Annual audit work program by portfolio | Australian National Audit Office

Quick view of the annual audit work program

Quick view of the annual audit work program

View the current list of potential and in-progress audits and assurance reviews, categorised by portfolio, across the annual audit work program.

Read the Annual Audit Work Program 2021–22: Overview

Consolidated financial statements

Annual performance statements audits

Agriculture, Water and the Environment

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Potential

Commonwealth development of the National Waste Policy Action Plan

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment's cultural and governance reform

Implementation of the export control legislative framework

Management of environmental water

Regional Forest Agreements

In-progress

Human Biosecurity Practices for International Air Travel during COVID-19

Management of Threatened Species and Ecological Communities under the EPBC Act

Regional Land Partnerships

Attorney-General’s

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Potential

Comcare's administration of its workers compensation scheme

Cybersecurity strategies of commercial entities supporting government

In-progress

Administration of the Revised Protective Security Policy Framework — Cross Entity

Management of Complaints by the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

Australian Taxation Office

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Potential

Administration of income tax for individuals

Data governance at the Australian Taxation Office

Effectiveness of the ATO strategic engagement strategy with tax agents

Global Switch Sydney

Implementation of justified trust programs

Implementation of the government response to the Black Economy Taskforce

Modernising business registers – project management

In-progress

Addressing Superannuation Guarantee Non-Compliance

Administration of the JobKeeper Scheme

Administration of the Research and Development Tax Incentive

Cross-entity

Potential

Australian Public Service management of staff leave

Cybersecurity strategies of commercial entities supporting government

Developing and delivering digital identity reforms – Digital Identity system

Governance arrangements for government business enterprise executive pay and bonuses

Management of cybersecurity

Procurement complaints handling

Public sector board membership reporting

Regulator management of conflicts of interest

Defence

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Potential

Contract administration in Defence – Australian industry capability

Cybersecurity strategies of commercial entities supporting government

Defence's management of information assets

Defence's management of inventory

Global Switch Sydney

Hunter class frigates

Major capability procurement by agencies in the National Intelligence Community

Major Projects Report 2021–22

Management of health services to the Australian Defence Force

In-progress

2020–21 Major Projects Report

Department of Defence’s Management of the Integrated Investment Program

Department of Defence’s Procurement of Six Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boats

Effectiveness of the Management of Contractors (Department of Defence)

Recently tabled

Defence’s Administration of Enabling Services — Enterprise Resource Planning Program: Tranche 1

Defence’s Contract Administration — Defence Industry Security Program

Education, Skills and Employment

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Potential

Access and participation – regional and remote students

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership

Jobactive – employment services caseload management

Transition to work

In-progress

Jobactive — Integrity of Payments to Employment Service Providers

Australian National University’s Governance and Control Frameworks

Use and Administration of Wage Subsidies

Finance

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Potential

Governance arrangements for government business enterprise executive pay and bonuses

Procurement complaints handling

In-progress

Department of Defence’s Management of the Integrated Investment Program

Effectiveness of Public Sector Boards

Government Advertising

Operation of Grants Hubs

Recently tabled

Australian Government Grants Reporting

Foreign Affairs and Trade

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Potential

COVID-19 – Consumer Travel Support Program

DFAT's establishment of the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific

Effectiveness of Austrade's support for the export of Australian services and administration of the Export Market Development Grants scheme

In-progress

International Travel Restrictions during COVID-19

Overseas Crisis Management and Response: The Effectiveness of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Management of the Return of Overseas Australians in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health

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Potential

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

COVID-19 – COVIDSafe app

Department of Health's performance management of Primary Health Networks

Expansion of telehealth services

Global Switch Sydney

Recruitment and retention of doctors across rural and remote Australia

The Community Health and Hospitals Program

In-progress

Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

Human Biosecurity Practices for International Air Travel during COVID-19

International Travel Restrictions during COVID-19

Recently tabled

Department of Health’s Management of Financial Assistance under the Medical Research Future Fund

Improving Immunisation Coverage

Home Affairs

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Potential

Coordination of border intelligence

Coordination of counter-terrorism arrangements

Cybersecurity strategies of commercial entities supporting government

Department of Home Affairs' management of its public communications and media activities

Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements

Global Switch Sydney

Implementation of the government response to the Black Economy Taskforce

Major capability procurement by agencies in the National Intelligence Community

Procurement of the Permissions Capability system

In-progress

Administration of Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy

Award of Funding under the Safer Communities Fund

Human Biosecurity Practices for International Air Travel during COVID-19

Implementation of Parliamentary Committee and Auditor-General Recommendations — Department of Home Affairs

International Travel Restrictions during COVID-19

Recently tabled

Management of the Civil Maritime Surveillance Services Contract

Workforce Planning in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

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Potential

Administration of the trade measurement system

Management of biodiversity offset obligations by government business enterprises

In-progress

Administration of the Research and Development Tax Incentive

Award of Funding under the Building Better Regions Fund

Award of Funding under the Safer Communities Fund

Operation of Grants Hubs

Procurement of Delivery Partners for the Entrepreneurs’ Programme

Snowy 2.0 Governance of Early Implementation

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s Management of Assets

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

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Potential

Management of biodiversity offset obligations by government business enterprises

Management of Fox Sports grant funding

National broadband network – transition from construction to operation

In-progress

Award of Funding under the Building Better Regions Fund

COVID-19 Support to the Aviation Sector

Effectiveness of Public Sector Boards

Government Advertising

Human Biosecurity Practices for International Air Travel during COVID-19

International Travel Restrictions during COVID-19

Procurement by the National Capital Authority

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Planning and Conduct of Surveillance Activities

Parliamentary departments

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Prime Minister and Cabinet

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Potential

Developing and delivering digital identity reforms – Digital Identity system

Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements

Food security in remote Indigenous communities

Major capability procurement by agencies in the National Intelligence Community

National Indigenous Australians Agency's management of provider fraud and noncompliance

Procurement of the Permissions Capability system

In-progress

Governance of the Anindilyakwa Land Council

Governance of the Central Land Council

Governance of the Northern Land Council

Governance of the Tiwi Land Council

International Travel Restrictions during COVID-19

Remote Housing in the Northern Territory

Services Australia

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Potential

Debt administration and recovery

Management of customer information and data

Modernising the customer experience

In-progress

Administration of the Revised Protective Security Policy Framework — Cross Entity

Effectiveness of the Management of Contractors (Services Australia)

Implementation and Performance of the Cashless Debit Card — Follow-up

Social Services

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Potential

COVID-19 – COVIDSafe app

Effectiveness of supported independent living services

Effectiveness of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission's regulatory functions

In-progress

Administration of the Revised Protective Security Policy Framework — Cross Entity

Effectiveness of Public Sector Boards

Government Advertising

Implementation and Performance of the Cashless Debit Card — Follow-up

Operation of Grants Hubs

Treasury

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Potential

COVID-19 – debt management

Global Switch Sydney

Implementation of the government response to the Black Economy Taskforce

Probity management in financial regulators

In-progress

Administration of the JobKeeper Scheme

Government Advertising

Veterans’ Affairs

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Potential

Management of the Australian War Memorial's development project