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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 40 of 2008–09)
Published: Tuesday 2 June 2009
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of DoHA's management of the planning and allocation of aged care places and capital grants, in accordance with the Aged Care Act 1997.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 26 of 2008–09)
Published: Thursday 19 March 2009
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing's administration of health workforce initiatives in rural and remote Australia.
Entity
Deparment of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2008–09)
Published: Thursday 5 March 2009
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the procurement and contracting associated with:
- the design, development and delivery of government advertising campaigns by Commonwealth departments; and
- the operation of the Central Advertising System (CAS).
Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Finance and Deregulation; Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Health and Ageing; Attorney-General's Department
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2008–09)
Published: Tuesday 10 February 2009
Published
This audit focused on the approval of business system projects -projects aiming to achieve a business objective such as reduced costs or to implement a new program, in contrast with projects with a narrower technology focus such as replacing an agencyʹs desktop computers.
Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Health and Ageing; Department of Veterans' Affairs
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2008–09)
Published: Wednesday 10 December 2008
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation and administration of the AASC program by the ASC. The extent to which the ASC is able to determine that the program is achieving its objectives was also examined. Particular emphasis was given to the following areas:
- the implementation and the ongoing management of program; and
- the selection of sites and administration of grants funded under the program.
The elements of the Building a Healthy, Active Australia package undertaken by other agencies were not included in the scope of this audit.
Entity
Australian Sports Commission
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2006–07)
Published: Monday 25 June 2007
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the management practices undertaken by APS agencies to achieve value for money and transparency in dealing with contracts for non-APS workers. The focus of the audit was on circumstances where agencies had a significant reliance on a non-APS workforce to assist in achieving their core functions. Regular reporting by agencies of expenditure on non-APS workers was outside the scope of this audit.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2006–07)
Published: Wednesday 23 May 2007
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DoHA's management of CACPs in fulfilling the legislated objectives of the program.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2006–07)
Published: Thursday 17 May 2007
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DIAC's administration of the health requirement of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act). To achieve this objective, the ANAO examined whether DIAC was setting and implementing the health requirement in accordance with the Act, the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations), and DIAC's own guidelines.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2006–07)
Published: Thursday 25 January 2007
Published
The objective of this audit was to determine whether Health adequately assessed the State and Territory Governments' compliance with their obligations under the terms of the AHCAs. In conducting the audit, ANAO addressed the following criteria:
- if Health assessed whether the States and Territories were adhering to the AHCAs clause 6 principles that all eligible persons had equitable access to free public health and emergency services on the basis of clinical need within an appropriate period;
- if Health assessed whether the States and Territories were increasing their own source funding at the rate specified in the AHCAs; and
- if Health assessed whether the States and Territories were meeting the performance reporting requirements set out in the AHCAs.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED