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      <title>Audit Results Report - 2008-09 Assurance Audits</title>
      <description>This report covers assurance audit activity to 2 November 2009. Findings from the audits of annual financial statements, controls and key performance indicators for the 2008-09 reporting year are summarised.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_13.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 November 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Fourth Public Sector Performance Report 2009</title>
      <description>This fourth public sector performance report for 2009 brings to notice legislative compliance and control issues. The report includes the following topics: Preliminary Examination of the Royalties for Regions Program; Accountability for Government Grants; and Management of Government Purchasing Cards.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_12.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 November 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Third Public Sector Performance Report 2009</title>
      <description>This third public sector performance report for 2009 brings to notice legislative compliance and control issues. The report includes the following topics: Regulation of Firearms - Follow-up; Managing Staff Attendance in the Public Sector; and Evaluation in Government.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_11.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 October 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Adult Community Mental Health Teams: Availability, Accessibility and Effectiveness of Services</title>
      <description>This report examined Community Mental Health Teams and assessed the services provided by each of the three Area Health Services.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_10.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 October 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Every Day Counts: Managing Student Attendance in Western Australian Public Schools</title>
      <description>This report examined the level of attendance in Western Australian public schools; DET's policies and strategies and how they are actioned by district offices; and DET's systems to measure, monitor and trigger action on non-attendance.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_09.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 August 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Opinion on Ministerial Notification: Ministerial Decision to not Provide Information to Parliament - Country Age Pension Fuel Card</title>
      <description>This report contains the Auditor General's opinion on a Minister's decision not to provide information to a question asked in the Legislative Assembly in April 2009. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_08.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 August 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Second Public Sector Performance Report 2009</title>
      <description>This second public sector performance report for 2009 brings to notice legislative compliance and control issues. The report includes the following topics: Dangerous Goods Safety and Compliance in Western Australia's Commercial and Recreational Fisheries.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_07.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 June 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Maintaining the State Road Network</title>
      <description>This report examines Main Road's maintenance of the roads with a focus on the condition of the state road network, the delivery of maintenance on the network and the link between maintenance and safety related issues.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_06.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 June 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Rich and Rare: Conservation of Threatened Species</title>
      <description>This report examines whether DEC is effectively protecting and recovering threatened species; whether it has clear strategies, plans, policies and procedures in place to support threatened species conservation activities and whether those activities are conducted in line with relevant legislation, plans, policies and procedures.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_05.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 June 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Coming, Ready or Not: Preparing for Large-scale Emergencies</title>
      <description>This report examines the state's preparedness for emergencies and looked at whether Western Australia has an emergency management framework and plans in place to manage emergencies.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_04.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Audit Results Report 31 December 2008 Assurance Audits and other audits completed since 3 November 2008</title>
      <description>This report covers the audit of financial statements, controls and key performance indicators of agencies with a 31 December 2008 reporting date and includes the finalisation of other 2008 audits not previously reported.</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_03.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Information Systems Audit Report</title>
      <description>This report has two items, the first on Information Systems Compliance Audit: Protection of personal and sensitive information, the second item General computer and applications controls audits</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_02.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 8 April 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Sector Performance Report 2009</title>
      <description>This report brings to notice legislative compliance and control issues. It contains three items: Management of Water Resources in Western Australia - Follow-up; Administration of the Metropolitan Region Scheme by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure; Management of Fringe Benefits Tax</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2009_01.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 1 April 2009 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Second Public Sector Performance Report 2008</title>
      <description>This report brings to notice legislative compliance and control issues. It contains three items: Complaints Management in Shared Service Centres, Funding and Purchasing Health Services from Non-Government and Not-For-Profit Organisations and Management of Traffic Infringements for Government Vehicles and Staff</description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_08.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 3 December 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Responding to changes in attraction, retention and achievement in Vocational Education and Training</title>
