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Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Services' administration of the Financial Information Service.

Entity
Department of Human Services
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Published: Thursday 6 March 1997
Published

This follow-up audit examined the actions taken by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to address the ANAO's recommendations made in Audit Report No.28 1993-94 regarding the use of private hospitals on behalf of the Repatriation Commission. The recommendations from that audit were aimed at improving the basis and consistency of contracts with the private sector for the use of private hospitals and providing added assurance that quality care was available to the veteran community.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Published: Monday 4 April 2022
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the JobKeeper scheme.

Entity
Department of the Treasury; Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Published: Thursday 27 June 2002
Published

The objectives of the audit were to assess the administrative and financial effectiveness of the Department of Finance and Administration's (Finance's) management of the Commonwealth's exposure under the DASFLEET Tied Contract; assess the effectiveness of Finance's monitoring of performance of the DASFLEET Tied Contract with Macquarie Fleet; and review the action taken by Finance in response to a recommendation of Audit Report No. 25 1998-99, Sale of DASFLEET.

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Wednesday 17 May 2006
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine processes used by Defence and the DMO to procure explosive ordnance for the ADF, with an emphasis on Army requirements. The audit reviewed the extent to which the DMO effectively translated the explosive ordnance requirements of the ADF, and particularly of Army, into procurement and through life support arrangements.

Entity
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
Published: Tuesday 28 February 2017
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the Department of Human Services' and the Department of Social Services’ management of selected fraud prevention and compliance Budget measures.

Entity
Department of Human Services; Department of Social Services
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Published: Thursday 20 October 2011
Published

The audit objective was to assess the extent to which DEEWR and FaHCSIA have effectively managed the planning and consultation phases for the IBF program and the IBHP program. The audit scope included consideration of the issues likely to affect the ongoing operation and sustainability of the facilities.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; Aboriginal Hostels Limited; Northern Territory Department of Education and Training
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
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Published: Monday 18 June 2001
Published

The audit reviewed the operation of the payment of accounts function in 8 Commonwealth organisations against their internal control framework. The main objectives of the audit were to determine whether organisations had implemented appropriate risk management strategies for the processing of accounts and whether payment for goods ans services had been properly authorised. The audit also reviewed progress since the payment of accounts audit undertaken in 1996 ( Audit Report No. 16, 1996-97, Financial Control and Administration Audit, Payment of Accounts).

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Friday 15 December 2000
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the management of the Family Relationships Services Program (FRSP) by the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) subsequent to that department becoming responsible for the administration of the Program in December 1998. The audit focussed on issues related to Program risk management, the development and management of contractual agreements and whether the performance management and reporting framework enabled an assessment of service provider performance and overall program outcomes.

Entity
Department of Family and Community Services
Published: Tuesday 12 May 1998
Published

The objective of the audit was to report on whether Defence applies Life-cycle Costing appropriately in support of decisions throughout the acquisition and management of its capital assets, and to make recommendations for any improvement. Criteria were established against each of the issues considered by the audit, namely LCC policy and coordination, use of LCC in investment decisions, use of LCC to support budgeting, data to support LCC and LCC training and education.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Wednesday 16 October 1996
Published

This audit considered the action taken in relation to the recommendations of Audit Report No.47, 1991-92, Energy Management of Commonwealth Buildings. The objective of this follow-up audit was to assess whether the Department of Primary Industries and Energy, the Department of Administrative Services, and the Department of Finance had taken appropriate action in relation to the recommendations. The audit criteria were the extent to which the original recommendations agreed by the agencies had been implemented and what had been achieved.

Entity
Department of Administrative Services; Department of Primary Industries and Energy
Published: Wednesday 10 December 2014
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness and equity of the award of funding under the Clean Technology Program in the context of the program objectives and the Commonwealth’s grants administration framework.

Entity
Department of Industry
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Published: Thursday 22 August 1996
Published

The focus of this audit was to ascertain how the Family Court had spent Justice Statement monies and to form an opinion on the current and projected financial position of the Court. The ANAO undertook the review of the Family Court in a two-stage process. The first stage, the findings of which appear in this report, to allow consideration in the Budget context, was undertaken as a project audit and had the objective of addressing the issues of immediate concern to the Attorney-General.

Entity
Family Court of Australia
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
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Published: Thursday 3 December 2015
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Indigenous Business Australia’s management and implementation of the Indigenous Home Ownership Program.

