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The Auditor-General responded on 10 March 2022 to correspondence from Senator the Hon Eric Abetz dated 9 February 2022, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine the planned relocation of the University of Tasmania. 

Auditor-General's response

10 March 2022

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz
Liberal Senator for Tasmania
By email: Senator.Abetz@aph.gov.au

Dear Senator Abetz

Relocation of the University of Tasmania

I am writing in response to your letter of 9 February 2022 requesting that I consider an audit of the planned relocation of the University of Tasmania.

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is currently developing its 2022–23 Annual Audit Work Program (work program). Consistent with the requirement that I have regard to the audit priorities of the Parliament, a draft of the work program has been provided to the Parliament for consultation through the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit. In developing the work program, the ANAO also considers feedback from accountable authorities of Australian Government entities affected by proposed audit coverage and members of the public. I will therefore consider the matter you have referred as part of the work program consultation process.

The work program is designed to inform the Parliament, the public and government entities of planned audit coverage to commence in 2022–23 and will be published on the ANAO website in early July 2022.

To receive updates about the draft work program, including when it is published for public comment, please subscribe to the ANAO website, https://www.anao.gov.au/work-program/draft.

Yours sincerely

Grant Hehir

Correspondence from Senator the Hon Eric Abetz

Correspondence from Senator the Hon Eric Abetz. You can view a transcript of the correspondence on this page.

Transcript of letter from Senator the Hon Eric Abetz

09FEB22

Mr Grant Hehir
Auditor General
GPO Box 707
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Dear Auditor General

Re: University of Tasmania

In recent times the University of Tasmania has been pursuing a move from its current Sandy Bay site into the City of Hobart

Whilst many valid arguments have been raised as to the wisdom of such a move on planning and educational grounds, I seek your assessment of the value for money of the proposed move and the sustainability and visibility of the funding model which is consuming substantial sums of taxpayer dollars which find their genesis from the Federal Government and fee paying students under the HEC Scheme.

Thank you for our consideration and I await your response.

Yours sincerely,

Eric Abetz
Liberal Senator for Tasmania

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Correspondence from Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (PDF)