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Our performance audit work contributes to improved public sector administration and accountability through objective reporting on the performance of Australian Government programs and entities.

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This page lists completed performance audit reports. View all performance audits in-progress.

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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 1997–98)
Published: Monday 20 October 1997
Published

Risk Management in Commercial Compliance

The objective of the audit was to review the efficiency and administrative effectiveness of the Commercial Compliance Branch's risk management processes and to establish whether the approach provided a sound foundation for the development and application of risk management across the Australian Customs Service. The ANAO also examined the wider risk management context across ACS in order to appreciate how risk management processes in the Branch related to the agency as a whole.

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Australian Customs Service
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Customs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 1997–98)
Published: Friday 17 October 1997
Published

Performance Management of Defence Inventory

The objective of this audit was to ascertain whether Defence performance management strategies and practices contribute to the effective and efficient management of the supply chain. In particular, it focussed on examining the extent to which the latter demonstrate identified world-class practices.

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Department of Defence
Sector 
Defence
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 1997–98)
Published: Friday 17 October 1997
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Service Delivery in Radio and Telecommunications

The objective of the audit was to review AUSTEL and the Spectrum Management Agency's approaches to service delivery against recognised good practice and to identify opportunities for the new Australian Communications Authority to adopt the relevant features of these approaches in its service delivery.

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Entity 
Australian Telecommunications Authority (AUSTEL); Spectrum Management Agency
Sector 
Arts
Communications
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 1997–98)
Published: Sunday 28 September 1997
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Program Evaluation in the Australian Public Service

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the management and control of program evaluation in the Australian Public Service. The ANAO made an assessment against criteria which were designed to test whether agencies were undertaking evaluations in a way which would enhance their overall effectiveness. The main issues examined were:

  • approaches to evaluation planning;
  • the conduct of individual evaluations;
  • the quality of evaluation reports; and
  • the impact of evaluations.
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Across Agency
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 1997–98)
Published: Wednesday 24 September 1997
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Government Business Enterprise Monitoring Practices

The audit reviewed the application by the Department of Finance and the portfolio departments of the 1993 Accountability and Ministerial Oversight Arrangements for Government Business Enterprises and any statutory monitoring and reporting requirements applying to the selected GBEs provided under their own establishing legislation. The objectives of the audit were to examine:

  • the effectiveness of the GBE monitoring arrangements in providing appropriate performance information to the Government;
  • the extent to which agencies and the selected GBEs comply with the monitoring arrangements and legislative requirements; and
  • whether the GBE monitoring system provides an effective level of accountability to Ministers and to the Parliament.
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 1997–98)
Published: Tuesday 26 August 1997
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Audit Activity Report January To June 1997- Summary of Outcomes

This report is an information document summarising the audit activities of the ANAO in the period January to June 1997.

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Audit Activity Report
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