Click the link below to download a PDF copy of Appendix B. Acronyms, abbreviations and glossary.

Click the link below to download a PDF copy of Appendix A. Submissions and comments.

We take a closer look at a different department’s performance information each year. This year we examined environmental sustainability performance reporting by DEECA for the water, energy and climate action portfolios. We also looked at the accuracy and reliability of its environmental sustainability BP3 performance results. 

In this section we show the results of our assessment of new performance measures using the framework outlined in Section 1. We also summarise the changes that departments have made to their objectives and outputs since BP3 2022–23.

Every year VAGO assesses whether Victorian government departments are fairly presenting their service delivery performance in Budget Paper No. 3: Service Delivery (BP3). Departments develop this information using guidance provided by Victoria’s Resource Management Framework (RMF) and in consultation with the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF).

Download a PDF copy of Appendix C. Audit scope and method.

Download a PDF copy of Appendix B. Abbreviations, acronyms and glossary.

Download a PDF copy of Appendix A. Submissions and comments.

Data on how much the public service spends on contractors and consultants is not always reliable. We sampled data from 3 departments and found one – DE – does not always correctly classify its spending; and another – DH – did not hold enough documentation to confirm the reliability of its data for the period we examined. 

As a result, there is a risk that these departments' annual reports do not disclose the full amount they spent on consultants as required by Financial Reporting Direction 22.