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Audit insights
Published: Friday 17 May 2019
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This edition of audit insights outlines key messages from a series of recent audits examining the effectiveness of governance boards in four corporate Commonwealth entities. The audit observations from this series of audits relate primarily to the ‘soft’ attributes of effective governance such as relationships, behaviours and culture, while also recognising the important interplay with the ‘hard’ attributes of governance such as board composition, appointment processes and independence. The key messages may be relevant for the operations of other Commonwealth boards as well as broader governance arrangements in Commonwealth entities.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 38 of 2018–2019)
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).
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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 2018–2019)
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.
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Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2018–2019)
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.
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Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 2018–2019)
Published: Friday 26 April 2019
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the governance arrangements for the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS).
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Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 2018–2019)
Published: Thursday 18 April 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance board in Old Parliament House.
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Old Parliament House
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2018–2019)
Published: Wednesday 10 April 2019
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of governance and integrity arrangements for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF).
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Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2018–2019)
Published: Friday 29 March 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Phoenix Taskforce to combat illegal phoenix activities.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 31 of 2018–2019)
Published: Tuesday 26 March 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Defence’s Projects of Concern regime is effective in managing the recovery of underperforming projects.
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Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 30 of 2018–2019)
Published: Monday 18 March 2019
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The audit objective was to examine whether the Department of Defence has effective and efficient sustainment arrangements for the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of eight ANZAC class frigates.
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Department of Defence
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