Appendix A: Submissions and comments
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1. Why we do this report and what we look at
This report presents the results of our financial audits of TAFEs and Victoria's public universities for the year ended 31 December 2024. Our audits provide Parliament and the community with confidence that financial reports and performance statements are reliable for informed decision-making.
This report also shares our independent insights on the sectors' financial outcomes and highlights common internal control and financial reporting issues, where we make recommendations for improvement.
Our recommendations
We consulted with the audited agencies and considered their views when reaching our conclusions. The agencies' full responses are in Appendix A.
This year's recommendations
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All TAFEs
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5. Showing value for money for labour hire
The deep-dive departments could not always demonstrate that the labour hire engagements we reviewed got value for money. This is because there were gaps in departments' documentation about how they manage labour hire workers and the work that labour hire workers complete.
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4. Showing value for money for professional services
The deep-dive departments could not always demonstrate that they got value for money in the professional services engagements we reviewed.
This is because they could not always show that they actively managed their contracts or used the deliverables from these engagements.
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3. Setting departments up to get value for money
Departments' procurement and reporting processes for using contractors and consultants are in line with the guidelines for professional services and labour hire, the VGPB's procurement framework and FRD 22.
This means they are set up well to comply with these requirements. However, public transparency about departments' total spending on contractors and consultants could be improved if departments included contractor spending in their annual reports.
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2. Our recommendations
We made 3 recommendations to address our findings. The relevant agencies have accepted them in principle or in full.