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Performance audit reports

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. 20 of 2020–21)
Published: Tuesday 1 December 2020
Published

Management of the Australian Public Service’s Workforce Response to COVID-19

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of the Australian Public Service (APS) workforce in implementing the Australian Government’s COVID-19 priorities.

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Entity 
Australian Public Service Commission; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Contact 

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Cross Government
Prime Minister & Cabinet
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 31 August 2020
Published

Establishment and Use of ICT Related Procurement Panels and Arrangements

The objective of this audit was to assess the extent to which entities’ establishment and use of ICT related procurement panels and arrangements supported the achievement of value for money outcomes.

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Entity 
Across Entities
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Activity 
Procurement
Sector 
Cross Government
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 46 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 25 June 2020
Published

Implementation of ANAO and Parliamentary Committee Recommendations — Education and Health Portfolios

The audit objective was to examine whether selected entities in the Health and Education portfolios implemented the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit and other parliamentary inquiry report recommendations and agreed ANAO performance audit recommendations.

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Cross Government
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2019–20)
Published: Tuesday 23 June 2020
Published

Fraud Control Arrangements in the Department of Social Services

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services' fraud control arrangements.

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Entity 
Department of Social Services
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Cross Government
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2019–20)
Published: Monday 22 June 2020
Published

Fraud Control Arrangements in the Department of Home Affairs

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Home Affairs' fraud control arrangements.

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Entity 
Department of Home Affairs
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Cross Government
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2019–20)
Published: Friday 19 June 2020
Published

Fraud Control Arrangements in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's fraud control arrangements.

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Entity 
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Cross Government
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 16 April 2020
Published

Value for Money in the Delivery of Official Development Assistance through Facility Arrangements

The objective of this audit was to examine the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT’s) achievement of value for money objectives in the delivery of Official Development Assistance (aid) through facility arrangements.

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Entity 
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
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Activity 
Procurement
Sector 
Aid
Foreign Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 30 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 2 April 2020
Published

Bilateral Agreement Arrangements Between Services Australia and Other Entities

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of bilateral agreement arrangements between Services Australia and other entities.

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Across Entities
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Agriculture
Cross Government
Environment
Human Services
Social Services
Veterans' Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 20 February 2020
Published

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation Targets in Major Procurements

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the mandatory minimum requirements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in major government procurements in achieving policy objectives. 

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Entity 
Across Entities
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Activity 
Procurement
Sector 
Cross Government
Indigenous
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 2019–20)
Published: Wednesday 27 November 2019
Published

Commonwealth Resource Management Framework and the Clear Read Principle

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the clear read principle under the Commonwealth Resource Management Framework.

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Entity 
Across Entities
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Cross Government
Finance
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 31 October 2019
Published

Implementation of the Digital Continuity 2020 Policy

The objective of this audit was to examine the extent to which Australian Government entities have implemented the Digital Continuity 2020 policy, and how effectively the National Archives of Australia is monitoring, assisting, and encouraging entities to meet the specified targets of the policy.

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Entity 
Across Entities
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Activity 
Regulation
Sector 
Cross Government
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2019–20)
Published: Monday 9 September 2019
Published

Management of the Tourist Refund Scheme

The objective of this audit was to examine whether the Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) is being effectively administered, with the appropriate management of risks.

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Entity 
Department of Home Affairs; Department of the Treasury; Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Contact 

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Taxation
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2018–19)
Published: Friday 29 March 2019
Published

Addressing Illegal Phoenix Activity

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Phoenix Taskforce to combat illegal phoenix activities.

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Entity 
Across Entities
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Activity 
Regulation
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Cross Government
Employment
Taxation
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2016–17)
Published: Tuesday 23 May 2017
Published

Managing Underperformance in the Australian Public Service

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of underperformance in the Australian Public Service (APS) and identify opportunities for improvement.

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Across Entities
Contact 

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Agriculture
Attorney-General's
Cross Government
Industry
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Science
Social Services
Treasury
Veterans' Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 47 of 2016–17)
Published: Thursday 27 April 2017
Published

Strengthening Australia’s Tourism Industry

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness to date of the implementation of the Tourism 2020 strategy by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Tourism Australia.

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Entity 
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade); Tourism Australia
Contact 

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Tourism
Trade
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2014–15)
Published: Friday 5 June 2015
Published

Managing Australian Aid to Vanuatu

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s management of Australian aid to Vanuatu.

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Entity 
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Sector 
Aid
Foreign Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 39 of 2012–13)
Published: Tuesday 28 May 2013
Published

AusAID's Management of Infrastructure Aid to Indonesia

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of AusAID’s management of infrastructure aid to Indonesia, with a particular focus on the Eastern Indonesia National Roads Improvement Project and the Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative.

