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Published: Thursday 30 May 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Services' arrangements for engaging and managing External Collection Agencies to recover debts arising from Centrelink payments.

Entity
Department of Human Services
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Published: Monday 17 June 2013
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The audit objective was to assess the administrative effectiveness of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations(DEEWR), Department of Human Services (DHS) partnership arrangement in supporting the delivery of employment programs.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Human Services
Contact

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Published: Thursday 29 March 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Centrelink’s QOL control, which supports the integrity of payments administered by DHS on behalf of the Australian Government.

Entity
Department of Human Services
Published: Thursday 16 October 2008
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The objective of the audit was to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the administration of the tip-off system, including Centrelink's management of privacy issues related to the tip-off management process.

Entity
Centrelink
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2014
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The audit objective was to assess the Department of Defence’s progress in delivering Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH90 aircraft) to the ADF through AIR 9000 Phases 2, 4 and 6, within approved cost, schedule and performance parameters.

Entity
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 29 April 2009
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the arrangements for oversighting the Action Plan and whether the Plan's new measures have been administered effectively to deliver the intended results.

Entity
Attorney-General's Department; Department of Immigration and Citizenship; Australian Federal Police; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Tuesday 28 November 2006
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The audit examined the effectiveness and efficiency of the FAO's management of overpayments, within the FTB Programme. In particular, the ANAO considered the FAO's activities in relation to FTB debt prevention, identification, raising and recovery. The audit also compared the FAO's policy documentation and guidance material for staff, against relevant sections of Family Assistance legislation.

Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Published: Tuesday 29 January 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the EEIG program. The focus of the audit was the preparation for, and conduct of, the first funding round of the program.

Entity
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Published: Wednesday 24 September 2008
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The audit objective was to form an opinion on the administrative effectiveness of the arrangements between DEEWR (previously DEWR) and Centrelink for the delivery of working age employment services under the Business Partnership Agreement (BPA).

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Centrelink
Published: Thursday 27 January 2011
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Better Regions Program has been effectively designed and administered. The audit scope included examination of all 106 Better Regions projects.

Entity
Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
Published: Tuesday 5 February 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s administration of its Domestic Fishing Compliance Program.

Entity
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Published: Tuesday 25 May 2004
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In the current audit, the objectives were to provide assurance to the Parliament on the adequacy of the measures and plans instituted by Defence to ensure that the combat aircrew workforce meets military preparedness requirements in the future, and to identify possible areas for improvement.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Tuesday 26 February 2013
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Government Reconstruction Inspectorate, supported by the National Disaster Recovery Taskforce, in providing assurance that value for money is being achieved in recovery and reconstruction expenditure in Victoria.

Entity
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
Published: Tuesday 3 April 2012
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The audit objective was to report on the administration of the Australia Network tender process and to identify lessons learned from the conduct of the process to inform future procurement activities.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Tuesday 15 October 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s administration of the personal services income regime.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 27 May 2009
Published

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: Tuesday 26 February 2013
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The objective of this audit was to assess the extent to which the disaster recovery work plans for Queensland and Victoria were prepared, and appropriate monitoring reports provided, in accordance with the relevant National Partnership Agreement (NPA).

Entity
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
Published: Wednesday 20 May 2009
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Office's administration of the PRRT. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) identified four key areas for review: general administration; compliance; promoting certainty in administering the PRRT; and governance arrangements.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Wednesday 12 June 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the establishment, implementation and administration of the general component of the Local Jobs stream of the Jobs Fund, with a particular focus on the establishment of program objectives and the extent to which approved grants have demonstrably contributed to the cost-effective achievement of those objectives.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Contact

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Published: Friday 8 May 2009
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The objective of this audit was to assess Army's progress in addressing the issues previously identified in Defence reviews and ANAO audits as affecting the Army Reserve's capability; and Identify the extent that the Army Reserve is capable of contributing to contemporary Australian Defence Force capability requirements through fulfilling its assigned roles and tasks.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Wednesday 16 February 2011
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the AFP's approach to its management of the implementation of NPIs.

Entity
Australian Federal Police
Published: Wednesday 29 June 2005
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Health's administration of the National Respite for Carers Program.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Published: Thursday 18 December 2008
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of AIMS administration of its co investment research program.

Entity
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Published: Thursday 7 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and management of the National Solar Schools Program (NSSP), including demonstrated progress towards achieving the program's objectives.

Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Published: Thursday 19 April 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the AFP’s administration of the Fighting Terrorism at its Source (FTAS) initiative and related measures.

Entity
Australian Federal Police
Published: Wednesday 6 November 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Government Reconstruction Inspectorate, supported by the National Disaster Recovery Taskforce, in providing assurance that value for money is being achieved in respect to Queensland reconstruction projects.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
Contact

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Published: Thursday 2 June 2005
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The objective of this audit was to assess the administration and implementation of the drought assistance measures. The audit focussed on EC, including prima facie EC, and key aspects of the additional drought assistance measures.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Centrelink; The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Thursday 28 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy’s administration of the Household Assistance Scheme.

Entity
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Department of Human Services
Published: Thursday 2 May 2013
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs’ administration of the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH), including monitoring and reporting of progress against the objective and outcomes of the agreement.

Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Contact

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Published: Thursday 9 February 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which FaHCSIA, DEEWR and DoHA seek to reduce service delivery risks posed by capacity constraints in Indigenous organisations.

Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Department of Health and Ageing
Published: Friday 30 November 2007
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The objective of the audit was to examine the integrity of electronic records stored on the CSA's database—Cuba—and to report on the effectiveness of CSA's management of the data.

