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Request for audit
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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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 19 February 2018
Published
The audit objective was to assess whether Defence achieves value for money in the procurement of fuels.
Entity
Department of Defence
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 18 November 2015
Published
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services' (DSS) administration of the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS), with a focus on the assessment of applications, and management of reserved allocations.
Entity
Department of Social Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 7 June 2021
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s effectiveness in responding to non-compliance with plant and animal biosecurity requirements.
Entity
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2024–25)
Recent
Published: Monday 16 June 2025
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management and oversight of compliance activities within the Child Care Subsidy program.
Entity
Department of Education; Services Australia
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2016–17)
Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of Machinery of Government (MoG) changes by the selected Australian Government entities.
Entity
Department of Finance; Australian Public Service Commission; Department of Health; Department of Social Services; Attorney-General's Department; Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 28 of 2014–15)
Published: Wednesday 15 April 2015
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in delivering high quality interpreting services to its clients.
Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection; Department of Social Services
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 23 of 2024–25)
Published: Wednesday 12 February 2025
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the department’s strategic procurement of water entitlements to meet the Bridging the Gap target under the Basin Plan.
Entity
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2022–23)
Published: Monday 15 August 2022
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s engagement with tax practitioners in achieving efficient and effective taxation and superannuation systems.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 2014–15)
Published: Wednesday 10 June 2015
Published
The audit objective is to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture’s administration of the Imported Food Inspection Scheme.
Entity
Department of Agriculture
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