The ANAO – Providing assurance to Parliament and a stimulus for better public administration
The Australian Parliament is the ANAO’s primary client and our main role is to provide the Parliament with an independent assessment of the performance of selected areas of public administration as well as assurance about public sector financial reporting. The Government and public sector entities are also important clients.
In 2006–07 the ANAO undertook financial statement audits of all Australian Government controlled entities as well as providing an objective assessment of areas where improvements could be made in public administration. Our audit work is governed by our auditing standards, which adopt the standards applied by the auditing profession in Australia.
In line with our complementary role of stimulating better public administration, the ANAO continued to promulgate, for the benefit of the public sector generally, our Better Practice Guides and newsletters which highlight sound approaches to specific aspects of administration.
