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Type of content
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: November, 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. 41 of 2018–19)
Published: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the coordination arrangements of key Australian Government entities operating in Torres Strait.
Entity
Across entities
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2018–19)
Published: Tuesday 18 December 2018
Published
The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Home Affairs' administration of the support arrangements designed to ensure that the Cape Class patrol boats are achieving contracted availability and performance requirements.
Entity
Department of Home Affairs
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 25 June 2018
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.
Entity
Australian Electoral Commission (AEC); Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA); Department of Home Affairs; Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities;
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of tobacco excise and excise equivalent goods.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office (ATO); Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 10 November 2015
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment’s and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service’s management of compliance with the wildlife trade regulations under Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Entity
Department of the Environment; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 48 of 2014–15)
Published: Wednesday 10 June 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether selected entities had appropriately justified the use of limited tender procurement and whether processes adopted met the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.
Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Services; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Department of Human Services
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 2014–15)
Published: Thursday 5 February 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's administration of the Tariff Concession System.
Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2014–15)
Published: Tuesday 16 December 2014
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's management of the Cape Class patrol boat program.
Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Contact
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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 50 of 2013–14)
Published: Tuesday 24 June 2014
Published
The audit objective was to assess selected agencies’ compliance with the four mandatory ICT security strategies and related controls in the Australian Government Information Security Manual.
Entity
Across Agencies
Contact
David Gray, Executive Director - Phone (02) 6203 7377