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Published: Tuesday 6 July 2021
Published

The corporate plan is the ANAO’s primary planning document. Our strategic planning process allows us to continually improve practices and capabilities to demonstrate value in the delivery of services to the Parliament. The corporate plan is complemented by the annual audit work program, which reflects the ANAO’s audit strategy for the coming year.

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Published: Wednesday 14 March 2007
Published

The objectives of this follow-up audit were to:

  • examine the ATO's implementation of the ten recommendations in The Australian Taxation Office's Management of its Relationship with Tax Practitioners (Audit Report No.19, 2002–03), having regard to any changed circumstances, or new administrative issues, affecting implementation of those recommendations; and
  • identify scope for improvement in the ATO's management of its relationship with tax practitioners.

Follow up audits are recognised as an important element of the accountability processes of Commonwealth administration. Parliament looks to the Auditor General to report, from time to time, on the extent to which Commonwealth agencies have implemented recommendations of previous audit reports. Follow up audits keep Parliament informed of progressive improvements and current challenges in areas of Commonwealth administration that have previously been subject to scrutiny through performance audits.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Received: Thursday 3 July 2025
Under consideration

The Auditor-General has received correspondence from Senator Andrew Bragg dated 3 July 2025, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine Housing Australia Future Fund's financial performance to 30 June 2025. This request is under consideration and the response will be published here.

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Due to table: March 2026
Open for contribution

The objective of this audit is to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s (Health) development and monitoring of suicide prevention measures.

Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
Contact

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Published: Friday 21 June 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Public Service Commission's (APSC) administration of statutory functions relating to upholding high standards of integrity and ethical conduct in the Australian Public Service (APS).

Entity
Australian Public Service Commission
Contact

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Published: Monday 8 July 2024
Published

The ANAO Corporate Plan 2024–25 updates the previous corporate plan and outlines how we intend to deliver against our purpose over the next four years (2024–25 to 2027–28). The corporate plan is the ANAO’s primary planning document — it outlines our purpose; the dynamic environment in which we operate; our commitment to building capability; and the priorities, activities and performance measures by which we will be held to account.

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Published: Monday 15 August 2022
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s engagement with tax practitioners in achieving efficient and effective taxation and superannuation systems.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Contact

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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
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 21 August 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism’s administration of the Renewable Energy Demonstration Program (REDP), including progress towards achieving the programʹs objectives.

The audit examined whether the department had established effective arrangements to:

  • implement REDP, including governance arrangements;
  • assess applications for REDP funding assistance and recommend projects to the Minister for funding approval;
  • negotiate funding agreements for approved projects; and
  • monitor progress towards the achievement of the REDP objective.
Entity
Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism
Published: Wednesday 8 August 2018
Published

Grant Hehir, Auditor-General for Australia, attended the Institute of Internal Auditors-Australia ‘Public Sector Internal Audit Conference’ on 31 July 2018, and presented an opening keynote session titled Strategic governance of risk: Lessons learnt from public sector audit. The accompanying paper to the speech, which was delivered against a conference theme of ‘internal auditor as a trusted advisor’, is available here.

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Due to table: July 2025
Report preparation

The objective of this audit is to examine the effectiveness of the implementation of frameworks to support ethical behaviours within the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR).

Entity
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 3 February 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of Defence’s administration of industry support and skill development programs.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Tuesday 7 February 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency’s implementation and administration of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme.

Entity
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Published: Thursday 20 May 2010
Published

The objective of this audit was to review the effectiveness of Defence's and the DMO's management of the acquisition arrangements for JP 2070.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Tuesday 2 February 2016
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) administers the science and technology work it undertakes for the Australian Defence Organisation.

Entity
Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 17 January 2017
Published

The audit objective was to assess whether the Department of Immigration and Border Protection adopted sound contract management practices for the delivery of garrison support and welfare services for offshore processing centres in Nauru and Manus Island.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 21 May 2025
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s management of the biosecurity workforce.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Contact

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Published: Friday 29 March 2019
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Phoenix Taskforce to combat illegal phoenix activities.

Entity
Across Entities
Contact

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Published: Thursday 3 September 2020
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Energy Regulator’s regulation of energy markets.

Entity
Australian Energy Regulator
Contact

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Published: Thursday 27 January 2011
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Better Regions Program has been effectively designed and administered. The audit scope included examination of all 106 Better Regions projects.

