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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 57 of 2004–2005)
Published: Tuesday 28 June 2005
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether purchases of goods and services are conducted in accordance with relevant legislation, Government policies and guidelines, and sound purchasing principles and practices. The audit at each entity covered the internal control framework for purchasing and purchase transactions during 2002-03 and 2003-04 and, where applicable, was based on the CPGs current at that time. The audit examined all aspects of the purchasing process from the initial requirement for purchase through to the delivery of the supply and payment. It included an examination of aselection of individual purchases at each audited entity.
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Australian National University; Australian Research Council; CRS Australia; The Department of Finance and Administration
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 55 of 2004–2005)
Published: Thursday 23 June 2005
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The objective of the audit was to consider the status of workforce planning by APS agencies against the background of the ANAO's 2001 Better Practice Guide Planning for the Workforce of the Future, in light of there commendations made in the MAC Organisational Renewal 2001 and the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report Recruitmentand Training in the Australian Public Service 2003. Workforce planning was defined as a continuous process of shaping the workforce to ensure it is capable of delivering organisational objectives now and in the future.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2004–2005)
Published: Monday 20 June 2005
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The objectives of the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) performance audit were to: examine the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies' procurement and management of legal services arrangements; determine adherence to Australian Government policy requirements; examine the effectiveness of the OLSC's monitoring of agencies' compliance with Government policy requirements; examine the OLSC's role in assisting agencies to comply with Government policy.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 48 of 2004–2005)
Published: Thursday 2 June 2005
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The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of DEST's support for the Australian education and training export industry, including its regulatory and associated roles, and how it monitors and reports on its performance in undertaking these roles.
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Department of Education Science and Training
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 2004–2005)
Published: Friday 5 November 2004
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The objectives of the audit were to determine whether: citizenship services were planned based on a risk assessment, especially in relation to fraud; and were monitored and reported on appropriately; decision-making was accurate, consistent and in line with relevent laws and policies and was supported by appropriate training and quality assurance (QA) mechanisms; client and outsourced services were managed effectively; and promotion strategies were effective and have been evaluated appropriately.
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Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2004–2005)
Published: Thursday 28 October 2004
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This audit is the first time that the ANAO has looked at superannuation payments to independent contractors. The audit examined whether Commonwealth organisations were identifying contracts that were wholly or principally for the labour of the contractor and meeting statutory superannuation obligations under the Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2004–2005)
Published: Tuesday 19 October 2004
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The ANAO Audit Report No. 51 of 2001/02, Research Project Management, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, assessed the effectiveness of CSIRO in administering research projects to deliver required results. The audit made nine recommendations designed to improve project management in CSIRO. The purpose of this follow-up audit was to assess the extent to which CSIRO has implemented the recommendations of the previous audit and of the JCPAA.
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2004–2005)
Published: Thursday 15 July 2004
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This audit examined DIMIA's administration of onshore compliance under rhe Migration Act 1958 (Cth) as amended (the Act). In particular, it focused on whether DIMIA had implemented appropriate onshore compliance strategies in regard to people who enter Australia lawfully but whose presence becomes unlawful through: - the expiry of their visa; or - a breach of visa conditions and cancellation of their visa.
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Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs