The following media statements relate to reports that have been tabled in Parliament by the Auditor General. To view our reports to Parliament - click here

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2008
Improving Resource Project Approvals	7 October 2008
The Juvenile Justice System: Dealing with Young People under the Young Offenders Act 1994	18 June 2008
Lost in Transition: State Services for Humanitarian Entrants	11 June 2008
Audit Results Report on Universities and TAFE Colleges and other audits completed since 19 November 2007 and Performance Examinations of Risk Management, Delegation of Authority and Records Management	7 May 2008
Public Sector Performance Report 2008 Regulation of Security Workers Information Security: Disposal of Government Hard Drives	19 March 2008
2007
Renewable Energy:Knowing What We Are Getting	28 November 2007
Audit Results Report by Ministerial Portfolios at 19 November 2007 - Opinions on Ministerial Notifications - Performance Examination of Administration of Natural Resource Management Grants	28 November 2007
First Do No Harm: Reducing Adverse Events in Public Hospitals	17 October 2007
Fourth Public Sector Performance Report 2007 Management of Asbestos-Related Risks by Government Agencies Tracking Timber Logged From South-West Native Forests Establishing Contractual Arrangements with Private Business	26 September 2007
Management of Native Vegetation Clearing	5 September 2007
Office of the Auditor General Annual Report 2007	30 August 2007
Third Public Sector Performance Report 2007 Management of Land Tax and Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax Legal Aid in Western Australia The Administration of Grants	27 June 2007
A HELPING HAND: Home-based Services in Western Australia	20 June 2007
SHARED SERVICES REFORM: A Work in Progress	13 June 2007
AUDIT RESULTS REPORT: Universities and TAFE Colleges; Other audits completed since 16 October 2006; and Legislative Changes and Audit Practice Statement	4 April 2007
Second Public Sector Performance Report 2007 Major Information and Communications Technology Projects – Performance Examination Security of Wireless Local Area Networks in Government	4 April 2007
First Public Sector Performance Report 2007 Arrangements for Managing the Performance of Chief Executive Officers Prompt Payment by Government Management of Consumer Protection Investigations	28 March 2007
HAVING YOUR SAY: Public Participation in Government Decision-Making	28 February 2007
2006
ROOM TO MOVE: Improving the Cost Efficiency of Government Office Space	22 November 2006
Audit Results Report by Ministerial Portfolios at 16 October 2006	25 October 2006
Management of the Ramsar Wetlands	13 September 2006
Office of the Auditor General's Annual Report 2006	31 August 2006
Second Public Sector Performance Report 2006 Western Power Senior Executive Payouts Informing the Public: Providing Information on the Timeliness of Services Setting Fees – Extent of Cost Recovery – Follow-up	30 August 2006
Procurement Reform: Beyond Compliance to Customer-Focus	28 June 2006
Help Wanted: Public Service Workforce Management	21 June 2006
EARLY DIAGNOSIS: Management of the Health Reform Program	14 June 2006
Behind the Evidence: Forensic Services	31 May 2006
Public Sector Performance Report 2006 Management of the Waterwise Rebate Program Regulation of Animal Feedstuffs, Hormonal Growth Promotants and Veterinary Chemicals	17 May 2006
Management of the TRELIS Project; and AUDIT RESULTS REPORT on Universities and TAFE Colleges and other Audits completed since 11 November 2005 (combined media statement)	12 April 2006
2005
Progress with Implementing the Response to the Gordon Inquiry; and Audit Results Report by Ministerial Portfolios at 11 November 2005 (combined media statement)	23 November 2005
Third Public Sector Performance Report; and Making the Grade? Financial Management of Schools (combined media statement)	16 November 2005
Second Public Sector Performance Report	19 October 2005
Office of the Auditor General's Annual Report 2005	31 August 2005
Contract Management of the City Rail Project	31 August 2005
Protection of Critical Infrastructure Control Systems; and Administration of Protection of Old Growth Forest Policy Funding Programs (combined media statement)	24 August 2005
Regulation of Heavy Vehicles	29 June 2005
Audit Results Report on Universities and TAFE Colleges and other audits completed since 1 November 2004; and FOLLOW-UP PERFORMANCE EXAMINATION: Implementing and Managing Community Based Sentences (combined media statement)	25 May 2005
