2 Effectiveness in reducing red tape

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Background

Red tape reduction programs have existed in Victoria for over a decade and have progressively expanded the group of beneficiaries. Each program has had a set target, represented in either percentage or monetary terms, and these targets have been determined to have been met or exceeded. Burden reduction has been measured through monetary savings to program beneficiaries and recorded as an overall program saving by government rather than measured by individual portfolios.

1 Background

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1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 The role and significance of regulation in Victoria

Regulation involves the imposition of government-authorised rules through the use of:

Auditor-General's comments

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Dr Peter Frost

Acting Auditor-General

Audit team

Ray Winn—Engagement Leader

Dallas Mischkulnig—Engagement Leader

Charles Tyers—Team Leader

Jason Cullen—Team member

Stefania Colla—Team member

Engagement Quality Control Reviewer

Reducing the Burden of Red Tape: Message

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Ordered to be published

VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER May 2016

PP No 156, Session 2014-16

The Hon. Bruce Atkinson MLC

President

Legislative Council

Parliament House

Melbourne

The Hon. Telmo Languiller MP

Speaker

Legislative Assembly

Parliament House

Melbourne

Dear Presiding Officers

Reducing the Burden of Red Tape

Body

This audit examined whether red tape reduction initiatives have been effective in reducing the burden of regulation.

Appendix D. Audit Act 1994 section 16—submissions and comments

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Introduction

In accordance with section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994, a copy of this report, or part of this report, was provided to the surveyed agencies listed in Appendix A, the Department of Premier & Cabinet, the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, VicTrack and RMIT University throughout the course of the audit.

Appendix C. Project status

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Performance against budget and time lines

Figure C1 shows the performance against budget and time lines for 215 projects based on self-attested data provided in our survey of agencies.

	Within approved time/budget
	Within six months of approved timeline or 5 per cent of approved budget

Appendix B. Selected projects for examination of supporting documentation

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Selected projects

Figure B1 lists the 15 capital projects, by agency, selected for a limited examination of supporting documentation.

Figure B1

Projects reviewed

Agency	Project	Budget $ million	Actual $ million	Project phase
Country Fire Authority

Appendix A. Surveyed agencies

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Agencies within scope

Barwon Region Water Corporation
Bendigo Kangan Institute
Central Gippsland Region Water Corporation
Chisholm Institute
City West Water Corporation
Coliban Region Water Corporation
Country Fire Authority
Court Services Victoria
Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources
Department of Education & Training
Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning
Department of Health & Human Services
Department o

3 Review of supporting documentation

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Background

This part shows the results of a limited examination of the key project documentation, collected for a sample of 15 of the 251 projects, to verify its completeness and consistency with Department of Treasury & Finance's (DTF) Investment Lifecycle and High Value/High Risk Guidelines(lifecycle guidelines).

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