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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. 23 of 2010–11)
Published: Tuesday 21 December 2010
Published

Home Ownership on Indigenous Land Program

The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of FaHCSIA's and IBA's management of the HOIL program. In particular, the audit examined the administrative design of the program, its implementation and progress in achieving the expected results.

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Entity 
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs; Indigenous Business Australia
Sector 
Indigenous
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2010–11)
Published: Wednesday 15 December 2010
Published

Indigenous Housing Initiatives the Fixing Houses for Better Health program

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of FaHCSIA's management of the Fixing Houses for Better Health program since 2005.

The audit reviewed the two elements of the program for which FaHCSIA is responsible: management of the service delivery arrangements and overall performance monitoring and reporting. Following the development of the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, which introduced new approaches to the delivery of Indigenous programs, FaHCSIA made changes to FHBH for the 2009–11 phase. The audit has focused on both the 2005–09 and the 2009–11 phases. This provided coverage of the program's normal operations as well enabling the audit to consider the modifications made to the program for the
2009–11 phase.

Against this background, the audit considered whether:

  • program management arrangements had been established that were suitable for the size, nature and objectives of the FHBH program;
  • service delivery arrangements were designed to support the achievement of the program's objectives and FaHCSIA's management of the program; and
  • FaHCSIA used robust systems to monitor achievement of the program objectives.

The ANAO also considered whether there was any experience from the department's management of FHBH that could be broadly applied to FaHCSIA's management of the National Partnership Agreement.

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Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Indigenous
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2010–11)
Published: Thursday 9 December 2010
Published

Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program

The audit assessed FaHCSIA's management of AACAP and how the department monitors the contribution the program is making to the improvement of primary and environmental health, and living conditions, in remote Indigenous communities.

The audit examined program delivery under the 2006–2009 MoU, as well as the planning for the 2010 project under the variation to the 2006–2009 MoU. As part of the audit the ANAO considered:

  • program strategy and implementation including the roles and responsibilities of the major stakeholders, community selection and scope of works (Chapter 2);
  • the financial management of the program and the changing role of the Contracted Program Manager (Chapter 3); and
  • performance measures, including FaHCSIA's performance reporting framework, and approach to monitoring and reporting performance against the stated program objectives (Chapter 4).

The audit focused on AACAP in so far as it relates to Indigenous community outcomes. It did not consider the program from the perspective of the Australian Defence Force capability building.

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Entity 
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Indigenous
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 18 of 2010–11)
Published: Wednesday 8 December 2010
Published

Government Business Managers in Aboriginal Communities under the Northern Territory Emergency Response

The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of FaHCSIA's management of the GBM initiative, and the extent to which the initiative has contributed to improvements in community engagement and government coordination in the Northern Territory.

The audit focused on FaHCSIA's management of the GBM initiative under the NTER. The audit scope did not include additional functions assigned to some GBMs in the Northern Territory under the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Service Delivery (the National Partnership Agreement), or to Australian Government staff with similar roles and functions supporting the implementation of the National Partnership Agreement in Queensland and Western Australia.

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Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Indigenous
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2010–11)
Published: Thursday 25 November 2010
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Centrelink's Role in the Process of Appeal to the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal

The objective of the audit was to assess whether, in relation to appeals to the SSAT and the AAT, Centrelink undertakes its role effectively, so as to support the timely implementation of the Tribunals' decisions about customers' entitlements. In assessing Centrelink's performance, the ANAO examined whether:

  • the information provided by Centrelink, in relation to appeals to the SSAT and the AAT, effectively supported customers' and Tribunals' decision-making;
  • the relationships and administrative arrangements between Centrelink, DEEWR and FaHCSIA supported the effective management of the appeal process and the capture of issues that may have broader implications for legislation, policy and service delivery; and
  • Centrelink implemented SSAT and AAT decisions in an effective and timely manner.

The audit focused on the external review and appeal mechanisms and completes the cycle of audits on Centrelink's review and appeal system. The audit examined those appeals where an implementation action was required and did not consider SSAT and AAT appeals that were dismissed, withdrawn or were not within the Tribunals' jurisdiction.

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Entity 
Centrelink; Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Centrelink
Employment
Indigenous
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2010–11)
Published: Thursday 23 September 2010
Published

Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Services (MACS) and Creches

The audit examined the effectiveness of DEEWR's administrative arrangements supporting the delivery of Indigenous childcare services through MACS and crèches, including the approaches DEEWR uses to monitor the achievement of the BBF sub-program objective.

In conducting the audit, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) reviewed three key areas:

  • program administration—DEEWR's administrative systems and processes supporting the delivery of Indigenous childcare services through MACS and crèches and the broader BBF sub-program;
  • management of service provider funding agreements—DEEWR's systems and processes for managing MACS and crèche service providers' funding agreements; and
  • monitoring and reporting performance—the effectiveness of DEEWR's processes for monitoring the performance of service providers, and the achievement of the outputs and outcomes of the BBF sub-program.

The ANAO sought not to duplicate the work of DEEWR's Internal Audit function, and in doing so referred to the findings of the recent internal audit review of the CCSSP, where these were relevant and appropriate.

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Entity 
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Sector 
Human Services
Indigenous
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2010–11)
Published: Wednesday 22 September 2010
Published

Confidentiality in Government Contracts: Senate Order for Departmental and Agency Contracts (Calendar Year 2009 Compliance)

The audit objective was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts. This included assessing compliance with the Order and following up on the implementation of recommendations made in previous Senate Order audits.

The audit involved three components:

  • an examination of a stratified random sample of 150 contracts listed as containing confidentiality provisions from material and small agencies across the Australian Government to determine whether confidentiality provisions were used and reported appropriately;
  • an examination of all FMA Act agencies' calendar year 2009 contract listings, and ministers' letters of advice, to assess compliance with the requirements of the Order, and check reported instances of excluded contracts; and
  • a follow-up of the implementation of previous audit recommendations relating to the administration of the Senate Order in four agencies. The selected agencies were the: Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID); Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA); Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF); and the Federal Court of Australia (Federal Court). The selected agencies were audited in one of the ANAO's previous five audits of Senate Order compliance.
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NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Sector 
Agriculture
Finance
Fisheries
Forestry
Indigenous
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 2010–11)
Published: Thursday 15 July 2010
Published

Implementation of the Family Relationship Centres Initiative

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the selection, implementation, operation and monitoring of FRCs by AGD and FaHCSIA. The three main criteria for this audit assessed whether AGD and FaHCSIA had effectively:

  • planned and implemented the FRC initiative, including the FRC selection and funding processes;
  • undertaken administration activities to guide the operation and progress of the FRC initiative towards meeting its objectives; and
  • monitored, evaluated and reported on the performance of FRCs.
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Entity 
Attorney-General's DepartmentDepartment of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Indigenous
Social Services
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