Entity
Indigenous Business Australia
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Published: Wednesday 27 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the ATO’s administration of external debt collection arrangements.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Monday 31 August 2020
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the extent to which entities’ establishment and use of ICT related procurement panels and arrangements supported the achievement of value for money outcomes.

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Tuesday 19 May 2015
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department of Human Services’ management of Smart Centres’ Centrelink telephone services.

Entity
Department of Human Services
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Published: Monday 23 June 2003
Published

The audit examined the management of computer software assets at four Commonwealth bodies. It focused on the capitalisation of software for the purposes of annual financial reporting. The specific objectives were to: determine whether the selected bodies had established effective internal control frameworks for the capitalisation of externally acquired and internally developed software; and assess whether software costs were capitalised in accordance with organisational policy, accounting standards and relevant legislation.

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Friday 29 July 2016
Published

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) 2016-20 Corporate Plan is the primary strategic planning document, and outlines how the ANAO intends to deliver against the purpose over the coming four years.

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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
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Published: Wednesday 31 May 2017
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Australian Government-funded aged care services delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Entity
Department of Health; Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
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Published: Tuesday 9 October 2018
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether effective arrangements have been established by Finance to achieve value for money outcomes for Commonwealth leased office property.

Entity
Department of Finance
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Published: Thursday 29 March 2001
Published

The audit reviewed the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's administration of consular services. It focussed on DFAT's travel advice to alert Australians to potential travel risks; case management systems to record and monitor action on more complex consular cases; performance information for the management of consular services; and contingency planning for major consular incidents. The audit also reviewed action taken by DFAT and other agencies to implement the recommendations of a 1997 Senate Committee report on consular services.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Published: Wednesday 19 October 2016
Published

The objectives of the audit were to:

  • assess the effectiveness of the ongoing administration of the Australian Government’s campaign advertising framework; and
  • assess the effectiveness of the selected entities’ administration in developing advertising campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework applying at the time, and relevant legal and government policy requirements.
Entity
Department of Finance; Department of the Treasury; Department of Education and Training; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Published: Wednesday 10 May 2000
Published

The audit reviewed the effectiveness and probity of the policy development processes and implementation of improved access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging services. The objective of the audit was to examine and report on the effectiveness and probity of the processes involved in:

(a) the development and announcement of the proposal to improve access to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services announced in the 1998 Budget, including negotiation with the diagnostic imaging profession; and

(b) the registration of 'eligible providers' and 'eligible equipment' to enable the payment of claims for MRI services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Thursday 30 January 2003
Published

The audit reviewed the management and recording of guarentees, warranties, indemnities and letters of comfort issued by the Commonwealth and also assessed action taken in the relation to the recommendations from ANAO Audit Report No. 47 1997-98. The objectives of the audit were to assess the extent of:

  • improvement in agencies' management and monitoring of the Commonwealth's exposure to these instruments;
  • changes in the size and nature of the exposure since 30 June 1997; and
  • the approach of agencies to effective risk management and control of Commonwealth exposures to these instruments.
Entity
Across Agency
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2014
Published

The audit objective was to assess the Department of Defence’s progress in delivering Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH90 aircraft) to the ADF through AIR 9000 Phases 2, 4 and 6, within approved cost, schedule and performance parameters.

Entity
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
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Published: Monday 24 July 2000
Published

The audit was structured to provide an overview of the administration of Commonwealth assistance to the agrifood industry. In particular, the ANAO sought to form a view on the extent to which four key agencies (Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry-Australia, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Transport and Regional Services and Austrade) are able to demonstrate their success in achieving the Government's objectives for the Australian agrifood industry by assessing agencies' agrifood-related: planned outcomes; performance information; and reporting.

Entity
Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry - Australia; Australian Trade Commission; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Department of Transport and Regional Services
Published: Wednesday 31 May 2023
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Services Australia's management of social security and welfare debt. 

Entity
Services Australia
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Published: Wednesday 17 December 2014
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Trade Commission’s administration of the Export Market Development Grants scheme, in providing incentives to small and medium Australian enterprises for the development of export markets.

