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Published: Wednesday 3 June 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's activities to promote employer compliance with Superannuation Guarantee obligations.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Thursday 27 November 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and conduct of the third and fourth funding rounds of the Regional Development Australia Fund.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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Published: Thursday 25 June 2009
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The objective of the audit was to examine if AFMA is effectively undertaking its regulatory compliance responsibilities in respect of domestic fishing in Commonwealth fisheries. Particular emphasis was
given to:

  • the licensing of fishers and related transaction processing;
  • the management of fishing quota by concession holders and AFMA; AFMA's domestic compliance monitoring and
  • enforcement activities; and the governance arrangement for domestic fishing compliance.
Entity
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Responded: Thursday 22 June 2017
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 22 June 2017 to correspondence from Senator Sarah Hanson-Young dated 31 May 2017, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an audit of the current and historical funding practices of the Catholic Education Commissions.

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Published: Thursday 13 April 2023
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s arrangements for identifying and reducing the income tax gap for individuals not in business.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Responded: Thursday 27 June 2024
Response provided

The acting Auditor-General responded on 27 June 2024 to correspondence from Senator Andrew Bragg dated 5 June 2024, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the contract for legal services between King & Wood Mallesons and the Department of Industry, Science and Resources regarding PSI Quantum.

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Published: Tuesday 2 December 2008
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The Economic Security Strategy (ESS) campaign is intended to inform the community of aspects of the Australian Government's response to the global financial crisis. This component of the campaign is designed to raise awareness, among those for whom English is not a convenient language, of the financial assistance available, in the form of lump sum payments, and of access and eligibility requirements.

Published: Thursday 20 November 2008
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The ABHI campaign is an information campaign, largely in cooperation with other states (excl Victoria) which promotes improved public health and reduced incidence of chronic disease. This component of the campaign takes a culturally relevant approach and includes advertising content and messages delivered through Indigenous media channels.

Published: Thursday 31 August 2023
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services’ (DSS’s) and Services Australia’s management of the accuracy and timeliness of welfare payments.

Entity
Services Australia; Department of Social Services
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Published: Wednesday 5 November 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s administration of annual compliance arrangements with large corporate taxpayers.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Responded: Thursday 29 February 2024
Response provided

The acting Auditor-General responded on 29 February 2024 to correspondence from Hon. Catherine King MP dated 29 January 2024, requesting that the Auditor-General to conduct an assurance review of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Aids to Navigation (AtoN) procurement.

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Published: Thursday 29 January 2004
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The audit sought to assess how well the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) manages aggressive tax planning. We did this by exploring the nature of aggressive tax planning and the ATO's approach to its management. In the latter context, we looked at:

  • the ATO's previous experience with aggressive tax planning and action on previous significant external reviews, particularly dealing with mass marketed investment schemes;
  • strategy and operations, intelligence gathering and use; and the identification and management of promoters given their significant role in aggressive tax planning.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Tuesday 28 March 2006
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The objective of the audit was to assess the ATO's administration of activity statement HRRs. Specifically the audit sought to: examine aspects of ATO governance relevant to its administration of activity statement HRRs. This includes: ATO planning, the integration between Lines to administer HRRs; corporate risk management processes; and performance management; assess the ATO's methodology and practice to identify and, if necessary, correct activity statement HRRs; and identify and assess the Information Technology (IT) and manual systems, processes and controls used by the ATO to process HRRs resulting from the lodgement of activity statements.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 25 June 2015
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of Defence’s management of the acquisition of medium and heavy vehicles, associated modules and trailers for the Australian Defence Force.

Entity
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
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Published: Tuesday 1 May 2007
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management by Defence and the DMO of the procurement of the modernised High Frequency communication capability for the ADF. The audit focussed on Phase 3A of the Project which commenced in the mid 1990's and involved the selection of the Prime Contractor; negotiation of the Prime Contract and the Network Operation and Support Contract; and the development and implementation of the Communication System.

Entity
Defence Materiel Organisation
Responded: Friday 17 December 2021
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 17 June 2021 to correspondence from the Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, MP dated 21 May 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine how part-time members of the Social Services and Child Support Division and “sessional part-time members” in the Migration and Refugee Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal are being remunerated. 

The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response to the Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, MP on 17 December 2021. 

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Published: Wednesday 5 February 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Bureau of Meteorology’s implementation of the Improving Water Information Program.

Entity
Bureau of Meteorology
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Published: Wednesday 28 May 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s and Australian Hearing’s administration of the Community Service Obligations program for hearing services.

Entity
Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Australian Hearing Services
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Published: Monday 22 December 2003
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Directly after the collapse of Ansett in September 2001, most of its estimated 15 000 employees faced the possibility of retrenchment The Government immediately announced the introduction of the Special Employee Entitlements Scheme for Ansett group employees (SEESA) to address two risks facing the employees:

  • the risk-to a certain limit - of a shortfall in their payments of accrued employee entitlements from Ansett and,
  • the risk of delay in their being paid.

The objective of the audit was to determine how efficiently and effectively the two key elements of SEESA were managed: DEWR's management of the mechanism for making SEESA payments and DOTARS' management of the associated Air Passenger Ticket Levy.

Entity
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Transport and Regional Services
Responded: Wednesday 25 September 2024
Response provided

The acting Auditor-General responded on 24 September 2024 to correspondence from Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck dated 27 August 2024, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme.

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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 21 June 2011
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To examine the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing’s administration of the Access to Allied Psychological Services Program.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
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
Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design of, and award of funding under, the Living Safe Together grants programme.

Entity
Attorney-General's Department
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Published: Tuesday 5 May 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s management of initiatives to supply low aromatic fuel to Indigenous communities.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Published: Tuesday 15 May 2018
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The objective of this review was to determine whether the establishment and early implementation of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Recovery Program by the Department of Jobs and Small Business has provided a sound basis for achieving value for money.

Entity
Department of Jobs and Small Business
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Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to examine Defence’s progress since 2007 in introducing into service a fully capable Tiger fleet and cost-effective sustainment arrangements.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Wednesday 22 November 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's processes for estimating and monitoring the costs, savings and benefits associated with the Reinventing the ATO program.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Published: Wednesday 30 August 2006
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of AGD's administration of grants provided under the Respondents Scheme. The audit considered the context within which the Respondents Scheme operates and focused on assessing the administration of the scheme including its financial management within AGD.

Entity
Attorney General's Department
Published: Thursday 9 May 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which the Department of the Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) have improved the management of tax expenditure estimates by implementing the six recommendations in the 2008 ANAO audit and the three recommendations made by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) following its inquiry.

Entity
Department of the Treasury; Australian Taxation Office
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