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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 1997–98)
Published: Sunday 28 September 1997
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Program Evaluation in the Australian Public Service

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the management and control of program evaluation in the Australian Public Service. The ANAO made an assessment against criteria which were designed to test whether agencies were undertaking evaluations in a way which would enhance their overall effectiveness. The main issues examined were:

  • approaches to evaluation planning;
  • the conduct of individual evaluations;
  • the quality of evaluation reports; and
  • the impact of evaluations.
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 49 of 1998–99)
Published: Tuesday 29 June 1999
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Staff Reductions in the Australian Public Service

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
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Energy
Industry
Regional Development
Taxation
Transport
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2000–01)
Published: Wednesday 4 October 2000
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Certified Agreements in the Australian Public Service

The audit examined a range of issues in relation to the development of certified agreements in the APS with particular emphasis on the link between improved pay and conditions and increased productivity, and the funding of agreements. The objectives of the audit were to:

  • provide an overview of the range of wage outcomes included in the first round of APS certified agreements;
  • identify the administrative arrangements agencies have in place to measure any improvements in productivity that were linked to pay increases;
  • determine how agencies funded their certified agreements;
  • review the reporting and accountability arrangements agencies have in place to monitor progress and to evaluate the outcomes of their certified agreements;
  • determine the extent to which agencies complied with the employment terms and conditions outlined in their certified agreements that contributed to paying for their agreement or measuring and/or assessing improvements in productivity; and
  • examine the role of central coordinating agencies in reviewing agencies' certified agreements.
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 16 of 1997–98)
Published: Sunday 26 October 1997
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Equity in Employment in the Australian Public Service

The objectives of the audit were to examine the benefits of diversity management in the APS and review the progress made towards equity in employment in the APS, including the EEO Program. It included:

  • an assessment of the progress towards achieving equity across the APS and by individual agencies;
  • an assessment of the quality of agency EEO programs;
  • an assessment of the role of the PSMPC in approving agency EEO programs and monitoring trends across the service;
  • a consideration of legal obligations and agencies compliance with these; and
  • the possible risks to, and opportunities for, equity under the WRA.

The audit concentrated on evidence of overall progress, the relative performance of individual agencies, and the examination of observed and underlying trends.

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Public Service and Merit Protection Commission and Other Agencies
Sector 
Prime Minister & Cabinet
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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 36 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 23 April 2018
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Corporate Planning in the Australian Public Sector 2017–18

The audit objective was to assess entities’ progress in implementing the corporate planning requirement under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related PGPA Rule 2014.

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Department of the Treasury; Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre; The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
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Speech
Published: Wednesday 26 July 2000
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Some Issues in Contract Management in the Public Sector

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and the Australian Institute of Administrative Law Conference on Outsourcing

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Speech
Published: Saturday 26 October 1996
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Evolution in the Public Sector - Auditing, Corporate Governance, Whole of Government Reporting

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the CPA Congress '96 - Profit from our Experience - Melbourne

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Speech
Published: Thursday 13 February 1997
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Whither Accountability in a Changing Public Sector Environment

Mr P.J. Barrett (AM) - Auditor-General for Australia, presented to the Central Agency Broker Seminar - Towards a Best Practice Australian Public Service - Hobart

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Performance audit  (Auditor-General Report No. 19 of 2000–01)
Published: Monday 4 December 2000
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Management of Public Sector Travel Arrangements-Follow-up audit

The objective of this follow-up audit was to provide assurance to the Parliament on the cost-effectiveness of public sector travel by:

  • ascertaining the degree of acceptance, and the extent of implementation, of the previous audit recommendations and better practice principles; and
  • establishing whether organisations were managing travel effectively, taking into consideration recommendations and findings detailed in the above Audit Reports and the Better Practice Guide Public Sector Travel.
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Speech
Published: Wednesday 13 December 2017
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The challenges of achieving quality in a standards-based approach to auditing in the public sector

Grant Hehir, Auditor-General for Australia, presented at the Australian National Centre for Audit & Assurance Research (ANCAAR) 15th ANCAAR Audit Research Forum on 1 December 2017.

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