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Published: Wednesday 18 September 2002
Published

This is the second audit report under the Senate Order, which requires all Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act) agencies to place on the Internet, lists of contracts of $100 000 and more by the tenth day of the Spring and Autumn sittings of Parliament. It relates to the audit of the contract information to be listed on the Internet by the tenth day of the Autumn 2002 sitting. The audit involved a desktop review of all FMA Act agencies' Internet listings; and a detailed review at six selected agencies, of the process for making the Internet listings, and the policies and practices for determining confidentiality provisions in contracts.

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Thursday 23 November 1995
Published

The ANAO's objective in auditing the sale was to assess:

  • the extent to which the Commonwealth's objectives were achieved; and
  • the efficiency, administrative effectiveness and accountability of the sale process.
Entity
Across Agency
Published: Tuesday 25 June 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office’s administration of debt relief arrangements.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Tuesday 23 December 1997
Published

The objectives for the audit were to report on the efficiency and cost effectiveness of selected agencies' procurement of air travel services. Specifically the audit was to:

  • identify the potential for more cost effective procurement in agencies' contracting for air travel services;
  • produce estimates of potential savings in expenditure by improved contracting arrangements in agencies where possible; and
  • outline any improvements to procurement management practices, including improvement in Commonwealth coordination activities.
Entity
Across Agency
Published: Thursday 14 October 1999
Published

This audit examined the management of contracts for business support processes in eight Commonwealth organisations-six operating under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, and two operating under the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997. The objectives of this audit were to:

  • provide assurance on the effectiveness of the management of contracted business support processes in selected organisations; and
  • identify and disseminate better practices in related contract management.
Entity
Across Agency
Published: Friday 15 December 2000
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the management of the Family Relationships Services Program (FRSP) by the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS) subsequent to that department becoming responsible for the administration of the Program in December 1998. The audit focussed on issues related to Program risk management, the development and management of contractual agreements and whether the performance management and reporting framework enabled an assessment of service provider performance and overall program outcomes.

Entity
Department of Family and Community Services
Published: Monday 23 November 1998
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The primary objective of the audit was to assess the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of DoTRD's implementation of Annex 17 in the Australian aviation environment. The ANAO concluded that DoTRD has established a regulatory regime which ensures Australia's compliance with the standards embodied in Annex 17. However, there are areas where Australia's aviation security regime can be strengthened even further including; developing a more robust approach to risk management, developing a longer-term perspective to DoTRD's planning structure, development of proactive alliances with aviation regulators in neighbouring countries in the Asia-Pacific region, further improvement of the airport audit process, development and implementation of an evaluation strategy, development of a formal transparent approach to enforcement.

Entity
Department of Transport and Regional Services
Published: Thursday 2 June 2005
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The objective of this audit was to assess the administration and implementation of the drought assistance measures. The audit focussed on EC, including prima facie EC, and key aspects of the additional drought assistance measures.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Centrelink; The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Thursday 26 October 2000
Published

The general objectives of the audit were to:

  • obtain and report quantitative and qualitative benchmarks of performance in the public sector; and
  • compare the public sector benchmarks with equivalent international data to identify better practices and highlight opportunities for improvement.

In relation to internal audit, given the three-year duration of the study, these generic objectives have been extended to include an analysis of trends in internal audit over the past three years.

Entity
Across Agency
Published: Monday 19 August 2002
Published

The report summarises the audit and other related activities of the ANAO in the period January to June 2002. Key issues arising from performance audits tabled in this period are summarised. Appendix 1 of the Activity Report provides a short summary of each of the audits tabled between 1 January 2002 and 30 June 2002.

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Audit Activity Report