Browse our range of reports and publications including performance and financial statement audit reports, assurance review reports, information reports and annual reports.
Request for audit
Responded: Friday 24 July 2020
Response provided
The Auditor-General responded on 14 January 2020 to correspondence from the Hon Catherine King MP, requesting that the Auditor-General conduct an investigation to examine programs supporting regional development and jobs growth. The Auditor-General also responded on 2 April 2020 to follow-up correspondence from the Hon Catherine King MP dated 3 March 2020, alerting the Auditor-General to evidence given in Senate estimates that relates to the original correspondence. The Auditor-General provided a follow-up response to the Hon Catherine King MP on 24 July 2020.
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 34 of 2019–20)
Published: Thursday 23 April 2020
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation targets in intergovernmental funding agreements in achieving policy objectives.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications; National Indigenous Australians Agency
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 42 of 2022–23)
Published: Tuesday 27 June 2023
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Education’s design and implementation of programs and initiatives to improve the access and participation of regional and remote students to higher education.
Entity
Department of Education
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 1 of 2022–23)
Published: Thursday 28 July 2022
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess whether the award of funding under the Building Better Regions Fund was effective as well as being consistent with the Commonwealth Grant Rules and Guidelines.
Entity
Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2018–19)
Published: Wednesday 22 August 2018
Published
The objective of this audit was to examine the design and conduct of the award of funding under the Community Development Grants Program (CDGP).
Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 31 of 2023–24)
Published: Wednesday 29 May 2024
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the design of the Growing Regions Program.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts; Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 13 of 2024–25)
Recent
Published: Thursday 14 November 2024
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation and award of funding for Round 1 of the Growing Regions Program.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts; Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 27 of 2023–24)
Published: Monday 20 May 2024
Published
The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the design and early implementation of the National Soil Strategy and the supporting National Soil Action Plan.
Entity
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 29 of 2023–24)
Published: Tuesday 28 May 2024
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s (NIAA’s) processes to design and transition to a new remote employment program.
Entity
National Indigenous Australians Agency
Contact
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Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 47 of 2020–21)
Published: Monday 28 June 2021
Published
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the administration of the commuter car park projects within the Urban Congestion Fund.
Entity
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Contact
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