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Published: Thursday 16 May 2013
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The audit objective was to assess whether Australian Government agencies were effectively controlling the use of credit cards for official purposes.

Entity
Australian Trade Commission; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Geoscience Australia
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Published: Thursday 10 October 1996
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Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Launch of MAB/MIAC Report 22: Guidelines for Managing Risk in the Australian Public Service, Canberra

Published: Friday 22 June 2012
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The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of DVA's administration of mental health programs and services to support younger veterans.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Published: Friday 11 June 2004
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The objectives of this performance audit were to: - review the governance and accountability framework for the Scheme, and - assess the efficiency and effectiveness of Treasury's implementation and management of that framework.

Entity
Department of the Treasury
Published: Thursday 28 May 1998
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The objectives of this audit were to:

  • provide assurance to the Parliament on the effectiveness of internal audit operations; and
  • determine whether internal audit generally operates at, or near, recognised better practice.

The criteria used to measure internal audit effectiveness were based on four principles developed as part of the audit. These principles and criteria deal with the level of management support and authority; the use of a risk-focus to address client needs; the appropriate balance of skills and knowledge; and the use made of continuous improvement processes and measurement of performance effectiveness.

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Tuesday 26 June 2007
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of procedures and processes used by DEST and the ATO to record HECS–HELP student loans. To achieve this, the ANAO assessed the performance of DEST and the ATO against three criteria as follows:

  • DEST monitored student contributions set by higher education providers for consistency with Australian Government policy;
  • DEST paid HECS–HELP advance payments to higher education providers based on sound estimates, and recorded, reconciled and reported these payments; and
  • the ATO has established procedures and processes to correctly record HECS–HELP loans against student tax records.
Entity
NO-DEPTS-LISTED
Published: Tuesday 12 September 2006
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The objective of the audit was to review the operation of the ATO's Tax Agent and Business Portals. In conducting the audit the ANAO examined three key areas: governance – the governance arrangements supporting ongoing management of the Portals; portals development, user satisfaction and realisation of expected benefits – the ATO's processes for involving users in developing the Tax Agent and Business Portals, assessing user satisfaction, and evaluating business benefits arising from uptake of the Portals; and information technology (IT) security and user access controls – the ATO's IT security environment and user access controls supporting the operation of the Tax Agent and Business Portals.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 8 May 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the AEC’s implementation of the recommendation made in ANAO Audit Report No. 28 2009–10 relating to the transport and storage of completed ballot papers.

Entity
Australian Electoral Commission
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Published: Tuesday 4 December 2001
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Personnel security, including the security clearance process, is a valuable and essential element of managing the risk inherent in allowing Commonwealth and other personnel access to sensitive information. This audit was designed to review security clearance and vetting policies and practices in a number of Commonwealth organisations and to consider if organisations were managing these processes effectively and efficiently and in accordance with Commonwealth policy, as outlined in the Protective Security Manual.

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Wednesday 28 June 2006
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The audit objectives were to report on the implementation status of the parliamentary resolutions and other actions arising out of the six recommendations made in the final PSC Report, Review by the Parliamentary Service Commissioner of Aspects of the Administration of the Parliament. The audit also broadly examined the impact of implementation of the parliamentary resolutions on aspects of: the level of services provided to the Parliament generally following amalgamation of the three former parliamentary departments into the Department of Parliamentary Services; and accommodation space within Parliament House. The designated audit agency was the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS).

Entity
Department of Parliamentary Services