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Published: Friday 23 April 2004
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The objective of the audit was to provide assurance to Parliament concerning the adequacy of Defence preparedness management systems and to identify possible areas for improvement. The audit focused on the systems and processes that Defence uses to manage preparedness. We did not review the preparedness levels of specific capabilities, nor did we cover capital acquisition processes. The audit included coverage of: - preparedness systems architecture; - control and direction of preparedness; - coordination among contributors to preparedness; and - performance management and preparedness.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Thursday 9 February 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Project Wickenby taskforce in making Australia unattractive for international tax fraud and evasion by detecting, deterring and dealing with the abusive use of secrecy havens by Australian taxpayers.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office, Australian Crime Commission and Australian Federal Police
Published: Wednesday 25 January 2006
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The ANAO conducted fieldwork in each of the audited agencies to identify the processes they used to design and review forms. The ANAO also identified the extent to which the agencies' forms are available online and their approaches to placing forms online.

Entity
Australian Bureau of Statistics; Centrelink; Child Support Agency; Medicare Australia
Published: Tuesday 14 December 2010
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Office's administration of the wine tax.

Four key areas were examined in the audit: governance arrangements; interpretative assistance and advice; compliance approaches for Australian entities; and administering the rebate for New Zealand wine producers.

The ANAO conducted fieldwork in the Tax Office's Adelaide office between May and September 2010 and also held discussions with representatives from Customs, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and New Zealand Inland Revenue. The ANAO also consulted with representatives of wine producers, wholesalers, retailers, tax agents and key industry associations, seeking their views on elements of the Tax Office's administration of the wine tax.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Tuesday 1 May 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which FMA Act agencies’ establishment and use of procurement panels supported value for money, efficiency and effectiveness in procurement. The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which FMA Act agencies’ establishment and use of procurement panels supported value for money, efficiency and effectiveness in procurement.

Entity
Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Published: Thursday 30 January 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment’s administration of the Strengthening Basin Communities Program.

Entity
Department of the Environment
Published: Wednesday 24 June 2009
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the department's administration of general recurrent grants for non-government schools. The audit examined key processes in the department's administration ofgeneral recurrent grants for non-government schools for 2005–08 in accordance with the Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Published: Thursday 29 May 2014
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The objective of this audit was to determine whether Australian Government entities were implementing effective strategies to support increased Indigenous employment.

Entity
Across Agencies
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Published: Wednesday 19 September 2012
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Regional Australia’s management of the design and implementation of the first application round of the RDAF program.

The establishment of a new infrastructure program to fund projects identified by Regional Development Australia committees in regional areas was one of the initiatives established to deliver on the Government's September 2010 agreement with the Independent Members for Lyne and New England. The program was to fund projects that support the infrastructure needs and economic and community growth of Australia’s regions.

Entity
Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport
Published: Wednesday 24 September 2003
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The audit reviewed the recordkeeping frameworks of four large Commonwealth organisations. The objective of the audit was to assess whether recordkeeping policies, systems and procedures were in accordance with relevant Government policies, legislation, accepted standards and recordkeeping principles, and applicable organisational controls.

Entity
Centrelink; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Department of Family and Community Services; Department of Health and Ageing