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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. 36 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published

Administration of the Financial Information Service

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Services' administration of the Financial Information Service.

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Entity 
Department of Human Services
Contact 

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Activity 
Service delivery
Sector 
Human Services
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 4 May 2016
Published

Implementing the Deregulation Agenda: Cutting Red Tape

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of selected departments’ implementation of deregulation initiatives.

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Entity 
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Communications and the Arts; Department of Health; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Contact 

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Communications
Health
Industry
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Science
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 15 March 2016
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Delivery and Evaluation of Grant Programmes

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the selected entities:

  • management of the delivery of projects awarded funding under four programmes where ANAO has previously audited the application assessment and selection processes; and
  • development and implementation of evaluation strategies for each of those programmes.
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Entity 
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Department of Industry and Science; Department of Social Services
Contact 

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Activity 
Grants administration
Sector 
Industry
Infrastructure
Regional Development
Science
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 1 March 2016
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Early Intervention Services for Children with Disability

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services' administration of Early Intervention Services for Children with Disability.

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Entity 
Department of Social Services
Contact 

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Activity 
Service delivery
Sector 
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 18 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 21 January 2016
Published

Qualifying for the Disability Support Pension

The audit objective was to assess the Department of Social Services and the Department of Human Services’ administration of Disability Support Pension eligibility and review processes.

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Entity 
Department of Social Services; Department of Human Services
Contact 

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Activity 
Service delivery
Sector 
Human Services
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 3 December 2015
Published

Administration of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s and the Department of Human Services’ management and administration of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.

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Entity 
Department of Health; Department of Human Services
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Activity 
Service delivery
Sector 
Health
Human Services
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 18 November 2015
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Administration of the National Rental Affordability Scheme

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services' (DSS) administration of the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), with a focus on the assessment of applications, and management of reserved allocations.

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Entity 
Department of Social Services
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Activity 
Service delivery
Sector 
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 30 September 2015
Published

Confidentiality in Government Contracts: Senate Order for Departmental and Entity Contracts (Calendar Year 2014 Compliance)

The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.

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Entity 
Department of Finance; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Social Services; Department of Veterans' Affairs
Contact 

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Finance
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Social Services
Veterans' Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 14 July 2015
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Regulation of Unsolicited Communications

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s regulation of unsolicited communications.

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Entity 
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Contact 

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Activity 
Regulation
Sector 
Communications
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 8 July 2015
Published

Procurement Initiatives to Support Outcomes for Indigenous Australians

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of procurement initiatives to support opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

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Entity 
Department of Defence; Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Employment; Department of Industry and Science; and Department of Education and Training
Contact 

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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Defence
Education
Employment
Human Services
Indigenous
Industry
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Science
Social Services
Taxation
Training
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2005–06)
Published: Thursday 29 June 2006
Published

Management of selected Telstra Social Bonus 2 and Telecommunications Service Inquiry Response Programs

The audit objectives were to examine the extent to which selected TSB2 and TSI Response programs: are achieving or had achieved their objectives; and had been administered effectively by DCITA according to better practice principles. To evaluate this aspect, the audit assessed DCITA's compliance with the better practice principles outlined in the Administration of Grants Better Practice Guide (May 2002) produced by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO). There are 19 separate principles covered under the broad areas of: Planning for effective grant programs; Selecting projects; Managing and monitoring funding deeds; and Evaluating and reporting grant program performance.

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Entity 
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Sector 
Arts
Communications
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 47 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 21 June 2006
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Funding for Communities and Community Organisations

The objective of the audit was to assess whether FaCSIA administers grants effectively, according to better practice guidelines, and consistently across geographic areas and the range of programmes included in the scope of the audit. The scope of the audit included grants administered by FaCSIA between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2005, relating to programmes falling within four of the five groups of programmes providing funding for families and communities namely: Community Support; Family Assistance; Childcare Support; and Youth and Student Support. In total, these groups involved total expenditure of some $533 million in 2004–05.

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Entity 
Department of Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Indigenous
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 46 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 14 June 2006
Published

Commonwealth State Housing Agreement Follow-up Audit

The objective of this follow-up audit was to review FaCSIA's progress in implementing the recommendations of Audit Report No.17 1999–2000. The focus was whether FaCSIA had maintained or improved its oversight, coordination and administration of the CSHA for both the 1999 CSHA and the 2003 CSHA, in line with the recommendations and findings identified in the previous ANAO audit.

