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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2007–08)
Published: Thursday 19 June 2008
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The objective of this follow-up audit was to examine Centrelink's progress in implementing the recommendations of the 2004–05 audit and the subsequent JCPAA inquiry.
Entity
Centrelink; Department of Employment, and Workplace Relations; Department of Families, Housing and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 18 June 2008
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of personnel security arrangements at selected Australian Government organisations, including whether they satisfied the requirements of the PSM.
To address this objective, the audit examined the extent to which the selected organisations implemented the 14 recommendations from the three previous reports.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2007–08)
Published: Tuesday 3 June 2008
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether agencies had effectively administered credit cards, including having complied with legislative and internal requirements.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2007–08)
Published: Tuesday 22 April 2008
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The objective of the audit was to review selected Defence public works projects submitted in the three year period ending mid 2007 to assess whether they had been submitted in accordance with the Committee's prevailing requirements for notification and review prior to entering into financial commitments for public works. The audit also examined the procedures applied by Defence to refer public works projects to the Committee, and identified administrative practices that may improve adherence with relevant legislative and administrative referral requirements.
Entity
Department of Defence
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 23 January 2008
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The objective of the audit was to examine the accuracy of Medicare claims processing, including the adequacy and operation of relevant manual and system processes. The audit assessed the:
- adequacy and operation of relevant manual and system controls used to support the reliable processing of Medicare claims, and
- accuracy of the assessing and processing of Medicare claims, using Computer Aided Audit Techniques (CAATs).
Entity
Medicare Australia
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 17 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 19 December 2007
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The overall objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Refresh and, in particular:
- the extent to which Centrelink has used the funds invested by the Government to develop its IT capability and realise the anticipated service delivery, financial and other benefits; and
- how Centrelink's programme management approach and Refresh's oversight arrangements have contributed to the achievement of the outcomes of the programme.
Entity
Centrelink
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2007–08)
Published: Friday 30 November 2007
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The objective of the audit was to examine the integrity of electronic records stored on the CSA's database—Cuba—and to report on the effectiveness of CSA's management of the data.
Entity
Department of Human Services; Child Support Agency
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 31 October 2007
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The audit follows on from Audit Report No. 45 2004-2005, Management of Selected Defence Systems Program Offices, May 2005. That report is being considered by the JCPAA, as part of its current inquiry into Defence Financial Management and Equipment Acquisition at the Department of Defence and DMO.
Entity
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 3 October 2007
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The objective of the audit was to determine whether the POI information recorded by Centrelink accords with relevant policy and thereby effectively supports informed decision-making regarding eligibility for the payment of various benefits to Centrelink customers
Entity
Centrelink; Department of Human Services
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2007–08)
Published: Wednesday 18 July 2007
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The objective of this audit is to examine DIAC's implementation of the nine recommendations made in the earlier audit. The audit has also taken into account changed circumstances since the original audit. These include a heightened security environment after 11 September 2001 and the results of other relevant ANAO performance audit and financial statement work. The audit also examined ETA decision-making processes to gain assurance about its robustness in a changing risk environment. This issue came to attention in recent audits of visa management processes.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Citizenship