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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2009–10)
Published: Tuesday 23 February 2010
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection's performance in managing and coordinating enforcement operations against illegal foreign fishing in Australia's northern waters. The audit focused on Customs and Border Protection's role within the whole of government policy coordination framework; the effectiveness of its intelligence support for operational planning and policy and strategy development; its performance in planning, prioritising and administering effective enforcement operations; and its performance in measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of the program.
Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2009–10)
Published: Monday 16 November 2009
Published
The objective of this audit is to assess Customs and Border Protection's processing of incoming international air passengers in the primary line, in particular the extent to which: (a) systems and controls effectively support the referral of incoming air passengers who pose a risk and those carrying prohibited items; (b) air passengers presenting an immigration risk are processed appropriately; and (c) Customs and Border Protection has arrangements in place to effectively promote co-operation and information sharing between Customs and Border Protection and DIAC.
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. 55 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 23 June 2005
Published
The objective of the audit was to consider the status of workforce planning by APS agencies against the background of the ANAO's 2001 Better Practice Guide Planning for the Workforce of the Future, in light of there commendations made in the MAC Organisational Renewal 2001 and the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report Recruitmentand Training in the Australian Public Service 2003. Workforce planning was defined as a continuous process of shaping the workforce to ensure it is capable of delivering organisational objectives now and in the future.
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2004–05)
Published: Friday 15 April 2005
Published
The objective of the audit was to evaluate the policies and practices of selected organisations to determine whether they had established sound arrangements for, and maintained effective control over, the administration of security incidents and investigations.
Entity
Australian Crime Commission; Australian Customs Service; Australian Maritime Safety Authority; Child Support Agency; Department of Finance and Administration; Attorney-General’s Department
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2004–05)
Published: Tuesday 14 December 2004
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of Customs' Container Examination Facilities. Particular emphasis was given to the following areas: target selection processes; target development strategies; intervention processes; and facilities operation.
Entity
Australian Customs Service
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 2004–05)
Published: Tuesday 23 November 2004
Published
The audit examined the financial management of all Special Appropriations in the period 1998-99 to 2002-03, with the exception of those related to Special Accounts and those administered by Government Business Enterprises. The audit objectives were to: identity all Special Appropriations and ascertain which entities are responsible for their financial management and reporting; and assess entities' financial management and reporting of Special Appropriations against the Commonwealth's financial management and reporting frameworks.
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 3 October 2000
Published
The objective of the follow-up audit was to report on the action taken by the Australian Customs Service to address the recommendations of the 1996 Audit Report. The audit also reviewed key areas of the Passenger Movement Charge administration identified in the 1996 audit, including the appropriateness of formal arrangements between the ACS and Regular Public Transport airlines and assessed the proposed arrangements being developed by the ACS. The arrangements with RPT airlines were a particular focus in the follow-up report (as they were in the 1996 Audit Report), because of the significance of that category of carrier in revenue terms
Entity
Australian Customs Service