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Published: Thursday 29 January 2004
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The audit sought to assess how well the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) manages aggressive tax planning. We did this by exploring the nature of aggressive tax planning and the ATO's approach to its management. In the latter context, we looked at:

  • the ATO's previous experience with aggressive tax planning and action on previous significant external reviews, particularly dealing with mass marketed investment schemes;
  • strategy and operations, intelligence gathering and use; and the identification and management of promoters given their significant role in aggressive tax planning.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Friday 6 February 2004
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The audit examined aspects of financial management in the Health Insurance Commission (HIC). The audit objective was to examine the effectiveness of the HIC's internal control structures, as well as its financial management framework and processes, in order to form an opinion on their ability to support HIC Commissioners and managers to make informed decisions on the efficient and effective use of Commonwealth resources.

Entity
Health Insurance Commission
Published: Thursday 19 June 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ administration of residential care payments.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Published: Monday 25 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection's risk-based management of end-to-end processing of incoming international air passengers in achieving border security and passenger facilitation outcomes.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Published: Thursday 22 December 2005
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The objective of the audit was to assess and report on the progress being made by agencies subject to the Financial Management & Accountability Act 1997 and entities subject to the Commonwealth Authorities & Companies Act 1997: in realising value for money from the procurement process, with a specific focus on buildings, services and products using whole of life cycle assessments; and in the consideration and management of environmental impacts in specifications and contracts. The emphasis of the audit was on green office procurement and sustainable business practices and the value for money within this context. As such, the audit report provides a status report on the implementation of ESD within the office environment of the Australian Government. The audit used a survey approach in conjunction with selected audit investigations to obtain information across 71 agencies and entities selected on the basis of materiality in procurement and coverage across large, medium and small organisations. The agencies selected represented approximately 35 per cent of all government bodies and over 95 per cent of all procurement spending noted on the Department of Finance and Administration (Finance) database on contracts.

Entity
across agency
Published: Monday 11 February 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of DIAC’s management of individual management services provided to people in immigration detention.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Published: Wednesday 19 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs' (FaHCSIA) administration and management of the Targeted Community Care (Mental Health) Program.

Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Published: Thursday 31 January 2013
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of FaHCSIA and DHS’ administration of New Income Management in the Northern Territory.

Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Department of Human Services
Published: Thursday 13 October 2005
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The objectives of the audit were to: assess the effectiveness of the key evaluation methods used to review the efficacy of the Australian Government's national counter-terrorism coordination arrangements; and examine the effectiveness of the links between the key evaluation methods, and how the key evaluation methods contribute to the process of continuous improvement.

Entity
Attorney General's Department; The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Tuesday 19 April 2011
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of Defence’s management of explosive ordnance by the end users of this materiel in Air Force, Army and Navy (the Services). In particular, the focus was on the effectiveness of arrangements for the oversight and physical control of explosive ordnance once it is issued to Service units.

The audit reviewed Defence’s policies, procedures, processes and inventory management systems for explosive ordnance at the unit level in the ADF, from receipt and storage through to the use or return of explosive ordnance.The audit also examined the relationship between the management of explosive ordnance at the unit level and the Explosive Ordnance Services Contract and, where relevant, the regional Garrison Support Services (GSS) Contracts.

Entity
Department of Defence