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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 51 of 2017–18)
Published: Wednesday 27 June 2018
Published

The Design, Implementation and Monitoring of Health's Savings Measures

The objective of this audit was to assess the department’s design, implementation and monitoring of select 2014–15 and 2015–16 Budget measures aimed at achieving $1.2 billion in savings and other benefits.

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Entity 
Department of Health
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 26 June 2018
Published

Primary Healthcare Grants under the Indigenous Australians’ Health Program

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health's design, implementation and administration of primary healthcare under the Indigenous Australians' Health Program (IAHP).

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Entity 
Department of Health
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Activity 
Grants administration
Sector 
Health
Indigenous
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 25 June 2018
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Senate Order for Departmental and Entity Contracts (Financial Year 2016–17 Compliance)

The objective of this 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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Australian Electoral Commission (AEC); Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA); Department of Home Affairs; Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities;
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Governance
Sector 
Customs
Environment
Finance
Immigration
Infrastructure
Regional Development
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 48 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 19 June 2018
Published

Compliance with Foreign Investment Obligations for Residential Real Estate

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) and Treasury’s management of compliance with foreign investment obligations for residential real estate.

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Treasury; Australian Taxation Office
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Regulation
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2017–18)
Published: Thursday 24 May 2018
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Effectiveness of Monitoring and Payment Arrangements under National Partnership Agreements

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of monitoring and payment arrangements under National Partnership Agreements.

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Across Entities
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Governance
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Agriculture
Health
Infrastructure
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Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 21 May 2018
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Efficiency through Contestability Programme

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Efficiency through Contestability Programme in supporting entities to improve the efficient delivery of government functions.

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Policy development
Sector 
Employment
Finance
Foreign Affairs
Health
Social Services
Trade
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2017–18)
Published: Friday 11 May 2018
Published

Mitigating Insider Threats through Personnel Security

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Government’s personnel security arrangements for mitigating insider threats.

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Across Entities
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Governance
Sector 
Attorney-General's
Defence
Health
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 23 April 2018
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Corporate Planning in the Australian Public Sector 2017–18

The audit objective was to assess entities’ progress in implementing the corporate planning requirement under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related PGPA Rule 2014.

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Department of the Treasury; Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
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Attorney-General's
Industry
Prime Minister & Cabinet
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Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2017–18)
Published: Wednesday 28 March 2018
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Implementation of the Annual Performance Statements Requirements 2016–17

The objective of the audit was to continue to examine the progress of the implementation of the annual performance statements requirements under the PGPA Act and the PGPA Rule by the selected entities. The audit was also designed to:

  • provide insights to entities more broadly, to encourage improved performance; and
  • continue the development of the ANAO’s methodology to support the possible future implementation of annual audits of performance statements.
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Governance
Sector 
Employment
Energy
Environment
Finance
Foreign Affairs
Health
Trade
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 19 March 2018
Published

Funding Models for Threatened Species Management

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy’s design of the Threatened Species Prospectus.

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Department of the Environment and Energy
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Activity 
Policy development
Sector 
Environment
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 20 February 2018
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Unscheduled Taxation System Outages

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has effectively responded to recent unscheduled information technology (IT) system outages.

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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Taxation
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2017–18)
Published: Wednesday 13 December 2017
Published

The Australian Taxation Office’s Use of Settlements

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s use of settlements to resolve taxpayer disputes.

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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 12 December 2017
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Low Emissions Technologies for Fossil Fuels

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science in administering the low emission technologies for fossil fuels (LETFF) program.

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Entity 
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Environment
Industry
Science
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 2017–18)
Published: Wednesday 22 November 2017
Published

Costs and Benefits of the Reinventing the ATO Program

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's processes for estimating and monitoring the costs, savings and benefits associated with the Reinventing the ATO program.

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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 22 August 2017
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Efficiency of the Australia Council’s Administration of Grants

The audit objective was to determine whether selected grant programs are being administered efficiently by the Australia Council in relation to suitable comparators. The selected grant programs are collectively known as the Australia Council Grants Program.

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Australia Council; Department of Social Services; National Health and Medical Research Council
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Activity 
Grants administration
Sector 
Arts
Communications
Health
Social Services
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 15 August 2017
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The Management of Risk by Public Sector Entities

The audit objective was to assess how effectively the selected public sector entities manage risk.

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Department of Employment; Department of Health; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Australian Fisheries Management Authority
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Agriculture
Communications
Employment
Health
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 10 July 2017
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Accounting and Reporting of Australia’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates and Projections

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy’s arrangements for the preparation and reporting of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions estimates and projections.