Public Sector Performance Report	4 May 2005
2004
Report on Ministerial Portfolios at November 1, 2004 and Performance Examination of Management of Natural Resource Management Funding	10 November 2004
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: Support for Health and Medical Research in Western Australia	27 October 2004
Responding to Major Bushfires	20 October 2004
Third Public Sector Performance Report 2004	September 2004
Office of the Auditor General's Annual Report 2004	August 2004
DEVELOPING THE STATE: The Management of State Agreement Acts; Second Public Sector Performance Report 2004; and Administration of Superannuation (combined media statement)	June 2004
Report on Universities and TAFE Colleges and other audits completed since November 25, 2003	June 2004
Public Sector Performance Report 2004	May 2004
2003
Patients Waiting: Access to Elective Surgery in Western Australia	December 2003
Report on Ministerial Portfolios at November 25, 2003	December 2003
Turning the Tide: The Business Sustainability of the Rottnest Island Authority	November
A Roof Over Our Heads: Maintenance of Public Housing	October 2003
Second Public Sector Performance Report 2003	September 2003
Balancing Act: The Leasing of Government Assets	September 2003
Office of the Auditor General's Annual Report 2003	September 2003
Report on Public Universities and TAFE Colleges for 2002	August 2003
Public Sector Performance Report	June 2003
Supplementary Report on Ministerial Portfolio Agency Audits for 2001-02, primarily the Public Health Sector	June 2003
Contracting not-for-profit Organisations for the Delivery of Health Services	April 2003
Customer Calling: Call Centres and the Delivery of Customer Benefits	April 2003
2002
Report on Ministerial Portfolios at November 29 2002	December 2002
Second Public Sector Performance Report 2002	December 2002
Management of Hospital Special Purpose Accounts	November 2002
Grounds for Improvement: Government Owned or Controlled Contaminated Sites	November 2002
A Measure of Protection: Management and Effectiveness of Restraining Orders	October 2002
First Public Sector Performance Report for 2002	September 2002
Office of the Auditor General's Annual Report for 2002	September 2002
A Critical Resource: Nursing Shortages and the Use of Agency Nurses and Report on Public Universities and TAFE Colleges and of other Ministerial Portfolio Agencies for 2001	August 2002
Level Pegging: Managing Mineral Titles in Western Australia	June 2002
2001
Report on Ministerial Portfolios at November 30 2001	December 2001
First Byte: Consortium IT Contracting in the Western Australian Public Sector	December 2001
Life Matters: Management of Deliberate Self-Harm in Young People	November 2001
Office of the Auditor General's Annual Report for 2001	November 2001
Third Public Sector Performance Report for 2001	November 2001
Righting the Wrongs: Complaints Management in the Western Australian Public Sector	October 2001
Second Public Sector Performance Report for 2001	September 2001
Good Housekeeping: Facilities Management of Government Property and Buildings	August 2001
Lifting the Rating: Stroke Management in Western Australia	August 2001
First Public Sector Performance Report for 2001; and Report on Public Universities and TAFE Colleges - 2000 Annual Reporting Cycle	May 2001
Implementing and Managing Community Based Sentences	May 2001
On-line and Length? Provision and Use of Learning Technologies in Government Schools	May 2001
Sale of the Gas Corporation's Businesses	February 2001
2000
Report on Ministerial Portfolios at December 1, 2000	December 2000
A Tough Assignment: Teacher Placements in Government Schools	October 2000
Second Public Sector Performance Report 2000	October 2000
Surrender Arms? Firearm Management in Western Australia	September 2000
Bus Reform: Further Down the Road - A follow-on examination into competition reform of Transperth bus services	June 2000
Private Care for Public Patients - A follow-on Examination of the Joondalup Health Campus Contract; and  Report on Western Australian Public Universities and TAFE Colleges - 1999 Annual Reporting Cycle	June 2000
A Means to an End - Contracting not-for-profit Organisations for the Delivery of Community Services	June 2000
Report on the Western Australian Public Health Sector Report and of Other Ministerial Portfolio Agencies 1999; and Public Sector Performance Report 2000	April 2000