Browse our range of publications including performance and financial statement audit reports, assurance review reports, information reports and annual reports.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2020–21)
New
Published: Friday 22 January 2021
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC).
Entity
National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2020–21)
New
Published: Monday 18 January 2021
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is effectively managing the Search and Rescue Aircraft contract.
Entity
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
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Audit insights
New
Published: Thursday 14 January 2021
Published
This edition of audit insights summarises key messages for all Australian Government entities from a series of recent Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) performance audits assessing the planning and implementation of regulation activities. It discusses the importance of using available data and intelligence information to develop and execute risk-based regulatory activities targeted in proportion to the impacts of non-compliance.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 26 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 17 December 2020
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The audit’s objective was to assess the effectiveness of the selection, contracting and ongoing management of investments by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the extent to which the CEFC is meeting its legislated objective.
Entity
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
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Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 17 December 2020
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This report complements the Interim Report on Key Financial Controls of Major Entities financial statement audit report published in May 2020. It provides a summary of the final results of the audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government and the financial statements of Australian Government entities for the period ended 30 June 2020.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 14 December 2020
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has effectively managed risks related to the rapid implementation of COVID-19 economic response measures.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 10 December 2020
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether Services Australia had effectively managed risks related to the rapid preparation for and delivery of COVID-19 economic response measures.
Entity
Services Australia
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 10 December 2020
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The audit examined whether the COVID-19 National Medical Stockpile (NMS) procurement requirement was met through effective planning and governance arrangements.
Entity
Department of Health; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 7 December 2020
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The objective of the audit was to examine the Department of Defence’s (Defence's) implementation of agreed recommendations made in Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2017–18 Mitigating Insider Threats through Personnel Security and the related report provided to ministers under section 37(5) of the Auditor-General Act 1997, and by the Parliament’s Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) in Report 479 of 2019 Australian Government Security Arrangements.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 2020–21)
Published: Tuesday 1 December 2020
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of the Australian Public Service (APS) workforce in implementing the Australian Government’s COVID-19 priorities.
Entity
Australian Public Service Commission; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Major projects report (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 30 November 2020
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Increased transparency and accountability on progress with major Defence equipment acquisitions has been a focus of parliamentary interest for some time. Beginning in 2007–08, an annual program has been established in conjunction with the Department of Defence to enable the ANAO to review and report to the Parliament on the status of major Defence acquisition projects, as set out in the Defence Major Projects Report. The review includes information relating to the cost, schedule, and progress towards delivery of required capability, of individual projects as at 30 June each year.
The objective of this report was to provide the Auditor-General’s independent assurance over the status of the selected major projects. The status of the selected major projects is reported in the Statement by the Secretary of Defence and the Project Data Summary Sheets (PDSSs) prepared by Defence. Assurance from the ANAO’s review is conveyed in the Independent Assurance Report by the Auditor-General.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 18 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 26 November 2020
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness and value for money to date of the Department of Defence’s acquisition of combat reconnaissance vehicles under project Land 400 Phase 2.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 17 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 23 November 2020
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s approach to health provider compliance.
Entity
Department of Health
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 19 November 2020
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is effectively preparing for the 2021 Census.
Entity
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Assurance review (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 16 November 2020
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The Auditor-General undertook a limited assurance review of the Department of Finance’s reporting and administration of the Advances to the Finance Minister (AFM) for the Period 26 September 2020 to 30 October 2020.
Entity
Department of Finance
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Audit insights
Published: Wednesday 11 November 2020
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This edition of audit insights summarises key messages from a series of ANAO performance audits assessing performance evaluation frameworks and success measures. It discusses the importance of both in keeping entities accountable and their performance transparent.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 14 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 29 October 2020
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether the National Disability Insurance Agency has appropriate controls to ensure supports in participant plans are ‘reasonable and necessary’.
Entity
National Disability Insurance Agency
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Corporate
Published: Monday 19 October 2020
Published
The ANAO Quality Assurance Framework is the system of quality control that the ANAO has established to provide the Auditor-General with reasonable assurance that the ANAO complies with the ANAO standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements and reports issued by the ANAO are appropriate in the circumstances.
The Audit Quality Report demonstrates the ANAO assessment of the implementation and operating effectiveness of the elements of the ANAO Quality Assurance Framework. The report provides transparency in respect of the processes, policies, and procedures that support each element of the ANAO Quality Assurance Framework, and reports audit quality indicators measuring ANAO performance against target benchmarks.
This report also includes the achievement of the quality assurance strategy and deliverables set out in the ANAO Quality Assurance Framework and Plan 2019–20.
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Assurance review (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 15 October 2020
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The Auditor-General undertook a limited assurance review of the Department of Finance’s reporting and administration of the Advances to the Finance Minister (AFM) for the Period 29 August 2020 to 25 September 2020.
Entity
Department of Finance
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 12 October 2020
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness to date of the Department of Defence’s procurement and contract management of the Offshore Patrol Vessel program.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Speeches and papers
Published: Wednesday 7 October 2020
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The fifteenth Commonwealth Auditor-General of Australia, Grant Hehir, has prepared a mid-term report reflecting on his first five years in the role. The report presents a description and analysis of the role and impact of audit, as well as analysis of the financial audit and performance audit work of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO). The report concludes with coverage of ANAO continuous improvement activities across audit quality, better communication, transparency, efficiency and workforce capability.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 28 September 2020
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The ANAO conducted separate audits of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) Children and Schooling program and the Safety and Wellbeing program, the findings and conclusions of which are presented in this report. The objective of the audits was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s and the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s administration of the IAS Children and Schooling and the Safety and Wellbeing programs.
Entity
National Indigenous Australians Agency
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Annual report
Published: Monday 28 September 2020
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This annual report documents the performance of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) in the financial year ended 30 June 2020. The report addresses all applicable obligations under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014; the Auditor-General Act 1997; the performance measures set out in the outcome and programs framework in the ANAO's Portfolio Budget Statements 2019–20 and the ANAO Corporate Plan 2019–20; and annual reporting requirements set out in other relevant legislation.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 24 September 2020
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The audit objective was to assess whether Services Australia appropriately managed risks to operating the current welfare payment system and appropriately prepared to transition to the future system.
Entity
Services Australia
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 9 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 21 September 2020
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The objective of this audit was to examine whether the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications exercised appropriate due diligence in its acquisition of the ‘Leppington Triangle’ land for the future development of the Western Sydney Airport.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 17 September 2020
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Electoral Commission’s management of financial disclosures required under Part XX of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, including the extent to which the AEC is achieving accurate and complete financial disclosures.
Entity
Australian Electoral Commission
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Assurance review (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 14 September 2020
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The Auditor-General undertook a limited assurance review of the Department of Finance’s reporting and administration of the Advances to the Finance Minister (AFM) for the Period 1 August 2020 to 28 August 2020.
Entity
Department of Finance
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 10 September 2020
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s design process and implementation to date of the Defence Export Strategy.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 2020–21)
Published: Thursday 3 September 2020
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Energy Regulator’s regulation of energy markets.
Entity
Australian Energy Regulator
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 31 August 2020
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The objective of this audit was to assess the extent to which entities’ establishment and use of ICT related procurement panels and arrangements supported the achievement of value for money outcomes.
Entity
Across Entities
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