Government Advertising

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This audit analyses the changes in government practices in light of the increased coordination of state-sponsored promotional activity. It examines current practices and eight selected campaigns, and assesses them against the government’s own criteria for ensuring probity around such activities.

Planning for a capable Victoria Police workforce

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In this audit assessed whether Victoria Police is adequately planning for a workforce capable of achieving the outcomes established by the government’s Growing Victoria Together policy, particularly in relation to the need to improve public safety.

Managing logging in State forests

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Following a review of timber resources in 2001, the Government identified that if logging in State forests is to be sustainable, current harvesting rates must be reduced by about one-third on a Statewide basis. This audit examined the Voluntary Licence Reduction Program, the Worker Assistance Program and the Contractor Assistance Program.

Performance management and reporting: Progress report and a case study

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The aim of this audit was to: investigate the progress made in implementing performance management and reporting, and assess the accuracy of public reporting of performance information, and comment on the relevance, appropriateness and fair presentation of published indicators, in a selected area of public sector activity.

Parliamentary control and management of appropriations

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This report provides the opportunity for Parliament to re-assess how well it is placed to discharge its key role of exercising effective control over public finances and holding Executive Government to account, and identifies opportunities to strengthen the effectiveness of such control.