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Published: Wednesday 22 November 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's processes for estimating and monitoring the costs, savings and benefits associated with the Reinventing the ATO program.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Published: Tuesday 31 October 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the transition of the Remote Jobs and Communities Programme to the Community Development Programme, including whether the Community Development Programme is well designed and administered effectively and efficiently.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Employment; Department of Human Services
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Published: Thursday 19 October 2017
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of controls being implemented and/or developed by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to ensure National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) access decisions are consistent with legislative and other requirements.

Entity
National Disability Insurance Agency; Department of Human Services
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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.

Entity
Department of Communications and the Arts
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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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Published: Wednesday 27 September 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the design process and monitoring arrangements for the National Innovation and Science Agenda by the relevant entities.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science; Innovation and Science Australia
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Published: Wednesday 27 September 2017
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The objective of this audit was to examine whether value for money is being delivered by the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s (ARTC’s) management of the Inland Rail pre‑construction program.

Entity
Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC); Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Department of Finance
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Published: Tuesday 19 September 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of entities’ implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Entity
Attorney-General’s Department; Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; Department of Social Services; Department of Veterans' Affairs
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Published: Tuesday 22 August 2017
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The audit objective was to determine whether selected grant programs are being administered efficiently by the Australia Council in relation to suitable comparators. The selected grant programs are collectively known as the Australia Council Grants Program.

Entity
Australia Council; Department of Social Services; National Health and Medical Research Council
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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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Published: Tuesday 8 August 2017
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The audit objective is to examine the effectiveness of measures taken to strengthen the protection of Australia’s missions and staff overseas.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Published: Wednesday 12 July 2017
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The audit objective was to assess whether the Department of Employment effectively designed and monitors the progress of the jobactive program.

Entity
Department of Employment
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Published: Wednesday 12 July 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) supports good governance in Indigenous corporations consistent with the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI).

Entity
Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Published: Tuesday 11 July 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether Defence has a fit-for-purpose framework for the management of materiel sustainment.

Entity
Defence
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Published: Monday 10 July 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy’s arrangements for the preparation and reporting of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions estimates and projections.

Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
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Published: Thursday 29 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Health effectively procured services to operate a National Cancer Screening Register.

Entity
Department of Health
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Published: Tuesday 27 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Human Services’ implementation of myGov as at November 2016.

Entity
Department of Human Services; Digital Transformation Agency (DTA); Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
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Published: Monday 26 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to examine the implementation of the annual performance statements requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the enhanced Commonwealth performance framework.

Entity
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Australian Federal Police; Department of Finance
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Published: Thursday 22 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health's strategies for managing a communicable disease emergency.

Entity
Department of Health
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Published: Thursday 22 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority’s (APVMA’s) implementation of reforms to agvet regulation and the extent to which the authority has achieved operational efficiencies and reduced the cost burden on regulated entities.

Entity
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
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Published: Tuesday 20 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the governance of the Northern Land Council in fulfilling its responsibilities and obligations under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, Native Title Act 1993 and Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Northern Land Council
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Published: Thursday 1 June 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the selected entities’ progress in implementing the corporate planning requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and related PGPA Rule 2014.

This audit assessed corporate plans for the 2016–17 reporting period, and complements the report published in August 2016 which assessed corporate plans for the 2015–16 reporting period.

Entity
Comcare; Department of Education and Training; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; National Library of Australia
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Published: Wednesday 31 May 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Australian Government-funded aged care services delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Entity
Department of Health; Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
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Published: Tuesday 23 May 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the management of underperformance in the Australian Public Service (APS) and identify opportunities for improvement.

Entity
Across Entities
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Published: Monday 22 May 2017
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The audit Administration of ABSTUDY and the audit Administration of Youth Allowance have been combined to table as one report titled Administration of ABSTUDY and Administration of Youth Allowance.

The objective of both audits was to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Social Services’ and the Department of Human Services’ program administration.

Entity
Department of Social Services; Department of Human Services
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Published: Monday 15 May 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the child support collection arrangements between the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services
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Published: Thursday 11 May 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Education and Training established the Apprenticeship Training – alternative delivery pilots program in accordance with the Commonwealth Grants and Rules Guidelines.

Entity
Department of Education and Training
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Published: Thursday 27 April 2017
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Defence’s design and implementation of arrangements to select a preferred Strategic Partner for the Future Submarines Program.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Thursday 27 April 2017
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness to date of the implementation of the Tourism 2020 strategy by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Tourism Australia.

Entity
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade); Tourism Australia
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Published: Monday 10 April 2017
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether the OneSKY tender was conducted so as to provide value with public resources and achieve required timeframes for the effective replacement of the existing air traffic management platforms.

Entity
Airservices Australia; Department of Defence
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Published: Thursday 30 March 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the procurement by the Department of the Environment and Energy of a replacement Antarctic icebreaking vessel will provide value with public resources.

Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
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Published: Monday 27 March 2017
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Army’s workforce planning.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Wednesday 22 March 2017
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Federal Police’s, the Australian Financial Security Authority’s and the Attorney-General’s Department’s administration of property and funds under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Entity
Australian Financial Security Authority; Australian Federal Police; Attorney-General’s Department
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Published: Wednesday 15 March 2017
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The audit objective was to re-assess the three entities' compliance with the 'Top Four' mandatory strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). The audit also aims to examine the typical challenges faced by entities to achieve and maintain their desired ICT security posture.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Published: Tuesday 28 February 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the Department of Human Services' and the Department of Social Services’ management of selected fraud prevention and compliance Budget measures.

Entity
Department of Human Services; Department of Social Services
Contact

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Published: Monday 27 February 2017
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The audit objective was to assess the establishment and administration of the Australian Border Force’s framework to ensure the lawful exercise of powers in accordance with applicable legislation.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Published: Tuesday 14 February 2017
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The objective of this audit was to assess whether appropriate steps were taken to protect the Commonwealth's interests and obtain value for money in respect to the $3.5 billion in Commonwealth funding committed to the NSW Government for the WestConnex project.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Infrastructure Australia
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Published: Thursday 9 February 2017
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The audit objective was to examine the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office's monitoring and implementation of recommendations about its administration made by the ANAO and parliamentary committees

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 7 February 2017
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The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which the Department of the Environment and Energy has implemented the recommendations from ANAO Report No. 43 2013–14 and strengthened its framework for the delivery of its regulatory activities.

Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
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Published: Friday 3 February 2017
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The audit objective was to assess whether the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has effectively established and implemented the Indigenous Advancement Strategy to achieve the outcomes desired by government.

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Entity
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Published: Tuesday 24 January 2017
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The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources' implementation of the new biosecurity legislative framework.

Entity
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
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Published: Tuesday 17 January 2017
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The audit objective was to assess whether the Department of Immigration and Border Protection adopted sound contract management practices for the delivery of garrison support and welfare services for offshore processing centres in Nauru and Manus Island.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Published: Tuesday 20 December 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design and administration of the VET FEE-HELP scheme.

Entity
Department of Education and Training; Australian Skills Quality Authority; Australian Competition and Consumer Commission;
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Published: Monday 19 December 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of round two of the National Stronger Regions Fund.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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Published: Wednesday 14 December 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Defence’s design and implementation of the Base Services contracts.

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Monday 28 November 2016
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The audit objective was to assess whether the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has effectively and efficiently administered the collection of North West Shelf royalty revenues.

Entity
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
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Published: Thursday 24 November 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment and Energy's design and implementation of the Reef Trust.

Entity
Department of the Environment and Energy
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Published: Wednesday 23 November 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's processes for the prudential regulation of superannuation entities.

Entity
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
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Published: Wednesday 9 November 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Employment and the Department of Education and Training's administration of the Shared Services Centre to achieve efficiencies and deliver value to its customers.

Entity
Department of Employment; Department of Education and Training
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Published: Wednesday 9 November 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness to date of the management of the approach to transition the disability services market to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) market arrangements.

Entity
Department of Social Services; National Disability Insurance Agency
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Published: Monday 7 November 2016
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services’ administration of NRAS allocations; processing of market rent valuations, statements of compliance and incentive payments; and the supporting business systems and processes.

Entity
Department of Social Services
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Published: Wednesday 19 October 2016
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The objectives of the audit were to:

  • assess the effectiveness of the ongoing administration of the Australian Government’s campaign advertising framework; and
  • assess the effectiveness of the selected entities’ administration in developing advertising campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework applying at the time, and relevant legal and government policy requirements.
Entity
Department of Finance; Department of the Treasury; Department of Education and Training; Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Published: Monday 17 October 2016
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The audit objective was to assess Defence’s implementation of the five recommendations in  ANAO Report No.19 2014-15 Management of the Disposal of Specialist Military Equipment and the related recommendation in JCPAA  Report 449 Review of Auditor-General's Reports Nos. 1-23 (2014-15).

Entity
Department of Defence
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Published: Wednesday 19 October 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the departments of Health and Human Services’ administration, including oversight and monitoring arrangements, for the Indemnity Insurance Fund.

Entity
Department of Health; Department of Human Services
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Published: Tuesday 27 September 2016
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Parliamentary Services’ arrangements for managing contracts and retail licences, including the extent to which the department has implemented recommendations from the previous ANAO audit.

Entity
Department of Parliamentary Services
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Published: Tuesday 27 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality provisions in a sample of Australian Government contracts.

Entity
Department of Defence; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Department of Health
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Published: Tuesday 20 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design process for the Rural Research and Development for Profit Programme, including performance measurement and reporting arrangements.

Entity
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Published: Tuesday 13 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) had appropriately managed the procurement of garrison support and welfare services at offshore processing centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea (Manus Island); and whether the processes adopted met the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) including consideration and achievement of value for money.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
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Published: Monday 12 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Taxation Office in achieving revenue commitments established under specific Budget-funded compliance measures.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
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Published: Monday 12 September 2016
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Clean Energy Regulator’s crediting and selection of carbon abatement to purchase under the Emissions Reduction Fund.

Entity
Clean Energy Regulator
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