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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 18 of 2016–17)
Published: Tuesday 27 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.
Entity
Department of Defence; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Department of Health
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2014–15)
Published: Thursday 30 October 2014
Published
The audit objective was to examine the selected entities’ effectiveness in implementing entity-wide fraud control arrangements, including compliance with the requirements of the 2011 Commonwealth Fraud Control Guidelines (2011 Guidelines), and the overall administration of the fraud control framework by the Attorney-General’s Department.
Entity
Across Entities
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 31 October 2019
Published
The objective of this audit was to examine the extent to which Australian Government entities have implemented the Digital Continuity 2020 policy, and how effectively the National Archives of Australia is monitoring, assisting, and encouraging entities to meet the specified targets of the policy.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess whether Defence is effectively controlling the use of Commonwealth credit cards for official purposes in accordance with legislative and policy requirements.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2022–23)
Published: Thursday 18 May 2023
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the National Recovery and Resilience Agency's administration of the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Entity
National Emergency Management Agency
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 47 of 2024–25)
Published: Monday 23 June 2025
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of selected Commonwealth entities’ management of Senior Executive Service conflict of interest requirements.
Entity
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission; Australian Trade and Investment Commission; Department of Home Affairs
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Request for audit
Responded: Monday 17 May 2021
Response provided
The Auditor-General responded on 17 May 2021 to correspondence from Senator Sarah Hanson-Young dated 21 April 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an audit of the $40 million given to Fox Sports for the purpose of broadcasting women’s sport.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 1 August 2019
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC’s) administration of the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP).
Entity
Australian Research Council
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Request for audit
Responded: Tuesday 26 April 2016
Response provided
Response completed as a limited scope assurance review.
The Auditor-General responded on 26 April 2016 to correspondence from Mr Pat Conroy MP on 16 February 2016 regarding the government advertising campaign Welcome to the Ideas Boom.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 43 of 2024–25)
Published: Tuesday 17 June 2025
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the department’s regulation of appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards.
Entity
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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