Entity
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
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Published: Thursday 27 February 2003
Published

The Service Chiefs of Navy, Army and Air Force are accountable to the Chief of the Defence Force for the way that equipment is used by their Service. They are also accountable for the safety, fitness for service and environmental compliance of the equipment. The audit report deals with the way that the Service Chiefs are assured of the safety and suitability for service of the Australian Defence Force's (ADF's) ordnance systems. Ordnance systems include munitions such as missiles, shells and mines, and the auxiliary material necessary to aim, launch and guide munitions.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Friday 13 June 2003
Published

The audit examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' implementation and subsequent management of the Indigenous Employment Policy. The audit sought to determine whether, in relation to the Indigenous Employment Policy, the department had:

  • developed appropriate planning processes and performance measures;
  • monitored and reported performance results;
  • implemented appropriate evaluation and review mechanisms;
  • conducted effective marketing and promotion; and
  • identified enhancements and addressed performance issues.
Entity
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Published: Wednesday 22 December 1999
Published

The audit reviewed the Commonwealth management and regulation of plasma fractionation. The audit objectives were to:

  • assess the administrative and financial effectiveness of the Department of Health and Aged Care's contract management of the PFA;
  • assess whether the TGA's implementation of post sale regulatory arrangements adequately protects the community's interests; and
  • assess the extent to which agencies have implemented the recommendations made in Audit Report No.14 1995-96 concerning funding of plasma products and regulation of plasma products manufactured under the PFA.
Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
Published: Wednesday 31 March 1999
Published

The objective of the audit was to ascertain and report to Parliament on the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the Fringe Benefits Tax and to identify opportunities for improvement. The ANAO identified five key issues relevant to the effective administration of FBT:

  • knowledge of the taxpayer base;
  • education of taxpayers;
  • client service - advice handling;
  • other enforcement activities - audits and reviews; and
  • the systems required to support the administration of FBT, including staff skills and training information systems.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Monday 15 November 1999
Published

The audit reviewed the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement (CSHA). CSHA is a joint arrangement between the Commonwealth and the States under which both the Commonwealth and the States contribute funding in the form of grants, which are used by State Housing Authorities to provide a variety of housing assistance programs to households on low incomes and those with special needs. The overall objective of the audit was to assess and report to Parliament on how effectively the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS - formerly the Department of Social Security) administered the CSHA and to identify any areas where improvements could be made.

Entity
Department of Family and Community Services
Published: Friday 10 July 1998
Published

The Audit reviewed the Commercial Support Program (CSP) within the Department of Defence. The CSP was introduced in 1991 following a review of the report, The Defence Force and the Community. Its objective is to achieve best value for money in the acquisition of support services for the Department of Defence and to give the private sector an opportunity to participate in the provision of those support services. The objective of this audit was to assess whether CSP was meeting its objectives and to identify any areas where it may be possible to improve the timeliness, and therefore cost-effectiveness, with which CSP is implemented and the quality of the process itself to produce better outcomes.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Wednesday 23 August 2000
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the framework and systems that DHAC has in place to prevent, control, monitor, detect and investigate fraud. The ANAO concluded that DHAC had taken appropriate steps to protect Commonwealth resources under its administration from fraudulent misappropriation by developing a sound fraud control framework, the effectiveness of which is illustrated by the relatively low incidence of reported fraud in the department over the last few years. The framework also includes key elements for preventing and dealing with fraud in line with the Commonwealth's Fraud Control Policy.

Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
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: Thursday 6 June 2002
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of Australian Customs Services (Customs) drug detection strategies for air and containerised sea cargo and small craft activity. Within the scope of the audit, the following areas were examined :

  • intelligence and law enforcement cooperation;
  • air and containerised sea cargo;
  • cargo examinations and technology;
  • small craft activities;
  • Customs funding arrangements (including funding for NIDS initiatives): and
  • governance, including performance reporting.
Entity
Australian Customs Service
Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debts and repayments.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office (ATO); Department of Education and Training
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Published: Thursday 17 May 2001
Published

The Age Pension is a social security income support payment available to Australian residents and eligible Australians residing overseas who have reached Age Pension age and whose income and assets are under certain limits. In 1999-2000, approximately $14 billion was paid to approximately 1.7 million Age Pension recipients. Payment of Age Pension is made under the Social Security Law and in accordance with the Guide to the Social Security Law prepared by the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS). FaCS has contracted Centrelink under a Business Partnership Agreement (BPA) to administer the payment of Age Pension to eligible customers. The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which new claims for Age Pension had been assessed in compliance with the legislation and other relevant guidelines developed by Centrelink, and whether Centrelink employed appropriate mechanisms to help ensure such compliance. In particular, the ANAO sought evidence with respect to: payment at the right rate, from the right date, to the right person with the right product, for new claims assessed during the audit sample period (that is, in accordance with the working definition of accuracy within Centrelink); the accuracy of Centrelink?s own reporting on compliance, as reported to FaCS under the BPA; and the application of appropriate mechanisms to help ensure such compliance.

