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Management & Accountability
  In this section:
Corporate Governance
External Scrutiny
Management of Human Resources
·   Impact & Features of CAs & AWAs
·   Performance Pay
·   Training & Development Strategies
·   OHS Performance
Purchasing
Assets Management
Consultants and Competitive Tendering and Contracting
Commonwealth Disability Strategy
External Scrutiny

Judicial Decisions and Administrative Review

There were no judicial or administrative decisions or findings which impacted on Registry operations.


Auditor-General’s Reports

Auditor-General Audit Reports having an implication for the Registry, as well as many other APS agencies, were:
  • Audit Report No. 13 which dealt with ‘Certified Agreements in the Australian Public Service’;
  • Audit Report No. 14 which dealt with ‘Benchmarking of the Internal Audit Function’;
  • Audit Report No. 19 which dealt with ‘Management of Public Sector Travel Arrangements – Follow-up Audit’;
  • Audit Report No. 23 which dealt with ‘Audits of Financial Statements of Commonwealth entities for the Period ended 30 June 2000’;
  • Audit Report No. 38 which dealt with ‘The Use of Confidentiality Provisions in Commonwealth Contracts’;
  • Audit Report No. 52 which dealt with ‘Payment of Accounts’;
  • Audit Report No. 53 which dealt with ‘Commonwealth Management of Leased Office Property’; and
  • Audit Report No. 54 which dealt with ‘Engagement of Consultants’.
Recommendations made in particular in audit report numbers 13 and 19 have been noted and briefly discussed. Further actions are pending and the renegotiation of the Registry’s certified agreement in the second half of 2001 will provide an opportunity for more detailed consideration of the contents of the two audit reports.

During 2000-01 the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) undertook an Assurance and Control Assessment Audit on payroll management at the Registry and five other Commonwealth organisations. The overall findings from the audit will be presented to the Parliament in a separate audit report later in 2001.

The ANAO advised that the Registry had an adequate control environment in place, given the small size of its operations. The majority of recommendations related to ways in which the Registry could continue to ensure that it approaches better practice. The Registry agreed to consider implementation of the recommendations.



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