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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2002–2003)
Published: Friday 7 February 2003
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The Audit Activity Report: July-December 2002 summarises performance audit, financial audit and other related activities for the ANAO for the period. The key issues arising from the performance audits are summarised against the ANAO themes. The appendices in the report provide a short summary of each of the audits tabled for this period, the audits in progress as at 1 January 2003 and a list of the presentations and papers given by the Auditor-General and ANAO staff.
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Audit Activity Report
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Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 33 of 2016–2017)
Published: Monday 23 January 2017
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This report complements the interim phase report published in August 2016, and provides a summary of the final results of the audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government and the financial statements of Australian Government entities.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 12 of 2017–2018)
Published: Friday 29 September 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Communications and the Arts’ contract management of selected telephone universal service obligations.
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Department of Communications and the Arts
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Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2016–2017)
Published: Wednesday 31 August 2016
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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Commonwealth entities, and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Australian Government, to provide Parliament an independent examination of the financial accounting and reporting of public sector entities. This report focuses on the results of the interim audit phase, including an assessment of entities’ key internal controls, of the 2015–16 financial statements audits of 21 departments and other major General Government Sector (GGS) entities. These entities contribute 95 per cent of GGS revenues and expenses.
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Across Entities
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 7 of 2001–2002)
Published: Thursday 9 August 2001
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The report summarises the audit and other related activities of the ANAO in the period January to June 2001. Key issues arising from performance audits tabled in this period are summarised against ANAO themes of:
- corporate governance including human resource management, financial management, and performance information;
- service delivery including the impact of e-government;
- procurement and contract management; and
- information technology.
Appendix 1 of the Activity Report provides a short summary of each of the performance audits tabled between 1 January 2001 and 30 June 2001.
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NO-DEPTS-LISTED
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 1997–1998)
Published: Wednesday 13 May 1998
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The Australian Diplomatic Communications Network was developed to provide a secure communication and automation capability for domestic offices and overseas posts. The audit focussed on project management of the ADCNET project, and in particular:
- how effectively the ADCNET project was managed;
- how effectively project risks were managed; and
- the extent to which project management processes have established whether ADCNET meets the specifications set by, and the expectations held by, DFAT, as well as any lessons to be learnt for this and other future projects.
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 2014–2015)
Published: Thursday 18 December 2014
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This report complements the interim phase report published in June 2014 (Audit Report No.44 2013–14), and provides a summary of the final audit results of the audits of the financial statements of 251 Australian Government entities, including the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government.
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Across Entities
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Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2018–2019)
Published: Monday 17 December 2018
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This report complements the Interim Report on Key Financial Controls of Major Entities financial statement audit report published in June 2018. It provides a summary of the final results of the audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Australian Government and the financial statements of Australian Government entities for the period ended 30 June 2018.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 9 of 2005–2006)
Published: Tuesday 6 September 2005
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The objective of this audit was to assess the provision of export assistance and support to new and irregular exporters in rural and regional Australia through the TradeStart program. The focus on rural and regional Australia reflects the priority given by the Government to providing effective business and trade assistance to small businesses and rural and regional businesses. However, broader aspects of TradeStart management, such as contract and risk management, have been assessed across the program as a whole.
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Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 1998–1999)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 1999
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The objective was to assess the extent to which staff reductions have been managed in a sound strategic and cost-effective manner consistent with the Government's guidelines and the ANAO's 1996 better practice guide Managing APS Staff Reductions. The audit focussed on 3 agencies - the Australian Taxation Office, the former Department of Primary Industry and Energy, and the former Department of Transport and Regional Development. The ANAO found that the majority of staff reductions were achieved through retrenchment rather than natural attrition; and that decisions on the number of retrenchments were not always supported by an assessment of the impact of the reductions on the agencies' abilities to conduct their business.
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Public Service and Merit Protection Commission and Other Agencies