1456 Items found
Published: Thursday 20 June 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing’s administration of the GP Super Clinics program to support improved community access to integrated GP and primary health care services.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Contact

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Published: Monday 25 May 2009
Published

The objectives of the audit were to:

  • determine the extent to which government entities complied with the requirement to publish and maintain documents online that were presented to the Parliament;
  • evaluate selected government entities' policies and practices regarding online publishing; and
  • assess AGIMO's policy and guidance in support of online publishing.

To address this objective the audit was conducted in three parts. Firstly, we reviewed a sample of papers tabled between 2000 and 2008 in order to assess their availability online. Next, we examined the online publishing practices of five government entities. These were the: Australian Federal Police (AFP); Department of the House of Representatives (DHR); Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Infrastructure); Department of the Treasury (Treasury); and National Archives of Australia (NAA). Finally, we reviewed AGIMO's role in supporting government entities in their online publishing practices.

Entity
Across Agencies
Published: Thursday 26 May 2011
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of AusAID’s management of tertiary training assistance.

Entity
Australian Agency for International Development
Published: Thursday 2 June 2005
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The objective of the audit was to assess the administrative effectiveness of DEST's support for the Australian education and training export industry, including its regulatory and associated roles, and how it monitors and reports on its performance in undertaking these roles.

Entity
Department of Education Science and Training
Published: Thursday 29 March 2001
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The audit reviewed the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's administration of consular services. It focussed on DFAT's travel advice to alert Australians to potential travel risks; case management systems to record and monitor action on more complex consular cases; performance information for the management of consular services; and contingency planning for major consular incidents. The audit also reviewed action taken by DFAT and other agencies to implement the recommendations of a 1997 Senate Committee report on consular services.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Published: Tuesday 15 March 2016
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The audit objective is to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Defence's management of the Mulwala Redevelopment Project.

Entity
Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Thursday 28 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy’s administration of the Household Assistance Scheme.

Entity
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Department of Human Services
Published: Tuesday 6 September 2005
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The objective of this audit was to assess the provision of export assistance and support to new and irregular exporters in rural and regional Australia through the TradeStart program. The focus on rural and regional Australia reflects the priority given by the Government to providing effective business and trade assistance to small businesses and rural and regional businesses. However, broader aspects of TradeStart management, such as contract and risk management, have been assessed across the program as a whole.

Entity
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
Published: Tuesday 20 December 2011
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the management of risks arising from the use of PSDs in selected Australian Government agencies. The PSDs included within the scope of this audit were: USB flash drives; CDs and DVDs; external hard drives; laptop computers and smartphones.

Entity
Across agencies
Published: Thursday 4 December 2008
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess how effectively FaHCSIA and DEEWR have undertaken their roles and responsibilities for specialist disability employment services under the current (third) CSTDA.

Entity
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Thursday 5 May 2011
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Department of Infrastructure and Transport’s and the Attorney‐General’s Department’s management of the Aviation and Maritime Security Identification Card (ASIC and MSIC) schemes.

Entity
Attorney General's Department; Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Published: Wednesday 20 May 2009
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Office's administration of the PRRT. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) identified four key areas for review: general administration; compliance; promoting certainty in administering the PRRT; and governance arrangements.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 12 October 2006
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which entities were meeting their recordkeeping responsibilities. In particular, the audit examined how effectively the entities were managing records that were created and stored electronically in corporate recordkeeping systems and in other electronic systems in accordance with recordkeeping requirements.

Entity
The Attorney General’s Department; The Australian Electoral Commission; The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2003
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The audit reviewed the Australian Taxation Office's administration of the payment of tax by non-residents. The audit objectives were to:

  • provide Parliament with assurance about how efficiently and effectively the ATO administers the payment of tax in respect of non-residents;
  • identify any scope for more effective and efficient administration of the function; and
  • identify any opportunities for the cost-effective collection of additional revenue.
Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Thursday 12 June 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the establishment of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority and the effectiveness of its regulatory function.

Entity
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 26 May 2010
Published

The audit objective was to assess the extent to which Australian Government agencies ensure that service providers are made aware of the core Australian Public Service (APS) Values and Code of Conduct and these arrangements are monitored.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Department of Health and Ageing; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Published: Wednesday 10 June 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s identity verification arrangements for applicants in the Citizenship Program.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Published

The objective of the audit was to review the effectiveness and efficiency of Centrelink's customer feedback system and the progress Centrelink had made in implementing the recommendations of the 2004–05 audit and the subsequent JCPAA inquiry.

