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  • Audit Activity Report January To June 1997- Summary of Outcomes

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 26th August 1997
    Report Number:
    1
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Audit Activity Report

    This report is an information document summarising the audit activities of the ANAO in the period January to June 1997.


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  • Audit Committees

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 25th June 1997
    Report Number:
    39
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    This report addresses the role and responsibilities of audit committees in all Commonwealth public sector entities including departments and similar agencies, and commercial and non-commercial statutory authorities. A better practice model was developed, based primarily on a review of literature dealing with private and public sector governance models and the requirements of the proposed financial management legislation.



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  • External Funds Generation

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 24th June 1997
    Report Number:
    38
    Portfolio:
    Education, Science and Training
    Department:
    Australian Institute of Marine Science

    The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the action taken by the Australian Institute of Marine Science in response to the recommendations contained in 'External Funds Generation', Audit Report No.48, 1991-92.


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  • Risk Management

    Tabled Date:
    Wednesday 18th June 1997
    Report Number:
    37
    Portfolio:
    Treasury
    Department:
    Australian Taxation Office

    he objective of the audit was to provide assurance about the Australian Taxation Office's risk management approach and to add value to its administration by analysing the economy, efficiency, administrative effectiveness, equity and accountability of the related processes employed within the organisation. The ANAO reviewed the formal risk management process that the ATO uses to deal with all sources of risk for the organisation.


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  • Commonwealth Natural Resource Management and Environment Programs

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 5th June 1997
    Report Number:
    36
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The audit covered major program elements within the Department of Primary Industries and Energy and Environment Australia that are managed: directly by DPIE or Environment Australia; through the One-Stop-Shop project assessment process administered by the States/Territories; or by non-government organisations. The purpose of the audit was to examine and benchmark the administrative processes established for these programs. The primary focus of the audit was to draw on the best elements of past practice (particularly in relation to programs involving the One-Stop-Shop) and highlight any shortcomings so that the risks to program effectiveness and accountability could be addressed in the implementation of the Natural Heritage Trust.


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  • 1996 Census of Population and Housing

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 3rd June 1997
    Report Number:
    35
    Portfolio:
    Treasury
    Department:
    Australian Bureau of Statistics

    The objectives of the audit were to examine the Australian Bureau of Statistics' management of the procedures and processes associated with the planning and operational aspects of the 1996 Census to ascertain: whether the results of the 1991 Census evaluations were used to improve the 1996 Census; whether the Census could be undertaken more efficiently while still yielding data of the required quality; and how privacy concerns were being satisfied by the processes employed. The scope of the audit was limited to reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of the management by the ABS of the development, collection and initiation of the processing phases of the 1996 Census. The ANAO conducted an assessment of the procedures and processes used in the 1996 Census against the ABS performance indicators and by an examination of ABS documentation. The audit did not seek to review the ABS statistical methodology.


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  • Australian Defence Force Health Services

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 27th May 1997
    Report Number:
    34
    Portfolio:
    Defence
    Department:
    Department of Defence

    The objective of the audit was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the provision of health services to the Australian Defence Force Regular forces. Audit criteria were developed which examined health services policy and strategic planning, resource management, the tri-Service provision of medical, dental and other health care, the operation of and planning for major medical facilities, health care management information systems, occupational health and safety and the supply of health materiel.


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  • Administration of the Family Court of Australia

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 15th May 1997
    Report Number:
    33
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The objectives of the audit were to examine and evaluate the efficiency, economy and administrative effectiveness of the non-judicial activities of the Family Court of Australia. A major aim of the audit was to identify administrative better practices that could be promulgated throughout the Court. The criteria for the audit address the following issues: corporate planning; performance measurement; organisational structure; human resource management; human resource development; management information and reporting systems; and operational processes and procedures.


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  • Administration of Grants in the Australian Public Service

    Tabled Date:
    Thursday 15th May 1997
    Report Number:
    32
    Portfolio:
    Across Agencies
    Department:
    Across Agency

    The objectives of the audit were to: examine the efficiency and administrative effectiveness of grant programs administered in the APS; and identify any specific problem areas and evidence of better practice in both program administration and agency guidelines not already included in the ANAO's 1994 Better Practice Guide on the Administration of Grants. The ANAO also sought to incorporate in the revision of the better practice guide the lessons learned through the audit to help ensure its continued relevance in public sector administration at all levels of government.


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  • Medifraud and Inappropriate Practice

    Tabled Date:
    Tuesday 13th May 1997
    Report Number:
    31
    Portfolio:
    Health and Ageing
    Department:
    Health Insurance Commission

    The ANAO's purpose was to report on: the HIC's management of approaches to minimise medifraud and inappropriate practice; HIC's reporting of its performance on these matters to stakeholders; the methodology used by the HIC to estimate the extent of fraud and inappropriate practice, including comment on the reliability of the estimates; and the HIC's implementation of the major recommendations from Medifraud and Excessive Servicing - Audit Report No.17 1992-93.


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