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Entity 
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Contact 

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Sector 
Aid
Foreign Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 2011–12)
Published: Thursday 8 September 2011
Published

Development and Implementation of Key Performance Indicators to Support the Outcomes and Programs Framework

The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively entities had developed and implemented appropriate KPIs to support stated program objectives.

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Entity 
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service; National Film and Sound Archive; Fair Work Australia; Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Sector 
Arts
Border
Customs
Employment
Environment
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2009–10)
Published: Wednesday 26 May 2010
Published

Effective Cross-Agency Agreements

The audit objective was to assess whether agreements between Australian Government (Commonwealth) agencies reflect sound administrative practices. To meet this objective, the audit reviewed current government policy and a range of better practice guidelines, conducted interviews with agencies and examined cross-agency agreements, to formulate suitable audit criteria and subsequently develop better practice principles.

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Sector 
Ageing
Agriculture
Attorney-General's
Communications
Defence
Energy
Environment
Finance
Foreign Affairs
Health
Human Services
Immigration
Infrastructure
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Regional Development
Research
Science
Social Services
Taxation
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2008–09)
Published: Wednesday 6 August 2008
Published

Tourism Australia

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Tourism Australia's governance arrangements, the management of its marketing contracts, and whether outcomes are being achieved. The audit reviewed Tourism Australia's:

  • procurement processes for selecting service providers;
  • management of service provider contracts; and
  • governance framework including planning, performance management and reporting.
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Entity 
Tourism Australia
Sector 
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 18 July 2007
Published

Electronic Travel Authority Follow-up Audit

The objective of this audit is to examine DIAC's implementation of the nine recommendations made in the earlier audit. The audit has also taken into account changed circumstances since the original audit. These include a heightened security environment after 11 September 2001 and the results of other relevant ANAO performance audit and financial statement work. The audit also examined ETA decision-making processes to gain assurance about its robustness in a changing risk environment. This issue came to attention in recent audits of visa management processes.

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Entity 
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Sector 
Border
Customs
Immigration
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 46 of 2006–07)
Published: Wednesday 20 June 2007
Published

Management of the Pharmaceutical Partnerships Program

The objective of this audit was to assess the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources' management of the Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program. The audit focused on how the department:

  • promoted the Program and assessed applications for funding;
  • managed the funding agreements; and
  • managed the Program's governance arrangements.
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Entity 
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Sector 
Industry
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 2005–06)
Published: Tuesday 13 June 2006
Published

Internet Security in Australian Government Agencies

The audit objective was to form an opinion on the adequacy of a select group of Australian Government agencies' management of Internet security, including following-up on agencies' implementation of recommendations from the ANAO's 2001 audit. The agencies audited were Australian Customs Service (ACS), Australian Federal Police (AFP), Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR) and Medicare Australia. Factors considered in selecting agencies were agency size based on funding levels, whether the agency was included in ANAO's 2001 audit (ACS, ARPANSA, and DEWR), whether the agency's ICT was managed in-house or outsourced, and the nature of the agency's website (that is, general or restricted access).

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across agencies
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Customs
Employment
Health
Science
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2005–06)
Published: Tuesday 31 January 2006
Published

Management of Net Appropriation Agreements

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.

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Entity 
Across Agencies
Sector 
Ageing
Agriculture
Attorney-General's
Education
Employment
Environment
Finance
Fisheries
Forestry
Health
Human Services
Immigration
Industry
Science
Taxation
Tourism
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2005–06)
Published: Monday 30 January 2006
Published

Reporting of Expenditure on Consultants

Parliamentary Committees, particularly Senate Estimates Committees, have for many years taken an interest in the use of consultants by Australian government agencies. In this context, and having regard to the extent of expenditure by FMA Act agencies on consultants, the objective of this audit was to assess the accuracy and completeness of Australian government agencies' reporting of expenditure on consultants.

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Entity 
across agency
Sector 
Ageing
Agriculture
Attorney-General's
Communications
Defence
Education
Employment
Environment
Finance
Foreign Affairs
Health
Immigration
Indigenous
Industry
Regional Development
Science
Social Services
Tourism
Trade
Transport
Veterans' Affairs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2005–06)
Published: Thursday 22 December 2005
Published

Cross Portfolio Audit of Green Office Procurement

The objective of the audit was to assess and report on the progress being made by agencies subject to the Financial Management & Accountability Act 1997 and entities subject to the Commonwealth Authorities & Companies Act 1997: in realising value for money from the procurement process, with a specific focus on buildings, services and products using whole of life cycle assessments; and in the consideration and management of environmental impacts in specifications and contracts. The emphasis of the audit was on green office procurement and sustainable business practices and the value for money within this context. As such, the audit report provides a status report on the implementation of ESD within the office environment of the Australian Government. The audit used a survey approach in conjunction with selected audit investigations to obtain information across 71 agencies and entities selected on the basis of materiality in procurement and coverage across large, medium and small organisations. The agencies selected represented approximately 35 per cent of all government bodies and over 95 per cent of all procurement spending noted on the Department of Finance and Administration (Finance) database on contracts.