Entity
Centrelink
Published: Friday 15 July 2005
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The objective of this follow-up audit was to assess the extent to which APRA has implemented recommendations regarding the supervisory framework and cross-border banking made in ANAO's 2001 audit of bank prudential supervision.

Entity
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Published: Monday 12 April 2021
Published

The audit objective was to examine whether the Department of Defence implemented a selection of agreed parliamentary committee recommendations and ANAO performance audit recommendations.

Entity
Department of Defence
Contact

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Published: Monday 30 September 2002
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether Centrelink's Balanced Scorecard (BSC) was based on key elements of better practice principles and its use assisted Centrelink to understand and communicate its performance against its strategic goals. The audit examined:

  • the use of the BSC in setting Centrelink's vision and goals;
  • the role of the BSC in planning;
  • alignment of the BSC from the top down through the organisation and the interdependencies of scoreboards used by various support units, the definition and use of measures, including target setting and links to goals within the BSC framework; and
  • its use in monitoring, reporting and feedback.
Entity
Centrelink
Published: Tuesday 17 June 2014
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The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Industry's administration of the Commercialisation Australia Program.

Entity
Department of Industry
Contact

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Published: Monday 23 June 2014
Published

The audit objective was to determine whether Australian Government agencies were implementing appropriate policies and processes to identify and manage conflicts of interest.

Entity
Across Agencies
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 19 March 2003
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The objective of the audit was to determine whether DEST has effective governance practices for its IT and e- Business; has adequate systems in place to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of its IT and e-Business; implements and maintains appropriate quality standards within its IT and e-Business systems; and implements proper controls, including risk management, to achieve maximum benefits from its IT and e- Business. The audit examined education and training services provided, or managed, by DEST via IT or the Internet.

Entity
Department of Education Science and Training
Published: Wednesday 22 April 2009
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the quality and integrity of DVA's income support records and to report on the effectiveness of the department's management of the data and how it impacts on service delivery.

Entity
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Published: Tuesday 28 June 2011
Published

The objective of the audit was to report on the effectiveness of Defence’s approach to the acceptance into service of Navy capability, and to identify where better practice may be used by CDG, DMO and Navy.

Entity
Department of Defence; Defence Materiel Organisation
Published: Tuesday 26 June 2012
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The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of DMO’s implementation of its Gate Review process for major Defence capital acquisition projects.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Thursday 18 December 2008
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of AIMS administration of its co investment research program.

Entity
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Published: Thursday 20 September 2001
Published

The objective of the audit was to provide assurance to Parliament on effectiveness of FMIS implementations by:

  • evaluating the effectiveness of selection and implementation management; and
  • evaluating whether the implemented FMIS met the needs of agencies.
Entity
Across Agency
Published: Tuesday 23 June 2009
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess whether selected organisations had effective security risk management programs, including whether a selection of protective security risk treatment controls was working as designed.

Entity
Across Agencies
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
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 27 July 2010
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The objective of the audit was to assess whether the Strategic Projects component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program has been effectively designed and administered.

Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Published: Wednesday 27 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the ATO’s administration of external debt collection arrangements.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Tuesday 12 September 2006
Published

The objective of the audit was to review the operation of the ATO's Tax Agent and Business Portals. In conducting the audit the ANAO examined three key areas: governance – the governance arrangements supporting ongoing management of the Portals; portals development, user satisfaction and realisation of expected benefits – the ATO's processes for involving users in developing the Tax Agent and Business Portals, assessing user satisfaction, and evaluating business benefits arising from uptake of the Portals; and information technology (IT) security and user access controls – the ATO's IT security environment and user access controls supporting the operation of the Tax Agent and Business Portals.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office
Published: Wednesday 27 May 2009
Published

The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of DAFF's implementation and administration of the Securing our Fishing Future structural adjustment package industry and community assistance programs.

Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Published: Tuesday 19 December 2017
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the contractual arrangements that have been put in place for the delivery of the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (MIT) will provide value for money and achieve the Australian Government’s policy objectives for the project.

Entity
Moorebank Intermodal Company Limited; Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development; Department of Finance
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 8 July 2015
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of procurement initiatives to support opportunities for Indigenous Australians.

Entity
Department of Defence; Australian Taxation Office; Department of Human Services; Department of Employment; Department of Industry and Science; and Department of Education and Training
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 8 May 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Tax Practitioners Board's implementation and administration of the regulatory arrangements for tax practitioners under the Tax Agent Services Act 2009.

Entity
Australian Taxation Office; Tax Practitioners Board
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 3 April 2012
Published

The audit objective was to report on the administration of the Australia Network tender process and to identify lessons learned from the conduct of the process to inform future procurement activities.

