Auditing
Report
Administration of the Future Fit Program
The audit's objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s administration of the Future Fit Program. It found the administration to be ineffective. Poor project governance, non-aligned procurement practices and weak contract management impeded the achievement of the program’s objectives. The report made eight recommendations, which were agreed to.
Report
Award of funding under the Disaster Ready Fund
The Disaster Ready Fund (DRF), administered by the National Emergency Management Agency, is the Australian Government's flagship disaster resilience and risk reduction initiative. This performance audit was conducted to provide assurance about whether the award of DRF funding is effective and consistent with the guidelines. It makes six recommendations for improvement.
Report
Emergency relief grants: performance audit
This audit assessed whether disaster assistance grants for primary producers affected by 2022 flood events in New South Wales were implemented in line with the program guidelines. The report recommends enhanced risk management by lead agencies to better mitigate the risk of fraud.
Report
Managing Minjerribah Futures funding
This report outlines key findings and recommendations from an assessment of the use of funding to transition away from sand mining on North Stradbroke Island. It finds that program design, project status reporting and project oversight could be improved.
Report
Ethics and professional accountability: structural challenges in the audit, assurance and consultancy industry
This is the final report on an inquiry into recent allegations of and responses to misconduct in the Australian operations of the major accounting, audit and consultancy firms (including but not exclusive to the ‘Big Four’).