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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2012–13)
Published: Friday 31 May 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the awarding of funding under the Supported Accommodation Innovation Fund against the requirements of the Commonwealth’s grants administration framework.
Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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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. 35 of 2012–13)
Published: Thursday 16 May 2013
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The audit objective was to assess whether Australian Government agencies were effectively controlling the use of credit cards for official purposes.
Entity
Australian Trade Commission; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Geoscience Australia
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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.
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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
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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.
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Across Agencies