Appendix A: Submissions and comments
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2. Putting policies into practice to build capable and high-performing workforces
DFFH, DTP and the Commission have practices in place to establish expected standards of performance and behaviour, foster continuous improvement and learning, and focus on employee engagement. Senior leaders also monitor performance. This supports the agencies in building capable and high-performing workforces.
1. Policies and guidance to support capability and high performance
The Commission's guidance for departments captures key themes of workforce better practice. But the Commission does not systematically develop and review this guidance. All 3 agencies' internal materials reflect better practice key themes and include a focus on capability and high performance.
What we found
This section summarises our key findings. The numbered sections detail our complete findings, including supporting evidence.
When reaching our conclusions, we consulted with the audited agencies and considered their views. The agencies’ full responses are in Appendix A.
Our recommendation
We made one recommendation to address one issue. The relevant agency has accepted the recommendation.
Auditor-General's Report on the Annual Financial Report of the State of Victoria: 2023–24
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In this report, we share outcomes of our audit on the state's financial report and our independent perspective on the state's financial outcomes and risks to fiscal sustainability.
Quality of Victoria's critical data assets
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We plan to examine whether relevant Victorian Government agencies assure the quality of their critical data assets.
Natural disaster recovery and resilience
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We plan to examine whether governance arrangements described in Victoria's Recovery Framework effectively support recovery efforts in regional communities following a major emergency. The October 2022 floods will be the test case for the effectiveness of the governance arrangements.
Implementation of departmental savings and efficiencies
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We plan to examine whether departments and agencies implemented the savings and efficiencies, outlined in the COVID Debt Repayment Plan – savings and efficiencies initiative in the 2023–24 Budget Paper No. 3: Service Delivery, in a way that protected frontline staff and maintained service delivery.
Cybersecurity: infrastructure
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We plan to examine the effectiveness of agencies’ asset management in relation to the cloud environment and the effectiveness of controls associated with cloud-based infrastructure.