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Management and oversight of compliance activities within the Child Care Subsidy program
This audit reviewed the effectiveness of the management and oversight of compliance activities within Child Care Subsidy (CCS) by the Department of Education and Services Australia. It found the Department’s oversight of CCS compliance activities in Services Australia is not sufficient. Deficiencies were identified in monitoring and enforcement arrangements. The report made seven recommendations for...
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Targets for minimum Indigenous employment or supply use in major Australian Government procurements: follow-up
This audit examined implementation of recommendations in relation to mandatory minimum requirements (MMRs) for Indigenous employment and procurement by the Australian Government. It found some departments had only partly implemented the prior recommendations and makes eight recommendations to improve compliance with the MMRs.
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Ministerial Statements of Expectations and responding Statements of Intent
This audit report reviews the implementation of a revised approach to setting expectations for regulator performance. It concludes regulatory entities need better support to ensure they have up to date Statements of Expectation in place and makes recommendations for improvement.
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Administration of the Future Fit Program
The audit's objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s administration of the Future Fit Program. It found the administration to be ineffective. Poor project governance, non-aligned procurement practices and weak contract management impeded the achievement of the program’s objectives. The report made eight recommendations, which were agreed to.
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Award of funding under the Disaster Ready Fund
The Disaster Ready Fund (DRF), administered by the National Emergency Management Agency, is the Australian Government's flagship disaster resilience and risk reduction initiative. This performance audit was conducted to provide assurance about whether the award of DRF funding is effective and consistent with the guidelines. It makes six recommendations for improvement.