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Published: Thursday 7 January 2010
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This campaign aims to attract the appropriate people to sustain and enhance Defence capability by generating enough enquiries to successfully meet Australian Defence Force's (ADF) recruitment target. The campaign is designed to create a greater level of awareness, among Australia's Indian and Arabic populations, of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as an employer of culturally diverse Australians.

Published: Friday 7 August 2009
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The campaign objectives are to raise awareness of undergraduate and graduate health positions in the ADF and to communicate that the roles provide the opportunity for intelligent, everyday people to do extraordinary and worthwhile jobs

Published: Friday 22 May 2009
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The campaign aims to encourage nurses and midwives who are currently outside the nursing workforce to return to nursing by providing cash bonuses of up to $6,000 to eligible nurses and $1,000 to the employers as retraining contribution.

Published: Thursday 7 May 2009
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The campaign's objectives are to encourage people to lodge an 07/08 tax return and to update their address and direct deposit details with the ATO, to manage expectations about the arrival date for the payments and provide information about what to do if the payments are not received.

Published: Wednesday 29 April 2009
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This campaign was designed to educate Australians about the importance of protecting themselves against avoidable blindness and vision loss.

Published: Thursday 16 April 2009
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The aim of the campaign is to contribute to a reduction in the uptake of methamphetamines and other illicit drugs among young Australians, by raising awareness of the harms associated with drug use and by encouraging and supporting decisions not to use. It is also intended to encourage young people using methamphetamines to reconsider their use and direct them to relevant support, counselling and treatment services.

Published: Thursday 2 April 2009
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The campaign's objectives are to encourage people to lodge an 07/08 tax return and to update their address and direct deposit details with the ATO, to manage expectations about the arrival date for the payments and provide information about what to do if the payments are not received.

Published: Friday 27 March 2009
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The campaign's objectives are to encourage people, for whom English is not a convenient language, to lodge an 07/08 tax return and to update their address and direct deposit details with the ATO, to manage expectations about the arrival date for the payments and provide information about what to do if the payments are not received.

Published: Wednesday 4 March 2009
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The campaign's objective is to inform Centrelink customers who are in or commence a same sex relationship about changes to their entitlements and obligations as a result of the Same Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - General Law Reform) Act 2008.

Published: Friday 23 January 2009
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The campaign's objective is to promote the National Security Hotline (NSH) and remind Australians to be vigilant and report possible signs of terrorism to the NSH.

Published: Sunday 16 November 2008
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The Australian Government has identified cancer as one of the seven National Health Priority Areas. The campaign targets young Australians 13-24 years of age and young adults 18-24 years of age as they have the worst sun protection behaviours and the highest frequency of sunburn. The campaign aims to educate young Australians about the importance of protecting themselves from skin cancer in five ways (hat, shade, sunscreen, sunglasses and sun protective clothing).

Published: Friday 10 October 2008
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The purpose of the campaign is to:

  • raise traveller awareness of SmartGate (an automated passenger processing system utilising ePassports);
  • encourage travellers to choose to use SmartGate;
  • increase current usage; and
  • guide travellers how to use it before they arrive at the Customs border.

The use of SmartGate is voluntary as eligible travellers have the option of being processed manually by a Customs Officer.

Published: Monday 8 September 2008
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The campaign is a community awareness campaign designed to raise awareness of Australia's quarantine laws and of the particular risks of bringing foreign items into Australia.

Published: Wednesday 27 May 2009
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The objective of the ANAO's audit was to examine the effectiveness of DAFF's implementation and administration of the buyback of fishing concessions under the Securing our Fishing Future structural adjustment package.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Published: Monday 21 September 2020
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The objective of this audit was to examine whether the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications exercised appropriate due diligence in its acquisition of the ‘Leppington Triangle’ land for the future development of the Western Sydney Airport.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 23 May 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of underperformance in the Australian Public Service (APS) and identify opportunities for improvement.

Entity
Across Entities
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 30 March 2010
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The aim of the May to July 2010 burst of campaign advertising for the National Security Campaign is to build upon previous phases of the campaign through continuing to remind Australians to remain vigilant and to report possible signs of terrorism related activity to the National Security Hotline on 1800 1234 00.

Published: Tuesday 30 March 2010
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The campaign for the National STI Prevention Program is designed to inform young Australians aged 15-29 years about the transmission, symptoms, treatment and prevention of STIs, and encourage safe sexual behaviour to contribute to a reduction in the prevalence of sexually transmissible infections among this age group.

Published: Thursday 25 February 2010
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The Digital Switchover campaign aims to provide all Australians with a smooth transition from analogue to digital television. The first region to switch over to digital television will be Mildura/Sunraysia on 30 June 2010 and the second region will be Regional South Australia & Broken Hill on 15 December 2010. Tailored local communications will be launched in Regional South Australia and Broken Hill from 28 March 2010, and they will include the date of digital switchover for that region.

