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Published: Monday 2 March 1998
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This report is the second in a series of reports to be tabled at six-monthly intervals. It summarises the audit and other activities of the ANAO in the period July to December 1997.

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Audit Activity Report
Published: Monday 19 August 2002
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The report summarises the audit and other related activities of the ANAO in the period January to June 2002. Key issues arising from performance audits tabled in this period are summarised. Appendix 1 of the Activity Report provides a short summary of each of the audits tabled between 1 January 2002 and 30 June 2002.

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Audit Activity Report
Published: Monday 14 August 2000
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This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 2000.

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Audit Activity Report
Published: Thursday 30 October 2003
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Department of Family and Community Services' launch

Published: Friday 20 January 2006
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Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the CPA Australia

Published: Wednesday 21 March 2007
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Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the ACAG Panel Forum, CPA Australia

Published: Thursday 7 March 2019
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This edition of audit insights focuses on quality in the public sector. Quality is an important concept that can be applied to all areas of government business. Quality applied through policy, services, regulations and program design and delivery supports community trust in government. A positive approach to quality, implemented through a quality framework that is embedded into the organisational culture at all levels of a government agency, is essential to meeting community and parliamentary expectations.

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Published: Monday 19 November 2018
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This edition of audit insights focuses on efficiency in the public sector. Find out more about what we think efficiency looks like, why we think efficiency is important in ensuring that public sector agencies remain sustainable, and some examples from recently tabled audits of what we can learn from others.

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Published: Wednesday 6 June 2001
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The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the ATO's management of its performance reporting within the outcomes and outputs framework and to identify potential areas for improvement in specifying, measuring, administering and reporting under that framework.

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Australian Taxation Office
Published: Friday 1 August 1997
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented a speech on the occasion of the release by the Minister for Finance of the Second Trial Unaudited Financial Statements for the Commonwealth of Australia for the year ended 30 June 1996.

Published: Tuesday 5 October 2004
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AO) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the UN Results Based Management Seminar

Published: Thursday 13 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) management and reporting of selected information relating to the goods and services tax and the fringe benefits tax.

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Australian Taxation Office
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  • Accurate and transparent monitoring and reporting on compliance supports effective decision-making and accountability. Monitoring and reporting should be supported by data that is accurate and complete.
Published: Monday 31 August 1998
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This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 1998.

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Audit Activity Report
Published: Tuesday 26 August 1997
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This report is an information document summarising the audit activities of the ANAO in the period January to June 1997.

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Audit Activity Report
Published: Monday 9 August 1999
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This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 1999.

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Audit Activity Report
Published: Saturday 26 October 1996
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the CPA Congress '96 - Profit from our Experience - Melbourne

Published: Tuesday 23 April 2013
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The Australian National Audit Office has undertaken a pilot project to assess the status of the Australian Government performance measurement and reporting framework as a basis for implementation of a future program of audits of entities’ key performance indicators, and to develop a suitable audit methodology. This report presents a summary of the work completed to date.

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Across Agencies
Published: Thursday 17 December 2015
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This report complements the interim phase report published in June 2015, and provides a summary of the final audit results of the audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government and the financial statements of 253 Australian Government entities.

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Across Entities
Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Commonwealth entities, and the Consolidated Financial Statements 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 2015–16 financial statements audits of 21 departments and other major General Government Sector (GGS) entities. These entities contribute 95 per cent of GGS revenues and expenses.

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Across Entities
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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit 

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Review of recent Auditor-General reports

Published: Thursday 14 December 2023
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This report complements the Interim Report on Key Financial Controls of Major Entities financial statement audit report published in May 2023. It provides a summary of the final results of the audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government and the financial statements of 243 Australian Government entities for the period ended 30 June 2023.

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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.

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Across Entities
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Office of Senator the Hon Lidia Thorpe

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Auditor-General Report No.23 2022–23 Administration of the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements

  • The benefits of establishing performance targets are diminished where entities do not assess and report their performance against those targets.
Published: Monday 23 January 2017
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This report complements the interim phase report published in August 2016, and provides a summary of the final results of the audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government and the financial statements of Australian Government entities.

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Across Entities
Published: Tuesday 20 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design process for the Rural Research and Development for Profit Programme, including performance measurement and reporting arrangements.

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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Dr Monique Ryan MP

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Auditor-General Report No.31 2022–23 Administration of the Community Health and Hospitals Program

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Ms Dai Le MP

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Auditor-General Report No.31 2022–23 Administration of the Community Health and Hospitals Program