Entity
Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
Published: Friday 1 November 2024
Published

The ANAO regards integrity as a core value of the organisation — critical in sustaining the confidence of Parliament, strengthening public trust in government and delivering quality audit products. Maintaining strong institutional integrity is critical to the operations and reputation of the ANAO.

The ANAO Integrity Framework provides an overarching structure to the integrity control system, supporting our institution’s integrity. The Framework serves to assist in ethical decision-making and risk, fraud and misconduct management.

Beyond its control system, the ANAO maintains an enduring focus on promoting integrity as a value that is embedded in our work and culture. The ANAO recognises that integrity demands quality not only in our products but also in the behaviours of our people.

The ANAO Integrity Advisor supports the effective and ongoing application of the Integrity Framework by providing advice to staff regarding integrity matters. The Integrity Advisor is responsible for increasing integrity awareness across the organisation and for reporting annually to the ANAO Executive Board of Management on actions taken under the Framework. The Auditor-General publishes the ANAO Integrity Report to provide increased transparency of the measures we undertake to maintain a high-integrity culture in the ANAO.

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Published: Monday 20 May 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the design and early implementation of the National Soil Strategy and the supporting National Soil Action Plan.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Contact

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Published: Thursday 19 October 2017
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of controls being implemented and/or developed by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to ensure National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) access decisions are consistent with legislative and other requirements.

Entity
National Disability Insurance Agency; Department of Human Services
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 7 March 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Federal Police in managing employee mental health.

Entity
Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Contact

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Responded: Friday 26 March 2021
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 23 December 2020 to correspondence from the Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP dated 8 December 2020, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the JobKeeper scheme. The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response on 8 February 2021, advising the Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP that a performance audit Administration of the JobKeeper Scheme has commenced.

The Auditor-General responded on 26 March 2021 to follow-up correspondence from the Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP dated 2 March 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General explore specific aspects of the JobKeeper scheme. 

Contact

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Published: Monday 23 April 2018
Published

The audit objective was to assess entities’ progress in implementing the corporate planning requirement under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related PGPA Rule 2014.

Entity
Department of the Treasury; Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 12 July 2017
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) supports good governance in Indigenous corporations consistent with the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI).

Entity
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Contact

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Published: Monday 12 November 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Education and Training’s design and implementation of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Student Loans program.

Entity
Department of Education and Training
Contact

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Published: Monday 21 January 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s administration of the Biometric Identification Service project.

Entity
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
Contact

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Published: Thursday 17 February 2022
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Finance and selected entities’ implementation of the Australian Government’s campaign advertising framework.

Entity
Across Entities
Contact

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Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design of, and award of funding under, the Living Safe Together grants programme.

Entity
Attorney-General's Department
Contact

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Published: Thursday 11 April 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Australian War Memorial is effectively managing the development project.

Entity
Australian War Memorial
Contact

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Published: Monday 5 June 2023
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s administration of the Community Health and Hospitals Program.

Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 1 May 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of NBN Co Limited’s (NBN Co’s) strategies to manage its transition from building to operating the national broadband network.

Entity
NBN Co Limited
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 22 November 2017
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's processes for estimating and monitoring the costs, savings and benefits associated with the Reinventing the ATO program.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Contact

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Responded: Monday 2 December 2024
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 2 December 2024 to correspondence from Dr Helen Haines MP dated 4 November 2024, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation on the actions and decisions of the Priority Community Infrastructure Program (PCIP) and Investing in Our Communities Program (IOCP).

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Published: Tuesday 28 August 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the efficiency of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) in detecting, investigating and preventing corrupt conduct.

Entity
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
Contact

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Published: Thursday 29 June 2023
Published

This edition of Audit Insights is targeted at Australian Government officials who have responsibility for overseeing or preparing performance information under the Commonwealth Performance Framework. The aim of Audit Insights is to communicate lessons from our audit work and to make it easier for people working within the Australian public sector to apply those lessons. This edition is drawn from audit reports tabled from 2015–16 to 2022–23 into the implementation of the corporate planning and annual performance statements requirements.

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Published: Thursday 29 November 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine if Social Services and Human Services drive improvements in the Disability Support Pension program using data and information from multiple sources, including agreed Auditor-General and parliamentary committee recommendations. 

