Browse our range of reports and publications including performance and financial statement audit reports, assurance review reports, information reports and annual reports.
Information report (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2021–22)
Published: Tuesday 19 October 2021
Published
The objectives of this information report are to provide transparency of, and insights on, government grants expense and Commonwealth entities’ self-reporting of grants on GrantConnect.
Entity
Department of Finance
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2021–22)
Published: Monday 8 November 2021
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Education, Skills and Employment’s arrangements in administering wage subsidies linked to employment programs.
Entity
Department of Education, Skills and Employment
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Assurance review (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 7 May 2020
Published
The Auditor-General undertook a limited assurance review of the Department of Finance’s reporting and administration of the Advances to the Finance Minister (AFM) for the Period 1 July 2019 to 24 April 2020.
Entity
Department of Finance
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 37 of 2017–18)
Published: Thursday 3 May 2018
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC’s) management of complaints.
Entity
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 20 February 2020
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the mandatory minimum requirements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in major government procurements in achieving policy objectives.
Entity
Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 2021–22)
Published: Wednesday 29 June 2022
Published
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ arrangements for the management of contractors.
Entity
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2021–22)
Published: Thursday 25 November 2021
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Industry Innovation and Science Australia's, the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources', and the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the Research and Development Tax Incentive program.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Industry Innovation and Science Australia; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 20 of 2021–22)
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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Request for audit
Responded: Thursday 5 January 2017
Response provided
The Deputy Auditor-General responded on 5 January 2017 to correspondence from the Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC MP on 4 November 2016 requesting the Auditor-General investigate if grants awarded under the Apprenticeship Training Alternative Delivery Pilots program represented value for money for the Australian taxpayer.
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Request for audit
Responded: Tuesday 17 January 2017
Response provided
The Auditor-General responded on 17 January 2017 to correspondence from the Hon. Linda Burney MP on 5 January 2017 requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an audit of the Centrelink debt recovery and welfare integrity programs.
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