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Department of Families Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Sector 
Indigenous
Social Services
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 31 May 2006
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Assuring Centrelink Payment - The Role of the Random Sample Survey Programme

The overall objective of the audit was to assess whether the RSS Programme is effective and efficient in providing assurance on the levels of payment error and the resultant risks to the integrity of Australian Government outlays for payments administered by Centrelink. Specifically, the audit assessed whether: the RSS Programme meets the objectives outlined for it in the Portfolio Budget Statements under which funding was provided; there is an adequate methodology underpinning the RSS reviews; the RSS reviews are conducted effectively and efficiently, and adequate quality assurance mechanisms exist to assure the results obtained from the RSS reviews; and reporting by the agencies of the results of the RSS Programme is adequate and takes into consideration the issues identified in Audit Report No. 44 2002–03 Review of the Parenting Payment Single Program, and Audit Report No. 17 2002–03 Age Pension Entitlements.

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Entity 
Department of Family Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Department of Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Education Science and Training; Centrelink
Sector 
Centrelink
Education
Employment
Indigenous
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 39 of 2005–06)
Published: Thursday 11 May 2006
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Artbank, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

The objectives of the audit were to provide assurance that Artbank was effectively meeting its charter of: acquiring art by contemporary artists; expanding the number of public places that Artbank's collection is rented and displayed; and managing its collection and rental scheme. The audit also examined Artbank's governance arrangements, and its programmes for marketing, client development, performance management, budgeting, debt management and also sought client feedback on Artbank's operations via a survey.

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Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Australia; Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts
Sector 
Agriculture
Arts
Communications
Fisheries
Forestry
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2005–06)
Published: Monday 30 January 2006
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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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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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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 26 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 25 January 2006
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Forms for Individual Service Delivery

The ANAO conducted fieldwork in each of the audited agencies to identify the processes they used to design and review forms. The ANAO also identified the extent to which the agencies' forms are available online and their approaches to placing forms online.

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Entity 
Australian Bureau of Statistics; Centrelink; Child Support Agency; Medicare Australia
Sector 
Centrelink
Health
Social Services
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2005–06)
Published: Thursday 22 December 2005
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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. 14 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 19 October 2005
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Administration of the Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement

The audit assessed whether FaCS effectively undertakes its coordination, monitoring and other roles according to the CSTDA. The audit examined all disability services provided for under the CSTDA, except for disability employment services. The ANAO met relevant officers from FaCS' national office and State and Territory offices, and with 22 stakeholder organisations including: advocacy groups; peak national and State bodies representing the interests of disability service providers and people with disabilities; members of national and State Disability Advisory Bodies funded by FaCS; State and Territory governments; relevant Australian Government agencies; In particular, the Department of Health and Ageing and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. and local government bodies. Fieldwork for the audit was primarily undertaken during the period September 2004 to February 2005.

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Entity 
Department of Family and Community Services
Sector 
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2005–06)
Published: Thursday 29 September 2005
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The Senate Order for Departmental and Agency Contacts (Calender Year 2004 Compliance)

The objectives of the audit were to assess agency performance in relation to compiling their Internet listings as required by the Senate Order and the appropriateness of the use of confidentiality provisions in Commonwealth contracts. The audit involved a detailed examination in seven agencies of the processes used to compile their Internet listings and the use of confidentiality provisions in contracts.

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Entity 
Across Entities
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Customs
Immigration
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Regional Development
Social Services
Transport
Veterans' Affairs
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2005–06)
Published: Thursday 4 August 2005
Published

Post Sale Management of Privatised Rail Business Contractual Rights and Obligations

The objectives of the audit were to assess the Commonwealth's management of contractual rights and obligations under the Sale Agreements. In particular the audit sought to: assess the Commonwealth's management of contractual warranties and indemnities; assess DoTARS' management of each purchaser's compliance with contractual commitments to capital expenditure; and examine the effectiveness of the development and management of contractual arrangements for concessional rail passenger travel provided by the Commonwealth.

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Entity 
Department of Transport and Regional Services; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Department of Family and Community Services
Sector 
Social Services
Transport
Veterans' Affairs
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