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Requests for audit
Requests for audit
The Auditor-General receives requests for audit from Members and Senators of the Parliament of Australia relating to the forward work program of the Office. View
Major projects report (MPR)
Major projects report (MPR)
Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Specific risks in the portfolio relate to measuring and demonstrating the achievement of intended goals; the achievement of value for money through grants and procurement, including in relation to water efficiency and water entitlements;
Attorney-General’s
In the Attorney-General’s portfolio, risk considerations are predominantly related to the efficient and effective delivery of legislative, judicial and investigatory services. The portfolio also faces effectiveness and compliance risks for its whole-of-government regulatory frameworks and its administration of grants.
Australian Taxation Office
Audit considerations are predominantly related to the ATO’s regulatory responsibilities to ensure high levels of compliance with tax and superannuation obligations, and any changes in compliance and controls during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cross-entity
Cross-entity audits are performance audits of the same activity in a number of entities or the administration of a program by a number of entities.
Defence
In the Defence portfolio, audit considerations predominantly relate to governance and reform of a large organisation, the substantial procurement activity currently underway, the management of existing assets and capabilities, and financial management where the valuation of assets and liabilities is complex.
Education, Skills and Employment
Portfolio risks include access to reliable evidence, stakeholder management, performance and impact measurement, and policy coordination. There are also service delivery risks in the portfolio that need to be managed to ensure that services delivered are timely and compliant.
Finance
Audit considerations predominantly relate to the Department of Finance's responsibilities to advise the government on, and oversee the implementation of, regulatory frameworks for the effective management of the public sector.
Foreign Affairs and Trade
The portfolio’s risks predominantly relate to governance, specifically the need for oversight, compliance and fraud controls, value-for-money frameworks and transparency of performance. These risks are increased by the portfolio’s decentralised operations in often volatile environments, particularly in the areas of personnel, property, information security, and fraud and compliance control.
Health
In the Health portfolio, strategic risks predominantly relate to service delivery through other entities, and governance issues. Since 2019–20, the department has led the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, acting as the primary source of health advice.
Home Affairs
Portfolio risks predominantly relate to ensuring compliance with governance frameworks, contract and procurement management, as well as emerging risks relating to border control and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
In the Industry, Science, Energy and Resources portfolio, risk considerations predominantly relate to the provision of evidence-based advice to government; effective governance of, and service delivery by, portfolio entities; and the management of scientific assets.
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Audit considerations predominantly relate to governance, specifically the need for effective oversight of the 28 highly diverse companies and other entities in the portfolio. Audit considerations also relate to procurement, given the significant extent of infrastructure asset procurement by portfolio entities, bringing both procurement and asset valuation risks, and grants, given the diverse nature of the programs
Parliamentary departments
Audit considerations in the parliamentary departments are predominantly related to ensuring the safe, secure and efficient functioning of the Parliament and Australian Parliament House, and delivering effective support for parliamentarians. This will include risks relating to achieving value-for-money procurement, cyber resilience, effective security compliance and controls, and asset management and sustainment.
Prime Minister and Cabinet
In the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio, considerations relate to its responsibilities to deliver timely and targeted services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and its ability to articulate the performance and impact against policy objectives for the programs and activities it funds.
Services Australia
In Services Australia, delivery depends to a significant extent on effective governance and oversight processes, managing current ICT assets while developing new systems, and implementing services on behalf of other agencies.
Social Services
Portfolio risks include compliance management and the business impacts of changing risk tolerance levels during a pandemic, the accuracy and timeliness of payment arrangements, and ensuring system availability and response during periods of peak demand.
Treasury
Audit considerations are predominantly related to policy development, coordination and management of risks in relation to the economic response measures to COVID-19, and implementing related adjustments to financial regulatory settings.
Veterans’ Affairs
Portfolio specific risks relate to governance, service delivery, asset management, and sustainment and financial management.