C. Summary of ANAO audit findings

C. Summary of ANAO audit findings

Portfolio

Entity

Rating

New or repeat

Description of finding

Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment[1]

Moderate (B)

New

Weaknesses in monitoring of privileged user activities within the Financial Management Information System

Attorney-General’s

Attorney-General’s Department

Moderate (B)

New

User access removal

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Moderate (B)

New

Lease management

Defence

Department of Defence

Moderate (B)

New

Weaknesses around the disposal of assets and inventory

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21) – downgraded from Significant (A)

Valuation of specialist military equipment using the cost attribution model

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Weaknesses around the governance of ADF health services

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Management of privacy data

Royal Australian Air Force Veterans’ Residences Trust

Moderate (B)

New

Independence of audit committee members

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Significant (A)

New

Military Compensation Scheme Provision methodology undervaluing DVA’s liability

Moderate (B)

New

Security governance – Monitoring implementation of controls

Moderate (B)

New

Personal benefits – incompatible access monitoring

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Implementation of the process direct system

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Monitoring of high-risk activity in IT systems

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

User terminations

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

User revalidations

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Accuracy and completeness of information uploaded into compensation claim QA system

Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Recreational Company

Significant legislative breach (L1)

New

Alterations made to the signed financial statements after the auditor’s report was issued

Education, Skills and Employment

Department of Education, Skills and Employment[2]

Moderate (B)

New

Timely removal of user access on termination

Health

Department of Health

Moderate (B)

New

Impairment status of inventory

Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Terminated users and audit logging

Clean Energy Regulator

Moderate (B)

New

Privileged and other user access

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications[3]

Moderate (B)

New

User access removal

Prime Minister and Cabinet

Northern Land Council

Significant legislative breach (L1)

Repeat (2012–13)

Non-compliance with the requirement for funds in NLC’s royalty trust account to be distributed to traditional owners within the agreed timeframes

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2014–15)

Weaknesses in payroll controls and errors in payments to staff

Social Services

Department of Social Services

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Termination of users

National Disability Insurance Agency

Moderate (B)

Repeat (2020–21)

Timeliness of IT user access terminations

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Moderate (B)

New

IT shared services governance

Treasury

Department of the Treasury

Moderate (B)

New

Governance over the Federal Payments Management System

Australian Taxation Office

Moderate (B)

New

Issues with treatment of debts considered to be uneconomical to pursue

Moderate (B)

New

Assurance over extracts of data

Summary

1 Significant (A)

New

27 Moderate (B)

15 New

12 Repeat

2 Legislative (L1)

1 New

1 Repeat

Footnotes

[1] Now split into Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).

[2] Now split into Department of Education and Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

[3] Now called Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.