Entity
Centrelink
Published: Tuesday 19 June 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) and Treasury’s management of compliance with foreign investment obligations for residential real estate.

Entity
Treasury; Australian Taxation Office
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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
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Published: Monday 29 June 1998
Published

The objectives of the audit were to assist the Department in the timely identification of any deficiencies in the evaluation of responses from suppliers and options for addressing the deficiencies. The objectives were to:

  • test the Department's adherence to Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines for open and effective competition and to legislative and other Government specified requirements; and
  • provide a report to the Parliament, the Government and other interested parties on the probity of the evaluation process.

The scope of the audit was restricted to considering the processes employed by the Department in the selection of hearing devices for use under the voucher scheme.

Entity
Department of Health and Family Services
Published: Tuesday 10 July 2001
Published

Allegations were made to the Senate Economics References Committee that the Australian Taxation Office and Australian Customs Service (Customs) had failed to pursue several cases of detected sales tax fraud. The Committee believed that this alleged failure may have stemmed from coordination problems between the two agencies. The Committee requested the Auditor-General to investigate this matter and report his findings to the Parliament.

Entity
Australian Customs Service; Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 8 February 2001
Published

ANAO found that the actions taken by the Department during the course of the audit to update and improve the Notes on Administration and administrative processes, by commissioning various specialist studies and reviewing governance issues, has established a sound basis for ongoing effective management of the National Highway System. The Department advised ANAO that changes to the Notes on Administration reflect joint work done with the ANAO to identify where improvements could be made and incorporate not only suggestions and recommendations that the ANAO has made in the final report but also during the audit. ANAO considers that the comprehensive revision of the Notes on Administration undertaken by the Department should foster marked improvements in the management of the National Highway System.

Entity
Department of Transport and Regional Services
Published: Wednesday 15 April 1998
Published

The ANAO first examined asset management in the general government sector in 1995. The outcome of that review was presented in Audit Report No. 27, 1995-96, Asset Management. The primary objectives of the current review were to:

  • ascertain the degree of acceptance of the previous audit recommendations;
  • establish the extent to which organisations were managing their assets in accordance with the asset management principles espoused in the Asset Management Handbook; and
  • examine any central coordination initiatives in asset management.

Meeting these objectives permits the ANAO to express an updated opinion on the state of asset management in the general government sector other than for specialised military equipment.

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Friday 26 October 2001
Published

The audit's objective was to assess, and report to Parliament on, the ATO's administration of petroleum excise collections. The audit examined whether the ATO had implemented effectively administrative arrangements for the collection of petroleum excise since the transfer of the function from Customs in 1999. Areas that were examined relating to administration of petroleum excise were:

  • governance arrangements;
  • licensing arrangements;
  • compliance management;
  • investigations; and
  • revenue management.

The audit also reviewed the role of Customs in performing functions directly related to petroleum excise collections and key elements of the management relationship between the ATO and Customs in this area.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Monday 29 June 2020
Published

This edition of Audit Insights summarises key messages from Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) performance audits about the management of conflicts of interest by Australian Government entities in relation to procurement activity and grants programs.

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Published: Tuesday 3 June 1997
Published

The objectives of the audit were to examine the Australian Bureau of Statistics' management of the procedures and processes associated with the planning and operational aspects of the 1996 Census to ascertain: whether the results of the 1991 Census evaluations were used to improve the 1996 Census; whether the Census could be undertaken more efficiently while still yielding data of the required quality; and how privacy concerns were being satisfied by the processes employed. The scope of the audit was limited to reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of the management by the ABS of the development, collection and initiation of the processing phases of the 1996 Census. The ANAO conducted an assessment of the procedures and processes used in the 1996 Census against the ABS performance indicators and by an examination of ABS documentation. The audit did not seek to review the ABS statistical methodology.

