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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2000–01)
Published: Monday 4 December 2000
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The objective of this follow-up audit was to provide assurance to the Parliament on the cost-effectiveness of public sector travel by:
- ascertaining the degree of acceptance, and the extent of implementation, of the previous audit recommendations and better practice principles; and
- establishing whether organisations were managing travel effectively, taking into consideration recommendations and findings detailed in the above Audit Reports and the Better Practice Guide Public Sector Travel.
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Across Agency
Speeches and papers
Published: Wednesday 8 August 2018
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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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Request for audit
Responded: Friday 23 December 2022
Response provided
The Auditor-General responded on 23 December 2022 to correspondence from Senator Malcolm Roberts dated 29 November 2022, enquiring about public contributions to the Administration of the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements performance audit.
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Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Auditor-General Report No.6 2021–22 Management of the Civil Maritime Surveillance Services Contract
Auditor-General Report No.15 2021–22 Department of Defence’s Procurement of Six Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boats
Auditor-General Report No.30 2021–22 Procurement by the National Capital Authority
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Inquiry into Commonwealth Financial Statements 2021–22 based on Auditor-General Report No.8 2022–23 Audits of the Financial Statements of Australian Government Entities for the Period Ended 30 June 2022
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Auditor-General Report No.34 2022–23 Procurement of the Permissions Capability
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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ANAO 2023–24 Budget Submission
Speeches and papers
Published: Monday 17 May 1999
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Public Seminar Series, Graduate Program in Public Policy, 'Democratic Governance: Improving the Institutions of Accountability', The Australian National University
Speeches and papers
Published: Wednesday 26 April 2000
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented an Occasional Paper
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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ANAO 2025-26 Budget Submission
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Defence Major Projects Report 2024–25 Proposed Guidelines and Project Selection.
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Auditor-General Report No.21 2023–24 Management of the Australian War Memorial’s Development Project
Auditor-General Report No.36 2023–24 Procurement of My Health Record
Auditor-General Report No.37 2023–24 Administration of the Adult Migrant English Program contracts
Auditor-General Report No.47 2023–24 Defence's management of contracts for the supply of munitions: Part 1
Auditor-General Report No.1 2024–25 Defence's Procurement and Implementation of the myClearance System
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audits
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Private briefing to the JCPAA on the audit reports included in the Inquiry into the administration of Commonwealth regulations
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Auditor-General Report No.42 2021–22 Procurement of Delivery Partners for the Entrepreneurs’ Programme
Auditor-General Report No.5 2022–23 Digital Transformation Agency’s Procurement of ICT-Related Services
Auditor-General Report No.39 2021–22 Overseas Crisis Management and Response
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
Briefing date
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Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audits
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2022–23 Defence Major Projects Report
Commonwealth Financial Statements 2022–23
Public sector IT procurements and projects, namely:
- Auditor-General Report No.7 2023–24 Establishment of the Workforce Australia Services Panel, on the digital employment services system
- Auditor-General Report No.20 2023–24 Design and Implementation of the Australian Apprenticeships Incentive System
- Auditor-General Report No.12 2023–24 Administration of the Parliamentary Expenses Management System
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audits
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Review of Auditor-General reports
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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ANAO 2024–25 Budget Submission
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Inquiry into Policy and Program Design and Implementation
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Defence Major Projects Report 2023-24 Proposed Guidelines and Project Selection
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Inquiry into probity and ethics in the Australian Public Sector
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Defence Major Projects Report 2020–21 and 2021–22
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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2022–23 Defence Major Projects Report guidelines and proposed project selections
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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ANAO October 2022–23 budget submission and the Auditor-General’s batch reports
Speeches and papers
Published: Thursday 18 October 2001
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the Senior Staff of the Board of Audit - Tokyo, Japan
Speeches and papers
Published: Friday 23 August 2002
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presentation to Macquarie University
Speeches and papers
Published: Thursday 4 December 2003
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Chartered Secretaries Australia, Discussion Luncheon, Canberra
Speeches and papers
Published: Wednesday 19 November 2003
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the National Public Sector Convention, Perth WA
Parliamentary briefing (47th Parliament)
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
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Review of recent Auditor-General reports
Speeches and papers
Published: Wednesday 13 December 2017
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Grant Hehir, Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Australian National Centre for Audit & Assurance Research (ANCAAR) 15th ANCAAR Audit Research Forum on 1 December 2017.
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Speeches and papers
Published: Monday 19 May 2003
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the 2nd Annual New Directions in Australian Auditing Accounting Standards Conference