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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2007–08)
Published: Thursday 21 February 2008
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether selected regulatory agencies have cost recovery procedures and practices which comply with the Government's guidelines. To address this objective, the audit assessed the management of cost recovery against the following criteria:
- regulatory agencies have clear and consistent cost recovery procedures to identify their activities and costs, and set fees and levies;
- regulatory agencies have effectively implemented their cost recovery procedures;
- regulatory agencies regularly monitor and review their cost recovery activities; and
- regulatory agencies regularly report on their cost recovery.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2007–08)
Published: Tuesday 22 January 2008
Published
The current audit has focussed on Stage 2 of the Scheme. Its objective was to assess whether ACIS is being administered effectively by DIISR and, as relevant, by Customs. In particular, the audit examined the department's arrangements for:
- assessing the eligibility of participants to receive duty credits;
- calculating duty credits accurately and adhering to the funding limits for the Scheme;
- checking the integrity of participants' claims, which are self-assessed;
- accounting for the duty credits transferred to and used at Customs; and
- measuring and reporting on the performance of ACIS.
The audit also followed up on whether the ANAO's previous recommendations have been addressed.
Entity
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research; Australian Customs Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 18 July 2007
Published
The objective of this audit is to examine DIAC's implementation of the nine recommendations made in the earlier audit. The audit has also taken into account changed circumstances since the original audit. These include a heightened security environment after 11 September 2001 and the results of other relevant ANAO performance audit and financial statement work. The audit also examined ETA decision-making processes to gain assurance about its robustness in a changing risk environment. This issue came to attention in recent audits of visa management processes.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2004–05)
Published: Monday 20 June 2005
Published
The objectives of the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) performance audit were to: examine the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies' procurement and management of legal services arrangements; determine adherence to Australian Government policy requirements; examine the effectiveness of the OLSC's monitoring of agencies' compliance with Government policy requirements; examine the OLSC's role in assisting agencies to comply with Government policy.
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 10 March 2005
Published
The objectives of this audit were to examine the management of business support service contracts in selected agencies to: assess the effectiveness of business support service contract management in the transition, ongoing management and monitoring and succession planning stages of the contract management lifecycle; and identify examples of better practice and opportunities for improvement for individual agencies and Australian Government agencies more broadly.
Entity
Australian Industrial Registry; ComSuper; Family Court of Australia; IP Australia; Department of Finance and Administration