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20 Oct 2021

Roll-out of State COVID-19 Stimulus Initiatives: July 2020 – March 2021

This focus area audit assessed the extent to which, and how effectively, COVID-19 stimulus initiatives were implemented by…

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15 Oct 2021

Local Government COVID-19 Financial Hardship Support

The objective of the audit was to assess if local government entities provided effective financial hardship support to…

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16 Sep 2021

Annual Report 2020-2021

Our 2020-2021 report describes our functions and operations, and presents the audited financial statements and key performance indicators…

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Report reveals State COVID-19 stimulus initiatives with an approx budget of $2.144 billion have been rolled out to varying extents. Of the 30 initiatives audited, 16 have used over 90% of their budget while 9 initiatives have used less than 30%. Read more http://audit.wa.gov.au

Report reveals most LGs provided C-19 hardship support, however some didn’t do enough to tell their communities about the support or made it too difficult to access. Ensuring eligible applicants receive timely support at their time of need, without undue red tape, is important.

Last financial year we tabled 33 reports in Parliament, the largest number we’ve ever tabled. We aim to produce reports that help to improve the public sector. Read about the impact of some of our audits on page 88 of our Annual Report 2020-2021. https://audit.wa.gov.au/reports-and-publications/reports/annual-report-2020-2021/

Are you a manager with strong communication skills and experience leading IT service delivery? Applications for our Manager Service Operations are open until 6 Oct. Find out more: https://search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pageID=160&windowUID=0&AdvertID=283098

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