Audit objective and criteria This is the second of two Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) audits of the Scheme. The first audit report, ANAO Report No.8 2015–16, Administration of the National Rental Affordability Scheme, was presented to the Parliament in November 2015 and focused on the assessment of applications for allocations and management of reserved...

Overview Victoria's total estimated investment in new and existing capital projects in the 2016–17 Budget Papers is $57.7 billion. In June 2016 the total estimated investment of high value high risk (HVHR) projects was around $40 billion. This is the third in a series of audits on the HVHR process. In June 2014, we tabled...

Overview Longer stays in an emergency department (ED) are associated with poorer patient outcomes. Long waits to see emergency staff can discourage people who need care from waiting and may lead to reduced morale among ED staff. In 2015, the Department of Health & Human Services (the department) set a target for 81 per cent...

Audit objective and criteria The audit objective was to assess the departments of Health and Human Services’ administration, including oversight and monitoring arrangements, for the Indemnity Insurance Fund. To form a conclusion against the objective, the ANAO adopted the following high level criteria: the Department of Health has in place and ensures adequate oversight and...

Audit approach The objectives of the audit were to: assess the effectiveness of the ongoing administration of the Australian Government’s campaign advertising framework; and assess the effectiveness of the selected entities’ administration in developing advertising campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework applying at the time, and relevant legal...