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Entity 
Department of the Environment and Energy
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Energy
Environment
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2000–01)
Published: Friday 15 June 2001
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The National Cervical Screening Program

The ANAO concluded that DHAC's administration of the National Cervical Screening Program is generally sound. The ANAO found that the department has a key role in the Program by providing secretariat services and other support to the NAC, which provides policy advice to AHMAC, and by supporting initiatives to further develop the Program. Some areas of DHAC's administration of the Program provide examples of good practice. Related examples are the early identification of the need to monitor the Program, the early identification of possible data sources for monitoring, and the use of an independent body to provide advice, through the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, on performance indicators and data sources. A further example is DHAC's administration of the provision of cervical screening funding assistance to the States and Territories through Public Health Outcome Funding Agreements, which complies with the principles for sound Specific Purpose Payments program administration advocated by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit in their Report 362. On the other hand, the ANAO has identified areas for improvement in quality assurance for the analysis of Pap smears by pathology laboratories.

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Department of Health and Aged Care
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 12 June 2001
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Information Technology in the Health Insurance Commission

The audit was conducted as a joint financial statement and performance audit of HIC's IT systems. The objective of the financial statement component of the audit was to express an opinion on whether HIC could rely on its IT systems to support production of a reliable set of balances for the financial statements. The objective of the performance audit component was to determine whether HIC's IT systems' outputs met quality and service delivery targets.

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Entity 
Health Insurance Commission
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 46 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2001
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ATO Performance Reporting under the Outcomes and Outputs Framework

The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the ATO's management of its performance reporting within the outcomes and outputs framework and to identify potential areas for improvement in specifying, measuring, administering and reporting under that framework.

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Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2000–01)
Published: Friday 1 June 2001
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Performance Information Commonwealth Financial Assistance under the Natural Heritage Trust

The audit examined the design, management and reporting of performance information for the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) which is administered by the Commonwealth Departments of Environment and Heritage, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The objective of the audit was to examine and report on the performance information used to support the administration of $1.5 billion in Commonwealth financial assistance; and compliance with legislative requirements for performance monitoring and reporting.

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Entity 
Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry - Australia; Department of the Environment and Heritage; Department of Agriculture
Sector 
Agriculture
Environment
Fisheries
Forestry
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 23 May 2001
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The Use of Audit in Compliance Management of Individual Taxpayers

The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's use of audit of individual taxpayers as part of its approach to encouraging taxpayer compliance. The objective of the audit was to examine the use of audit as an element of the compliance management function within the Individuals Non-Business line of the ATO.

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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 29 November 2000
Published

Australian Taxation Office Internal Fraud Control Arrangements

The objective of this audit was to assess the administration of internal fraud control arrangements in the ATO and to identify areas with potential for improvement as well as identified better practice. To achieve this objective the ANAO focussed on five key areas. These were:

  • the application of the ATO's corporate governance processes to the internal fraud control activities;
  • the prevention of internal fraud within the ATO;
  • the related use of information technology to minimise fraud risks;
  • the detection of internal fraud within the ATO; and
  • ATO fraud investigation procedures and practices.
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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 29 August 2000
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The Australian Taxation Office's Use of AUSTRAC Data

The audit objective was to examine the administrative effectiveness of the ATO's use of AUSTRAC data. The audit reviewed the use of AUSTRAC data across three of the ATO Business Service Lines (BSLs) namely, Large Business and International (LB&I), Small Business (SB) and Individuals Non Business (INB). These are the most significant BSLs in terms of revenue collection. The audit focussed on the ATO's use of AUSTRAC data at the strategic and operational levels and its management of AUSTRAC data. Aspects examined include the ATO's relationship with AUSTRAC as well as training, data quality, data privacy and security issues.

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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office
Sector 
Taxation
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 23 August 2000
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Fraud Control Arrangements in the Department of Health and Aged Care

The objective of the audit was to assess the framework and systems that DHAC has in place to prevent, control, monitor, detect and investigate fraud. The ANAO concluded that DHAC had taken appropriate steps to protect Commonwealth resources under its administration from fraudulent misappropriation by developing a sound fraud control framework, the effectiveness of which is illustrated by the relatively low incidence of reported fraud in the department over the last few years. The framework also includes key elements for preventing and dealing with fraud in line with the Commonwealth's Fraud Control Policy.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Aged Care
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 25 July 2000
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Drug Evaluation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration - Follow-up Audit

The follow-up audit, Drug Evaluation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration [TGA], reviewed the extent to which TGA had implemented recommendations made by the ANAO in 1996 on the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of TGA's evaluation and approval of prescription drugs for public use. This follow-up audit was conducted because of the importance of effective drug evaluation processes to public health.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Aged Care; Therapeutic Goods Administration
Sector 
Ageing
Health
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