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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 15 March 2016
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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.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Department of Industry and Science; Department of Social Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2015–16)
Published: Monday 22 February 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the arrangements established by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), a division of the Department of the Environment, to support Australia’s Antarctic Program.
Entity
Department of the Environment
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 17 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 20 January 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development’s design and implementation of the first funding round of the Bridges Renewal Programme.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 10 November 2015
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment’s and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service’s management of compliance with the wildlife trade regulations under Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Entity
Department of the Environment; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 13 August 2015
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s regulation of permits and approvals within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Entity
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2011–12)
Published: Tuesday 5 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of DSEWPaC's administration of PIIOP, including the acquisition of water access entitlements and progress towards achieving the program's objectives.
Entity
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2011–12)
Published: Wednesday 8 February 2012
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The audit objectives were:
- to assess the effectiveness of the revised certification process in promoting compliance of government advertising campaigns (campaigns) with the March 2010 Guidelines on Information and Advertising Campaigns by Australian Government Departments and Agencies (2010 Guidelines);
- to assess the effectiveness of agency administration in developing campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework;
- to assess the effectiveness of Finance’s administration of the campaign advertising framework; and
- to assess the effect on campaigns of an exemption from the 2010 Guidelines.
Entity
Across Agencies
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2011–12)
Published: Tuesday 7 February 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency’s implementation and administration of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme.
Entity
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2011–12)
Published: Tuesday 24 January 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the implementation and effectiveness of the enhanced grants administration requirements for:
- reporting to the Finance Minister on the awarding of grants within their own electorate by Ministers who are Members of the House of Representatives;
- reporting to the Finance Minister on instances where Ministers have decided to approve a particular grant which the relevant agency has recommended be rejected; and
- the website reporting of grants awarded.
Entity
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Department of Infrastructure and Transport; Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2011–12)
Published: Thursday 3 November 2011
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of FaHCSIA’s administration of the HAF. To address this objective, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) assessed FaHCSIA’s administration against a range of audit criteria, including the extent to which:
- assessment and approval processes were soundly planned and implemented, and were consistent with the requirements of the overarching financial management framework;
- appropriately structured funding agreements were established and managed for each approved grant; and
- the performance of the HAF, including each of the funded projects, was actively monitored and reported.
Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities