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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2018–19)
Published: Friday 21 June 2019
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Director of National Parks’ management of Australia’s six Commonwealth national parks.
Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy; Director of National Parks
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 41 of 2018–19)
Published: Wednesday 29 May 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the coordination arrangements of key Australian Government entities operating in Torres Strait.
Entity
Across entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 39 of 2018–19)
Published: Wednesday 22 May 2019
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The audit’s objective was to determine if the Bureau of Meteorology’s processes support the delivery of effective extreme weather services.
Entity
Bureau of Meteorology
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2018–19)
Published: Tuesday 14 May 2019
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether selected regulatory entities effectively apply the cost recovery principles of the Australian Government’s cost recovery framework. The selected regulatory entities were the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, and the Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration).
Entity
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Australian Maritime Safety Authority; Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2018–19)
Published: Thursday 2 May 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance board in the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
Entity
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2018–19)
Published: Tuesday 30 April 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance board in the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Entity
Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2018–19)
Published: Thursday 21 February 2019
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The objective of the audit was to examine the extent to which the Department of Human Services (Human Services) has implemented the recommendations made by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) in Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2014–15 Management of Smart Centres’ Centrelink Telephone Services; as well as Human Services’ performance against call wait time and call blocking metrics.
Entity
Department of Human Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2018–19)
Published: Monday 11 February 2019
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The objective of the audit was to examine the efficiency of the processing of applications for citizenship by conferral by the Department of Home Affairs.
Entity
Department of Home Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2018–19)
Published: Wednesday 16 January 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the award of a $443.3 million grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation was informed by appropriate departmental advice and through processes that complied with the grants administration framework.
Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 18 of 2018–19)
Published: Monday 17 December 2018
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Clean Energy Regulator’s administration of the Renewable Energy Target scheme.
Entity
Clean Energy Regulator
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 17 of 2018–19)
Published: Monday 17 December 2018
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The objective of the audit was to continue to examine the progress of the implementation of the annual performance statements requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 (PGPA Rule) by selected entities.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2018–19)
Published: Thursday 13 December 2018
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The objective of this audit was to assess the Australian Public Service Commission’s and selected entities’ implementation of the Australian Government’s Workplace Bargaining Framework.
Entity
Across entities (listed below)
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 2018–19)
Published: Thursday 6 December 2018
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether Human Services has an effective high-level compliance strategy for administered payments made under the Centrelink and Medicare programs.
Entity
Department of Human Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2018–19)
Published: Thursday 29 November 2018
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The objective of this audit was to examine if Social Services and Human Services drive improvements in the Disability Support Pension program using data and information from multiple sources, including agreed Auditor-General and parliamentary committee recommendations.
Entity
Department of Human Services; Department of Social Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2018–19)
Published: Monday 5 November 2018
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the Department of Human Services' Quality Framework.
Entity
Department of Human Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 9 of 2018–19)
Published: Thursday 11 October 2018
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The objective of the audit was to assess the Moorebank Intermodal Company’s achievement of value for money and management of probity in its operations and procurement activities.
Entity
Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited (MIC); Department of Finance
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2018–19)
Published: Tuesday 9 October 2018
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether effective arrangements have been established by Finance to achieve value for money outcomes for Commonwealth leased office property.
Entity
Department of Finance
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