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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 31 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published

Administration of Higher Education Loan Program Debt and Repayments

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debts and repayments.

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Entity 
Australian Taxation Office (ATO); Department of Education and Training
Contact 

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Activity 
Service delivery
Sector 
Education
Taxation
Training
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2015–16)
Published: Monday 22 February 2016
Published

Supporting the Australian Antarctic Program

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the arrangements established by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), a division of the Department of the Environment, to support Australia’s Antarctic Program.

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Entity 
Department of the Environment
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Activity 
Governance
Sector 
Environment
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 10 December 2015
Published

Managing Compliance with Visa Conditions

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) management of compliance with visa conditions. To form a conclusion against this objective, the ANAO assessed whether DIBP:

  • effectively manages risk and intelligence related to visa holders’ non-compliance with their visa conditions;
  • promotes voluntary compliance through targeted campaigns and services that are appropriate and accessible to the community;
  • conducts onshore compliance activities that are effective and appropriately targeted; and
  • has effective administrative arrangements to support visa holders’ compliance with their visa conditions.
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Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Regulation
Sector 
Border
Immigration
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 10 November 2015
Published

Managing Compliance with the Wildlife Trade Provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment’s and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service’s management of compliance with the wildlife trade regulations under Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

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Entity 
Department of the Environment; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Regulation
Sector 
Border
Customs
Environment
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 13 August 2015
Published

Regulation of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Permits and Approvals

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s regulation of permits and approvals within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

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Entity 
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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Regulation
Sector 
Environment
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 8 July 2015
Published

Procurement Initiatives to Support Outcomes for Indigenous Australians

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of procurement initiatives to support opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

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Entity 
Department of Defence; Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Employment; Department of Industry and Science; and Department of Education and Training
Contact 

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Governance
Sector 
Defence
Education
Employment
Human Services
Indigenous
Industry
Prime Minister & Cabinet
Science
Social Services
Taxation
Training
Treasury
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2006–07)
Published: Tuesday 26 June 2007
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The Higher Education Loan Programme

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of procedures and processes used by DEST and the ATO to record HECS–HELP student loans. To achieve this, the ANAO assessed the performance of DEST and the ATO against three criteria as follows:

  • DEST monitored student contributions set by higher education providers for consistency with Australian Government policy;
  • DEST paid HECS–HELP advance payments to higher education providers based on sound estimates, and recorded, reconciled and reported these payments; and
  • the ATO has established procedures and processes to correctly record HECS–HELP loans against student tax records.
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Education
Science
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2006–07)
Published: Thursday 14 June 2007
Published

Management of Tribunal Operations-Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tribunals' management of their operations. To this end, the audit examined whether the MRT and the RRT:

  • have achieved intended operational efficiencies from the introduction of common facilities, services and resourcing;
  • have established appropriate arrangements for governance, business planning and guidance of Members and staff, and for performance monitoring and reporting of Tribunal operations;
  • finalise cases within Tribunal time and productivity standards; and
  • provide applicants with services in accordance with service standards.

The audit covered Tribunal operations for review of visa decisions. The correctness of individual decisions was not assessed as part of the audit.

The audit focused particularly on developments in the Tribunals' management performance in the four year period from 2001–02 to 2004–05.

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Migration Review Tribunal; Refugee Review Tribunal
Sector 
Immigration
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2006–07)
Published: Thursday 17 May 2007
Published

Administration of the Health Requirement of the Migration Act 1958

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DIAC's administration of the health requirement of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act). To achieve this objective, the ANAO examined whether DIAC was setting and implementing the health requirement in accordance with the Act, the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations), and DIAC's own guidelines.

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Entity 
Department of Health and Ageing
Sector 
Ageing
Health
Immigration
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 2006–07)
Published: Wednesday 2 May 2007
Published

Preparations for the Re-tendering of DIAC's Detention and Health Services Contracts

The audit objective was to assess whether the early stages of DIAC's preparations for the re-tendering of the detention and health services contracts were consistent with sound practice. The audit focused on governance arrangements, in particular the recordkeeping arrangements, roles and responsibilities of personnel, expert advisors and the probity auditor—matters raised in the previous audit report. The audit did not examine the RFT, which is not due to be issued until April 2007.

