The East West Link (EWL) project was one of the largest transport infrastructure projects ever proposed in Australia. It was to be delivered in two stages. Prior to the November 2014 state election, work had commenced on Stage 1, the eastern section, with limited progress on Stage 2, the western section. Following the November 2014 state election, after significant costs had been incurred, the new government terminated the project.
The East West Link (EWL) project was one of the largest transport infrastructure projects ever proposed in Australia. The full project included an 18 kilometre cross city road connecting the Eastern Freeway at Hoddle Street to CityLink, the Port of Melbourne precinct and the Western Ring Road at Sunshine West. Figure 1A shows the planned EWL.
Figure 1A
Planned East West Link
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Dr Peter Frost Acting Auditor-General |
Audit team Steven Vlahos and Tim Maxfield—Engagement Leaders Tony Brown—Team Leader Ray Seidel-Davies—Analyst Jessica Cross—Analyst Daniel Mahoney—Analyst Engagement Quality Control Reviewer |
Ordered to be published
VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER December 2015
PP No 108, Session 2014–15
Dear Presiding Officers
In accordance with section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994, a copy of this report, or part of this report, was provided to all agencies and departments—see Appendix A for the list.
The submissions and comments provided are not subject to audit nor the evidentiary standards required to reach an audit conclusion. Responsibility for the accuracy, fairness and balance of those comments rests solely with the agency head.
Responses were received as follows:
Disclaimer: Agency responses are reproduced in this appendix as they were received by VAGO without alteration.
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Ambulance Victoria |
2012–13 |
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Figure A1
2013–14 Audits and agencies
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Access to Education for Rural Students |
3 April 2014 |
Department of Education & Training (DET) |
Standing Direction 2.6 (f) of the Financial Management Act 1994 requires agency audit committees to monitor the actions taken to resolve external audit issues and whether recommendations are adopted and addressed in a timely manner. All public sector entities should therefore report on and monitor actions in response to performance audit recommendations.
VAGO makes recommendations designed to address the issues identified through performance audits. However, our recommendations cannot result in improvements unless they are accepted and addressed by agencies directly and in a timely manner.