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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 1999
Published
The objective was to assess the extent to which staff reductions have been managed in a sound strategic and cost-effective manner consistent with the Government's guidelines and the ANAO's 1996 better practice guide Managing APS Staff Reductions. The audit focussed on 3 agencies - the Australian Taxation Office, the former Department of Primary Industry and Energy, and the former Department of Transport and Regional Development. The ANAO found that the majority of staff reductions were achieved through retrenchment rather than natural attrition; and that decisions on the number of retrenchments were not always supported by an assessment of the impact of the reductions on the agencies' abilities to conduct their business.
Entity
Public Service and Merit Protection Commission and Other Agencies
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 22 December 1998
Published
The audit addressed administration of migrant settlement services by DIMA, in particular:
- strategic management, including corporate planning, performance measurement and reporting arrangements; and
- operational management of some of the individual schemes operated by DIMA (the Adult English Migrant Program and Translating Interpreting Services were not covered as part of this audit).
Entity
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 1998–99)
Published: Thursday 17 December 1998
Published
The audit evaluated the effectiveness of the accountability and oversight arrangements for statutory bodies within the former Primary Industries and Energy portfolio (most of which are now part of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry portfolio). The audit focused on accountability of the statutory bodies to the Minister and through the Minister to Parliament; it did not directly address accountability to industry stakeholders and levy papers.
Entity
Across Agency
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 15 December 1998
Published
The audit reviewed six budget-funded agencies (Australian Customs Service, Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink, Department of Defence, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, and Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) and two off-budget entities (Airservices Australia and Reserve Bank of Australia). The ANAO also examined the Office for Government Online's (OGO, formerly the Office of Government Information Technology, or OGIT) whole-of-government coordination of the Commonwealth's Year 2000 efforts.
Entity
Australian Customs Service; Australian Taxation Office; Centrelink; Department of Defence; Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs; Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Type of content
Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 8 December 1998
Published
This summary audit report brings together the results of the audits of the financial statements of all Commonwealth organisations (that is, agencies and statutory authorities), and is provided to the Parliament to assist in its scrutiny of annual reports and in the consideration of each organisation's financial statements.
Entity
Across Agency