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Chapter 2 Audit Report No. 02 2010-11 Conduct by Infrastructure Australia of the First National Infrastructure Audit and Development of the Infrastructure Priority List

[1]       The following information is taken from Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, Conduct by Infrastructure Australia of the First National Infrastructure Audit and Development of the Infrastructure Priority List, pp. 11-17.

[2]       Stephen Smith (then Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations), Announcement of Infrastructure Australia, Media Release, 12 May 2005.

[3]       The Act sets out a number of requirements in relation to the composition, background and skills of Council Members that the Minister must ensure are satisfied in making appointments to the Council.

[4]       For the purposes of this audit report, the term ‘Infrastructure Australia’ is used to refer jointly to the Infrastructure Australia Council, the Infrastructure Coordinator and the Office of the Infrastructure Coordinator. Otherwise, the report explicitly refers to the relevant party.

[5]       Due to machinery of government changes after the election in August 2010, the DITRDLG is now the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government (DRARDLG).

[6]       The $6.5 million budget allocated to the Office of the Infrastructure Coordinator is required to meet any budget deficits of the Major Cities Unit. Department outputs are appropriated as a single amount for each entity, such that the $7.5 million per annum annual funding for the Office of the Infrastructure Coordinator (including the Major Cities Unit) is able to be used to fund any departmental expenditure in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. In this context, corporate overheads for 2009-10 are expected to be some $1.876 million.

[7]       Budget Paper No. 2 2008-09, Budget Measures, circulated by The Honourable Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia and The Honourable Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation of the Commonwealth of Australia for the information of Honourable Members on the occasion of the Budget 2008-09, 13 May 2008, p. 266.

[8]       Budget Paper No. 1 2008-09, Budget Strategy and Outlook, circulated by The Honourable Wayne Swan MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia and The Honourable Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation of the Commonwealth of Australia for the information of Honourable Members on the occasion of the Budget 2008-09, 13 May 2008, pp. 4-13.

[9]       COAG Meeting Communique, 26 March 2008.

[10]     COAG Meeting Communique, 2 October 2008.

[11]     Infrastructure Australia, A Report to the Council of Australian Governments, December 2008, p. 72.

[12]     The Hon Anthony Albanese MP (Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government), Investing in the Nation’s Infrastructure Priorities, Media Release, 12 May 2009.

[13]     The following information is taken from Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, pp. 18-19.

[14]     In particular, the analysis examined the robustness of the demand forecasts, the robustness of the proponent’s costing, key methodological questions and benchmarked the figures used by the proponent.

[15]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 21.

[16]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 22.

[17]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 22.

[18]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 32.

[19]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 22.

[20]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 22.

[21]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, pp. 22-23.

[22]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 23.

[23]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 23. Note that under the legislative arrangements, the Council was empowered to decide which projects should be included on the Final Priority List, and there was no requirement for the Council to document the nature and extent of any inquiries undertaken, or to record the reasons for decisions taken.

[24]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, pp. 65-66.

[25]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 67.

[26]     Infrastructure Australia, Submission  ???, p. [2].

[27]     Mr Michael Deegan, Infrastructure Coordinator, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 2.

[28]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, pp. 2-3.

[29]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 2.

[30]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 3.

[31]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 4.

[32]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 4.

[33]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 7.

[34]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 7.

[35]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 8.

[36]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 3.

[37]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 3.

[38]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 8.

[39]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 9.

[40]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 3.

[41]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 5.

[42]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 73.

[43]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, p. 74.

[44]     Infrastructure Australia, Better Infrastructure Decision-Making: Guidelines for making submissions to Infrastructure Australia’s infrastructure planning process, through Infrastructure Australia’s Reform and Investment Framework, <http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/reform_investment/files/Better_Infrastructure_Decision_Making_Guidelines.pdf> viewed 28 April 2011.

[45]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, pp. 91-92.

[46]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 3.

[47]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 5.

[48]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 6.

[49]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 6.

[50]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 6.

[51]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 7.

[52]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 7.

[53]     Audit Report No. 02 2010-11, pp. 121-122.

[54]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 8.

[55]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 6.

[56]     Mr Deegan, Infrastructure Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 2.

