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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 1999–2000)
Published: Friday 31 March 2000
Published
The audit reviewed the Commonwealth funding provided under the Home and Community Care Act 1985, for a range of personal, health and domestic services to frail aged and other people with disabilities and their carers. The objective of the audit was to form an opinion on the Department of Health and Aged Care's administration of the Home and Community Care program in particular to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the services.
Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 1999–2000)
Published: Monday 13 March 2000
Published
The objective of the performance audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of DIMA's business entry program against the background of the Business and Temporary Entry program objective, with particular regard to whether:
- the existing performance management mechanisms and compliance monitoring strategies support the achievement of program outcomes and outputs;
- the quality of decision-making;
- business processes facilitate prompt visa decision-making consistent with program objectives; and
- decision-making support mechanisms promote robust and timely decision-making.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 1999–2000)
Published: Wednesday 22 December 1999
Published
The audit reviewed the Commonwealth management and regulation of plasma fractionation. The audit objectives were to:
- assess the administrative and financial effectiveness of the Department of Health and Aged Care's contract management of the PFA;
- assess whether the TGA's implementation of post sale regulatory arrangements adequately protects the community's interests; and
- assess the extent to which agencies have implemented the recommendations made in Audit Report No.14 1995-96 concerning funding of plasma products and regulation of plasma products manufactured under the PFA.
Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 1999–2000)
Published: Thursday 22 July 1999
Published
All persons, other than Australian nationals, are required to hold a visa to enter and stay in Australia. This audit's focus is on the entry component of the visa process and specifically the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA). The ETA is an electronically-stored authority for travel, which facilitates the entry of tourists and short-term business travellers from countries where the risk of non-compliance with visa conditions is low, that is, in countries classified as ‘low risk'. The objective of the performance audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of the ETA.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 1999–2000)
Published: Tuesday 13 July 1999
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The audit reviewed the implementation of the purchaser/provider arrangements between the Department of Health and Aged Care and Centrelink. The objective of the audit was to determine the administrative effectiveness of the implementation of the service delivery arrangements between Centrelink and the Department by examining project planning for, and management of, the implementation, and the establishment of on-going purchaser/provider arrangements.
Entity
Centrelink; Department of Health and Aged Care