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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 55 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 23 June 2005
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The objective of the audit was to consider the status of workforce planning by APS agencies against the background of the ANAO's 2001 Better Practice Guide Planning for the Workforce of the Future, in light of there commendations made in the MAC Organisational Renewal 2001 and the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report Recruitmentand Training in the Australian Public Service 2003. Workforce planning was defined as a continuous process of shaping the workforce to ensure it is capable of delivering organisational objectives now and in the future.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2004–05)
Published: Monday 20 June 2005
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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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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 2 June 2005
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The objective of this audit was to assess the administration and implementation of the drought assistance measures. The audit focussed on EC, including prima facie EC, and key aspects of the additional drought assistance measures.
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Centrelink; The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2004–05)
Published: Friday 15 April 2005
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The objective of the audit was to evaluate the policies and practices of selected organisations to determine whether they had established sound arrangements for, and maintained effective control over, the administration of security incidents and investigations.
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Australian Crime Commission; Australian Customs Service; Australian Maritime Safety Authority; Child Support Agency; Department of Finance and Administration; Attorney-General’s Department
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 17 of 2004–05)
Published: Wednesday 15 December 2004
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The objective of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) was to examine and report on the planning and corporate governance for the new regional delivery model of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) program, jointly administered by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of the Environment and Heritage (the Agencies)
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Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry; Department of the Environment and Heritage
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 2004–05)
Published: Tuesday 23 November 2004
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The audit examined the financial management of all Special Appropriations in the period 1998-99 to 2002-03, with the exception of those related to Special Accounts and those administered by Government Business Enterprises. The audit objectives were to: identity all Special Appropriations and ascertain which entities are responsible for their financial management and reporting; and assess entities' financial management and reporting of Special Appropriations against the Commonwealth's financial management and reporting frameworks.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2004–05)
Published: Thursday 28 October 2004
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This audit is the first time that the ANAO has looked at superannuation payments to independent contractors. The audit examined whether Commonwealth organisations were identifying contracts that were wholly or principally for the labour of the contractor and meeting statutory superannuation obligations under the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988.
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