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Type of content
Performance audit (potential)
Potential audit: 2020-21
Potential
This audit would assess the design, implementation and performance monitoring of recent changes to the Community Development Program. The audit would also follow up relevant recommendations from Auditor-General Report No. 14 2017–18 The Design and Implementation of the Community Development Programme, and the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee’s 2017 report Appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of the Community Development Program.
The Community Development Program, which commenced on 1 July 2015, is an Australian Government employment and community development program designed to support jobseekers and reduce welfare dependency in remote Australia. The budget for the program is $1.1 billion over four years from 2018–19.
In 2018–19, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet introduced changes to the Community Development Program that were designed to reduce penalties and increase local decision-making to better support jobseekers in remote and regional parts of Australia.
Entity
National Indigenous Australians Agency
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (potential)
Potential audit: 2020-21
Potential
This audit would assess, for selected policy initiatives, whether evidence and data were used effectively in the policy development process, including in advice provided to government.
The audit would also examine the availability of guidance and training material to entities on the effective use of evidence and data in developing policy, as recommended in Auditor-General Report No. 10 2017–18 Design and Monitoring of the National Innovation and Science Agenda. Evidence-based policymaking is not a new concept, but has proven challenging to implement. Essential ingredients include the use of an appropriate methodology, availability of relevant and reliable data, transparency in approach, independence, sufficient time for development, and a receptive policymaking environment.
Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 10 September 2020
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s design process and implementation to date of the Defence Export Strategy.
Entity
Department of Defence
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2018–19)
Published: Tuesday 20 November 2018
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Royal Australian Mint’s strategies for addressing the impacts of declining demand for Australian circulating coins are appropriate and effective.
Entity
Royal Australian Mint
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 21 May 2018
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Efficiency through Contestability Programme in supporting entities to improve the efficient delivery of government functions.
Entity
Across Entities
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 19 March 2018
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy’s design of the Threatened Species Prospectus.
Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2017–18)
Published: Wednesday 27 September 2017
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the design process and monitoring arrangements for the National Innovation and Science Agenda by the relevant entities.
Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science; Innovation and Science Australia
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2016–17)
Published: Thursday 24 November 2016
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy's design and implementation of the Reef Trust.
Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 9 November 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness to date of the management of the approach to transition the disability services market to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) market arrangements.
Entity
Department of Social Services; National Disability Insurance Agency
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 28 April 2016
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources' establishment and administration of the Farm Finance and Drought Concessional Loans programs.
Entity
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Contact
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