Entity
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Published: Tuesday 20 June 2023
Published

This edition of Audit Insights is targeted at Australian Government officials who have responsibility for the management and reporting of executive remuneration. The aim of Audit Insights is to communicate lessons from our audit work to make it easier for people working within the Australian public sector to apply those lessons. It is drawn from audit reports tabled between 2019–20 and 2022–23.

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Published: Thursday 23 June 2022
Published

The audit objective was to assess the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman's effectiveness in managing complaints.

Entity
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
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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
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Published: Wednesday 10 April 2019
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of governance and integrity arrangements for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF). 

Entity
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
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Published: Wednesday 20 November 2024
Published

The audit objective was to examine whether the selected entities have implemented a selection of agreed parliamentary committee and Auditor-General recommendations.

Entity
Indigenous Business Australia; National Indigenous Australians Agency
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Published: Tuesday 25 June 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) had complied with gifts, benefits and hospitality requirements.

Entity
Australian Communications and Media Authority
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Published: Thursday 2 May 2019
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance board in the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.

Entity
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
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Published: Wednesday 27 November 2019
Published

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.

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Tuesday 30 April 2019
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance board in the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Entity
Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Published: Thursday 21 January 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess the Department of Social Services and the Department of Human Services’ administration of Disability Support Pension eligibility and review processes.

Entity
Department of Social Services; Department of Human Services
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Published: Wednesday 17 April 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) management of transfer pricing for related party debt.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Monday 24 June 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) had complied with gifts, benefits and hospitality requirements.

Entity
Department of the Treasury
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Published: Thursday 4 July 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management of cyber security risks by three government business enterprises or corporate Commonwealth entities. The entities selected for audit are ASC Pty Ltd, the Australian Postal Corporation and the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Entity
ASC Pty Ltd; Australian Postal Corporation; Reserve Bank of Australia
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Published: Thursday 28 June 2018
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management of cyber risks by the Department of the Treasury, National Archives of Australia and Geoscience Australia.

Entity
Department of the Treasury; National Archives of Australia; Geoscience Australia
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Published: Thursday 18 April 2019
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance board in Old Parliament House.

Entity
Old Parliament House
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Published: Thursday 19 June 2025
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Creative Australia’s fraud and corruption control arrangements.

Entity
Creative Australia
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Published: Wednesday 30 October 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Australian Skills Quality Authority’s fraud control arrangements as the national regulator of the vocational education and training sector.

Entity
Australian Skills Quality Authority
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Published: Monday 11 November 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the operations of the boards of four corporate Commonwealth entities in managing conflicts of interest.

Entity
Across entities
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Published: Friday 26 April 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the governance arrangements for the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS).

Entity
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
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Published: Tuesday 12 December 2017
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science in administering the low emission technologies for fossil fuels (LETFF) program.

Entity
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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Published: Monday 23 June 2025
Published

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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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
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Published: Tuesday 27 September 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Parliamentary Services’ arrangements for managing contracts and retail licences, including the extent to which the department has implemented recommendations from the previous ANAO audit.

Entity
Department of Parliamentary Services
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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
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Published: Monday 29 November 2021
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian National University’s governance and control framework.

Entity
Australian National University
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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
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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
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Published: Wednesday 18 December 2019
Published

The audit assessed the effectiveness of the rural research and development corporations’ management of probity.

Entity
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Published: Tuesday 29 June 2021
Published

The audit objective was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Skills Quality Authority’s planning and implementation of reform to the regulation of the vocational education and training sector.

Entity
Australian Skills Quality Authority
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Published: Thursday 5 December 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) had complied with gifts, benefits and hospitality requirements.

Entity
Murray–Darling Basin Authority
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Published: Monday 23 November 2020
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s approach to health provider compliance.

Entity
Department of Health
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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
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Published: Thursday 22 February 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Office of Financial Management’s (AOFM) management of the Australian Government’s debt.

Entity
Australian Office of Financial Management
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Published: Monday 25 November 2019
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the My Health Record system under the opt-out model.

Entity
Australian Digital Health Agency; Department of Health
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Published: Thursday 22 May 2025
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Treasury’s design and implementation of the Measuring What Matters framework.

Entity
Department of the Treasury
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Published: Monday 17 February 2025
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of Australian Human Rights Commission’s handling of complaints.

