Overview This audit is the second in a series of performance audits examining hospital efficiency and has again clearly identified a number of opportunities for the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) and hospital management to collectively improve the way hospitals operate. Using a relative Stay Index (RSI) model, it has identified widespread variation...

Overview The audit examined whether parole is being administered effectively to achieve its intended outcomes. In particular, it examined the parole system in the wake of the reforms arising from the review of the parole system conducted by former High Court Justice Ian Callinan. The audit found that the reforms appropriately responded to the Callinan...

This report comments on the outcomes of the 2014–15 financial report and performance statement audits of the local government sector. The sector generated a net surplus of more than $900 million annually in each of the past five financial years. The sector's net surplus was $1.5 billion in 2014–15 ($923.6 million in 2013–14). The increase...

Summary: Clear audit opinions were issued for the 87 public hospitals and their 19 controlled entities for the financial year ending 30 June 2015. These entities make up the Victorian public hospital sector. The sector generated a net deficit from operations (which excludes capital revenue) of more than $700 million annually in each of the...

This report summarises audits of 45 public sector entities' information technology controls in Victoria. Overview This report summarises the results of our audits of 45 public sector entities' IT controls performed in support of VAGO's 2014–15 financial audits. This report is in its second year and builds on the inaugural ICT controls report 2014–15 to...