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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 17 April 2018
Published
The audit objective was to examine entity compliance with regulatory requirements for the establishment and ongoing management of special appropriations.
Entity
Department of Finance; Department of Social Services; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science; Department of Human Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 19 December 2017
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Medicare electronic claiming arrangements, including an assessment of the extent to which claiming and processing efficiencies for the Government, health professionals and Medicare customers have been achieved.
Entity
Department of Human Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 31 October 2017
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the transition of the Remote Jobs and Communities Programme to the Community Development Programme, including whether the Community Development Programme is well designed and administered effectively and efficiently.
Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Employment; Department of Human Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 59 of 2016–17)
Published: Tuesday 27 June 2017
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Services’ implementation of myGov as at November 2016.
Entity
Department of Human Services; Digital Transformation Agency (DTA); Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 51 of 2016–17)
Published: Monday 22 May 2017
Published
The audit Administration of ABSTUDY and the audit Administration of Youth Allowance have been combined to table as one report titled Administration of ABSTUDY and Administration of Youth Allowance.
The objective of both audits was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Social Services’ and the Department of Human Services’ program administration.
Entity
Department of Social Services; Department of Human Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2016–17)
Published: Monday 15 May 2017
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the child support collection arrangements between the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).
Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 15 March 2017
Published
The audit objective was to re-assess the three entities' compliance with the 'Top Four' mandatory strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). The audit also aims to examine the typical challenges faced by entities to achieve and maintain their desired ICT security posture.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2016–17)
Published: Tuesday 28 February 2017
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the Department of Human Services' and the Department of Social Services’ management of selected fraud prevention and compliance Budget measures.
Entity
Department of Human Services; Department of Social Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 19 October 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the departments of Health and Human Services’ administration, including oversight and monitoring arrangements, for the Indemnity Insurance Fund.
Entity
Department of Health; Department of Human Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2016–17)
Published: Tuesday 27 September 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Parliamentary Services’ arrangements for managing contracts and retail licences, including the extent to which the department has implemented recommendations from the previous ANAO audit.
Entity
Department of Parliamentary Services
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 51 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 28 June 2006
Published
The audit objectives were to report on the implementation status of the parliamentary resolutions and other actions arising out of the six recommendations made in the final PSC Report, Review by the Parliamentary Service Commissioner of Aspects of the Administration of the Parliament. The audit also broadly examined the impact of implementation of the parliamentary resolutions on aspects of: the level of services provided to the Parliament generally following amalgamation of the three former parliamentary departments into the Department of Parliamentary Services; and accommodation space within Parliament House. The designated audit agency was the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS).
Entity
Department of Parliamentary Services
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 3 May 2006
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether selected Australian Government entities were effectively supporting their business requirements through planning for, and management of, the acquisition, disposal and use of their IPE assets. The audit reviewed each entity's policies and practices against a series of audit criteria across the following components of asset management: control environment; planning; acquisitions; operations; and disposals.
Entity
Across agencies
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2005–06)
Published: Tuesday 31 January 2006
Published
The objective of this performance audit was to assess agencies' financial management of, and accountability for, the use of net appropriation agreements to increase available appropriations.
Entity
Across Agencies