The next Audit Committee Chairs Forum is scheduled for Friday, 6 December 2024. Further information about the forum will be announced closer to the event date. 

The next Financial and Performance Reporting Forum is scheduled for Friday, 29 November 2024. Further information about the forum will be announced closer to the event date. 

The Australian National Audit Office, in partnership with the Australian Capital Territory Audit Office hosted the 12^th Meeting of the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institution’s (PASAI) Regional Working Group on Environmental Auditing. The meeting was held from 17-19 September 2024 in Canberra, Australia.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday 12 July 2024. The text on this page is the communique from the forum.

The speech delivered by the Acting Deputy Auditor-General and the presentations by ANAO speakers at the Financial and Performance Reporting Forum held on Friday 5 July 2024 are now available.

If you would like a copy of the video recording please contact External.Relations@anao.gov.au

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday 8 December 2023. The text on this page is the communique from the forum.

The slides and video recording from the Financial and Performance Reporting held on Friday 1 December 2023 are now available.

If you have any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums, please contact External.Relations@anao.gov.au.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday 14 July 2023. The communique from the forum is now available here.

The slides and video recording from the Financial and Performance Reporting Forum held on Friday 7 July 2023 are now available.

If you have any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums, please contact External.Relations@anao.gov.au.

The Australian National Audit Office and the ACT Audit Office, sponsored by the Australasian Council of Auditors-General (ACAG), hosted IMPACT 2023, the International Meeting of Performance Audit Critical Thinkers. The meeting was held 19–20 April 2023 in Canberra, Australia.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held at the Hotel Realm on Friday, 9 December 2022. The communique from the forum is now available here.

The slides and video recording from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday 2 December 2022 are now available.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held virtually on Friday, 15 July 2022. The text on this page is the communique from the forum.

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday 8 July 2022 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday, 3 December 2021. It was both an in-person and virtual event.

The text on this page is the communique from the forum.

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday 26 November 2021 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday, 9 July 2021. It was both an in-person and virtual event. 

The text on this page is the communique from the forum. 

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday 25 June 2021 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday, 4 December 2020. The venue was the Australian National Audit Office, 38 Sydney Avenue, Forrest ACT.

The text on this page is the communique from the forum. 

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday, 27 November 2020 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday, 3 July 2020. The forum was held virtually, keeping in line with COVID-19 social distancing rules.

The forum agenda and slides are available in the related documents sections of this events page. The text on this page is the communique from the forum. 

The slides from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday, 26 June 2020 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Friday, 6 December 2019 from 11am until 1:30pm. The venue was the Galambany Centre, Department of Finance, One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT.

The agenda and slides are now available in the related documents section of this events page. 

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday, 29 November 2019 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums.

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday, 21 June 2019 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future forums.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Wednesday, 14 June 2019 from 10am until 12:30pm. The venue was the Galambany Centre, Department of Finance, One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT. The agenda, slides and communique from the forum are available on this events page.

An Audit Committee Chairs Forum was held on Wednesday, 5 December 2018 from 10am until 12:30pm. The venue was the Galambany Centre, Department of Finance, One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT. The slides from the forum are now available. 

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday, 30 November 2018 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future Forums.

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is hosting the 21st Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) Congress 28–30 August 2018.

The Audit Committee Chairs Forum is a joint initiative of the Department of Finance and the ANAO and includes the general government and non-general government sector Audit Committee Chairs. This communique covers the outcomes of the discussion at the forum on 15 June 2018 including updates from the Auditor-General and the ANAO, and from the Department of Finance.

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Friday, 22 June 2018 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future Forums.

The Audit Committee Chairs Forum is a joint initiative of the Department of Finance and the ANAO and includes the general government and non-general government sector Audit Committee Chairs. This communique covers the outcomes of the discussion at the forum on 14 December 2017 including updates from the Auditor-General and the ANAO, and from the Department of Finance.

The slides and video from the Chief Financial Officer Forum held on Tuesday, 5 December 2017 are now available. Please also provide any feedback you’d like to see incorporated in future Forums.

The Audit Committee Chairs Forum is a joint initiative of the Department of Finance and the ANAO and includes the general government and non-general government sector Audit Committee Chairs. This communique covers the outcomes of the discussion at the forum on 7 June 2017 including updates from the Auditor-General and the ANAO, and from the Department of Finance.

On 12 July 2016 the ANAO held the ANAO CFO Forum - The Interim Results of the 2015–16 Financial Statement Audits. The forum was a follow-on from our first held in February, and as we approach year-end provided an opportunity to discuss ways to facilitate working together on achieving a timely and efficient financial statement preparation and audit process in 2015–16 and beyond.

On 23 February 2016 the ANAO held its first CFO Forum - The Results of the 2014-15 Financial Statement audits. The Forum presented an opportunity to provide an overview of the end of year report tabled in Parliament in December 2015, the issues which arose during 2014-15, and the focus areas for the ANAO’s reporting to Parliament in 2015-16.