      <description>This report examined trends in publicly funded VET delivered over the last five years. It focused on how DET and the Colleges manage attraction, retention and achievement and how they responded to these trends. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_07.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 November 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Audit Results - Assurance Audits completed at 3 November 2008 - Opinions on Ministerial Notifications</title>
      <description>This report is in two parts. First part covers assurance audit activity to 3 November 2008. Second part explains opinions formed under section 24(2)(c) of the Auditor General's Act 2006. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_06.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 November 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Improving Resource Project Approvals</title>
      <description>The examination considered whether resource project approvals processes have improved and whether there are opportunities for further improvement. It included a focus on the level of certainty that the current approvals process provides about approval requirements, the predictability of assessment timelines and the role of forward planning. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_05.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 7 October 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>The Juvenile Justice System: Dealing with Young People under the Young Offenders Act 1994</title>
      <description>This examination focused on whether the Western Australia Police, Department of Corrective Services and Department of the Attorney General are applying the general principles of juvenile justice, set out in the Young Offenders Act 1994. To support the examination we also conducted a cost benefit analysis of the redirection measures set out in the Young Offenders Act. The cost benefit analysis is included as Volume 2 of the report. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_04.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 June 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lost in Transition: State Services for Humanitarian Entrants</title>
      <description>This report examined the extent to which mainstream service providers understand and adapt their delivery approaches to humanitarian entrants </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_03.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 June 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>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</title>
      <description>This report cromprises four parts. Part 1: Audit Results Report covers the audit of financial statements, controls and key performance indicators of agencies. Parts 2 to 4 contain the results of three performance examinations. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_02.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Public Sector Performance Report 2008</title>
      <description>The Public Sector Performance Report brings to notice legislative compliance and control issues. The report includes Regulation of Security Workers; and Information Security: disposal of Government Hard Drives </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2008_01.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 March 2008 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Renewable Energy: Knowing What We Are Getting</title>
      <description>This examination focused on determining if Western Australians can 
              be confident that renewable energy bought and sold by State Government 
              agencies is electricity from renewable souces and is properly accounted 
              for. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2007_12.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 November 2007 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Audit Results Report by Ministerial Portfolios at 19 November 2007 - Opinions on Ministerial Notifications - Performance Examination of Administraiton of Natural Resource Management Grants</title>
      <description>This Report is presented in three parts: The first part covers atttest 
              audit activity to 19 November 2007. The second part explains opinions 
              formed under section 24(2)(c) of the <em>Auditor General Act 2006</em>. 
              The final part of the report is the results of a performance examination 
              of the administration of natural resource management grants in Western 
              Australia. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2007_11.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 November 2007 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>First Do No Harm: Reducing Adverse Events in Public Hospitals</title>
      <description>WA Health is responding to the issue of patient safety, and hospitals 
            managed and investigate incidents and adverse events. The examination 
            focused on two key questions: Are there good systems in place to report 
            and analyse adverse events in WA public hospitals? and Does WA Health 
            learn from adverse events by implementing solutions to reduce them 
            and measure their effectiveness in doing so? </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2007_10.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 October 2007 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Fourth Public Sector Performance Report 2007</title>
      <description>This Fourth Public Sector Performance Report for 2007 brings to 
              notice legislative compliance and financial management and control 
              issues. The report includes the following topics: Management of 
              Asbestos-Related Risks by Government Agencies; Tracking Timber Logged 
              from South-West Native Forests; Establishing Contractual Arrangements 
              with Private Business </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2007_09.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 September 2007 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Management of Native Vegetation Clearing</title>
      <description>This report examines the administration of specific legislation controlling how native vegetation may be cleared in Western Australia </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/report2007_08.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 5 September 2007 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Office of the Auditor General for Western Australia Annual Report 2006-07</title>
      <description>This Report describes the functions and operations of the Office 
            of the Auditor General and presents the audited financial statements 
            and performance indicators for the Office for the year ended 30 June 
            2007. </description>
      <link>http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/reports/annualreport2007/index.html</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 August 2007 12:15:09 +0800</pubDate>
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