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  • Indigenous Early Childhood Development: Children and Family Centres

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 23rd May 2013
    Report Number:
    38
    Portfolio:
    Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
    Department:
    Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
    Contact:
    Dr Andrew Pope, Group Executive Director - Phone: (02) 6203 7850
    The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ (DEEWR) role in the delivery of the Children and Family Centre (CFC) component of the National Partnership Agreement on Indigenous Early Childhood Development (IECD NP).


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  • Administration of Grants from the Education Investment Fund

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 22nd May 2013
    Report Number:
    37
    Portfolio:
    Industry-Innovation-Climate Change-Science-Research and Tertiary Education
    Department:
    Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education; Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
    Contact:
    William Bonney, A/g Executive Director – Phone (02) 6203 7756

    The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education’s (DIISRTE’s) administration of the Education Investment Fund grants program.

    (DIISRTE was the department that had responsibility for the administration of the EIF grants program during the course of the audit. The recommendations and suggestions for improvement are, however, directed to the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education because this department now has responsibility for the administration of the program).


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  • Commonwealth Environmental Watering Activities

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 21st May 2013
    Report Number:
    36
    Portfolio:
    Sustainability Environment Water Population and Communities
    Department:
    Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
    Contact:
    Mark Simpson, Executive Director – Phone (02) 6203 7517
    The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office’s administration of environmental water holdings.


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  • Control of Credit Card Use

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 16th May 2013
    Report Number:
    35
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Australian Trade Commission; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Geoscience Australia
    Contact:
    Stuart Turnbull, Executive Director – Phone (02) 6203 7346
    The audit objective was to assess whether Australian Government agencies were effectively controlling the use of credit cards for official purposes.


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  • Preparation of the Tax Expenditures Statement

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 9th May 2013
    Report Number:
    34
    Portfolio:
    Treasury
    Department:
    Department of the Treasury; Australian Taxation Office
    Contact:
    Andrew Morris, A/g Executive Director – Phone (02) 6203 7598
    The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which the Department of the Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have improved the management of tax expenditure estimates by implementing the six recommendations in the 2008 ANAO audit and the three recommendations made by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) following its inquiry.


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  • The Regulation of Tax Practitioners by the Tax Practitioners Board

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 8th May 2013
    Report Number:
    33
    Portfolio:
    Treasury
    Department:
    Australian Taxation Office; Tax Practitioners Board
    Contact:
    Andrew Morris, A/g Executive Director – Phone (02) 6203 7598
    The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board’s implementation and administration of the regulatory arrangements for tax practitioners under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009.


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  • Grants for the Construction of the Adelaide Desalination Plant

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 7th May 2013
    Report Number:
    32
    Portfolio:
    Sustainability Environment Water Population and Communities
    Department:
    Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities; Department of Finance and Deregulation; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
    Contact:
    Brian Boyd, Executive Director - Phone: (02) 6203 7672
    The objective of the audit was to assess the awarding of funding for the construction of the Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADP) against the requirements of the Commonwealth's grants administration framework, which includes the Government’s policy requirements for the approval of grants, with a particular focus on the assessments undertaken of each proposed grant in terms of the guidelines for the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan (NUWDP); and identify any potential improvements in grants administration practices.


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  • Implementation of the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 2nd May 2013
    Report Number:
    31
    Portfolio:
    Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
    Department:
    Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
    Contact:
    Dr Andrew Pope, Group Executive Director - Phone: (02) 6203 7850
    The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs’ administration of the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH), including monitoring and reporting of progress against the objective and outcomes of the agreement.


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  • Management of Detained Goods

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 1st May 2013
    Report Number:
    30
    Portfolio:
    Attorney General
    Department:
    Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
    The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection’s arrangements for managing the safe and secure storage and disposal of detained goods.


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  • Administration of the Veterans' Children Education Schemes

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 30th April 2013
    Report Number:
    29
    Portfolio:
    Defence
    Department:
    Department of Veterans' Affairs

    The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) administration of the veterans’ children education schemes.


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