This audit finds that the quality and timeliness of financial reporting across the NSW public sector has continued to improve.

This audit assessed how well the risks associated with contaminated sites in New South Wales are being managed. Executive summary Effective management of contaminated land makes an important contribution to the government’s goal to ‘Protect our natural environment’; Goal 22 of the State Government’s ‘NSW 2021: A plan to make NSW number one’. The Contaminated...

New South Wales government agencies have consistently failed to negotiate the best price for their telecommunication contracts and are not getting value for money because of inadequate contract and expense management processes, according to this audit. Audit overview The audit examined whether the State telecommunications procurement framework assists agencies to achieve value for money. We...

The NSW public university sector is in a good financial position, according to these audits of all ten NSW universities’ 2013 financial statements. Introduction This report sets out the results of the financial statement audits of the ten NSW universities and their controlled entities for the year ended 31 December 2013. Unqualified audit opinions were...

This audit found that the NSW State Emergency Service cannot be assured that it has sufficient volunteers to respond to future demands. Introduction The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is the lead agency responsible for preparing the community for and responding to storm, flood and tsunami events. Many non-metropolitan SES units respond to other emergencies...