Public health services in Australia receive a combination of funding from the Commonwealth and state and territory governments. This provides free healthcare to all Medicare-eligible patients. Victoria currently has 85 publicly funded health services, including public health services, public hospitals, multipurpose sites, and denominational and privately operated public hospitals.
The Australian Government provides health funding to Victoria under the National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA), which outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Commonwealth and state and territory governments. It also provides health funding to Victoria through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).
| ABF | activity-based funding |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| ESIS | Elective Surgery Information System |
| IHPA | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
| MBS | Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| NHRA | National Health Reform Agreement |
| NWAU | National Weighted Activity Unit |
In this audit, we examined personnel security measures at all eight government departments, and the Victorian Public Service Commission. We specifically assessed agencies’ employment screening practices and how they are managing conflict of interest risks during recruitment.
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The Auditor-General undertakes financial report audits for over 560 public sector entities each year. Around a third of these are undertaken solely using VAGO staff. The remainder are undertaken with the assistance of private sector firms—audit service providers—contracted by the Auditor-General. VAGO reviews this work, and all audit opinions are issued on behalf of the Auditor-General.
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.