Entity
Department of Human Services; Department of Social Services
Contact

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Published: Friday 15 February 2019
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of risk management, data monitoring and public reporting arrangements associated with the Australian Government's funding of public hospital services under the 2011 National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA).

Entity
Department of Health; Independent Hospital Pricing Authority; National Health Funding Body
Contact

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Published: Thursday 30 April 2020
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of grant program management by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Entity
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 11 March 2025
Published

The objective of the Risk Framework and associated programs of risk management activities is to support effective risk management across all ANAO operations.

Contact

Any queries about risk management in the ANAO should be directed to the Senior Director Governance, Corporate Management Group, through our contact page.

Updated: Tuesday 13 August 2024
Updated

The objective of the Risk Framework and associated programs of risk management activities is to support effective risk management across all ANAO operations.

Contact

Any queries about risk management in the ANAO should be directed to the Senior Executive Director, Corporate Management Group through our contact page.

Published: Wednesday 22 May 2019
Published

The audit’s objective was to determine if the Bureau of Meteorology’s processes support the delivery of effective extreme weather services.

Entity
Bureau of Meteorology
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 18 October 2022
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the revised export control legislative framework by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Contact

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Published: Thursday 28 November 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of NBN Co’s service continuity operations relating to the migration of telecommunication services to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

Entity
NBN Co Limited
Contact

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Published: Thursday 26 February 2015
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Parliamentary Services’ management of assets and contracts to support the operations of Parliament House.

Entity
Department of Parliamentary Services
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 13 June 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) and the Australian War Memorial (the Memorial) have implemented effective collections management practices.

Entity
Australian War Memorial; National Gallery of Australia
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 10 May 2022
Published

The audit examined the effectiveness of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s management of assets involved in the manufacture, production and distribution of nuclear medicines.

Entity
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Contact

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Updated: Wednesday 4 March 2020
Updated

The ANAO’s primary relationship is with the Australian Parliament, particularly the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA).

The ANAO also has an important relationship with the accountable authorities of Commonwealth entities, who have primary responsibility for and control over public sector entities’ operations. This relationship is supported by the ongoing engagement undertaken with officials of audited entities and audit committees.

Further, the ANAO invests in a number of relationships to support its ability to be a learning organisation through the two-way exchange and sharing of information and practices, and to support other nations through peer-to-peer institutional capacity development. These relationships include the Australasian auditing community as a member of the Australasian Council of Auditors-General (ACAG). The ANAO also has close links with the international and regional auditing community through the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and its regional working groups, and contributes to the delivery of the Australian Government’s aid program in the Indo-Pacific region. The ANAO values its relationships with the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB), in their roles of setting and maintaining professional and ethical standards for the accounting and auditing professions, which underpin the delivery of quality audit services.

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Published: Thursday 16 May 2013
Published

The audit objective was to assess whether Australian Government agencies were effectively controlling the use of credit cards for official purposes.

Entity
Australian Trade Commission; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Geoscience Australia
Contact

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Published: Thursday 16 April 2020
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT’s) achievement of value for money objectives in the delivery of Official Development Assistance (aid) through facility arrangements.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
Contact

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Published: Monday 22 February 2016
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the arrangements established by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), a division of the Department of the Environment, to support Australia’s Antarctic Program.

Entity
Department of the Environment
Contact

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Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine Defence’s progress since 2007 in introducing into service a fully capable Tiger fleet and cost-effective sustainment arrangements.

Entity
Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 28 May 2025
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the framework in place to have a regulatory Ministerial Statement of Expectations and a responding Statement of Intent in place.

Entity
Across Entities
Contact

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Published: Monday 15 January 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's governance arrangements supporting the implementation of the Australian Government’s climate change commitments.

Entity
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Contact

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Published: Thursday 10 December 2015
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) management of compliance with visa conditions. To form a conclusion against this objective, the ANAO assessed whether DIBP:

  • effectively manages risk and intelligence related to visa holders’ non-compliance with their visa conditions;
  • promotes voluntary compliance through targeted campaigns and services that are appropriate and accessible to the community;
  • conducts onshore compliance activities that are effective and appropriately targeted; and
  • has effective administrative arrangements to support visa holders’ compliance with their visa conditions.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 29 May 2018
Published

The audit objective was to review the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s (Defence) arrangements for delivering selected non-platform sustainment.

