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The Audit Office of New South Wales is the independent auditor of the New South Wales public sector.

The Audit Office reports directly to parliament on the New South Wales government’s financial statements and use of public money.

We help the New South Wales public sector improve its performance for the benefit of the community.

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29 February 2012 Volume One 2012 focusing on themes from 2011
The Auditor-General, Mr Peter Achterstraat, today released his Volume One Report to Parliament for 2012. The report includes a summary of key issues from his 2011 financial audits of NSW Government agencies’ financial statements, recent performance audits and reviews of information systems. Below st ...
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1 February 2012 Managing IT Services contracts
“The Ministry of Health and the NSW Police Force could not demonstrate continued value for money in the long term IT services contracts I reviewed.”, Mr Achterstraat said. In this audit the Auditor-General examined the ongoing management and renewal of three IT services contracts—two at the Ministr ...
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14 December 2011 Visiting medical officers and staff specialists
The public hospital system in New South Wales would not function without Visiting Medical Officers and Staff Specialists. They make up more than half of the 13,000 doctors working in public hospitals.
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14 December 2011 Volume Ten 2011 focus on Health
The Auditor-General, Mr Peter Achterstraat, today released his Volume Ten Report to Parliament for 2011. The report includes comments on financial audits of government agencies in the Health sector. ‘In 2010-11, Ambulance Officers spent an extra 77,200 hours waiting at emergency departments for pati ...
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7 December 2011 Volume Nine 2011 focus on Education and Communities
The Auditor-General, Mr Peter Achterstraat, today released his Volume Nine Report to Parliament for 2011. The report includes comments on financial audits of government agencies in the Education and Communities sectors. A major IT project to replace finance, human resources and payroll systems at th ...
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