Entity
Australian Human Rights Commission
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Published: Wednesday 4 December 2019
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine whether WSA Co Limited’s procurement framework and procurement activities are achieving value for money.

Entity
WSA Co Limited
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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
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Published: Thursday 19 November 2020
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is effectively preparing for the 2021 Census.

Entity
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Published: Thursday 19 January 2023
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Health and Aged Care has effectively managed the expansion of telehealth services during and post the COVID-19 pandemic.

Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
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Published: Thursday 12 December 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management of conflicts of interest by Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL), Aboriginal Investment NT and Outback Stores.

Entity
Aboriginal Hostels Limited; Aboriginal Investment NT; Outback Stores Pty Ltd
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Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess selected entities’ compliance with the four mandatory ICT security strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM).

Entity
Australian Federal Police (AFP); Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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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
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Published: Wednesday 21 May 2025
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s administration of the IA framework to enable well-informed and transparent Australian Government decision-making.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Published: Thursday 22 February 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine whether the Department of Finance (Finance) has implemented a selection of agreed parliamentary committee and Auditor-General recommendations.

Entity
Department of Finance
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Published: Thursday 27 February 2020
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of spectrum reallocation to support the deployment of 5G services.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications; Australian Communications and Media Authority
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Published: Wednesday 23 October 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s fraud control arrangements, with a specific focus on the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme.

Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care
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Published: Wednesday 19 July 2017
Published

The ANAO 2017–18 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 corporate plan is complemented by the annual audit work program which reflects the ANAO's strategy and deliverables for the coming year.

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Published: Monday 28 August 2023
Published

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: Wednesday 28 June 2023
Published

This audit examined the effectiveness of the National Archives of Australia’s implementation of the Building Trust policy and selected entities’ management of information assets (records, information and data).

Entity
Australian National Maritime Museum; National Archives of Australia; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Published: Wednesday 8 September 2021
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's workforce planning to support key activities.

Entity
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
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Published: Wednesday 14 June 2023
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine whether procurements of office furniture have been consistent with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and are achieved value for money.

Entity
Department of Home Affairs; Services Australia
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Published: Thursday 12 May 2022
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of administration of physical security in the revised Protective Security Policy Framework.

Entity
Attorney-General’s Department; Services Australia; Department of Social Services
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Published: Thursday 26 June 2025
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and establishment of the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation.

Entity
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation; Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Department of Finance
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Published: Tuesday 18 June 2019
Published

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: Tuesday 29 October 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s fraud control arrangements.

Entity
National Health and Medical Research Council
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Published: Thursday 31 October 2024
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine whether the procurements that Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade conducts through its Australian Passport Office are complying with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and demonstrating the achievement of value for money.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Published: Monday 3 March 2025
Published

The purpose of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Sport Integrity Australia’s management of the National Anti-doping Scheme.

Entity
Sport Integrity Australia
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Published: Tuesday 11 July 2017
Published

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

Entity
Defence
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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
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Published: Monday 28 May 2001
Published

The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA), administers the Commonwealth's settlement programs, which seek to assist migrants and refugees to participate in Australian society. Provision of English language training to newly arrived migrants and refugees has been a long standing and significant part of this settlement support, with some 1.5 million new arrivals assisted in this way since 1948. The objective of the audit was to examine DIMA's management of the Adult Migrant English Program Contracts, focusing on performance outcomes; strategic contract management and coordination; program expenditure, with emphasis on contract funding arrangements; and whether contract monitoring and performance information adequately support effective program management. The ANAO made six audit recommendations aimed at improving program performance management and reporting; strategic management and coordination; management of financial risks; and monitoring of contractor performance, which were all accepted by DIMA.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Published: Monday 16 December 2024
Published

The audit objective was to assess whether Tourism Australia’s procurement and contract management activities are complying with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and demonstrating the achievement of value for money.

Entity
Tourism Australia
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Published: Monday 26 August 2019
Published

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

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Wednesday 7 June 2023
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the efficiency and economy of the Department of Defence’s management of its general stores inventory.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Wednesday 29 May 2024
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design of the Growing Regions Program.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts; Department of Industry, Science and Resources
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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
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Published: Tuesday 31 March 2020
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission’s (ACNC’s) regulation of charities.

Entity
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission; Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Wednesday 19 June 2019
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation’s (ARPC) management of the Terrorism Reinsurance Scheme.

Entity
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation
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