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Audit Office of
New South Wales

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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4 Jun 2013 Building energy use in public hospitals: NSW Health has reduced its energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by two per cent over the last four years. It is pleasing that annual emissions are now 15,000 tonnes less than they were four years ago. However, this was not sufficient to meet its target of an 11 per cent drop in emissions. Despite ...
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29 May 2013 Management of historic heritage in national parks and reserves: The National Parks and Wildlife Service is spreading its resources too thinly, running the risk that the heritage significance of important assets will eventually be lost. “The NPWS has lots of historic heritage under its care. It needs to target its top sites, the ones we can’t afford to lose,” sai ...
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28 May 2013 Volume Two 2013 focusing on Universities - MPs complying with the rules: New South Wales Members of Parliament are largely complying with the requirements of the Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal’s Determination, including temporary staff payments and expenditure. “I am pleased that Members have heeded the message from my previous review and are no longer approving tim ...
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28 May 2013 Volume Two 2013 focusing on Universities - Governance improvements in the university sector: The Auditor-General reports improvements in the governance structures of the State’s ten universities, citing a reduction of key issues found and reported in the audits of their financial statements. “Universities are complex entities operating in a competitive environment in challenging times,” sai ...
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28 May 2013 Volume Two 2013 focusing on Universities - Universities' superannuation still not fully funded: NSW and Australian Governments have not reached agreement on funding NSW Universities’ $4.7 billion of superannuation liabilities. “Balances held by the trustee for State-defined benefit superannuation are critically low for some NSW universities,” said the NSW Auditor-General, Mr Peter Achterstraat ...
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