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Performance audit (ANAO Report No. 48 of 2017–2018)
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Published: Tuesday 19 June 2018
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) and Treasury’s management of compliance with foreign investment obligations for residential real estate.
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Treasury; Australian Taxation Office
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Financial statement audit (ANAO Report No. 47 of 2017–2018)
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Published: Thursday 14 June 2018
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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Australian government entities and the Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) of the Australian Government, to provide the Parliament of Australia with an independent examination of the financial accounting and reporting of public sector entities. This report focused on the results of the interim audit phase, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, of the 2017–18 financial statements audits of a range of entities including all departments of state and a number of major Australian government entities.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (ANAO Report No. 46 of 2017–2018)
New
Published: Wednesday 13 June 2018
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) and the Australian War Memorial (the Memorial) have implemented effective collections management practices.
Entity:
Australian War Memorial; National Gallery of Australia
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Performance audit (ANAO Report No. 45 of 2017–2018)
Recent
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2018
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the integration of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
Entity:
Department of Home Affairs
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Audit insights
Recent
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2018
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This edition of audit insights covers performance audit reports tabled in the Parliament during the third quarter of 2017-18. The focus is on the key learning that value for money can be significantly enhanced through officials engaged in a procurement ensuring they gain a full understanding of what is being purchased, for what outcome and the market they're operating in.
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Performance audit (ANAO Report No. 44 of 2017–2018)
Recent
Published: Tuesday 29 May 2018
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The audit objective was to review the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s (Defence) arrangements for delivering selected non-platform sustainment.
Entity:
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (ANAO Report No. 43 of 2017–2018)
Recent
Published: Tuesday 29 May 2018
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The objective of this audit was to examine the extent to which the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, now the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) has implemented the recommendations made by the ANAO in Audit Report #5 2016–17, Passenger Security Screening at Domestic Airports.
Entity:
Department of Home Affairs
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Performance audit (ANAO Report No. 42 of 2017–2018)
Recent
Published: Thursday 24 May 2018
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of monitoring and payment arrangements under National Partnership Agreements.
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Department of the Treasury; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Department of Health
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Performance audit (ANAO Report No. 41 of 2017–2018)
Published: Monday 21 May 2018
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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
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Assurance review (ANAO Report No. 40 of 2017–2018)
Published: Tuesday 15 May 2018
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The objective of this review was to determine whether the establishment and early implementation of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Recovery Program by the Department of Jobs and Small Business has provided a sound basis for achieving value for money.
Entity:
Department of Jobs and Small Business
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