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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 2011–12)
Published: Thursday 8 September 2011
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively entities had developed and implemented appropriate KPIs to support stated program objectives.
Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service; National Film and Sound Archive; Fair Work Australia; Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2008–09)
Published: Wednesday 6 August 2008
Published
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.
Entity
Tourism Australia
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 18 July 2007
Published
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.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2004–05)
Published: Monday 20 June 2005
Published
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.
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 10 March 2005
Published
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.
Entity
Australian Industrial Registry; ComSuper; Family Court of Australia; IP Australia; Department of Finance and Administration
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 1997–98)
Published: Tuesday 28 October 1997
Published
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.
Entity
Australian Tourist Commission