performance audits

Our associate publisher, James Judge, catches up with Margaret Crawford, the NSW Auditor-General, to talk about insights from her own career, international innovation in performance audits and the International Meeting of Performance Audit Critical Thinkers (IMPACT) in March.

Believe it or not, a 48% non-compliance rate is actually an improvement. Federal public servants also aren’t using confidentiality provisions to prevent the release of government contracts as much as they used to.

When government programs get audited, a passing grade isn’t just whether the balance sheet adds up anymore. The Commonwealth’s auditor-general reflects on auditors’ new role in achieving results.

ANAO says its anonymous online tip-off system reassures auditors they haven’t missed anything — and the Commonwealth’s administrative watchdog thinks it could be a world first.