Entity
Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 19 December 2017
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the contractual arrangements that have been put in place for the delivery of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (MIT) will provide value for money and achieve the Australian Government’s policy objectives for the project.

Entity
Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited; Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Department of Finance
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 5 March 2025
Published

The audit objective was to assess the Australian Taxation Office’s effectiveness in managing complaints.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Contact

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Published: Thursday 6 April 2023
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of procurement complaints handling by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the Department of Finance, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Entity
Across Entities
Contact

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Published: Monday 11 October 2021
Published

The audit objective was to assess whether the Department of Home Affairs is effectively managing the Civil Maritime Surveillance Services contract.

Entity
Department of Home Affairs/Australian Border Force
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess progress in implementing the corporate plan requirement under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Entity
Across Entities
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 9 March 2021
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs' (DVA's) planning and management of the Veteran Centric Reform (VCR) program.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 11 December 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design process for the Energy Price Relief Plan.

Entity
Department of the Treasury; Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Contact

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Published: Monday 23 September 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Australian Financial Security Authority’s (AFSA) management of conflicts of interest.

Entity
Australian Financial Security Authority
Contact

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Published: Thursday 9 June 2022
Published

This report is the first of the two reports and focuses on the results of the interim audits, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, supporting the 2021–22 financial statements audits. This report examines 25 entities, including all departments of state and a number of major Australian government entities. The majority of entities included in the report are selected on the basis of their contribution to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of the 2020–21 Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Published: Tuesday 21 June 2022
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s overseas crisis management and response arrangements in meeting the government’s objectives for returning Australians from overseas in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 27 June 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the department’s design, implementation and monitoring of select 2014–15 and 2015–16 Budget measures aimed at achieving $1.2 billion in savings and other benefits.

Entity
Department of Health
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Published: Monday 18 January 2021
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is effectively managing the Search and Rescue Aircraft contract.

Entity
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Contact

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Published: Thursday 30 May 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO’s) management of small business tax debt arising from compliance activities.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 29 June 2022
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ arrangements for the management of contractors.

Entity
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Contact

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Published: Friday 14 June 2019
Published

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Wednesday, 14 June 2019 from 10am until 12:30pm. The venue was the Galambany Centre, Department of Finance, One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT. The agenda, slides and communique from the forum are available on this events page.

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Published: Tuesday 10 February 2015
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s delivery of services to Australians travelling or residing abroad.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Contact

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Published: Thursday 24 November 2016
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy's design and implementation of the Reef Trust.

Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 23 May 2023
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Department of Defence (Defence) is managing its Australian Defence Force health services contract to achieve efficient and effective delivery of the contracted services.

Entity
Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Monday 23 December 2024
Published

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday 6 December 2024. The text on this page is the communique from the forum.

Contact

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Published: Wednesday 20 December 2023
Published

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday 8 December 2023. The text on this page is the communique from the forum.

Contact

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Published: Thursday 15 February 2018
Published

The ANAO confirms its commitment to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through the development and implementation of this Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Contact

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Published: Tuesday 6 July 2021
Published

The ANAO corporate plan is the ANAO's primary planning document. It outlines our purpose; the dynamic environment in which we operate; our commitment to building capability; and the priorities, activities and performance measures by which we are held to account. This Quality Assurance Framework and Plan 2021–22 complements the corporate plan. It describes the ANAO Quality Assurance Framework and reflects the ANAO's quality assurance strategy and deliverables for the coming year.

The ANAO Quality Assurance Framework is the ANAO’s established system of quality control to provide the Auditor-General with reasonable assurance that the ANAO complies with the ANAO Auditing Standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements and reports issued by the ANAO are appropriate in the circumstances.

The Quality Assurance Strategy and Plan component of this document identifies the key activities that the ANAO conducts to provide the Auditor-General with comfort that the controls established within the Quality Assurance Framework are implemented and operating effectively.

The ANAO reports on the audit quality indicators that measure the ANAO performance against target benchmarks in the annual Audit Quality Report published on the ANAO website. The Audit Quality Report also provides transparency with respect to the processes, policies and procedures that support each element of the ANAO Quality Assurance Framework and the achievement of the quality assurance strategy and deliverables set out in the Quality Assurance Framework and Plan.

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Published: Tuesday 14 May 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess whether selected regulatory entities effectively apply the cost recovery principles of the Australian Government’s cost recovery framework. The selected regulatory entities were the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, and the Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration).