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Entity 
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Sector 
Immigration
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 31 of 2006–07)
Published: Thursday 29 March 2007
Published

The Conservation and Protection of National Threatened Species and Ecological Communities

The objective of the audit was to assess and report on the administration of the Act by the department in terms of protecting and conserving threatened species and threatened ecological communities in Australia.

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Entity 
Department of the Environment and Water Resources
Sector 
Environment
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2006–07)
Published: Tuesday 6 February 2007
Published

Application of the Outcomes and Outputs Framework

The objective of the audit was to assess the application of the outcomes and outputs framework in Australian Government agencies. The audit included a review of:

  • the outcomes and outputs of agencies and the integration of the outcomes and outputs framework into agencies' operations;
  • the extent to which agencies' performance indicators incorporated better practice characteristics to enable agencies to meet their performance reporting obligations;
  • agencies' processes for capturing, monitoring and reporting financial and performance information and the extent to which outcomes and outputs information was used in agency decision-making; and
  • the extent that agencies met their external reporting and accountability obligations.

The audit consisted of a survey of 44 agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act) undertaken in October 2005 and detailed audit testing in three of those agencies. The purpose of the survey was to provide cross-agency data in relation to agencies' implementation of the framework during the period 2002–03 to 2005–06. The ANAO received responses from all 44 agencies, although not all agencies responded to all questions. The ANAO did not audit the information provided by survey participants and the reported results are based on agencies' responses to the survey.

The agencies at which detailed audit testing was undertaken were:

  • Department of Education Science and Training;
  • the then Department of the Environment and Heritage; and
  • IP Australia.
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Entity 
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Sector 
Education
Environment
Finance
Industry
Science
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2006–07)
Published: Wednesday 31 January 2007
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Implementation of the revised Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines

The objective of the audit was to:

  • assess, in a selection of FMA Act and CAC Act agencies, how well the revised Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines had been implemented; and
  • identify any better practice or common problem areas to assist other agencies in their future procurement activities.

The audit focused on procurement requirements that had changed as a result of the revised CPGs, rather than being a more general audit of compliance with all procurement requirements.
The audit was conducted in the following entities:

  • Australian Federal Police;
  • Bureau of Meteorology;
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO);
  • Department of Defence;
  • Department of Education, Science & Training;
  • Family Court of Australia; and
  • National Museum of Australia.
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Sector 
Arts
Attorney-General's
Communications
Defence
Education
Environment
Finance
Industry
Science
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 2006–07)
Published: Thursday 7 December 2006
Published

Regulation of Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the APVMA is performing its key regulatory functions effectively. In particular, the audit examined the APVMA's arrangements for:

  • planning and overseeing the delivery of regulatory functions;
  • registering pesticides and veterinary medicines in a timely manner;
  • obtaining external scientific advice to support the registration function;
  • monitoring the quality of pesticides and veterinary medicines approved for sale in Australia; and
  • administering its cost recovery framework.
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Entity 
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
Sector 
Agriculture
Environment
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2006–07)
Published: Tuesday 17 October 2006
Published

Visa Management: Working Holiday Makers

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the WHM programme is administered effectively and in accordance with relevant laws and policies. In particular, the ANAO focused on four key areas: the implementation of eWHM visa; authority for the WHM programme; decision-making for WHM visas; and programme performance information. A feature of the audit was the computer-aided scrutiny of over 300 000 visa application records to test DIMA's decision-making processes.

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Entity 
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Sector 
Immigration
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Type of content 
Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 2006–07)
Published: Thursday 28 September 2006
Published

The Senate Order for the Departmental and Agency Contracts

The objectives of the audit were to assess agency performance in relation to compiling their Internet contract listings as required by the Senate Order and the appropriateness of the use of confidentiality provisions in Commonwealth contracts. The audit involved a review in seven agencies of the processes used to compile their Internet contract listings and the use of confidentiality provisions in contracts.

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Sector 
Agriculture
Attorney-General's
Education
Foreign Affairs
Science
Trade
Training
Treasury
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