The objective of the audit was to assess whether Defence has a fit-for-purpose framework for the management of materiel sustainment.

The Auditor-General responded on 8 September 2026 to correspondence from seven parliamentarians, dated 12 August 2026, to undertake a performance audit of the Afghanistan Locally Engaged Employee (LEE) and High-Risk Women programs, covering the period from 2013 to 2025. The request was made jointly by Senator David Pocock, Dr Helen Haines MP, Senator Jacqui Lambie, Ms Nicolette Boele MP, Senator David Shoebridge, Senator Fatima Payman and Mr Andrew Wilkie MP. 

The ANAO Corporate Plan 2018–19 is the ANAO's key strategic planning document. It guides our operating environment and sets out how we will deliver on our purpose. The corporate plan is complemented by the annual audit work program which reflects the ANAO's audit strategy and deliverables for the coming year.

The objective of the audit was to examine the efficiency of the processing of applications for citizenship by conferral by the Department of Home Affairs.

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the clear read principle under the Commonwealth Resource Management Framework.

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Communications and the Arts’ contract management of selected telephone universal service obligations.

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the design and implementation of the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is effective.

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s arrangements for identifying and reducing the income tax gap for individuals not in business.

The objective of this audit is to assess whether the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts effectively managed the approval and administration of the Australian Government’s $2.2 billion funding commitment towards Suburban Rail Loop East.

The audit objective was to assess whether the expected benefits from the Security Enhancements Program and Hardening the Diplomatic Network have been realised.