Entity
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Australian Maritime Safety Authority; Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Contact

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Published: Thursday 17 March 2022
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the management of threatened species and ecological communities under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

 

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Contact

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Published: Thursday 25 September 2014
Published

The objective of the audit is to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s implementation of food security initiatives for remote Indigenous communities.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Contact

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Published: Monday 14 April 2025
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s exercise of its regulatory functions.

Entity
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 21 April 2015
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the arrangements established by the Department of the Environment for the funding and management of the Nimmie-Caira System Enhanced Environmental Water Delivery Project.

Entity
Department of the Environment
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 25 June 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the National Disability Insurance Agency’s (NDIA) fraud control program and its compliance with the Commonwealth Fraud Control Framework.

Entity
National Disability Insurance Agency
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 31 October 2017
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the transition of the Remote Jobs and Communities Programme to the Community Development Programme, including whether the Community Development Programme is well designed and administered effectively and efficiently.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Employment; Department of Human Services
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 16 December 2014
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's management of the Cape Class patrol boat program.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of Machinery of Government (MoG) changes by the selected Australian Government entities.

Entity
Department of Finance; Australian Public Service Commission; Department of Health; Department of Social Services; Attorney-General's Department; Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 15 August 2023
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance of the Northern Land Council under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, the Native Title Act 1993 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Entity
Northern Land Council
Contact

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Published: Thursday 31 March 2022
Published

The audit assessed whether the Streamlining Government Grants Administration Program improved the effective and efficient delivery of grants administration.

Entity
Department of Finance; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources; Department of Social Services
Contact

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Published: Thursday 27 September 2012
Published

The audit objective was to assess the progress of the AIR 6000—New Air Combat Capability project in delivering the required combat aircraft within approved cost, schedule and performance parameters.

Entity
Department of Defence, Defence Materiel Organisation
Published: Wednesday 27 March 2024
Published

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.

Entity
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
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Published: Tuesday 17 July 2018
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The objective of the audit was to assess the Department of Social Services’ (Social Services) implementation and evaluation of the Cashless Debit Card trial.

Entity
Department of Social Services
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Published: Thursday 18 September 2014
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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
Across Entities
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Published: Thursday 1 August 2019
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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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Published: Wednesday 15 January 2020
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the award of funding under the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program was informed by an appropriate assessment process and sound advice.

Entity
Australian Sports Commission
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Published: Wednesday 18 December 2019
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The audit assessed the effectiveness of the rural research and development corporations’ management of probity.

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Wednesday 8 June 2022
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Education, Skills and Employment in managing the integrity of payments to employment service providers.

Entity
Department of Education, Skills and Employment
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Responded: Tuesday 8 September 2015
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 8 September 2015 to correspondence from Senator Lee Rhiannon on 10 August 2015 regarding the WestConnex road building project in NSW.

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Published: Wednesday 30 June 2021
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This edition of Audit Insights considers the approaches entities are taking to implement parliamentary and ANAO recommendations to improve public administration practices and outcomes. It updates and replaces the edition published in November 2019 and draws on audit reports released since then.

Parliamentary committee inquiries and ANAO performance audits identify risks to the successful delivery of outcomes and generally provide recommendations to address them. Tabling an agreed response to a parliamentary committee recommendation formalises government or entity commitment to the Parliament to implement the agreed action. Similarly, ANAO performance audit reports are prepared for presentation to Parliament and agreement to implement a recommendation made in an ANAO report is therefore a commitment to the Parliament.

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Published: Friday 1 December 2023
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The ANAO regards integrity as a core value of the organisation — critical in sustaining the confidence of Parliament, strengthening public trust in government and delivering quality audit products. Maintaining strong institutional integrity is critical to the operations and reputation of the ANAO.

The ANAO Integrity Framework provides an overarching structure to the integrity control system, supporting our institution’s integrity. The framework serves to assist in ethical decision making and risk, fraud and misconduct management.

Beyond its control system, the ANAO maintains an enduring focus on promoting integrity as a value that is embedded in our work and culture. The ANAO recognises that integrity demands quality not only in our products but also in the behaviours of our people.

