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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 1999
Published

Staff Reductions in the Australian Public Service

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.

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Public Service and Merit Protection Commission and Other Agencies
Sector 
Energy
Industry
Regional Development
Taxation
Transport
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 47 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 15 June 1999
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Energy Efficiency in Commonwealth Operations

The objectives of the audit were to form an opinion on the management of Commonwealth agencies' compliance with the Commonwealth's energy efficiency requirements and to identify areas for better practice in energy management. The audit focussed on:

  • the implementation of the Energy Policy by Commonwealth Agencies; promulgation and coordination of energy use targets;
  • energy and associated reporting by Commonwealth agencies;
  • identification, examination and analysis of systemic and procedural impediments to achieving the Energy Policy; and
  • development and discussion of ways to address these impediments.
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Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Australian Greenhouse Office
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Industry
Science
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 40 of 1998–99)
Published: Monday 24 May 1999
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Pharmaceutical Industry Investment Program - Assessment of Applicants

The Pharmaceutical Industry Investment Program (PIIP) is a scheme that was introduced to compensate the pharmaceutical industry, in part, for the impact of the Government exercising its monopsony power under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. The ANAO undertook an audit of the probity of the methodology and procedures applied by the Department in assessment of applicants for PIIP funding. The objectives of the audit were to assist the Department, at its request, in the timely identification of deficiencies in assessing responses from applicants and options for addressing any such deficiencies.

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Department of Industry, Science and Resources
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Industry
Science
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 1998–99)
Published: Wednesday 5 May 1999
Published

Management of Commonwealth Budgetary Processes: Preliminary Study

The objective of the preliminary study was to form a view regarding the quality of, and controls over, the Budget estimates and to inform the decision whether to proceed to a full performance audit at this time. On the basis of the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the budget process undertaken during the study, the ANAO concluded that there are no apparent systemic problems in the cash-based estimating processes in the agencies reviewed that would, in themselves, lead to material statistical inaccuracies in the Budget's projected outcomes. The ANAO decided not to proceed with a full performance audit at this time.

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Department of Family and Community Services; Australian Customs Service; Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of the Treasury; Department of Finance and Administration
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Customs
Finance
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Social Services
Treasury
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 22 December 1998
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Provision of Migrant Settlement Services by DIMA

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).
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Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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Immigration
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 15 December 1998
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Getting Over the Line: Selected Commonwealth Bodies' Management of the Year 2000 Problem.

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.

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Australian Customs Service; Australian Taxation Office; Centrelink; Department of Defence; Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs; Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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Centrelink
Customs
Defence
Education
Immigration
Taxation
Training
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 24 November 1998
Published

Postal Operations

The objective of this audit was to examine the efficiency and administrative effectiveness of processes the Australian Customs Service uses to screen incoming and outgoing mail. It also considers the involvement of other stakeholders such as Australia Post and Australian Quarantine Inspection Service.

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Australian Customs Service
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Attorney-General's
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