Entity
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Published: Tuesday 16 December 2014
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service's management of the Cape Class patrol boat program.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Contact

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Published: Thursday 19 December 2013
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The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Indigenous Land Corporation’s administration of the Land Acquisition Program.

Entity
Indigenous Land Corporation
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 29 January 2014
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the Smart Grid, Smart City Program, including the establishment, implementation and ongoing management of the program.

Entity
Department of the Environment; Department of Industry
Contact

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Published: Tuesday 21 June 2005
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The objective of the audit was to express an opinion on the effectiveness of HOP management having regard to: compliance with applicable Australian Government policies; compliance with internal guidelines to assist loans officers to assess applications and manage loans; and programme performance reporting.

Entity
Indigenous Business Australia
Published: Monday 25 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of ASIO’s arrangements for providing timely and soundly based security assessments of individuals to client agencies.

Entity
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Published: Friday 25 February 2005
Published

The objective of the audit was to provide an independent assurance of the effectiveness of Defence's management of the acquisition, and future provision of the Armidale Class Patrol Boats capability, relating to the in-service support contract, provision of infrastructure, and crewing sustainability.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Wednesday 15 April 2015
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in delivering high quality interpreting services to its clients.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Border Protection; Department of Social Services
Contact

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Published: Wednesday 7 May 2014
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) application of the Code of Good Manufacturing Practice (Code of GMP) for prescription medicines.

Entity
Department of Health
Contact

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Published: Friday 26 August 2005
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The objective of the audit was to assess the Personnel Management Key Solution Project's planning and approval processes and its contract and project management. The audit addresses the scope of the delivered system, the expectations of end-users, and the system's ability to meet their capability requirements.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Thursday 23 June 2011
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship's (DIAC) administration of the character requirements of the Migration Act.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Published: Thursday 19 March 2009
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing's administration of health workforce initiatives in rural and remote Australia.

Entity
Deparment of Health and Ageing
Published: Thursday 24 June 2004
Published

The audit objectives were to assess: the appropriateness of agencies' policies for dealing with requests for information in accordance with the FOI Act; and assess agencies' compliance with the provisions of the FOI Act, in relation to selected requests for information.

Entity
Australian Federal Police; Attorney-General’s Department; Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Australian Customs Service; Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Published: Thursday 4 June 2015
Published

The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of Finance’s administration of travel entitlements provided to Parliamentarians.

Entity
Department of Finance
Contact

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Published: Thursday 9 November 2000
Published

The objectives of the audit were to examine:

  • the effectiveness of agencies' implementation of the current GBEs governance framework;
  • the extent to which agencies and GBEs comply with the Governance Arrangements and legislative requirements; and
  • whether the GBE monitoring system provides an effective level of accountability to Ministers and to the Parliament.
Entity
Across Agency
Published: Wednesday 1 May 2013
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection’s arrangements for managing the safe and secure storage and disposal of detained goods.

Entity
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
Published: Tuesday 28 May 2013
Published

The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of AusAID’s management of infrastructure aid to Indonesia, with a particular focus on the Eastern Indonesia National Roads Improvement Project and the Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative.

Entity
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Contact

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Published: Thursday 20 May 2010
Published

The objective of this audit was to review the effectiveness of Defence's and the DMO's management of the acquisition arrangements for JP 2070.

Entity
Department of Defence
Published: Thursday 13 June 2002
Published

The objective of the audit was to determine whether DIMIA's workforce planning systems are effectively supporting human resource management practices, which contribute to the efficient and effective achievement of project outcomes.

Entity
Department of Immigration and Multicultural And Indigenous Affairs
Published: Wednesday 24 May 2006
Published

The audit objective was to assess Health's administration of primary care funding, with a focus on the administrative practices of the Primary Care Division and Health's State and Territory Offices. In forming an opinion on the audit objective, the ANAO reviewed 41 agreements, with a combined value of $252 million. The ANAO also reviewed relevant documentation and files, interviewed programme officers and met with a number of stakeholders. The audit comments on a range of issues, including the utility of funding agreements, monitoring, payments, and support for administrators.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Published: Monday 1 July 2019
Published

The corporate plan is the ANAO’s primary planning document. Our strategic planning process allows us to continually improve practices and capabilities to demonstrate value in the delivery of services to the Parliament. The corporate plan is complemented by the annual audit work program, which reflects the ANAO’s audit strategy for the coming year.

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Published: Tuesday 19 June 2012
Published

The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing's support for improved access to integrated GP and primary healthcare services through its administration of the Primary Care Infrastructure Grants (PCIG) program.

Entity
Department of Health and Ageing