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Type of content:
Work program
Updated: Wednesday 19 July 2017
Updated
The Finance portfolio is responsible for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements (CFS) of the Australian Government and a range of finance-related functions that include providing the Australian Government with Budget policy advice on superannuation arrangements for government employees, asset sales and online service delivery initiatives.
Contact:
Please direct enquiries relating to our annual audit work program through our contact page.
Type of content:
Performance audit (potential)
Potential audit: 2017-2018
Potential
This audit would examine the delivery of selected initiatives that are designed to transform the way government services are delivered and how government operates with the intention of creating a smaller, smarter and more productive and sustainable public sector. These initiatives include: digital transformation; rationalising the public sector property portfolio and reducing vacant lease holdings (Operation Tetris); delivery of grants via community and business grants hubs; the decentralisation of non-policy Australian Government entities to regional areas; and reforms to data collection and use.
The Australian Government has reported that, since 2013, initiatives that have been implemented, such as the smaller government agenda, contestability, Operation Tetris, and efficiency dividends, have generated around $7.6 billion in savings. The Government has also reported that the average public sector staffing level estimate for 2017–18 has declined by more than eight per cent compared to the 2011–12 peak of 182 505. The 2017–18 Budget contained a number of initiatives designed to achieve further improvements to the government sector.
Entity:
Department of Finance
Contact:
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Type of content:
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: June, 2018
Report preparation
The objective of this audit is to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.
Entity:
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA); Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
Contact:
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Type of content:
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: July, 2018
Report preparation
The objective of this audit is to assess whether effective arrangements have been established by the Department of Finance to achieve value for money outcomes for Commonwealth leased office property.
Entity:
Department of Finance
Contact:
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Type of content:
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: October, 2018
Report preparation
The objective of this audit is to assess the Moorebank Intermodal Company’s (MIC’s) achievement of value for money and management of probity in its operations and procurement activities.
Entity:
Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited (MIC); Department of Finance
Contact:
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Type of content:
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: November, 2018
Report preparation
The objective of this audit is to assess the Australian Public Service Commission’s and selected entities’ implementation of the Australian Government’s workplace bargaining framework.
Entity:
Across entities (listed below)
Contact:
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Type of content:
Performance audit in-progress
Due to table: November, 2018
Open for contribution
The objective of the audit is to continue to examine the progress of the implementation of the annual performance statements requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 (PGPA Rule) by selected entities.
Entity:
Across Entities (listed below)
Contact:
Please direct enquiries through our contact page.