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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 10 of 2015–16)
Published: Tuesday 1 December 2015
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health’s records management arrangements, including Health’s progress in transitioning to digital records management.
Entity
Department of Health
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 2017–18)
Published: Tuesday 15 August 2017
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The audit objective was to assess how effectively the selected public sector entities manage risk.
Entity
Department of Employment; Department of Health; Australian Communications and Media Authority; Australian Fisheries Management Authority
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 25 of 2017–18)
Published: Monday 22 January 2018
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The audit objective was to assess whether the Australian Electoral Commission appropriately established and managed the contracts for the transportation of completed ballot papers and the Senate scanning solution for the 2016 Federal Election.
Entity
Australian Electoral Commission
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 6 of 2015–16)
Published: Wednesday 4 November 2015
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The objective of this audit was to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the Australian Electoral Commission’s implementation of those recommendations relating to improving the accuracy and completeness of the electoral roll and other matters from Audit Report No.28 2009–10 that have not previously been followed-up by the ANAO.
Entity
Australian Electoral Commission
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 1998–99)
Published: Wednesday 2 June 1999
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The audit is a follow-up to Audit Report 12, 1995-96 Risk Management by Commonwealth Consumer Product Safety Regulators. The objectives of this follow-up audit were to determine the extent to which ANZFA had implemented the agreed recommendations contained in the 1995 Audit Report, and to determine the effectiveness of the implemented recommendations in improving food safety regulation.
Entity
Australian New Zealand Food Authority
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 22 of 2015–16)
Published: Monday 22 February 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the arrangements established by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), a division of the Department of the Environment, to support Australia’s Antarctic Program.
Entity
Department of the Environment
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 1997–98)
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.
Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 2 of 2000–01)
Published: Tuesday 25 July 2000
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The follow-up audit, Drug Evaluation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration [TGA], reviewed the extent to which TGA had implemented recommendations made by the ANAO in 1996 on the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of TGA's evaluation and approval of prescription drugs for public use. This follow-up audit was conducted because of the importance of effective drug evaluation processes to public health.
Entity
Department of Health and Aged Care; Therapeutic Goods Administration
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 11 of 2017–18)
Published: Thursday 28 September 2017
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The objective of this audit was to examine whether the Australian Postal Corporation (Australia Post) is meetings its Community Service and International obligations efficiently and the effectiveness of Commonwealth shareholders in monitoring value for money.
Entity
Australian Postal Corporation (Australia Post); Department of Finance; Department of Communications and the Arts
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 30 of 1998–99)
Published: Friday 15 January 1999
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The audit reviewed the use and operation of performance information in service level agreements between Centrelink and three agencies; the Department of Social Security, the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs and the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business. The objective of the audit was to establish whether the performance assessment framework specified in the agreements enabled the adequate assessment of achievements under purchaser/provider arrangements entered into by DSS, DEETYA and Centrelink.
Entity
Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs; Centrelink; Department of Social Security