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Annual report
Published: Tuesday 30 September 2014
Published
This annual report documents the performance of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) in the financial year ending on 30 June 2014. It addresses the Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit in May 2014; the performance measures set out in the outcome and programs framework in the 2013–14 Portfolio Budget Statements; section 28 of the Auditor-General Act 1997; and other annual reporting requirements provided for in legislation.
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 2007–08)
Published: Thursday 22 May 2008
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess DoHA's administration of building certification of residential aged care homes. The ANAO examined DoHA's arrangements to: plan for, and report on, the certification program; manage the delivery of certification services; and manage stakeholder relations.
The audit did not seek to validate assessments made under the program by DoHA's contracted assessor and, therefore, does not form an opinion on whether residential aged care homes should or should not have been certified.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2007–08)
Published: Thursday 19 July 2007
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The audit objective was to form an opinion on the effectiveness of DEST's planning, assessment, and Funding Agreements management for the Australian Technical Colleges programme. At the time of the audit fieldwork (prior to the 2007–08 Budget) the Government had announced the establishment of 21 of the then target of 25 colleges. After fieldwork was completed the Government announced its intention to fund an additional three colleges in three new regions.
The criteria for this audit were designed to test whether DEST's management of the programme complied with its plans, procedures and guidelines, with the Act, and better practices for grants administration. For these purposes, the ANAO focused on DEST's:
- planning for the implementation of the programme;
- assessment of proposals to establish and operate the colleges; and
- management of the Funding Agreements.
Entity
Department of Education, Science and Training
Audit Matters
Published: Friday 4 April 2025
Published
Welcome to the third edition of the ANAO’s Audit Matters newsletter. The purpose of Audit Matters is to provide updates on the ANAO’s work and provide insights on what we are seeing in the Australian Government sector.
Audit Matters complements the range of reports we table in the Parliament as well as our insights products and events and seminars. I hope you find it useful and please forward it on to your colleagues, and encourage them to sign-up for future editions.
Rona Mellor PSM, Deputy Auditor-General
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Request for audit
Responded: Thursday 23 February 2023
Response provided
The Acting Auditor-General responded on 23 February 2023 to correspondence from Hon Mark Dreyfus KC, MP dated 3 February 2023, requesting that the Auditor-General undertake a performance audit of the Expensive Commonwealth Criminal Cases Fund.
Contact
Please direct enquiries relating to requests for audit through our contact page.
- Decisions to change, or remove, contracted key performance indicators should be carefully considered, including having regard to the value for money considerations from the procurement process that led to the contract(s) being signed. This also applies where there have been significant changes in the nature of the services being obtained under a contract from the procurement opportunity offered to the market. It is inconsistent with the principles espoused in the Commonwealth Procurement Rules for entities to approach the market seeking particular services for the entity to then substantively change, or add to, those services after the successful tenderer has been selected.
- Contract variations should be undertaken through the process set out in the contract. The reasons for any variation should be clearly documented. Variations should not be used to address poor performance or serious underlying problems. The effect on original timeframes, deliverables and value for money should be assessed to form a judgment whether any proposed variations represent value for money having regard to the procurement process that resulted in the contract being entered into.
Request for audit
Responded: Friday 2 December 2016
Response provided
The Auditor-General responded on 2 December 2016 to correspondence from Senator the Hon Stephen Parry, President of the Senate, on 14 October 2016, regarding a resolution agreed by the Senate requesting that the Auditor-General conduct a performance audit assessing the procurement of services related to the National Cancer Screening Register.
Contact
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- Board committees should receive reporting that relates to the range of functions set out in their charters to ensure they can support the board in the way intended. This is critical for audit committees in performing their required functions under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
- Central agencies can contribute to improved public sector performance by modelling the adoption of better practice in their own execution of functions under the frameworks they administer, and in so doing promote better practice across the sector.
