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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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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 57 of 2003–04)
Published: Thursday 24 June 2004
Published

Administration of Freedom of Information Requests

The audit objectives were to assess: the appropriateness of agencies' policies for dealing with requests for information in accordance with the FOI Act; and assess agencies' compliance with the provisions of the FOI Act, in relation to selected requests for information.

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Entity 
Australian Federal Police; Attorney-General’s Department; Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Australian Customs Service; Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Sector 
Arts
Attorney-General's
Communications
Customs
Veterans' Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 40 of 2003–04)
Published: Tuesday 13 April 2004
Published

Department of Health and Ageing's Management of the Multipurpose Services Program and the Regional Health Services Program

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Health's management of the MPSP and the RHSP. To achieve the audit's objective, the ANAO examined whether Health; had an effective approach to planning the programs; had an effective approach to delivering the programs; effectively used performance information to manage the programs; and effectively managed its relationship with all stakeholders of the programs.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Ageing
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2003–04)
Published: Tuesday 30 March 2004
Published

National Marine Unit

The Australian Customs Service (Customs) is responsible for managing the integrity of Australia's border. The Australian maritime border is the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around Australia's 37 000 kilometre coastline. The National Marine Unit (NMU) contributes to customs' Civil Maritime Surveillance and Response program. It has eight 35 - metre Bay Class vessels (known as Australian Customs Vessels or ACVs) that are capable of maintaining a strategic presence around the Australian coast. The audit examined the administrative effectiveness of the NMU's surveillance and response operations. Particular emphasis was given to the following areas:

  • strategic and tactical taskings;
  • crew operations;
  • crew training;
  • asset management; and
  • governance arrangements.
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Entity 
Australian Customs Service
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Customs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2003–04)
Published: Friday 20 February 2004
Published

Governance of the National Health and Medical Research Council

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the National Health and Medical Research Council's governance and administrative systems. In order to achieve this objective, the audit addressed three criteria to determine whether the Council had: identified its legislated responsibilities and monitored its legislative compliance; a sound corporate governance framework to support the performance of its legislated functions; and established robust administrative systems to support the performance of its legislated functions.

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Entity 
National Health and Medical Research Council; Department of Health and Ageing
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 26 of 2003–04)
Published: Friday 6 February 2004
Published

Supporting Managers - Financial Management in the Health Insurance Commission

The audit examined aspects of financial management in the Health Insurance Commission (HIC). The audit objective was to examine the effectiveness of the HIC's internal control structures, as well as its financial management framework and processes, in order to form an opinion on their ability to support HIC Commissioners and managers to make informed decisions on the efficient and effective use of Commonwealth resources.

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Entity 
Health Insurance Commission
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2003–04)
Published: Thursday 5 February 2004
Published

Intellectual Property Policies and Practices in Commonwealth Agencies

The audit examined agency approaches to the management of intellectual property under its control, and identified themes common to the management of all types of intellectual property. The audit objective was to:

(i) form an opinion on whether Commonwealth agencies have systems in place to efficiently, effectively and ethically manage their intellectual property assets; and

(ii) identify areas for better practice in intellectual property management by those agencies.

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Entity 
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation; Department of Defence
Sector 
Ageing
Defence
Health
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2003–04)
Published: Tuesday 4 November 2003
Published

Annual Performance Reporting

Annual Performance Reporting, No 11 2003-04 The audit reviewed the 2001-02 annual reports of the departments of : Communications, Technology and the Arts; Education, Science and Training; Employment and Workplace Relations; Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and the Australian Customs Service. The objectives of this audit were to determine whether agencies had: established a sound annual reporting performance information framework; developed arrangements to ensure performance information is accurate and coherent; and appropriately analysed performance information in their annual reports.

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Entity 
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Sector 
Arts
Communications
Customs
Education
Employment
Immigration
Indigenous
Science
Training
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2003–04)
Published: Wednesday 24 September 2003
Published

Recordkeeping in Large Commonwealth Organisations

The audit reviewed the recordkeeping frameworks of four large Commonwealth organisations. The objective of the audit was to assess whether recordkeeping policies, systems and procedures were in accordance with relevant Government policies, legislation, accepted standards and recordkeeping principles, and applicable organisational controls.

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Entity 
Centrelink; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Department of Family and Community Services; Department of Health and Ageing
Sector 
Ageing
Agriculture
Centrelink
Fisheries
Forestry
Health
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2003–04)
Published: Thursday 28 August 2003
Published

Management of the Extension Option Review - Plasma Fractionation Agreement

The audit reviewed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing's (Health's) planning and conduct of the review undertaken to determine the recommendation to the Government on whether or not to exercise the extension option available to the Commonwealth under the Plasma Fractionation Agreement with CSL Limited. The audit was undertaken in response to a recommendation of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Ageing
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2000–01)
Published: Friday 15 June 2001
Published

The National Cervical Screening Program

The ANAO concluded that DHAC's administration of the National Cervical Screening Program is generally sound. The ANAO found that the department has a key role in the Program by providing secretariat services and other support to the NAC, which provides policy advice to AHMAC, and by supporting initiatives to further develop the Program. Some areas of DHAC's administration of the Program provide examples of good practice. Related examples are the early identification of the need to monitor the Program, the early identification of possible data sources for monitoring, and the use of an independent body to provide advice, through the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, on performance indicators and data sources. A further example is DHAC's administration of the provision of cervical screening funding assistance to the States and Territories through Public Health Outcome Funding Agreements, which complies with the principles for sound Specific Purpose Payments program administration advocated by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit in their Report 362. On the other hand, the ANAO has identified areas for improvement in quality assurance for the analysis of Pap smears by pathology laboratories.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Aged Care
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 12 June 2001
Published

Information Technology in the Health Insurance Commission

The audit was conducted as a joint financial statement and performance audit of HIC's IT systems. The objective of the financial statement component of the audit was to express an opinion on whether HIC could rely on its IT systems to support production of a reliable set of balances for the financial statements. The objective of the performance audit component was to determine whether HIC's IT systems' outputs met quality and service delivery targets.

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Entity 
Health Insurance Commission
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 3 October 2000
Published

Passenger Movement Charge - Follow-up Audit

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

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Entity 
Australian Customs Service
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Customs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 23 August 2000
Published

Fraud Control Arrangements in the Department of Health and Aged Care

The objective of the audit was to assess the framework and systems that DHAC has in place to prevent, control, monitor, detect and investigate fraud. The ANAO concluded that DHAC had taken appropriate steps to protect Commonwealth resources under its administration from fraudulent misappropriation by developing a sound fraud control framework, the effectiveness of which is illustrated by the relatively low incidence of reported fraud in the department over the last few years. The framework also includes key elements for preventing and dealing with fraud in line with the Commonwealth's Fraud Control Policy.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Aged Care
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 25 July 2000
Published

Drug Evaluation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration - Follow-up Audit

The follow-up audit, Drug Evaluation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration [TGA], reviewed the extent to which TGA had implemented recommendations made by the ANAO in 1996 on the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of TGA's evaluation and approval of prescription drugs for public use. This follow-up audit was conducted because of the importance of effective drug evaluation processes to public health.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Aged Care; Therapeutic Goods Administration
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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