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  • Management of Air Combat Fleet In-Service Support

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 21st February 2007
    Report Number:
    27
    Portfolio:
    Defence
    Department:
    Department of Defence Defence Materiel Organisation

    This audit focuses on the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) Air Combat fleet's logistics support, regular maintenance and structural refurbishment. These activities are collectively referred to as fleet in-service support. The current Defence White Paper states that Air Combat is the most important single capability for the defence of Australia.

    The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Air Combat fleet's in-service support arrangements to provide capability for air combat operations. Capital equipment acquisition projects covered by this report are limited to the Hornet and F-111 structural refurbishment projects, which aim to ensure these aircraft remain serviceable until their withdrawal from service.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 27
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  • Administration of Complex Age Pension Assessments

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 20th February 2007
    Report Number:
    26
    Portfolio:
    Finance
    Department:
    Centrelink

    The Age Pension is Australia's largest social security programme delivering approximately $22 billion to 1.9 million Australians in 2005-06. The Age Pension programme is administered  by Centrelink on behalf of its client agency the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

    The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of Centrelink's administration of complex assessments of customer entitlements for the Age Pension programme, particularly through the use of Complex Assessment Officers.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 26
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  • Management of Federal Airport Leases - Follow-up

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 8th February 2007
    Report Number:
    25
    Portfolio:
    Transport and Regional Services
    Department:

    The objective of this follow-up audit was to assess the extent to which DOTARS had implemented the nine recommendations contained in the original audit.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 25
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  • Customs' Cargo Management Re-engineering Project

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 7th February 2007
    Report Number:
    24
    Portfolio:
    Attorney General
    Department:
    Australian Customs Service

    The objectives of the audit were to:

    • examine Customs' management of the CMR project; and
    • determine whether the ICS and CCF met:
      • project and operational objectives; and
      • user capability and functionality requirements.

    Particular emphasis was given to the following areas:

    • the project management framework that supported the CMR project;
    • implementation arrangements for the ICS; and
    • ongoing operational arrangements.

    After this audit commenced, Customs engaged Booz Allen Hamilton to undertake a separate review of the ICS. The purpose of that review was to provide Customs with a forward looking report on the lessons to be learned from the implementation of the ICS, its current status and the opportunities to enhance benefits for both Government and industry. The ANAO consulted closely with the Booz Allen Hamilton team and is supportive of the recommendations in their report, which was released in May 2006. The review made thirteen recommendations relating to the ongoing management and governance of the Cargo Management Re-engineering Program at both strategic and tactical levels.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 24
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  • Application of the Outcomes and Outputs Framework

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 6th February 2007
    Report Number:
    23
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:

    The objective of the audit was to assess the application of the outcomes and outputs framework in Australian Government agencies. The audit included a review of:

    • the outcomes and outputs of agencies and the integration of the outcomes and outputs framework into agencies' operations;
    • the extent to which agencies' performance indicators incorporated better practice characteristics to enable agencies to meet their performance reporting obligations;
    • agencies' processes for capturing, monitoring and reporting financial and performance information and the extent to which outcomes and outputs information was used in agency decision-making; and
    • the extent that agencies met their external reporting and accountability obligations.

    The audit consisted of a survey of 44 agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act) undertaken in October 2005 and detailed audit testing in three of those agencies. The purpose of the survey was to provide cross-agency data in relation to agencies' implementation of the framework during the period 2002–03 to 2005–06. The ANAO received responses from all 44 agencies, although not all agencies responded to all questions. The ANAO did not audit the information provided by survey participants and the reported results are based on agencies' responses to the survey.

    The agencies at which detailed audit testing was undertaken were:

    • Department of Education Science and Training;
    • the then Department of the Environment and Heritage; and
    • IP Australia.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 23
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  • Management of intellectual property in the Australian Government sector

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 6th February 2007
    Report Number:
    22
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:

    The audit objective was to examine progress in the development of an overarching approach and guidance for the management of the Commonwealth's intellectual property (Recommendation No. 2 of Audit Report No. 25 of 2003–04).


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 22
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  • Implementation of the revised Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 31st January 2007
    Report Number:
    21
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:

    The objective of the audit was to:

    • assess, in a selection of FMA Act and CAC Act agencies, how well the revised Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines had been implemented; and
    • identify any better practice or common problem areas to assist other agencies in their future procurement activities.

    The audit focused on procurement requirements that had changed as a result of the revised CPGs, rather than being a more general audit of compliance with all procurement requirements.
    The audit was conducted in the following entities:

    • Australian Federal Police;
    • Bureau of Meteorology;
    • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO);
    • Department of Defence;
    • Department of Education, Science & Training;
    • Family Court of Australia; and
    • National Museum of Australia.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 21
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  • Purchase, Chartering and Modification of the New Fleet Oiler

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 30th January 2007
    Report Number:
    20
    Portfolio:
    Defence
    Department:
    Defence Materiel Organisation

    The fleet oiler HMAS WESTRALIA was a key element of the Royal Australian Navy (hereafter referred to as ‘Navy') Maritime Operations Support Capability (MOSC) from 1989 until September 2006. WESTRALIA provided logistic support to naval operations and exercises and contributed to Defence international engagement through these activities. The new vessel to replace WESTRALIA is called HMAS SIRIUS and was commissioned by Defence in mid September 2006, which was concurrent with the formal decommissioning of WESTRALIA. This approach was adopted by Defence to ensure that Navy maintained a continuous afloat support capability.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 20
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  • Administration of State and Territory Compliance with the Australian Health Care Agreements

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 25th January 2007
    Report Number:
    19
    Portfolio:
    Health and Ageing
    Department:

    The objective of this audit was to determine whether Health adequately assessed the State and Territory Governments' compliance with their obligations under the terms of the AHCAs. In conducting the audit, ANAO addressed the following criteria:

    • if Health assessed whether the States and Territories were adhering to the AHCAs clause 6 principles that all eligible persons had equitable access to free public health and emergency services on the basis of clinical need within an appropriate period;
    • if Health assessed whether the States and Territories were increasing their own source funding at the rate specified in the AHCAs; and
    • if Health assessed whether the States and Territories were meeting the performance reporting requirements set out in the AHCAs.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 19
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  • ASIC's Processes for Receiving and Referring for Investigation Statutory Reports of Suspected Breaches of the Corporations Act 2001

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 24th January 2007
    Report Number:
    18
    Portfolio:
    Treasury
    Department:
    Australian Securities and Investments Commission

    The objectives of this audit were to:

    • examine the effectiveness of ASIC's processes for receiving reports of suspected breaches of the Corporations Act; and
    • assess the efficiency with which statutory reports are referred and investigated by ASIC.

    The audit commenced in February 2006. ANAO undertook an assessment of ASIC's processes for receiving and referring for investigation statutory reports. ANAO also undertook a detailed examination of a random sample of 416 statutory reports received by ASIC in the period 2002–03 to 2004–05.

    The audit scope did not extend to the role of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in prosecuting offences referred to it by ASIC.


    Download 2006-07 Audit Report No. 18
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