The ANAO Integrity Advisor supports the effective and ongoing application of the Integrity Framework by providing advice to staff regarding integrity matters. The Integrity Advisor is responsible for increasing integrity awareness across the organisation and for reporting annually to the ANAO Executive Board of Management on actions taken under the Framework. The Auditor-General has published the ANAO Integrity Framework and Report for 2022–23 to provide increased transparency of the measures we undertake to maintain a high-integrity culture in the ANAO.

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Published: Wednesday 6 May 2015
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Services’ administration of the Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme.

Entity
Department of Human Services
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Published: Monday 19 December 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of round two of the National Stronger Regions Fund.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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Published: Tuesday 17 April 2018
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The audit objective was to examine entity compliance with regulatory requirements for the establishment and ongoing management of special appropriations.

Entity
Department of Finance; Department of Social Services; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science; Department of Human Services
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Published: Tuesday 26 June 2018
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health's design, implementation and administration of primary healthcare under the Indigenous Australians' Health Program (IAHP).

Entity
Department of Health
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Published: Tuesday 18 June 2019
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s (PM&C’s) evaluation framework for the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS), in achieving its purpose to ensure that evaluation is high quality, ethical, inclusive and focused on improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Published: Monday 16 December 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess the Australian Taxation Office's effectiveness in meeting its revenue and resourcing commitments for the Tax Avoidance Taskforce.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Published: Friday 3 September 2021
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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Corporate Plan is the ANAO’s key strategic planning document. It guides our operating environment and sets out how we will deliver on our purpose.

The Quality Assurance Framework and Plan complements the Corporate Plan. The ANAO Quality Assurance Framework is the system of quality control that the ANAO has established to provide the Auditor-General with reasonable assurance that the ANAO complies with the ANAO standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements and reports issued by the ANAO are appropriate in the circumstances.

This Audit Quality Report demonstrates the ANAO assessment of the implementation and operating effectiveness of the elements of the ANAO Quality Assurance Framework. The report provides transparency in respect of the processes, policies, and procedures that support each element of the ANAO Quality Assurance Framework, and reports audit quality indicators measuring ANAO performance against target benchmarks.

This report also includes the achievement of the quality assurance strategy and deliverables set out in the Quality Assurance Framework and Plan 2020–21.

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Published: Tuesday 24 November 2015
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The audit objectives were to examine the effectiveness of Defence’s management of the test and evaluation (T&E) aspects of its major capital equipment acquisition program; and to report on Defence’s progress in implementing T&E recommendations made in the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee’s August 2012 report, Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Wednesday 22 September 2021
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s approach to improving and monitoring immunisation coverage.

Entity
Department of Health
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Published: Monday 22 January 2024
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Geoscience Australia’s 2020 to 2022 procurement of the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN).

Entity
Geoscience Australia
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Published: Monday 28 August 2023
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the department’s management of non-compliance with the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 for unapproved therapeutic goods.

Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
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Published: Monday 3 April 2023
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The objective of this audit is to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s cultural reform program prior to the July 2022 Machinery of Government changes.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Published: Tuesday 20 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance of the Northern Land Council in fulfilling its responsibilities and obligations under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, Native Title Act 1993 and Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Northern Land Council
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Responded: Friday 14 April 2023
Response provided

The Auditor-General received correspondence from Senator the Hon Don Farrell dated 7 November 2022, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the Parliamentary Expenses Management System project.

The Auditor-General met with Senator the Hon Don Farrell on 24 November 2022 to discuss the concerns raised in the request for audit. The request is being considered in the development of the ANAO 2022–23 Annual Audit Work Program.

The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response to Senator the Hon Don Farrell on 14 April 2023.

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Published: Wednesday 28 June 2023
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the NDIA’s management of assistance with daily life supports.

Entity
National Disability Insurance Agency
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Published: Thursday 20 May 2021
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness to date of the Department of Defence’s implementation of its Pathway to Change — Evolving Defence Culture 2017–2022 cultural reform strategy.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Responded: Friday 10 September 2021
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 10 September 2021 to correspondence from Mr Adam Bandt MP dated 25 August 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation into the management of the Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program. 

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Responded: Wednesday 16 September 2020
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 21 August 2020 to correspondence from the Hon Mark Butler MP dated 26 July 2020, requesting that the Auditor-General review the integrity of the Supporting Reliable Energy Infrastructure Program, in particular with reference to the grant to Shine Energy. The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response on 16 September 2020.

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