Chapter 3 Audit Report No. 03 2010-11 The Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Strategic Projects Component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program

[1]       The following information is taken from Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, The Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Strategic Projects Component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, pp. 13-19.

[2]       ANAO Audit Report No. 14 2007-08, Performance Audit of the Regional Partnerships Program, Canberra, 15 November 2007.

[3]       House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Funding regional and local community infrastructure: Principles for the development of a regional and local community infrastructure funding program, Final Report, June 2009, p. 1.

[4]       Audit Report No. 42 2010-11, The Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Council Allocation Component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, was tabled on 18 May 2011.

[5]       In June 2009, the then Prime Minister announced additional funding of $120 million for the Strategic Projects component of the RLCIP, to be made available through a second competitive process. Subsequently, on 9 October 2009, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government announced that applications for round two of the Strategic Projects component were open and were due by 15 January 2010.

[6]       The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Guidelines Released for $300 million Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program, Media Release, AA180/2008, 21 November 2008.

[7]       The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Rudd Government Secures Extra $500 Million for Local Community Infrastructure – No thanks to Liberal and National Parties, Media Release, AA28/2009, 13 February 2009.

[8]       The total approved funding was subsequently reduced by $117 000 to $549 555 million, following the replacement of one of the approved projects with a different project, based on advice from the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government to the then Prime Minister that there had been an error in the list of recommended projects provided to Cabinet.

[9]       Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 20.

[10]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 20-21.

[11]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 21.

[12]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 21-22.

[13]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 23.

[14]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 23.

[15]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 24.

[16]     Of the 137 projects approved for funding, 131 were selected from the list of applications shortlisted by the department and categorised as ‘recommended subject to available funding’, one had been shortlisted but the department considered it represented too high a risk for funding, another had also been shortlisted but the risk assessment had identified it as being ineligible and the remaining four had not been shortlisted but a risk assessment was subsequently undertaken at the request of the Minister.

[17]     The Strategic Review of Grants commissioned by the Government concluded that, given the fundamental importance of the approval process in relation to the expenditure of public funds, and for accountability purposes, it is critical that agencies have a clear understanding and record of Ministerial decisions, and their reasons. Consistent with an earlier ANAO recommendation, the review recommended that decision-makers be required to document the basis on which the approver was satisfied that the proposed expenditure represented an efficient and effective use of public money, and was in accordance with the relevant policies of the Commonwealth. Source: Strategic Review of the Administration of Australian Government Grant Programs, pp. 9 and 67-68.

[18]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 25-26.

[19]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 27.

[20]     For example, had projects been proceeding in accordance with the Funding Agreement milestones, milestone payments of $83 million would have been made by 31 December 2009. However, actual milestone payments made to that date totalled less than $9 million, some 90 per cent lower than planned.

[21]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 27-28.

[22]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 29-30.

[23]     Due to machinery of government changes following the election in August 2010, the responsibility for the RLCIP shifted to the DRARDLG.

[24]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 92.

[25]     Mr Gordon McCormick, Assistant Secretary, Local Government Programs, Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government (DRARDLG), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 12.

[26]     Mr McCormick, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 12.

[27]     Mr Brian Boyd, Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group, Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 12.

[28]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 13.

[29]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 13.

[30]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 18.

[31]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 18.

[32]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 162.

[33]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 26.

[34]     Mr Ian McPhee, Auditor-General, Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 12.

[35]     Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 12.

[36]     Mr Justin Hanney, Deputy Secretary, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 13.

[37]     Mr. Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 13.

[38]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 13.

[39]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 13.

[40]     Mr McCormick, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 16.

[41]     Mr McCormick, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 16.

[42]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 227-230.

[43]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 230-231.

[44]     Mr McCormick, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 13.

[45]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 14.

[46]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 14.

[47]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 14.

[48]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 14.

[49]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 14.

[50]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 15.

[51]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 15.

[52]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 16.

[53]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, pp. 16-17.

[54]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 17.

[55]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 17.

[56]     Mr Boyd, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 18.

[57]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 225-226.

[58]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 226-227.

[59]     Mr McCormick, DRARDLG, Hansard Committee, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 17.

[60]     DRARDLG, Submission 13, p. 2.

[61]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 20.

[62]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, pp. 19-20.

