Welcome to the 57th Parliament
This web page is designed to inform
Parliamentarians and their staff about the role of the
Auditor-General and material relevant to their work.
Our purpose is to provide Parliament with
assurance on public sector accountability and
performance. Parliamentarians put our work to good use last
year, referring to our reports and audits more than 100 times
during Parliamentary debate . We hope to continue informing debate
and aiding committee inquiries across 2011.
Members and their staff are encouraged to use this page, and to
contact us by email if they
have any questions.
About auditing
Annual Plan 2011–12 The
annual plan sets out our work program and the resources required to
implement the program.
Audit
topic selection
Inquiries from the public and Members of
Parliament contribute to our topic selection process.
Measuring our
impact
It is important for us to measure the impact of our
work. This extract from our 2009–10 Annual Report discusses how we
measure our impact on public sector accountability by looking at a
range of qualitative information.
Review
of the Audit Act 1994
The Public Accounts and Estimates Committee reviewed the
Audit Act 1994 in 2010 and made comprehensive
recommendations to government.
Recent presentation to Australasian
Study of Parliament Group
Trends in public sector audit
legislation: from Federation to follow-the-dollar
Audit Practice
Statement explains how and why we audit.
Audit Evidence
We carry out our
financial and performance audits in accordance with Australian
Auditing and Assurance Standards, as required by section 13 of the
Audit Act 1994. These standards require that we obtain
sufficient and appropriate audit evidence for our opinions and
reports to Parliament. It should be noted however, that this
evidentiary standard is not required for comments and submissions
from audited agencies, which are required to be included in our
reports, nor for public commentary on our reports.
Audits in progress
PAEC inquiries
into Auditor-General’s reports
The Public Accounts and
Estimates Committee holds follow-up inquiries into our reports.
Audit
themes 2009–10
About VAGO
Our structure and
key people
Annual Report 2009–10
Auditing in the Public
Interest newsletter
Assuring VAGO's
Quality
The quality of our reports is assessed through
internal and external quality assurance reviews and feedback from
Parliament and audit clients.
Performance audit of VAGO
Every three years Parliament
appoints an independent auditor to audit our performance. The
most recent audit was done in 2010.