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Published: Wednesday 9 November 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness to date of the management of the approach to transition the disability services market to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) market arrangements.

Entity
Department of Social Services; National Disability Insurance Agency
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Published: Monday 16 November 2020
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The Auditor-General undertook a limited assurance review of the Department of Finance’s reporting and administration of the Advances to the Finance Minister (AFM) for the Period 26 September 2020 to 30 October 2020.

Entity
Department of Finance
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Published: Tuesday 16 December 2014
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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
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Published: Tuesday 24 June 2025
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Audit Practice: Auditing Regulatory Activities is intended for senior management and those responsible for managing internal audit within Australian Government entities that have a regulatory function.

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Published: Tuesday 15 August 2017
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The audit objective was to assess how effectively the selected public sector entities manage risk.

Entity
Department of Employment; Department of Health; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Australian Fisheries Management Authority
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Responded: Friday 19 November 2021
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 19 November 2021 to correspondence from Ms Alicia Payne MP dated 5 November 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General clarify some points of concern about the potential audit of the Australian War Memorial expansion (Management of the Australian War Memorial's development project).

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Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether select Australian Government entities are effectively managing and controlling the use of Commonwealth credit and other transaction cards for official purposes in accordance with legislative and policy requirements.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection; Fair Work Ombudsman; Australian Public Service Commission
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Published: Tuesday 1 March 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services' administration of Early Intervention Services for Children with Disability.

Entity
Department of Social Services
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Published: Thursday 12 May 2022
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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: Wednesday 28 June 2017
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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Australian government entities and the Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) of the Australian Government to provide Parliament an independent examination of the financial accounting and reporting of public sector entities. This report focuses on the results of the interim audit phase, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, of the 2016–17 financial statements audits of 25 entities including all departments of state and a number of major Australian government entities.

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Thursday 18 December 2014
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This report complements the interim phase report published in June 2014 (Audit Report No.44 2013–14), and provides a summary of the final audit results of the audits of the financial statements of 251 Australian Government entities, including the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government.

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Thursday 1 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the selected entities’ progress in implementing the corporate planning requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related PGPA Rule 2014.

This audit assessed corporate plans for the 2016–17 reporting period, and complements the report published in August 2016 which assessed corporate plans for the 2015–16 reporting period.

Entity
Comcare; Department of Education and Training; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; National Library of Australia
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Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
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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
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Published: Tuesday 2 June 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s administration of enforceable undertakings.

Entity
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
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Published: Wednesday 19 October 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the departments of Health and Human Services’ administration, including oversight and monitoring arrangements, for the Indemnity Insurance Fund.

Entity
Department of Health; Department of Human Services
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Responded: Friday 22 October 2021
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 22 October 2021 to correspondence from Senator Mehreen Faruqi dated 27 September 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the administration of the Australian Research Council's funding application processes. 

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Published: Monday 28 September 2020
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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.

Entity
National Indigenous Australians Agency
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Published: Tuesday 9 June 2015
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The audit objective was to examine whether the Department of Defence provides an efficient and effective security vetting service for Australian Government entities through the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Monday 24 June 2024
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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 19 May 2022
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has implemented effective arrangements for the planning and conduct of surveillance activities.

Entity
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
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Published: Wednesday 20 February 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of arrangements for monitoring, evaluating and reporting progress towards Closing the Gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Productivity Commission
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Published: Thursday 9 June 2022
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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: Thursday 25 May 2023
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This report is the first of two reports each year and focuses on the results of the interim audits, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, supporting the 2022–23 financial statements audits. This report examines 27 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 2021–22 Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Published: Thursday 25 June 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s administration of capital gains tax for individual and small business taxpayers.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Tuesday 9 March 2021
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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
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Published: Tuesday 20 February 2018
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has effectively responded to recent unscheduled information technology (IT) system outages.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Tuesday 28 February 2017
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The objective of this report was to provide the Auditor‐General’s independent assurance over the status of the selected Major Projects, as reflected in the Statement by the Secretary of Defence, and the Project Data Summary Sheets (PDSSs) prepared by Defence, in accordance with the Guidelines endorsed by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Thursday 14 June 2018
Published

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Australian government entities and the Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) of the Australian Government, to provide the Parliament of Australia with an independent examination of the financial accounting and reporting of public sector entities. This report focused on the results of the interim audit phase, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, of the 2017–18 financial statements audits of a range of entities including all departments of state and a number of major Australian government entities.

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Wednesday 24 June 2020
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services’ arrangements for managing Disability Employment Services provider agreements.

Entity
Department of Social Services
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Published: Wednesday 6 June 2018
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the integration of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

Entity
Department of Home Affairs
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