unanimously Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 48 11.12 Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report 2025-2026 Executive Officer: Director Corporate and Community Services Attachments: 1. 2025-2026 Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report Recommendation That Council note the Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report 2025-2026. Moved: Cr Amanda Hay Seconded: Cr Marshall Chalk Motion That Council note the Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report 2025-2026.
Item 11.12, attachment list
Open original minutes ↗Item 11.13 lists the Scenic Rim Regional Council Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026–2027 as an attachment.
Carried unanimously Ordinary Meeting Minutes 28 October 2026 Page 49 11.13 Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027 Executive Officer: Director Corporate and Community Services Attachments: 1. Scenic Rim Regional Council Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027 Recommendation That Council approve the Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027. Moved: Cr Amanda Hay Seconded: Cr Marshall Chalk Motion That Council approve the Annual Internal Audit Plan 2026-2027.
Item 11.13, attachment list
Open original minutes ↗The minutes state they are to be confirmed on 25 November 2026.
and a sad loss to Council." 12 Confidential Matters Nil The Ordinary Meeting ended at 2:57 pm. To be confirmed on 25 November 2026. Cr Tom Sharp Mayor
Closing confirmation notation
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Scenic Rim Regional Council, unconfirmed Ordinary Meeting minutes, 28 October 2026. The minutes state they are to be confirmed on 25 November 2026. This report is based on the supplied minutes and does not include independent verification or interviews.
Key facts from the minutes
- The unconfirmed minutes record that Council noted the Audit and Risk Committee Annual Report for 2025 - 2026.
- The motion to note the annual report is recorded as carried unanimously.
- The unconfirmed minutes record that Council approved the Annual Internal Audit Plan for 2026 - 2027.
- The motion approving the internal audit plan is recorded as carried unanimously.
- The minutes identify both documents as attachments but do not reproduce their substantive contents.
- The minutes state they are to be confirmed on 25 November 2026.
Why it matters
- The recorded resolutions approve Council’s 2026 - 2027 internal audit plan and note the Audit and Risk Committee’s annual report, but the unconfirmed minutes do not show which risks, controls or activities the planned audits will examine.