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across agency
Sector 
Ageing
Agriculture
Attorney-General's
Centrelink
Communications
Customs
Defence
Education
Employment
Environment
Finance
Foreign Affairs
Health
Immigration
Indigenous
Industry
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Science
Social Services
Taxation
Tourism
Trade
Training
Treasury
Veterans' Affairs
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 2005–06)
Published: Tuesday 15 November 2005
Published

Administration of the R&D Start Program

The objective of the audit was to assess the Commonwealth's administration of the grants component of the R&D Start program. Lessons for the new Commercial Ready program have been identified in the audit. Accordingly, recommendations arising from this audit are directed, when appropriate, to the Commercial Ready program. As most financial assistance is in the form of grants, the loans component of the program was excluded from the audit.

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Entity 
Department of Industry Tourism and Resources; Industry Research and Development Board
Sector 
Industry
Research
Tourism
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2004–05)
Published: Monday 20 June 2005
Published

Legal Services Arrangements in the Australian Public Service

The objectives of the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) performance audit were to: examine the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies' procurement and management of legal services arrangements; determine adherence to Australian Government policy requirements; examine the effectiveness of the OLSC's monitoring of agencies' compliance with Government policy requirements; examine the OLSC's role in assisting agencies to comply with Government policy.

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Ageing
Agriculture
Arts
Attorney-General's
Communications
Defence
Education
Employment
Finance
Fisheries
Forestry
Health
Immigration
Indigenous
Industry
Regional Development
Science
Social Services
Taxation
Tourism
Training
Transport
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 10 March 2005
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Management of Business Support Service Contracts

The objectives of this audit were to examine the management of business support service contracts in selected agencies to: assess the effectiveness of business support service contract management in the transition, ongoing management and monitoring and succession planning stages of the contract management lifecycle; and identify examples of better practice and opportunities for improvement for individual agencies and Australian Government agencies more broadly.

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Australian Industrial Registry; ComSuper; Family Court of Australia; IP Australia; Department of Finance and Administration
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Finance
Industry
Tourism
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2003–04)
Published: Wednesday 13 August 2003
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Audit Activity Report: January to June 2003

The Audit Activity Report: January to June 2003 summarises the activity and outputs of the Australian National Audit Office for the second half of the 2002-03 reporting year. The Report outlines the key findings of performance and financial control audits, and summarises audits tabled and better practice guides published during January to June 2003.

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Australian National Audit Office; Parliament
Sector 
Cross Government
Parliament
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 63 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 30 June 2003
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Administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme

The objective of the audit was to assess the Commonwealth's administration of the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme (ACIS) . The audit reviewed program governance, scheme promotion and registration, management of credit allocations, and compliance processes.

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Department of Industry Tourism and Resources; Australian Customs Service
Sector 
Customs
Industry
Tourism
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 40 of 2002–03)
Published: Tuesday 22 April 2003
Published

R&D Tax Concession

The audit assessed DITR's and the ATO's administration of the R&D Tax Concession including review processes for registration and subsequent expenditure claims, by eligible companies. In particular, the audit focussed on measuring performance, risk management, and information systems including security and data integrity.

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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Industry Tourism and Resources
Sector 
Industry
Taxation
Tourism
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2002–03)
Published: Monday 21 October 2002
Published

Management of the Innovation Investment Fund Program

The IIF program is designed to redress the low level of provision in Australia of high risk venture capital for small new technology - based companies commercialising research and development. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the IIF program was being effectively managed by the Industry Research and Development (IR&D) Board and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources to achieve the program objectives. The audit focused on corporate governance arrangements for program administration, the selection process to award licences, the safeguards to protect the Commonwealth's financial interests, management of licence agreements, and program performance management. The audit also examined program results to date from available data.

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Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources; Industry Research and Development Board
Sector 
Industry
Tourism
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 1997–98)
Published: Tuesday 28 October 1997
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Aspects of Corporate Governance

The objectives of the audit were to determine the administrative changes made by the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) to implement the recommendations of recent administrative reviews and to identify how well the ATC is meeting its statutory objectives. The criteria used in conducting the audit included administrative improvements resulting from the ATC's response to recent reviews and the extent to which strategies and performance information address its statutory objectives.

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Australian Tourist Commission
Sector 
Industry
Tourism
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