This audit found that agricultural food safety in Victoria - encompassing farming, transporting, handling and processing raw agricultural products - is being effectively managed. This is supported by the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), Dairy Food Safety Victoria (DFSV) and PrimeSafe actively monitoring and enforcing compliance with regulations and food safety standards, and by the...

This audit examined the performance of public bus, tram and train services across Victoria. The Department of Transport was not prepared for the rapid growth in public transport patronage between 2004 and 2009. It did not have the capability to foresee this growth or fully understand the root causes of poor performance. It was therefore...

From July 2006 to December 2010, 11 Victorian government departments and five agencies spent over $1 billion on advertising and communications. Government spending on advertising and communications is significant and has grown consistently since 2002. Given the political sensitivity and significance of this annual expenditure, full and fair disclosure of all advertising costs incurred is...

This audit found that State Trustees is not able to clearly demonstrate that it is fulfilling its obligations to represented persons. Represented persons are those deemed incapable of managing their own affairs due to disability, mental illness, injury or other incapacitating circumstances. They are considered to be among the most vulnerable members of the community...

Access to maternity services in Victoria is not equitable, argues this report. Planning is critical to the delivery of effective, accessible maternity services. However, shortcomings in the Department of Health’s planning approach have limited its understanding of maternity capacity in Victoria. As a result, the department’s planning decisions are not based on system-level knowledge of...