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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 30 of 2012–13)
Published: Wednesday 1 May 2013
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection’s arrangements for managing the safe and secure storage and disposal of detained goods.
Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2008–09)
Published: Tuesday 11 November 2008
Published
The objective of the follow up audit was to assess the extent to which Customs has implemented seven of the previous audit's recommendations; the two recommendations relating to strategic and tactical taskings and dissemination of intelligence will be considered in the context of the planned performance audit of Illegal Foreign Fishing in Australia's Northern Waters.
Entity
Australian Customs Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 54 of 2001–02)
Published: Thursday 6 June 2002
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of Australian Customs Services (Customs) drug detection strategies for air and containerised sea cargo and small craft activity. Within the scope of the audit, the following areas were examined :
- intelligence and law enforcement cooperation;
- air and containerised sea cargo;
- cargo examinations and technology;
- small craft activities;
- Customs funding arrangements (including funding for NIDS initiatives): and
- governance, including performance reporting.
Entity
Australian Customs Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2001–02)
Published: Tuesday 10 July 2001
Published
Allegations were made to the Senate Economics References Committee that the Australian Taxation Office and Australian Customs Service (Customs) had failed to pursue several cases of detected sales tax fraud. The Committee believed that this alleged failure may have stemmed from coordination problems between the two agencies. The Committee requested the Auditor-General to investigate this matter and report his findings to the Parliament.
Entity
Australian Customs Service; Australian Taxation Office