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.
Follow up of Managing the Level Crossing Removal Program
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This audit examined if the Department of Transport and the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority effectively addressed recommendations made in our 2017 audit Managing the Level Crossing Removal Program.
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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Appendix C. Adjustments to our performance audit work program in response to COVID-19
The table below lists the adjustments we have made to our performance audit work program in response to the impact of COVID-19.
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Appendix B. Delivering financial audits
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.
Appendix A. Delivering performance audits
We largely use our own professionally qualified and trained staff to deliver our performance audits. However, we periodically engage experts to advise our performance audit teams on complex and technical issues. We also use contractors to supplement our staff resources where required.