Browse our range of reports and publications including performance and financial statement audit reports, assurance review reports, information reports and annual reports.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2014–15)
Published: Tuesday 10 February 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s delivery of services to Australians travelling or residing abroad.
Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 39 of 2023–24)
Published: Monday 17 June 2024
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the evaluation of selected Australian Government pilot programs.
Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Department of Home Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 19 October 2016
Published
The objectives of the audit were to:
- assess the effectiveness of the ongoing administration of the Australian Government’s campaign advertising framework; and
- assess the effectiveness of the selected entities’ administration in developing advertising campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework applying at the time, and relevant legal and government policy requirements.
Entity
Department of Finance; Department of the Treasury; Department of Education and Training; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2017–18)
Published: Friday 11 May 2018
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Government’s personnel security arrangements for mitigating insider threats.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 26 of 2023–24)
Published: Wednesday 8 May 2024
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Home Affairs’ regulation of migration agents.
Entity
Department of Home Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2023–24)
Published: Thursday 13 June 2024
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess whether the design and administration of the Adult Migrant English Program was effective.
Entity
Department of Home Affairs; Linda Wyse and Associates
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2021–22)
Published: Wednesday 29 June 2022
Published
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s arrangements for the management of contractors.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2021–22)
Published: Wednesday 8 December 2021
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of international travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 19 September 2017
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of entities’ implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
Entity
Attorney-General’s Department; Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; Department of Social Services; Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 1 March 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services' administration of Early Intervention Services for Children with Disability.
Entity
Department of Social Services
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