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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 53 of 2012–13)
Published: Tuesday 25 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of agencies’ arrangements for monitoring and implementing ANAO performance audit recommendations.
Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR); Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA); Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD); Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DIT)
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2012–13)
Published: Tuesday 25 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s administration of debt relief arrangements.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 51 of 2012–13)
Published: Monday 24 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s management of its property portfolio.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2012–13)
Published: Thursday 13 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) management and reporting of selected information relating to the goods and services tax and the fringe benefits tax.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2012–13)
Published: Tuesday 21 May 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office’s administration of environmental water holdings.
Entity
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2012–13)
Published: Wednesday 8 May 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board's implementation and administration of the regulatory arrangements for tax practitioners under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Tax Practitioners Board
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2012–13)
Published: Tuesday 7 May 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the awarding of funding for the construction of the Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADP) against the requirements of the Commonwealth's grants administration framework, which includes the Government’s policy requirements for the approval of grants, with a particular focus on the assessments undertaken of each proposed grant in terms of the guidelines for the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan (NUWDP); and identify any potential improvements in grants administration practices.
Entity
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities; Department of Finance and Deregulation; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2012–13)
Published: Thursday 21 February 2013
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s administration of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement Contractors Voluntary Exit Grants Program.
Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 17 of 2012–13)
Published: Tuesday 29 January 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the EEIG program. The focus of the audit was the preparation for, and conduct of, the first funding round of the program.
Entity
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2012–13)
Published: Tuesday 27 November 2012
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The objective of this audit was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the establishment, implementation and administration of the quarantined heritage component of the Local Jobs stream of the Jobs Fund. A particular focus was on the establishment of program objectives and the extent to which approved grants have demonstrably contributed to the cost-effective achievement of those objectives. The audit approach has been influenced by recent audits of grants administration which have emphasised the importance of transparent and accountable grant decision-making processes to the cost effective achievement of stated program objectives, and having regard for recent government decisions to enhance the framework applying to the administration of grants.
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Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2012–13)
Published: Thursday 20 September 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts for 2011.
Entity
Across Agencies