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.

Regulating Food Safety

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We looked at whether councils are complying with their legislative responsibilities for food safety to protect public health.

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.

Victoria's Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Data

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This audit assessed if the Department of Health’s Victorian Alcohol and Drug Collection dataset is high quality and achieving its intended benefits.

Employee Health and Wellbeing in Victorian Public Hospitals

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This audit examined if the Department of Health and selected Victorian hospitals effectively support hospital employees’ mental health and wellbeing.

Contractors and Consultants in the Victorian Public Service: Spending

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This audit assessed if departments accurately record, properly monitor and transparently report their spending on contractors and consultants.

Supporting Sexual and Reproductive Health

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This audit examined whether Victorian women can readily access sexual and reproductive health information and services to support their health and wellbeing.

Appendix A. 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 Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Justice—which includes Emergency Management Victoria— Ambulance Victoria, Victoria Police and the three audited councils and three audited health services

4 Activation and response to heatwaves

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At a glance

Background

Public health messages and activation of heatwave plans by councils and community organisations that support vulnerable communities are two key actions taken to mitigate the risk that heatwaves present to public health.

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