Published: Monday 15 February 2010
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The overall aim of the campaign activity is to contribute to a reduction in the uptake and prevalence of smoking among young Australians.

Published: Thursday 17 December 2009
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This campaign aims to attract the right people to sustain and enhance Defence capability by generating enough enquiries to successfully meet Australian Defence Force's (ADF) recruitment target. The campaign has been developed to position the ADF as a preferred employer among the target audience by establishing the brand positions of each of the services and by advertising a range of positions offered in the ADF.

Published: Tuesday 17 November 2009
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The Digital Switchover Campaign aim is to provide all Australians with a smooth transition from analogue to digital television by 31 December 2013. The second phase of the campaign aims to maintain awareness levels and drive conversion, especially in areas where the switchover is imminent, while also ensuring that that those households who have not yet converted to digital are aware of what will happen if they don't.

Published: Thursday 3 September 2009
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The campaign's objective is to raise awareness and understanding of the Secure and Sustainable Pension reforms announced in the 2009-10 Budget measures, and in particular how they relate to the individual circumstances of current pension recipients.

Published: Friday 7 August 2009
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The campaign is intended to inform employers and members of the Reserves of their rights and obligations, and raise awareness and understanding of the benefits associated with the employment of Reserves.

Published: Friday 17 July 2009
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The campaign is designed to raise awareness and prompt call to action in Micro and SME businesses eligible for the Small and General Business Tax Break (BTB).

Published: Monday 13 July 2009
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To inform jobseekers of the change from the Job Network system to Job Services.

Published: Monday 6 July 2009
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This campaign aims to attract the right people to sustain and enhance Defence capability by generating enough enquiries to successfully meet Australian Defence Force's (ADF) recruitment target. The campaign has been developed to position the ADF as a preferred employer among the target audience by establishing the brand positions of each of the services and by advertising a range of positions offered in the ADF.

Published: Thursday 25 June 2009
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The campaign's objective is to inform jobseekers of the change from the Job Network system to Job Services Australia.

Published: Wednesday 24 June 2009
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To inform jobseekers of the change from the Job Network system to Job Services Australia.

Published: Tuesday 23 June 2009
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The campaign's objective is to inform jobseekers of the change from the Job Network system to Job Services Australia.

Published: Thursday 23 April 2009
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Electronic Medicare claiming allows patients to claim their Medicare rebate electronically at the doctor's surgery. The purpose of the campaign is to increase public awareness and use of this scheme and to encourage medical service providers such as doctor's surgeries to take up the scheme.

Published: Friday 13 March 2009
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This campaign aims to attract the right people to sustain and enhance Defence capability by generating enough enquiries to successfully meet Australian Defence Force's recruitment target. The radio commercials have been developed to position ADFA as a preferred study option among the target audience.

Published: Tuesday 20 January 2009
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The objectives of the campaign are to increase knowledge and awareness of the Education Tax Refund, the need to keep receipts, eligibility requirements, and how to claim the refund, with the overall objective of encouraging eligible Australians to make a claim for a rebate.

Published: Wednesday 7 January 2009
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The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act) forms part of a legislative package that implements reforms to Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulatory regime. There are elements of the Act that did not commence until December 2008. This campaign is focused on targeted public awareness regarding the new elements of the Act.

Published: Thursday 20 November 2008
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This campaign aims to attract the right people to sustain and enhance Defence capability by generating enough enquiries to successfully meet Australian Defence Force's (ADF) recruitment target. The campaign has been developed to position the ADF as a preferred employer among the target audience by establishing the brand positions of each of the services and by advertising a range of positions offered in the ADF.

Published: Tuesday 14 April 2009
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The campaign's objectives are to raise awareness of the harms and costs to young people, their families, communities and society associated with drinking to intoxication, to encourage young people and their parents to question the acceptability and impact of intoxicated behaviour, to highlight the influence that parental attitudes to alcohol misuse and adult behaviour and drinking to intoxication can have on others and provide referral and support information for those who recognise a need to seek help.

Published: Thursday 28 July 2022
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the award of funding under the Building Better Regions Fund was effective as well as being consistent with the Commonwealth Grant Rules and Guidelines.

Entity
Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development's regulation of passenger security screening at Australian domestic airports.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Contact

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Published: Thursday 5 February 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's administration of the Tariff Concession System.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Contact

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Responded: Thursday 1 July 2021
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 1 July 2021 to correspondence from the Hon Brendan O'Connor MP and Mr Tim Watts MP dated 5 June 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General consider initiating a performance audit into the use of provisional ICT accreditation within Defence. 

Contact

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Responded: Wednesday 16 September 2020
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 21 August 2020 to correspondence from the Hon Mark Butler MP dated 26 July 2020, requesting that the Auditor-General review the integrity of the Supporting Reliable Energy Infrastructure Program, in particular with reference to the grant to Shine Energy. The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response on 16 September 2020.