[63]     Mr Hanney, DRARDLG, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 21 March 2011, p. 20.

[64]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 144.

[65]     DRARDLG, Submission 13,

[66]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, pp. 205 and 208.

[67]     Audit Report No. 03 2010-11, p. 210.

[68]     DRARDLG, Submission 13, p. 4.

Chapter 4 Audit Report No. 11 2010-11 Direct Source Procurement

[1]       The following information is taken from Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, Direct Source Procurement, pp. 15-18.

[2]       The value of purchased property and services was sourced from AusTender data for the 2009 calendar year. This data includes contracts valued at $10 000 and over, based on a contract start date in 2009. Data was supplied by the Department of Finance and Deregulation on 7 January 2010, and includes agencies subject to the Financial Management and Accountability Act (FMA Act) 1997 and bodies subject to the Commonwealth Companies and Authorities Act (CAC Act) 1997.

[3]       Proper use of Commonwealth resources means efficient, effective and ethical use that is not inconsistent with the policies of the Commonwealth. FMA Act, section 44(3).

[4]       The CPGs are known as Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance), Financial Management Guidance (FMG) No. 1 Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines, December 2008. The CPGs may also apply, following a direction by the Minister for Finance, to Commonwealth entities subject to the CAC Act listed in Schedule 1 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997 as being subject to Section 47A of the CAC Act. This audit did not include an examination of entities subject to the CAC Act.

[5]       Finance, CPGs, 2008, p. 2.

[6]       As outlined in footnote 4, the current version of the CPGs was issued in December 2008.

[7]       The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP (the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration, Federal Member for Murray), Media Release 04/2004, $200 billion US procurement market open to Australian suppliers from January 1, 2005, 31 December 2004.

[8]       Finance, CPGs, 2008, p. 9.

[9]       Covered procurement are generally procurements in excess of the procurement thresholds of $80 000, or $9 million for construction services, except where the property or services are exempted by Appendix A of the CPGs.

[10]     Finance, CPGs, 2008, p.18, paragraph 7.9. Refer also to Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, Appendix 6: Documentation obligations, requirements and sound practices.

[11]     MAC, Report No. 7, Reducing Red Tape in the Australian Public Service, 2007, pp. 25-26 and 30.

[12]     MAC, Report No. 7, Reducing Red Tape in the Australian Public Service, 2007, p. 26.

[13]     Advisory Group on Reform of Australian Government Administration, Ahead of the Game – Blueprint for Reform of the Australian Government Administration, March 2010, p. 66.

[14]     The circumstances are outlined in paragraph 8.33 of the CPGs. A full list of the circumstances is provided in Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, Appendix 4: Mandatory Procurement Procedures: conditions for Direct Sourcing.

[15]     Finance, CPGs, 2008, p. 12, paragraph 5.7.

[16]     Finance, CPGs, 2008, p. 18. The CPGs require that agencies must maintain appropriate documentation for each procurement based on the nature and risk profile of the procurement being undertaken. Transparency provides assurance that the procurement processes undertaken by agencies are appropriate and that policy and legislative obligations are being met. Transparency involves agencies taking steps to support appropriate scrutiny of their procurement activity.

[17]     The following information is taken from Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, Direct Source Procurement, pp. 18-19.

[18]     For the purposes of the audit an extract was taken from the AusTender database on 29 September 2009. The audit sample is based on contract notices reported by the audited agencies in AusTender with a contract start date between 1 July 2008 and 13 August 2009. The audit scope and approach are outlined in Chapter 1 of Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, Direct Source Procurement.

[19]     Value for money, and efficiency, effectiveness and ethical tests were performed on 248 of these Direct Source procurements. For the other 37 Direct Source procurements, these principles were established through agency arrangements (rather than for each procurement) and it was not within the scope of the audit to test these arrangements.

[20]     Finance, CPGs, 2008, p. 12, paragraph 5.8 refers to these mandatory procedures further encouraging competition.

[21]     Finance, CPGs, 2008, p. 12. In determining a procurement process, the CPGs refer to the selection of Direct Source, Select Tender or Open Tender procurement methods, as well as designing an appropriately competitive process when Direct Sourcing or Select Tendering.

