This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Bureau of Meteorology’s implementation of the Improving Water Information Program. To form a conclusion against this audit objective, the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) adopted the following high-level criteria: sound planning processes and governance arrangements were established; effective arrangements for collaborating with water organisations and providing financial assistance...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Department of the Environment’s administration of the Strengthening Basin Communities Program in the Murray–Darling Basin. Overall conclusion The Australian Government initially allocated $200 million in funding under the Strengthening Basin Communities Program (SBCP) to assist communities in the Murray–Darling Basin to assess the risks and implications associated with...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the administration of the Smart Grid, Smart City Program, including the establishment, implementation and ongoing management of the program. Overall conclusion The $100 million Smart Grid, Smart City demonstration program was established to implement or trial a range of new technologies in a challenging environment. These challenges included technological...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Indigenous Land Corporation’s administration of the Land Acquisition Program. Overall conclusion: Increasing Indigenous people’s access to land has been recognised by successive Australian Governments as an important mechanism to increase economic participation and to deliver social, cultural and environmental benefits for Indigenous people. The ILC has administered the...

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the administration of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (ARPA)'s financial industry levies. Overall conclusion APRA was established in 1998 as part of a package of measures to strengthen consumer protection functions in the financial system. To meet APRA’s resourcing needs, the Government decided to ‘establish an administratively simple and...