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Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of Machinery of Government (MoG) changes by the selected Australian Government entities.

Entity
Department of Finance; Australian Public Service Commission; Department of Health; Department of Social Services; Attorney-General's Department; Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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Published: Wednesday 31 July 2019
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the contract for the acquisition of the Civil Military Air Traffic Management System demonstrably represents value for money.

Entity
Airservices Australia; Department of Defence
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Published: Thursday 24 March 2022
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of human biosecurity for international air travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Entity
Across Entities
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  • Early engagement with evaluation expertise is needed to determine the appropriate type of evaluation for the policy or program, to identify and manage evaluation risks, and ensure the collection, and appropriate assessment, of data and information to draw robust policy conclusions.
Updated: Thursday 27 March 2025
Updated

The Auditor-General is an independent officer of the Australian Parliament and has discretion in the performance or exercise of Auditor-General functions or powers. In exercising the mandated and discretionary functions and powers, the Auditor-General is not subject to direction from anyone in relation to: whether or not a particular audit is to be conducted; the way in which a particular audit is to be conducted; or the priority to be given to any particular matter. The Auditor-General must, however, have regard to the audit priorities of the Parliament, as determined by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA).

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Published: Thursday 23 May 2019
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness and value for money of Defence’s acquisition of a Battle Management System and a Tactical Communications Network through Land 200 Tranche 2 Work Packages B–D.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Thursday 6 June 2002
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The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of Australian Customs Services (Customs) drug detection strategies for air and containerised sea cargo and small craft activity. Within the scope of the audit, the following areas were examined :

  • intelligence and law enforcement cooperation;
  • air and containerised sea cargo;
  • cargo examinations and technology;
  • small craft activities;
  • Customs funding arrangements (including funding for NIDS initiatives): and
  • governance, including performance reporting.
Entity
Australian Customs Service
Published: Tuesday 19 June 2018
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) and Treasury’s management of compliance with foreign investment obligations for residential real estate.

Entity
Treasury; Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Thursday 1 November 2007
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Office's compliance approach for high risk income tax refunds in the individuals and micro enterprises market segments. The audit examined three key areas:

  • management and organisational arrangements relating to high risk income tax refund processes;

  • processes and procedures for identifying high risk income tax refunds, and the processes and tools used to evaluate and verify taxpayers' entitlements to income tax refunds; and

  • information technology systems, processes and controls supporting the processing of income tax returns and refunds.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 22 June 2017
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health's strategies for managing a communicable disease emergency.

Entity
Department of Health
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