VAGO

VAGO said $589 million of public money was wasted because of actions taken by three government departments.

Andrew Greaves will serve another seven-year term as state auditor-general on recommendation of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee.

A Victorian Auditor-General’s Office report has found the state’s public transport network has some useless performance indicators.

Speeding up construction of Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel has led to a cost over-run at the early stage of the project, says the auditor general.

In a new audit examining whether health services are protecting patient data effectively, the Victorian Auditor-General says there are key weaknesses and present risks within the physical and logical security of Victoria’s health services.

Since 2011, Regional Development Victoria has administered over $1 billion in grants to boost regional areas — but it cannot say whether they have made any difference.

Local governments have enthusiastically boarded the public CCTV bandwagon in recent years, snapping up federal and state grants to set up security cameras in towns and cities nationwide, but have they done enough to manage the potential intrusion on individual privacy?

Local and international experts leading the fight against corruption in government will converge in Melbourne in October for a major cross agency event aimed squarely at the Victorian public sector.