Withdrawal from 2026 Commonwealth Games
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This audit examined the cost of securing, planning for and then withdrawing from the 2026 Commonwealth Games and the quality of agencies' advice to the government.
Appendix E: Policy performance data
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Appendix D: Agencies under the Policy
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Appendix C: Review scope and method
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Appendix B: Abbreviations, acronyms and glossary
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Appendix A: Submissions and comments
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5. How agencies pay invoices
We looked at 6 agencies in detail to see how they process and pay invoices. This section contains case studies which look at the business practices that support agencies to pay their invoices on time.
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4. How agencies calculate timeliness
We looked at 6 agencies in detail to see how they record and report their payment timeliness data. We found that agencies apply and interpret the Policy differently. This makes it difficult to compare agencies’ performance.
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3. Reporting on payment timeliness
In 2021, the state amended the Policy. It requires agencies to pay invoices with a contract value up to $3 million in 10 business days.
In 2024–25, agencies reported collectively that they paid 81.5 per cent of invoices on time. On average, it took 10.8 calendar days to pay invoices.
But payment timeliness data collected by DJSIR and published by the VSBC is not checked. We found gaps in the collected data. Agencies also told us, on review, that some of the collected and published data is incorrect.
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2. Our recommendations
We made 9 recommendations to address our findings. The relevant agencies have accepted 7 recommendations and 2 recommendations in principle.