1934 Items found
Published: Thursday 7 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and management of the National Solar Schools Program (NSSP), including demonstrated progress towards achieving the program's objectives.

Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Published: Wednesday 19 December 2007
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The overall objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Refresh and, in particular:

  • the extent to which Centrelink has used the funds invested by the Government to develop its IT capability and realise the anticipated service delivery, financial and other benefits; and
  • how Centrelink's programme management approach and Refresh's oversight arrangements have contributed to the achievement of the outcomes of the programme.
Entity
Centrelink
Published: Tuesday 27 July 2010
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Strategic Projects component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program has been effectively designed and administered.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Published: Tuesday 19 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing's support for improved access to integrated GP and primary healthcare services through its administration of the Primary Care Infrastructure Grants (PCIG) program.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Published: Wednesday 30 May 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the implementation and effectiveness of the enhanced grants administration requirements relating to the development and approval of new grant guidelines and revision of existing grant guidelines.

Entity
Department of Finance and Deregulation
Published: Tuesday 20 December 2011
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management of risks arising from the use of PSDs in selected Australian Government agencies. The PSDs included within the scope of this audit were: USB flash drives; CDs and DVDs; external hard drives; laptop computers and smartphones.

Entity
Across agencies
Published: Friday 22 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation and administration of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House.

 

Entity
Department of the Treasury; Department of Human Services; Australian Taxation Office
Published: Friday 11 June 2004
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The objectives of this performance audit were to: - review the governance and accountability framework for the Scheme, and - assess the efficiency and effectiveness of Treasury's implementation and management of that framework.

Entity
Department of the Treasury
Published: Wednesday 11 June 2014
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The audit objective was to assess the Department of Employment’s management of the effectiveness and quality of employment services delivered by Job Services Australia providers.

Entity
Department of Employment
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Published: Thursday 10 November 2011
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the NPARIH in the Northern Territory from the perspective of the Australian Government.

Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Thursday 21 February 2013
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s administration of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement Contractors Voluntary Exit Grants Program.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Published: Tuesday 1 May 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which FMA Act agencies’ establishment and use of procurement panels supported value for money, efficiency and effectiveness in procurement. The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which FMA Act agencies’ establishment and use of procurement panels supported value for money, efficiency and effectiveness in procurement.

Entity
Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Published: Wednesday 23 March 2011
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Australian Government agencies' management and implementation of measures to protect and secure their electronic information, in accordance with Australian Government protective security requirements.

Entity
Across agencies
Published: Wednesday 7 May 2014
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of ARPANSA’s management of the regulation of Commonwealth nuclear, radiation facilities and sources, including ARPANSA’s compliance with its legislative requirements.

Entity
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Contact

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Published: Thursday 4 December 2008
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The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively FaHCSIA and DEEWR have undertaken their roles and responsibilities for specialist disability employment services under the current (third) CSTDA.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Thursday 27 September 2007
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The audit objectives were to assess the appropriateness of the use of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts and whether selected agencies had compiled Internet listings of contracts, as required by the Senate Order and agreed to by the Government.

Entity
Across Entities
Published: Tuesday 21 June 2011
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the services delivered through ATO shopfronts to individual and micro enterprise tax clients. Particular emphasis was given to the delivery of services to clients and planning and reporting processes for shopfront services.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Tuesday 30 March 2004
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The Australian Customs Service (Customs) is responsible for managing the integrity of Australia's border. The Australian maritime border is the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around Australia's 37 000 kilometre coastline. The National Marine Unit (NMU) contributes to customs' Civil Maritime Surveillance and Response program. It has eight 35 - metre Bay Class vessels (known as Australian Customs Vessels or ACVs) that are capable of maintaining a strategic presence around the Australian coast. The audit examined the administrative effectiveness of the NMU's surveillance and response operations. Particular emphasis was given to the following areas:

  • strategic and tactical taskings;
  • crew operations;
  • crew training;
  • asset management; and
  • governance arrangements.
Entity
Australian Customs Service
Published: Tuesday 24 June 2014
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of physical security arrangements in selected Australian Government agencies, including whether applicable Australian Government requirements are being met.

Entity
Australian Crime Commission, Geoscience Australia, Royal Australian Mint
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 19 May 2009
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The objective of the audit was to review Defence's management of the HQJOC Project's tender process, including probity management, for the construction of the joint operation headquarters in order to provide assurance that the policy principles for the use of private financing had been followed.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Friday 21 May 2010
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As part of the ANAO's role in reviewing proposed advertising campaigns for compliance with the June 2008 Guidelines, the Auditor–General advised the JCPAA that the ANAO would provide regular summary reports on its advertising review activities to Parliament. Section 25 of the Auditor General Act 1997 provides for the tabling of such reports.

Entity
Across Agencies
Responded: Thursday 6 August 2015
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 6 August 2015 to correspondence from Senator Lee Rhiannon on 22 July 2015 regarding Bronwyn Bishop's use of entitlements to pay $5,000 for a charter flight.

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Published: Thursday 25 August 2011
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This audit is the thirteenth in a series of audits that have fulfilled the Senate’s request for the Auditor-General to provide an annual report on agencies’ compliance with the Order, since it was introduced in 2001. The audit objective was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in Australian Government contracts.

Entity
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA); Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE); Department of Finance and Deregulation; Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)
Published: Friday 8 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the ATO's management of its interpretative assistance activities for SMSFs.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Friday 14 June 2024
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the selected entities’ implementation of arrangements for managing cyber security incidents in accordance with the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and relevant ASD Cyber Security Guidelines.

Entity
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; Services Australia
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Published: Monday 25 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of ASIO’s arrangements for providing timely and soundly based security assessments of individuals to client agencies.

Entity
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Published: Monday 24 February 2025
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Australian Taxation Office has effective arrangements in place to support the adoption of Artificial Intelligence.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 24 June 2009
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the department's administration of general recurrent grants for non-government schools. The audit examined key processes in the department's administration ofgeneral recurrent grants for non-government schools for 2005–08 in accordance with the Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Published: Wednesday 24 October 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of FaHCSIA‘s performance of its lead agency role in coordinating whole-of-government commitments to closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage.

Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Wednesday 22 June 2005
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A Health Care Card (HCC) is one of three types of concession cards issued by Centrelink for the Australian Government. The objectives of the audit were to assess: the effectiveness of whole of government approaches to administering HCCs by FaCS, Centrelink, Health and HIC; the adequacy ofperformance information relating to HCCs, including monitoring the use of the card and its budgetary impact, as well as the cost of administering HCCs; and the effectiveness of controls relating to the issue, maintenance and cancellation of the HCC; and to limit its incorrect or fraudulent use.

Entity
Health Insurance Commission; Department of Health and Ageing; Centrelink; Department of Family and Community Services