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Published: Thursday 11 May 2006
Published

The objectives of the audit were to provide assurance that Artbank was effectively meeting its charter of: acquiring art by contemporary artists; expanding the number of public places that Artbank's collection is rented and displayed; and managing its collection and rental scheme. The audit also examined Artbank's governance arrangements, and its programmes for marketing, client development, performance management, budgeting, debt management and also sought client feedback on Artbank's operations via a survey.

Entity
Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Australia; Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts
Published: Friday 8 May 2009
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess Army's progress in addressing the issues previously identified in Defence reviews and ANAO audits as affecting the Army Reserve's capability; and Identify the extent that the Army Reserve is capable of contributing to contemporary Australian Defence Force capability requirements through fulfilling its assigned roles and tasks.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Thursday 29 May 2008
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the Tax Office's strategies to address tax haven compliance risks. Particular emphasis was given to the Tax Office's:

  • management arrangements relating to the administration of tax haven compliance risks;
  • risk management framework for the identification and evaluation of compliance risks, specifically the activities of the Offshore Compliance Program (OCP); and
  • risk mitigation strategies.

The audit did not include an examination of cases related to the promoters of tax haven related schemes nor the criminal use of tax havens.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Wednesday 19 May 2010
Published

The scope of the audit covered Centrelink's emergency management framework and community recovery assistance operations in general, with a specific focus on the 2009 North Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires. FaHCSIA's role during those disaster events was also considered as it played a key role in establishing the policy parameters of the services Centrelink delivered and addressing issues arising from policy implementation.

Entity
Centrelink; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Thursday 19 April 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the AFP’s administration of the Fighting Terrorism at its Source (FTAS) initiative and related measures.

Entity
Australian Federal Police
Published: Thursday 4 August 2005
Published

The objectives of the audit were to assess the Commonwealth's management of contractual rights and obligations under the Sale Agreements. In particular the audit sought to: assess the Commonwealth's management of contractual warranties and indemnities; assess DoTARS' management of each purchaser's compliance with contractual commitments to capital expenditure; and examine the effectiveness of the development and management of contractual arrangements for concessional rail passenger travel provided by the Commonwealth.

Entity
Department of Transport and Regional Services; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Department of Family and Community Services
Published: Wednesday 2 March 2005
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess ARPANSA's management of the regulation of Commonwealth radiation and nuclear activities to ensure the safety of their radiation facilities and sources.

Entity
Australian Radiation Proctection and Nuclear Safety Agency
Published: Thursday 17 February 2011
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relation's administration of the Digital Education Revolution program, focusing on the major component of the program, the National Secondary Schools Computer Fund.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Published: Thursday 29 October 2009
Published

The objective of this audit was to provide a strategic review on the progress of the Tax Office's implementation of the Change Program.

To achieve this, the ANAO examined:

  • the planning for, and governance of, the Change Program, particularly in relation to the management of risk and the assurance framework established by the Tax Office, and its management of contractual arrangements for the project;
  • implementation issues associated with Releases 1 and 2 of the Change Program, and more specifically in relation to Release 3, the first use of the new ICP system to process FBT returns; and
  • the funding of the Change Program, including measurement and attribution of the costs of the project and consideration of any benefits realisation to date.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Tuesday 25 May 2004
Published

In the current audit, the objectives were to provide assurance to the Parliament on the adequacy of the measures and plans instituted by Defence to ensure that the combat aircrew workforce meets military preparedness requirements in the future, and to identify possible areas for improvement.

Entity
Department of Defence