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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of procurement complaints handling by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the Department of Finance, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Industry Innovation and Science Australia's, the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources', and the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the Research and Development Tax Incentive program.
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AO) - Auditor-General for Australia, an Occasional Paper
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, Occasional Paper
Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the CPA Congress
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.
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presentation to Macquarie University
Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Canberra Evaluation Forum
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented an Occasional Paper
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented an Occasional Paper
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Comcover Seminar
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.
Mr Ian McPhee - Deputy Auditor-General, presented at the CPA Australia Seminar
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management of cyber security risks by three government business enterprises or corporate Commonwealth entities. The entities selected for audit are ASC Pty Ltd, the Australian Postal Corporation and the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the CPA Forum 2004
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, Address to ANZSOG Students at ANU
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the MinterEllison Seminar Series
Grant Hehir, Auditor-General for Australia, attended the XXIII Commonwealth Auditors-General Conference in New Delhi, India, and presented a keynote speech on 22 March 2017 titled Environmental Audit: A Commonwealth Perspective.
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the OECD, Paris, France
Mr Ian McPhee - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Queensland Regional Heads Forum
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the INTOSAI Working Group
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the IPAA Conference, Canberra
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to COMNET - Canberra
Mr Ian McPhee. Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the Heads of Cultural Organisations Meeting
The objective of this audit was to examine the extent to which Australian Government entities have implemented the Digital Continuity 2020 policy, and how effectively the National Archives of Australia is monitoring, assisting, and encouraging entities to meet the specified targets of the policy.
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Mr Ian McPhee, PSM - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the Department of Parliamentary Services
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Secretaries' Forum
The Auditor-General responded on 5 May 2021 to correspondence from Senator Gerard Rennick dated 22 March 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General put in place the practice of annually auditing Australia's gold reserves.
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Senate Occasional Lecture Series
Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Australian Government Solicitor Seminar