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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 4 May 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of selected departments’ implementation of deregulation initiatives.
Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Communications and the Arts; Department of Health; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 14 July 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s regulation of unsolicited communications.
Entity
Australian Communications and Media Authority
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2008–09)
Published: Tuesday 23 September 2008
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management and administration of the Communications Fund, including an assessment of:
- the development and implementation of appropriate investment strategies; and
- the robustness of the governance structures and controls relating to investment activities.
Entity
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy; Department of Finance and Deregulation
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 1999–2000)
Published: Thursday 16 March 2000
Published
In late 1996, the Government announced its commitment to establish new facilities for the National Museum of Australia and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies on Acton Peninsula in Canberra. The objectives of the audit were to examine the project's compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines for the procurement of public works and effectiveness of the project's management.
Entity
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 1999–2000)
Published: Tuesday 21 September 1999
Published
In November 1998, the Minister for Communications wrote to the Auditor-General requesting an assessment of the actual costs of Phase 1 digital conversion for the ABC and SBS, the sources of funds applied and the efficiency with which the funds had been used before the government considered further funding. The purpose of this limited scope performance audit was to assess a range of financial issues associated with the ABC and SBS conversion to digital broadcasting.
Entity
Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Special Broadcasting Service Corporation