[22]     The CPGs explain that effective competition requires non-discrimination in procurement and the use of competitive procurement processes. Finance, CPGs, 2008, p. 11.

[23]     Finance, FMG No. 14, Guidance on Ethics and Probity in Government Procurement, 2005, p. 12. Ethical behaviour and good probity practices enhance an agency’s reputation in the marketplace, thereby increasing business confidence in procurement processes, and in turn are likely to maximise the number of suitable responses for future agency work.

[24]     For the ANAO audit sample, the level of Direct Sourcing reported by the audited agencies in AusTender was generally consistent with the actual level of Direct Sourcing. Misclassifications of Direct Source procurements (as Select Tenders) and panel procurements (as Direct Sourcing) had a net offsetting effect.

[25]     The CPGs specify obligations, requirements and sound practices, and variously use terms including ‘must’, ‘need to’ and ‘should’ to denote them, respectively.

[26]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 19-21.

[27]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 21-22.

[28]     The ANAO examined a stratified random sample of 645 procurements valued at $10 000 and over, across the four agencies. More detailed testing was undertaken for the 285 Direct Source procurements in the sample. Value for money (and the number of quotes sought), and efficiency, effectiveness and ethical tests were performed on 248 of these Direct Source procurements.

[29]     In the sample of 285 Direct Source procurements, the ANAO examined 105 covered Direct Sourced procurements. These procurements exceeded the threshold value of $80 000, or $9 million for construction services, and were not exempt procurements (see Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, Appendix 5: Mandatory Procurement Procedures: exemptions for details of exempt procurements).

[30]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 22-23.

[31]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 23-24.

[32]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 80-81.

[33]     Mr Stein Helgeby, Deputy Secretary, Financial Management Group, Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 2.

[34]     Mr John Grant, First Assistant Secretary, Procurement Division, Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 211, p. 13.

[35]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 4.

[36]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 76.

[37]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 80.

[38]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 81.

[39]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 3.

[40]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 3.

[41]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, pp. 4-5.

[42]     Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 6.

[43]     Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 6.

[44]     Mrs Vanessa Graham, Head of Division, Corporate, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Innovation), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 7.

[45]     Mrs Carolyn Spiers, National Manager, Business Integrity and Legal Services, Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, pp. 7-8.

[46]     Mr Steve Jennaway, Chief Financial Officer and Group Manager, Business and Financial Services, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 8.

[47]     Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 10.

[48]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 16.

[49]     Mr Ian McPhee, Auditor-General, Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 5.

[50]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 85-86.

[51]     Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 5.

[52]     Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 4.

[53]     Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 4.

[54]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 16.

[55]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 3.

[56]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 14.

[57]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 14.

[58]     Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 14.

[59]     Finance, submission no. 8, p. [2].

[60]     Finance, submission no. 8, p. [2].

[61]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 87.

[62]     Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 5.

[63]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 83.

[64]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 121.

[65]     ANAO, submission no. 1, p. [3].

[66]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 123.

[67]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [2].

[68]     Innovation, submission no. 6, p. [4].

[69]     DVA, submission no. 7, p. [3].

[70]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 88.

[71]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 87.

[72]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [3].

[73]     Innovation, submission no, 6, p. [6].

[74]     DVA, submission no. 7, p. [4].

[75]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 3.

[76]     Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 3-4.

[77]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 128-129.

[78]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [2].

[79]     Innovation, submission no. 6, p. [5].

[80]     DVA, submission no. 7, p. [3].

[81]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 35.

[82]     Finance, submission no. 2, p. 4.

[83]     Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 2.

[84]     Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 12.

[85]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 81.

[86]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [1].

[87]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [1].

[88]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [2].

[89]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [1].

[90]     Innovation, submission no. 6, p. [2].

[91]     Innovation, submission no. 6, p. [3].

[92]     Innovation, submission no. 6, p. [2].

[93]     DVA, submission no. 7, p. [3].

[94]     DVA, submission no. 7, p. [3].

[95]     DVA, submission no. 7, p. [2].

[96]     Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 122.

[97]     FaHCSIA, submission no. 10, p. [3].

[98]     Innovation, submission no. 6, pp. [8-9].

[99]     DVA, submission no. 7, p. [4].

[100]   Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, pp. 24-25.

[101]   Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 62.

