I wish to elaborate in some detail on the work in relation to the audit. Action 114 of the strategy was intended to support organisation development in helping to clarify roles and co-ordinate the work of different organisations. Specifically, the audit was commissioned in order to ensure clear lines of accountability and communication between each part of the system, with no overlap or duplication between organisations, and a proper alignment of the structure as a whole to the vision and objectives outlined in the health strategy. The outcomes sought are to ensure that the structures in the system are the most appropriate and responsive to meet current and future service needs, constitute an adequate framework for overall governance of the health system, achieve an effective integration of services across all parts of the system, adequately represent the views of consumers in the planning and delivery of services, focus on the principles of equity, accountability, quality and people-centredness and the national goals of the strategy. My Department commissioned Prospectus Strategy Consultants in June 2002 to undertake the audit. The preliminary response of the consultants was to identify the need for the consolidation of structures within the health system.