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Type of content
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: February, 2020
Open for contribution
The objective of this audit is to assess the effectiveness of the administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment targets in government procurement contracts and intergovernmental funding agreements in achieving policy objectives.
Entity
Department of Defence; Department of Education and Training; Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: September, 2019
Report preparation
The objective of this audit is to examine the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the clear read principle under the Commonwealth resource management framework.
Entity
Department of Defence; Department of Finance; Department of Health; Department of Home Affairs
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 32 of 2018–2019)
Published: Friday 29 March 2019
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Phoenix Taskforce to combat illegal phoenix activities.
Entity
Across Entities
Contact
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Type of content
Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 60 of 2016–2017)
Published: Wednesday 28 June 2017
Published
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Australian government entities and the Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) of the Australian Government to provide Parliament an independent examination of the financial accounting and reporting of public sector entities. This report focuses on the results of the interim audit phase, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, of the 2016–17 financial statements audits of 25 entities including all departments of state and a number of major Australian government entities.
Entity
Across Entities
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 52 of 2016–2017)
Published: Tuesday 23 May 2017
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of underperformance in the Australian Public Service (APS) and identify opportunities for improvement.
Entity
Across Entities
Contact
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Type of content
Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2016–2017)
Published: Monday 23 January 2017
Published
This report complements the interim phase report published in August 2016, and 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.
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2016–2017)
Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
Published
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Commonwealth entities, and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Australian Government, to provide Parliament an independent examination of the financial accounting and reporting of public sector entities. This report focuses on the results of the interim audit phase, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, of the 2015–16 financial statements audits of 21 departments and other major General Government Sector (GGS) entities. These entities contribute 95 per cent of GGS revenues and expenses.
Entity
Across Entities
Contact
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Type of content
Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 15 of 2015–2016)
Published: Thursday 17 December 2015
Published
This report complements the interim phase report published in June 2015, and provides a summary of the final audit results of the audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government and the financial statements of 253 Australian Government entities.
Entity
Across Entities
Contact
Ian Goodwin, Group Executive Director, Phone (02) 6203 7623
Type of content
Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2014–2015)
Published: Friday 5 June 2015
Published
This report outlines the ANAO’s assessment of the internal controls of major entities, including governance arrangements, information systems and control procedures. The findings summarised in this report are the results of the interim phase of the financial statement audits of 23 major General Government Sector entities that represent some 95 per cent of total General Government Sector revenues and expenses.
Entity
Across Entities
Contact
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Type of content
Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2013–2014)
Published: Thursday 19 June 2014
Published
This report outlines the ANAO’s assessment of the internal controls of major agencies, including governance arrangements, information systems and control procedures. The findings summarised in this report are the results of the interim phase of the financial statement audits of 23 major General Government Sector agencies that represent some 95 per cent of total General Government Sector revenues and expenses.
Entity
Across Agencies
Contact
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