Entity
Department of Human Services; Child Support Agency
Published: Monday 23 June 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Australian Business Register.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Department of Industry
Contact

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Published: Thursday 17 May 2007
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DIAC's administration of the health requirement of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act). To achieve this objective, the ANAO examined whether DIAC was setting and implementing the health requirement in accordance with the Act, the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations), and DIAC's own guidelines.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Improving School Enrolment and Attendance through Welfare Reform Measure.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of Human Services
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 30 November 2011
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess Customs and Border Protection’s use of risk management to assist in the processing of sea and air cargo imports.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Responded: Thursday 6 August 2015
Response provided

The Auditor-General responded on 6 August 2015 to correspondence from Senator Lee Rhiannon on 22 July 2015 regarding Bronwyn Bishop's use of entitlements to pay $5,000 for a charter flight.

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Published: Thursday 20 June 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing’s administration of the GP Super Clinics program to support improved community access to integrated GP and primary health care services.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Contact

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Published: Monday 22 November 1999
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Special Benefit is a social security income support payment for people who are unable to support themselves or their dependents, and who are not otherwise entitled to any other income support payment. Its objective is to ensure that such people have adequate levels of income. The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which new claims for Special Benefit had been determined in compliance with the Social Security Act, the Guide to the Act and other relevant guidelines, and whether Centrelink and FaCS had appropriate procedures to help ensure such compliance.

Entity
Centrelink; Department of Family and Community Services
Published: Thursday 17 June 2010
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether Defence effectively managed the procurement process for services related to the recruitment of personnel to the ADF and the introduction of a new service provider.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Monday 30 June 2003
Published

The objectives of the audit was to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of DIMIA's decision-making processes and management systems for delivering the parent and partner aspects of the family stream of the Migration Program.

The family stream of Australia's Migration Program enables the reunion of immediate family members of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens. It consists of four main categories;

  • Partner;
  • Child;
  • Parent; and
  • Other family.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Thursday 22 September 2011
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The focus of this audit is the IEP stream of the Jobs Fund. Separate performance audits are underway that are examining the establishment, implementation and administration of the separate components of the Local Jobs stream of the Jobs Fund.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Published: Tuesday 7 February 2012
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the administration of the Gateway review process by Finance and FMA Act agencies. The audit also examined the extent to which those Gateway reviews that have been conducted have contributed to improvements in the delivery of major projects undertaken by FMA Act agencies.

Entity
Department of Finance and Deregulation
Published: Tuesday 17 June 2014
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Industry's administration of the Commercialisation Australia Program.

Entity
Department of Industry
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Published: Tuesday 28 February 2006
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The objective of the audit was to assess the ATO's strategies to address tax evasion in the cash economy, with emphasis on: the ATO's strategic focus; aspects of governance, management processes and compliance activities; and responses to the ANAO Report No.35 2001–02 ATO Progress in Addressing the Cash Economy.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Tuesday 26 June 2012
Published

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of DMO’s implementation of its Gate Review process for major Defence capital acquisition projects.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Sunday 28 September 1997
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the management and control of program evaluation in the Australian Public Service. The ANAO made an assessment against criteria which were designed to test whether agencies were undertaking evaluations in a way which would enhance their overall effectiveness. The main issues examined were:

  • approaches to evaluation planning;
  • the conduct of individual evaluations;
  • the quality of evaluation reports; and
  • the impact of evaluations.
Entity
Across Agency
Published: Tuesday 18 May 2010
Published

The objective of the audit was to review and assess the use, and management of, automatic exchanges of information under Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) by the Tax Office.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 5 June 2014
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Parliamentary Budget Office in conducting its role since being established in July 2012.

Entity
Parliamentary Budget Office
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 2 March 2005
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess ARPANSA's management of the regulation of Commonwealth radiation and nuclear activities to ensure the safety of their radiation facilities and sources.

Entity
Australian Radiation Proctection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Published: Wednesday 26 June 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’ management of the Australian Government’s contribution to the Covenant. The scope of the audit is the Australian Government’s role in the initial establishment of the Covenant and its ongoing contribution through other employment programs.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Contact

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Published: Thursday 19 March 2009
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing's administration of health workforce initiatives in rural and remote Australia.

Entity
Deparment of Health and Ageing
Published: Wednesday 17 May 2006
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine processes used by Defence and the DMO to procure explosive ordnance for the ADF, with an emphasis on Army requirements. The audit reviewed the extent to which the DMO effectively translated the explosive ordnance requirements of the ADF, and particularly of Army, into procurement and through life support arrangements.

Entity
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
Published: Thursday 15 April 2004
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine DVA's implementation of the Repatriation health card system, which aims to ensure that veterans can obtain health care through community-based providers and facilities.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Published: Tuesday 27 July 2010
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Strategic Projects component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program has been effectively designed and administered.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Responded: Wednesday 23 September 2015
Response provided

The Auditor-General (A/g) responded on 23 September 2015 to correspondence from Senator Nick Xenophon on 8 September 2015 regarding florist at Parliament House, DPS and LGW Design.

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Published: Monday 25 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of ASIO’s arrangements for providing timely and soundly based security assessments of individuals to client agencies.

Entity
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Published: Thursday 19 June 2014
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ administration of residential care payments.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Published: Wednesday 16 April 2014
Published

The audit objective was to assess the administrative effectiveness of Defence’s procedures to provide emergency assistance to the civil community.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Monday 25 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection's risk-based management of end-to-end processing of incoming international air passengers in achieving border security and passenger facilitation outcomes.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Published: Thursday 20 May 2010
Published

The objective of this audit was to review the effectiveness of Defence's and the DMO's management of the acquisition arrangements for JP 2070.

Entity
Department of Defence