Developed in response to last year’s Defence Strategic Review, the 2024 National Defence Strategy outlines the Australian Government’s strategic framework to guide the significant and urgent changes required to address Australia’s challenging strategic circumstances. Together, the Strategy and 2024 Integrated Investment Program provide a blueprint to deliver an ambitious transformation of the Australian Defence Force.

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the Australian War Memorial is effectively managing the development project.

The Environmentally Sustainable Procurement (ESP) policy guides decisions and allows the federal government to measure the environmental outcomes from its procurements. It also establishes a reporting framework which will create a baseline of environmentally sustainable procurement.

This audit assesses how effectively New South Wales (NSW) government agencies procure and manage consultants. It examined the role of the NSW Procurement Board and NSW Procurement in supporting and monitoring agency procurement and management of consultants. The audit finds that found most agencies do not use consultants strategically, and do not have systems for...

This review report focuses on two main issues - the Australian Department of Home Affairs’ current procurement and contract management processes, with a particular focus on the garrison and welfare services contract, and a selective review of the media claims relating to previous regional processing contracts.