A report from an inquiry into the procurement process conducted by the Attorney-General’s department to deliver new child sexual abuse-related national services. These procurements arose from the recommendations of the 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Reponses to Child Sexual Abuse. The report found the length of time taken to progress these procurements was deeply concerning.

The audit assessed whether government procurements for two new child sexual abuse-related national services employed open and effective competition and achieved value for money. It finds that contracts have not been signed and services are yet to commence. The tender evaluation was not timely and did not demonstrably achieve value for money. The report makes...

In this final report, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit considers the future conduct of the Defence Major Projects Reports, as well as issues raised in the ANAO’s audit of the Hunter class frigates program.

Construction of the Hunter class frigates is part of the Australian Government’s continuous naval shipbuilding program intended to develop sovereign Australian shipbuilding and sustainment. The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s procurement of Hunter class frigates and the achievement of value for money to date.

This paper provides an analysis of competitive tendering procedures and why there are preferable alternatives to current approaches to government procurement.