Browse our range of reports and publications including performance and financial statement audit reports, assurance review reports, information reports and annual reports.
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 2015–16)
Published: Thursday 5 May 2016
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health's and the Department of Human Services' administration of the Radiation Oncology Health Program Grants Scheme.
Entity
Department of Health; Department of Human Services
Contact
Please direct enquiries relating to reports through our contact page.
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 5 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 1 August 2019
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC’s) administration of the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP).
Entity
Australian Research Council
Contact
Please direct enquiries through our contact page.
Insights: Audit lessons
Published: Monday 29 June 2020
Published
This edition of Audit Insights summarises key messages from Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) performance audits about the management of conflicts of interest by Australian Government entities in relation to procurement activity and grants programs.
Contact
Please direct enquiries about audit insights through our contact page.
Request for audit
Responded: Friday 14 May 2021
Response provided
The Auditor-General responded on 14 May 2021 to correspondence from the Hon Julie Collins MP dated 20 April 2021, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct further work identifying strategic risks in grants administration within the Agriculture, Water and the Environment portfolio.
Contact
Please direct enquiries relating to requests for audit through our contact page.
Parliamentary briefing (46th Parliament)
Briefing date
Recipient
Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants
Topic
Auditor-General Report No. 23 2019–20 Award of Funding under the Community Sport Infrastructure Program
Performance audit (potential)
Potential audit: 2025-26
Potential
The audit would assess the effectiveness of Aboriginal Investment NT’s administration of grants programs.
Aboriginal Investment NT, which was established in 2022, administers various community and business grant programs. Auditor-General Report No1 7 of 2024-25 Management of conflicts of interest by Aboriginal Hostels Limited, Aboriginal Investment NT and Outback Stores Pty Ltd found that Aboriginal Investment NT was partly effective in the management of conflicts of interest and made two recommendations to the entity.
Entity
Northern Territory Aboriginal Investment Corporation
Contact
Please direct enquiries through our contact page.
Request for audit
Responded: Friday 29 March 2019
Response provided
The Auditor-General responded on 29 March 2019 to correspondence from Ms Cathy McGowan AO MP dated 5 March 2019, requesting that the Auditor-General investigate the conduct of a range of parties in relation to the announcement of grants under Round 3, Building Better Regions Fund.
Contact
Please direct enquiries relating to requests through our contact page.
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 1996–97)
Published: Thursday 17 October 1996
Published
Grants Scheme in Audit Report No.33 of 1993-94. The major recommendations in that report related to:
- improved quality of claims and control measures;
- optimisation of management planning and control;
- rationalisation of the strategic planning structure;
- improved responsiveness of the scheme; and
- improved accountability to Parliament.
The objective of this follow-up audit was to form an opinion on Austrade's progress with implementing the recommendations of Audit Report No.33 of 1993-94.
Entity
Australian Trade Commission
- The Australian Government’s grants administration framework is principles based. Entities have flexibility to apply the principles in a fit for purpose way that is proportionate to the grant program’s scale, nature, complexity and risks. Where the grant arrangement is less developed, such as in a partnership-type arrangement and/or where further development of the detail in the proposal will occur after award of the grant, then more emphasis would be expected to be placed on the capability and experience of the grant beneficiary as a partner to deliver the agreed outcomes.
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 2004–05)
Published: Tuesday 21 December 2004
Published
The audit concluded that the ATO has an administratively effective framework for managing the Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme (EGCS), introduced in mid-2003. The planning, monitoring and reporting framework is structured and appropriate, the risk and compliance management framework is generally well-developed and the processes and controls framework is comprehensive. Changes in the Scheme, as foreshadowed in Government's Energy White Paper, Securing Australia's Energy Future, present the opportunity to enhance the transparency of Scheme objectives and develop ways to evaluate performance against these objectives
Entity
Australian Taxation Office