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Entities should ensure transparency in program costs, delivery and impact to enable an assessment of value for money and to assist with the adaptation of programs over time. This is particularly important for large and complex programs that include multiple providers and sources of funding. Providing this type of information in a transparent manner will support the Australian Parliament and taxpayers to have trust that programs are being delivered efficiently to achieve outcomes.

Department of the Treasury’s Design and Delivery of the Housing Australia Future Fund and the National Housing Accord Facility Image

From performance audit report: Department of the Treasury’s Design and Delivery of the Housing Australia Future Fund and the National Housing Accord Facility (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2026-27)

To support the management of conflicts of interest, declarations must be sufficiently detailed to facilitate a risk assessment and develop a management plan that will address the risk. Communicating key measures from conflict management plans assists with implementing measures.

Australian Taxation Office’s Procurement of IT Managed Services Image

From performance audit report: Australian Taxation Office’s Procurement of IT Managed Services (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2024-25)

Where conflict of interest issues arise during a grant assessment, procurement or recruitment activity, it may be appropriate to pause the activity to investigate and address the issues and recommence when the issues have been resolved.

Management of Conflicts of Interest by Aboriginal Hostels Limited, Aboriginal Investment NT and Outback Stores Pty Ltd Image

From performance audit report: Management of Conflicts of Interest by Aboriginal Hostels Limited, Aboriginal Investment NT and Outback Stores Pty Ltd (Auditor-General Report No. 17 of 2024-25)

The core rule of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) is achieving value for money, irrespective of the type of procurement process undertaken. Responsibility for assessing value for money rests with officials under the CPRs, including for processes where ministers are the final decision-makers on procurement outcomes. Officials discharge this responsibility by undertaking activities that include:
- undertaking a value for money assessment as required under the CPRs;
- advising ministers on the outcome of the value for money assessment;
- advising ministers of CPR requirements; and
- maintaining records as required under the CPRs.

Department of Defence’s Procurement of Hunter Class Frigates Image

From performance audit report: Department of Defence’s Procurement of Hunter Class Frigates (Auditor-General Report No. 21 of 2022-23)

Entities should clarify and verify the detail and nature of election commitments; consistently assess and advise on whether the commitments constitute value for money; and advise on delivery risks and implement identified controls to manage those risks.

Delivery of the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program Image

From performance audit report: Delivery of the Urban Rivers and Catchments Program (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2025-26)

Good privacy practices are essential to ensure citizens trust the government to collect and use their personal information appropriately. In an environment of increasing data breaches, cyber threats and malicious actors, entities should regularly assess privacy risks to inform reviews of their privacy management plans and implementation of governance, policies, ICT controls, training, audit and assurance arrangements.

Managing the Privacy of Client Information in Services Australia Image

From performance audit report: Managing the Privacy of Client Information in Services Australia (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2025-26)

Effective risk management during procurement processes is supported by identifying, assessing and treating procurement risks early in the process and thereafter on an ongoing basis, including developing and maintaining a risk management plan, risk registers, and mitigation strategies for all risks.

Defence’s Management of Contracts for the Supply of Munitions — Part 1 Image

From performance audit report: Defence’s Management of Contracts for the Supply of Munitions — Part 1 (Auditor-General Report No. 47 of 2023-24)

When delivering a package of initiatives intended to contribute to common policy objectives, entities should establish arrangements to provide coordinated governance, risk assessment and reporting across all programs and initiatives. This should include appropriate levels of oversight over how the programs and initiatives are performing against the overall policy objectives.

Design and Early Implementation of the National Soil Strategy Image

From performance audit report: Design and Early Implementation of the National Soil Strategy (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2023-24)

Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2020–21)

Published: Monday 28 September 2020

Published

Indigenous Advancement Strategy — Children and Schooling Program and Safety and Wellbeing Program

The ANAO conducted separate audits of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) Children and Schooling program and the Safety and Wellbeing program, the findings and conclusions of which are presented in this report. The objective of the audits was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s and the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s administration of the IAS Children and Schooling and the Safety and Wellbeing programs.

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