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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2005–06)
Published: Wednesday 15 February 2006
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The audit examined aspects of the integrity and management of customer data stored on ISIS. In particular, the audit considered measures of data accuracy, completeness and reliability. The scope of the audit also extended to aspects of Centrelink's IT control environment - in particular, controls over data entry.
Entity
Centrelink
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 1998–99)
Published: Friday 3 July 1998
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The audit reviewed the corporate governance framework of the Australian Electoral Commisson (AEC). The objective of the audit was to review whether the AEC's corporate governance framework was sound.
Entity
Australian Electoral Commission
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 2017–18)
Published: Wednesday 6 June 2018
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the integration of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
Entity
Department of Home Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2016–17)
Published: Thursday 24 November 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy's design and implementation of the Reef Trust.
Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 39 of 2022–23)
Published: Monday 19 June 2023
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the government response to the Black Economy Taskforce report.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Home Affairs; Department of the Treasury
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2011–12)
Published: Tuesday 22 November 2011
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of DIT’s and Centrelink’s1 administration of TFES.
[1] From 1 July 2011, Centrelink became a master program within DHS.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Department of Human Services
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2016–17)
Published: Thursday 1 September 2016
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Communications and the Arts’ assessment and selection of base stations for funding under the first round of the Mobile Black Spot Programme.
Entity
Department of Communications and the Arts
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 18 November 2015
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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. 47 of 2018–19)
Published: Tuesday 18 June 2019
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s (PM&C’s) evaluation framework for the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS), in achieving its purpose to ensure that evaluation is high quality, ethical, inclusive and focused on improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Speeches and papers
Published: Wednesday 26 July 2000
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and the Australian Institute of Administrative Law Conference on Outsourcing