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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 4 May 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of selected departments’ implementation of deregulation initiatives.
Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Communications and the Arts; Department of Health; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 2015–16)
Published: Monday 14 December 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether appropriate steps were taken to protect the Commonwealth’s interests and obtain value for money in respect to the:
- approval of $1.5 billion in Commonwealth funding for stage one of the East West Link project, and the June 2014 payment of $500 million of this funding; and
- approval of $1.5 billion in Commonwealth funding for stage two of the East West Link project, and the June 2014 payment of $1 billion of this funding.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Infrastructure Australia; Department of the Treasury; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; and Department of Finance.
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 3 December 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Indigenous Business Australia’s management and implementation of the Indigenous Home Ownership Program.
Entity
Indigenous Business Australia
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 30 September 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.
Entity
Department of Finance; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Social Services; Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 8 July 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of procurement initiatives to support opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
Entity
Department of Defence; Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Employment; Department of Industry and Science; and Department of Education and Training
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 1999–2000)
Published: Thursday 3 February 2000
Published
This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period July to December 1999.
Entity
Across Agency
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 1999–2000)
Published: Monday 9 August 1999
Published
This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 1999.
Entity
Audit Activity Report
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 1997–98)
Published: Monday 2 March 1998
Published
This report is the second in a series of reports to be tabled at six-monthly intervals. It summarises the audit and other activities of the ANAO in the period July to December 1997.
Entity
Audit Activity Report
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 1997–98)
Published: Sunday 26 October 1997
Published
The objectives of the audit were to examine the benefits of diversity management in the APS and review the progress made towards equity in employment in the APS, including the EEO Program. It included:
- an assessment of the progress towards achieving equity across the APS and by individual agencies;
- an assessment of the quality of agency EEO programs;
- an assessment of the role of the PSMPC in approving agency EEO programs and monitoring trends across the service;
- a consideration of legal obligations and agencies compliance with these; and
- the possible risks to, and opportunities for, equity under the WRA.
The audit concentrated on evidence of overall progress, the relative performance of individual agencies, and the examination of observed and underlying trends.
Entity
Public Service and Merit Protection Commission and Other Agencies