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Published: Thursday 6 June 2002
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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: Wednesday 6 August 2003
Published

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the InfoHRM Conference, Gold Coast

Published: Wednesday 25 February 2009
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The audit focussed on performance information reporting by the submarine System Program Offices on reliability, safety systems and logistic support services. In the context of the sustainability arrangements, the audit considered combat system upgrades and personnel escape and rescue systems. Any arrangements that the Commonwealth may be considering regarding the potential sale of ASC were not within the scope of this audit.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Tuesday 4 August 2009
Published

In two letters dated 19 and 22 June 2009, the Prime Minister requested a performance audit of a range of matters relating to representations to the Treasury regarding automotive finance arrangements for car dealers. In response to these requests, the Auditor-General decided that ANAO would undertake a performance audit under section 18 of the Auditor-General Act 1997 (Auditor-General Act). The audit objective, based on the matters raised in the Prime Minister's correspondence and in the Parliament, was to examine and report on:

  • any representations to the Treasury since October 2008 from all sources regarding automotive finance arrangements for car dealers, including any made in relation to John Grant Motors;
  • the nature of these representations;
  • the manner in which the representations were responded to by officials, having regard to any relevant standards and procedures; and
  • any related administrative matters that came to attention.
Entity
Department of the Treasury; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Tuesday 20 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance of the Northern Land Council in fulfilling its responsibilities and obligations under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, Native Title Act 1993 and Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Northern Land Council
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Published: Monday 30 October 1995
Published

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the Institute of Internal Auditors, Annual Directors' Forum, Canberra

Published: Tuesday 19 March 2002
Published

The audit reviewed the planning and management of the Australian Defence Force deployments to East Timor, including the support of those deployments. The audit focused on planning for the deployments and the role of Australia as the lead nation in the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET); and financial, personnel, logistic and other systems used to deploy and sustain Australia's military presence in East Timor.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Monday 25 June 2007
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the management practices undertaken by APS agencies to achieve value for money and transparency in dealing with contracts for non-APS workers. The focus of the audit was on circumstances where agencies had a significant reliance on a non-APS workforce to assist in achieving their core functions. Regular reporting by agencies of expenditure on non-APS workers was outside the scope of this audit.

Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Published: Wednesday 27 August 1997
Published

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at a Joint Seminar by IPAA and ASCPAs as part of a Panel Discussion on 'Governance and the Role of the Senior Public Executive', Canberra

Published: Thursday 19 June 2014
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DHS’ implementation of initiatives to support the delivery of services to Indigenous Australians.

Entity
Department of Human Services
Contact

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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: Tuesday 3 June 1997
Published

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the Australian Taxation Office Staff Conference, Canberra

Published: Tuesday 5 October 2004
Published

Mr P.J. Barrett (AO) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the UN Results Based Management Seminar

Published: Wednesday 17 October 2007
Published

The audit objective was to assess how four key departments: Education, Science and Training (DEST); Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR); Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA); and Health and Ageing (DoHA) are implementing the Government's policy objective for Indigenous service delivery.

Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Published: Tuesday 20 November 2001
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The audit reviewed the policy advising functions of the Departments of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, and Family and Community Services. The objective of the audit was to determine whether departmental quality management systems for policy advising were appropriate and the advice provided met expected standards for policy outputs.

Entity
Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs; Department of Employment Workplace Relations and Small Business; Department of Family and Community Services
Published: Friday 13 December 1996
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the Australian Taxation Office's approach to client service and the provision of particular client services to Individuals Non-Business clients. The INB business line deals primarily with the tax affairs of individual taxpayers. Audit criteria were developed which examined the ATO's:

  • commitment to client service and understanding of client needs and expectations;
  • client service strategy and delivery of client services and products; and
  • measurement and achievement of service quality and client satisfaction.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Monday 15 October 2007
Published

Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Australian Institute of Project Management, Hobart

Published: Friday 15 September 2000
Published

The audit reviewed Defence's higher-level management of its knowledge system equipment acquisition projects. These amount to $8.5b. The focus of the audit was on the opportunities for Defence to adopt a much more coherent and integrated approach to knowledge systems management prospectively rather than on emphasising current system compatibility issues.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Thursday 16 August 2001
Published

The audit examined some key aspects of HRD in relation to Centrelink's Customer Service Officers (CSOs). The objective of the audit was to determine whether Centrelink had appropriate systems and strategies in place to ensure that its CSOs had access to the skills and knowledge necessary to meet expected levels of performance and customer service.

Entity
Centrelink
Published: Tuesday 7 October 2003
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This annual report documents the performance of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) in the financial year ending on 30 June 2003. It includes a comment by the Auditor-General; an overview of the report; a report on performance; details about management and accountability, and the financial statement for the year.

Published: Friday 23 August 2002
Published

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presentation to Macquarie University

Published: Monday 11 December 2023
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the design and early implementation of the Australian Government’s response to Recommendation 86 of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has been effective.

Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care; Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
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Published: Thursday 10 December 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) management of compliance with visa conditions. To form a conclusion against this objective, the ANAO assessed whether DIBP:

  • effectively manages risk and intelligence related to visa holders’ non-compliance with their visa conditions;
  • promotes voluntary compliance through targeted campaigns and services that are appropriate and accessible to the community;
  • conducts onshore compliance activities that are effective and appropriately targeted; and
  • has effective administrative arrangements to support visa holders’ compliance with their visa conditions.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Published: Thursday 29 June 2000
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The objective of the audit was to examine program management in the Training and Youth Division of the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. In broad terms, the audit focused on the management frameworks at both Divisional and program level. Three of the Division's programs were selected for more detailed review as follows:

  • Workplace English Language and Literacy;
  • Literacy and Numeracy; and
  • Support for New Apprentices.
Entity
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
Published: Friday 14 October 2011
Published

Mr Ian McPhee, PSM - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the Senate Occasional Lecture, Parliament House Canberra

Published: Thursday 26 November 2009
Published

The objective of this audit is to assess whether AusAID's management of the expanding aid program supports delivery of effective aid. The audit focuses on progress of AusAID's internal reforms to achieve this objective.

Entity
AusAID
Published: Monday 13 May 2002
Published

The audit reviewed Commonwealth National Parks involving total assets of $105 million with net operating costs of $41.77 million. Nineteen Commonwealth reserves are declared comprising six terrestrial national parks, one botanic garden and twelve marine parks and reserves totalling some 23 million hectares across Australia, its external territories and Commonwealth marine areas. The objective of the audit was to examine and report on the adequacy of the planning, management and reporting systems which support the Director of National Parks in the achievement of required functions under relevant legislation and agreed outputs and outcomes.

Entity
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Published: Friday 20 August 2004
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the CPA Forum 2004

Published: Thursday 25 August 2022
Published

This annual report documents the performance of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) in the financial year ended 30 June 2022. The report addresses all applicable obligations under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014; the Auditor-General Act 1997; the performance measures set out in the outcome and programs framework in the ANAO’s Portfolio Budget Statements 2021–22 and the ANAO Corporate Plan 2021–22; and annual reporting requirements set out in other relevant legislation.

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Published: Thursday 19 November 2009
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of administrative arrangements for YA, including service delivery. The ANAO assessed DEEWR's and Centrelink's performance against three main criteria:

  • objectives and strategies for the ongoing management and performance measures for YA provide a firm basis for measurement against outcomes (Chapters 2 and 3);
  • YA services delivered are consistent with legislative and policy requirements, (Chapter 4); and
  • monitoring arrangements provide appropriate information for assessing service delivery performance (Chapter 5).
Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Centrelink