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Audit Focus newsletter was published between October 2005 and October 2014, with a purpose of sharing lessons from ANAO audit work. These newsletters have now been archived from the ANAO website and are available through the National Library of Australia using the links provided.
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Forum of Commonwealth Agencies Seminar, Sydney, NSW
Grant Hehir, Auditor-General for Australia, attended the 18th Meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing in Bundung Indonesia in July 2018, and presented a keynote address titled Sharing experience on auditing urban environmental management. The accompanying paper to the speech is available here.
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- Financial statements audit recommendations can relate to performance issues. The approach identified in this audit highlighted the importance of involving the relevant business area within the entity and monitoring these recommendations through the Audit and Risk Committee.
The ANAO provided a case study to SAI Russia, as a follow-up to the Moscow Declaration SAI Russia is publishing a collection of case studies and best practices of strategic approach to public auditing. The case study was titled Using data analytics for risk-based performance audit planning.
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Defence’s monitoring of the implementation of ANAO and internal audit recommendations. The audit also examined a sample of ANAO and internal audit recommendations—reported as being complete by Defence—to assess the extent to which these recommendations had been implemented by Defence.
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Services' management of Medicare compliance audits.
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The audit highlighted a number of messages about program evaluation, including:
- Evaluation is a critical element of establishing accountability for program performance against objectives and providing insight to ensure ongoing improvement in program impact. Therefore, an evaluation framework needs to enable an assessment of achievement against objectives and sharing of evaluation outcomes.
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs monitoring and implementation of ANAO and internal performance audit recommendations.
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The audit objective was to re-assess the three entities' compliance with the 'Top Four' mandatory strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). The audit also aims to examine the typical challenges faced by entities to achieve and maintain their desired ICT security posture.
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