Our performance audits are typically delivered by in-house staff who we train specially. However, we periodically engage experts to advise our performance audit teams on complex and technical issues. We also use contractors to supplement our staff resources where required.
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Our financial audit program delivers a range of assurance services for public sector agencies.
This section sets out our proposed performance audit program for the next three years. In 2019–20, we plan to deliver 20 performance audits and two follow-up audits.
The role of the Auditor-General is to provide independent assurance to the Parliament of Victoria and the Victorian community on the financial integrity and performance of the state.
| AHV | Aboriginal Housing Victoria |
| CSV | Court Services Victoria |
| CV | Corrections Victoria |
| DELWP | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning |
| DET | Department of Education and Training |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DJCS | Department of Justice and Community Safety |
We prepare and table an annual plan before 30 June each year that sets out our work program and the resources we need to deliver the program. The annual plan is a key accountability mechanism that gives Parliament, the public sector and the Victorian community the opportunity to assess our goals and understand our audit priorities.
We have consulted with DELWP, DPC, DoT, DTF, PTV, VicTrack and Yarra Trams, and we considered their views when reaching our audit conclusions. As required by section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994, we gave a draft copy of this report, or relevant extracts, to those agencies and asked for their submissions and comments.
Responsibility for the accuracy, fairness and balance of those comments rests solely with the agency head.
Responses were received as follows:
The Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project is a large, expensive, risky and complex transport infrastructure program.
The state decided to accelerate the overall program schedule by starting some components of the project early. These activities are known as early works and are designed to prepare the Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project for the main tunnel and stations works.
For this component of the audit we assessed whether the four early works packages have been delivered within expected scope, cost, time, quality and environmental performance parameters.
Major transport projects have the potential for wide-scale impacts on the community and the natural environment. They should be carefully planned and well designed, should undergo scrutiny of proposed construction techniques and designs, and should be diligently assessed for environmental impacts before construction starts.
This part of the report assesses whether the reference design for the Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project: