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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.
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.
This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 2000.
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Department of Family and Community Services' launch
Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the CPA Australia
Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the ACAG Panel Forum, CPA Australia
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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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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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.
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.
Mr P.J. Barrett (AO) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the UN Results Based Management Seminar
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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- 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.
This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 1998.
This report is an information document summarising the audit activities of the ANAO in the period January to June 1997.
This report summarises audit and other related activities of the Australian National Audit Office in the period January to June 1999.
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the CPA Congress '96 - Profit from our Experience - Melbourne
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.
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.
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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Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
Review of recent Auditor-General reports
- There should be internal reporting on the adoption and use of AI within the organisation to senior management and the accountable authority.
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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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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Office of Senator the Hon Lidia Thorpe
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.
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.
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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Dr Monique Ryan MP
Auditor-General Report No.31 2022–23 Administration of the Community Health and Hospitals Program
Ms Dai Le MP
Auditor-General Report No.31 2022–23 Administration of the Community Health and Hospitals Program