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Published: Tuesday 8 December 2009
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The Digital Switchover campaign aims to provide all Australians with a smooth transition from analogue to digital television. Phase Two is a two pronged approach of multi-regional communications targeting the broader Australian population, combined with further targeted communications in each switchover area prior to the analogue signals being switched off. The first region to switchover is the Mildura/Sunraysia region on the 30 June 2010. Tailored local communications will be targeted to this region from January 2010 until 2 weeks past the switchover date.

Published: Thursday 28 May 2009
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The campaign for the National STI Prevention Program is designed to inform young Australians aged 15-29 years about the transmission, symptoms, treatment and prevention of STIs, and encourage safe sexual behaviour, to contribute to a reduction in the prevalence of sexually transmissible infections among this age group.

Published: Friday 23 January 2009
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The objectives of the campaign are to increase knowledge and awareness of the Education Tax Refund, the need to keep receipts, eligibility requirements, and how to claim the refund, with the overall objective of encouraging eligible Australians to make a claim for a rebate.

Published: Tuesday 18 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ and the Department of Defence’s administration of the Australian Government’s $55 million support package announced in the May 2010 Budget for former F-111 fuel tank maintenance workers and their families. The audit examined the implementation of the 14 agreed recommendations in the Government Response to the 2009 Parliamentary Inquiry into the F-111 deseal/reseal issues, which formed the basis of the May 2010, F-111 support package.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs; Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Monday 8 July 2024
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The ANAO was invited to prepare a paper for an international conference on the role of supreme audit Institutions in combatting corruption for the advancement of transparency, public integrity, and good governance. The international conference formed part of the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the State Audit Office of Viet Nam and was held from 8-12 July 2024,

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Published: Thursday 8 October 2009
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This campaign forms part of the main Defence Force Recruitment (July-December 2009) Campaign and is intended to raise awareness of a diverse range of jobs available in the Air Force.

Published: Monday 6 July 2009
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The campaign's objective is to inform jobseekers of the change from the Job Network system to Job Services Australia.

Published: Friday 29 May 2009
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The campaign's objective is to promote the National Security Hotline (NSH) and remind Australians to be vigilant and report possible signs of terrorism to the NSH.

Published: Tuesday 16 December 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's management of the Cape Class patrol boat program.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Contact

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Responded: Friday 19 March 2021
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 11 December 2020 to correspondence from the Hon Richard Marles MP dated 16 November 2020, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the Future Submarine and Future Frigate programs. 

The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response to Mr Marles on 19 March 2021. 

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Published: Tuesday 12 September 2006
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The objective of the audit was to review the operation of the ATO's Tax Agent and Business Portals. In conducting the audit the ANAO examined three key areas: governance – the governance arrangements supporting ongoing management of the Portals; portals development, user satisfaction and realisation of expected benefits – the ATO's processes for involving users in developing the Tax Agent and Business Portals, assessing user satisfaction, and evaluating business benefits arising from uptake of the Portals; and information technology (IT) security and user access controls – the ATO's IT security environment and user access controls supporting the operation of the Tax Agent and Business Portals.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Tuesday 17 February 2015
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the establishment, implementation and operation of the Early Years Quality Fund against the requirements of the Early Years Quality Fund Special Account Act 2013 and the Commonwealth grants administration framework.

Entity
Department of Education and Training; Department of Finance; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Contact

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Responded: Friday 24 July 2020
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 11 March 2020 to follow-up correspondence from Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, requesting an audit into the Federal and South Australian governments’ agreement to reduce SA’s Murray-Darling river water allocation by 100GL and Commonwealth funding provided to increase the use of the state’s desalination plant to replace the water. The Auditor-General responded to the original correspondence from Senator Hanson-Young on 19 December 2019. The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response to Senator Hanson-Young on 24 July 2020. 

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Published: Tuesday 17 February 2009
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The objective of the audit was to review the effectiveness and efficiency of Centrelink's customer feedback system and the progress Centrelink had made in implementing the recommendations of the 2004–05 audit and the subsequent JCPAA inquiry.

Entity
Centrelink
Published: Monday 19 December 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of round two of the National Stronger Regions Fund.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 26 November 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess how effectively and efficiently the Australian Taxation Office managed contact centres as part of its overall service delivery.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Wednesday 15 January 2020
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the award of funding under the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program was informed by an appropriate assessment process and sound advice.

Entity
Australian Sports Commission
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 10 March 2015
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s planning, budgeting and implementation of an electronic health records solution for Defence personnel.

Entity
Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 21 April 2010
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of AGD's arrangements for coordinating the development of the National Identity Security Strategy.

The ANAO's assessment was based on the following criteria:

  • governance arrangements for the NISS;
  • progress, to date, of the six NISS elements; and
  • AGD's administrative arrangements for developing the NISS.
Entity
Attorney-General's Department