[102]   Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 12.

[103]   Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 12.

[104]   Mrs Graham, Innovation, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 7; Mrs Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 7; Mr Jennaway, FaHCSIA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 8.

[105]   Mr Jennaway, FaHCSIA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 8.

[106]   Mrs Graham, Innovation, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 7.

[107]   Mrs Graham, Innovation, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 7.

[108]   Mrs Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 7-8.

[109]   Mrs Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 8.

[110]   Mrs Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 8.

[111]   Mr Helgeby and Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, pp. 10-11.

[112]   Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 13.

[113]   Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 13.

[114]   Mr Grant, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 13.

[115]   Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 119.

[116]   Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 11.

[117]   Mr Stuart Turnbull, Executive Director, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, pp. 11-12.

[118]   Mr Turnbull, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 12.

[119]   Audit Report No. 11 2010-11, p. 35.

[120]   Mr Helgeby, Finance, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 11.

[121]   Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 2.

[122]   Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 2.

[123]   Mr McPhee, ANAO, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 2 March 2011, p. 3.

Chapter 5 Audit Report No. 09 2010-11 Green Loans Program and Audit Report No. 12 2010-11 Home Insulation Program

[1]       The following information is taken from Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, Green Loans Program, pp. 11-12.

[2]       The following information has been taken from Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, Home Insulation Program, pp. 19-20.

[3]       Executive schemes rely on executive rather than legislative power, and their key advantage is the speed in which they can be established and their flexibility. A challenge in implementing an executive scheme is ensuring that any terms and conditions are clear and enforceable. As noted by the Commonwealth Ombudsman, many of the checks and balances in programs are conveyed through legislation. (Commonwealth Ombudsman, Executive Schemes, <http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/files/investigation_2009_12.pdf > viewed 9 May 2011.)

[4]       The Homeowner Insulation Program operated from 3 February 2009 and was replaced by the Home Insulation Program on 1 July 2009. After this date, the original budget of $2.8 billion was subsequently revised to $2.45 billion.

[5]       The following information has been taken from Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 16.

[6]       The following information has been taken from Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, pp. 25-26.

[7]       Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, pp. 18-19; Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 32.

[8]       Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 18; Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 36.

[9]       Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 18; Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 36.

[10]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 17.

[11]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 17.

[12]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 17.

[13]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, pp. 17-18.

[14]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 18.

[15]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, pp. 18-19.

[16]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 19.

[17]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 21.

[18]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 22.

[19]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 27.

[20]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 27.

[21]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 27.

[22]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 32.

[23]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 32.

[24]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 32.

[25]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 32.

[26]     Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 38-39.

[27]     Mr Martin Bowles, Deputy Secretary, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 3.

[28]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 3.

[29]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 3.

[30]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 3.

[31]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, pp. 3 and 8.

[32]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 5.

[33]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 5.

[34]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 5.

[35]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 4.

[36]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 4.

[37]     Mr  Malcolm Thompson, Deputy Secretary, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 4.

[38]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 6.

[39]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 6.

[40]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 6.

[41]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 6.

[42]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, pp. 5-6.

[43]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 5.

[44]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, pp. 18-19; Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, pp. 34-37.

[45]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 7.

[46]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 7.

[47]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 7.

[48]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 7.

[49]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 7.

[50]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 7.

[51]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 8.

[52]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 8; See Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 153.

[53]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 8.

[54]     Audit Report No. 09 2010-11, p. 18; Audit Report No. 12 2010-11, p. 36.

[55]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 9.

[56]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 9.

[57]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 9.

[58]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 11.

[59]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 3.

[60]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 3.

[61]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 9.

[62]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 10.

[63]     Ms Malisa Golightly, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Medicare Australia, Department of Human Services, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 14.

[64]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 12.

[65]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 12.

[66]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 13.

[67]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 13.

[68]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 13.

[69]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 15.

[70]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 14.

[71]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 14.

[72]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 14.

[73]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 14.

[74]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 14.

[75]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 14.

[76]     Ms Golightly, Medicare Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 15.

[77]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 11.

[78]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 11.

[79]     Mr Thompson, DSEWPaC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 11.

[80]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 12.

[81]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 12.

[82]     Mr Bowles, DCCEE, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 23 March 2011, p. 12.

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