The Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) management of procurement activity for garrison support and welfare services at the offshore processing centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea (Manus Island) has fallen well short of effective procurement practice. This audit has identified serious and persistent deficiencies in the three phases of procurement activity undertaken...

Background The Government established the Carbon Farming Initiative in September 2011 under which entities associated with the agricultural, forestry and legacy waste (landfill) emissions sectors of the economy could register projects and earn credits for every tonne of carbon abated. In November 2014, the Government expanded the Carbon Farming Initiative to form the $2.55 billion...

Audit objective and criteria The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s administration of health services in onshore immigration detention. To form a conclusion against this objective, the ANAO adopted the following high-level criteria: Was a robust contract in place to support the effective and...

This audit examined the credit card policies and procedures, training activities, and monitoring and control arrangements of the Australian Public Service Commission, the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. For the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, Commonwealth credit cards include charge cards (such as Diners...

In June 2014, the Australian National Audit Office tabled in Parliament ANAO Audit Report No.50 2013–14, Cyber Attacks: Securing Agencies’ ICT Systems. The report examined implementation of the mandatory strategies in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) held a public hearing to examine Report No.50...