Managing State-significant Risks

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This audit examined if agencies are working collaboratively to identify and manage state-significant risks and if the Department of Treasury and Finance provides confidence to the Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer on how well agencies manage them.

Building a Capable and High-performing Public Service Workforce

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This audit examined whether public service bodies have policies, guidance materials and practices in place throughout the employee lifecycle to build a capable and high-performing workforce.

Government Advertising

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This audit assessed whether selected government campaign advertising complies with the Public Administration Act 2004 and is cost-effective.

Management of Spending in Response to COVID-19

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This audit assessed if agency spending in response to COVID-19, including through the Treasurer’s Advance, has been used for its stated purpose and complies with relevant laws and policies.

Business Continuity During COVID-19

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This audit assessed if agencies’ business continuity arrangements enabled the continuation of essential public services during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic state of emergency.

Quality of Major Transport Infrastructure Project Business Cases

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This audit assessed if business cases for major transport infrastructure projects support informed investment decisions.

Major Projects Performance

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This audit assessed if public sector reporting of major capital projects contains relevant and sufficient information to enable Parliament to understand project performance against approved scope, cost, time and benefit expectations.

Performance audit work program 2020–2023

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Central agencies and whole of government

Appendix C. Adjustments to our performance audit work program in response to COVID-19

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The table below lists the adjustments we have made to our performance audit work program in response to the impact of COVID-19.

Audit topic and year	Details
New audits introduced

Appendix B. Delivering financial audits

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The Auditor-General undertakes financial audits for over 580 public sector entities each year. The Auditor-General uses VAGO staff to undertake around a third of these financial report audits. For the remaining financial report audits, the Auditor-General contracts private sector firms (audit service providers) to assist with these. VAGO reviews this work and all audit opinions are issued on behalf of the Auditor-General.

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