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Actions for Universities 2023

Universities 2023

Universities

This report will analyse the results of the financial statement audits of the ten NSW universities and their controlled entities for the year ended 31 December 2023. It will comment on financial reporting and performance, internal controls and governance, and areas of interest that are in focus during the conduct of our audits. 

Planned

Actions for Achieving outcomes across the prison system

Achieving outcomes across the prison system

Justice
Community Services

The NSW corrective system comprises both public and private prison operators, with approximately three quarters of the inmate population in publicly operated prisons, and the remaining quarter in privately managed prisons. In 2018, Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) commenced a project to use consistent measures to monitor and benchmark service delivery outcomes across the NSW prison system. This audit may examine whether the benchmarking project is achiev

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Actions for Bus contracts

Bus contracts

Transport

Transport for NSW enters into contracts private companies to operate bus services. This performance audit will assess the effectiveness of bus service contract planning, management, and enforcement. It will examine whether contracting has delivered the expected improvements in bus services for citizens, and whether Transport for NSW is effectively managing private operator performance, utilising data analytics.

Planned

Actions for Rail rollingstock procurement

Rail rollingstock procurement

Transport

NSW transport agencies have been acquiring rollingstock for the new inner-city fleet, regional fleet and for Metro rail, with individual contracts with the private sector valued more than $2 billion. In this audit we will assess the effectiveness of agencies in planning and management the procurement of rollingstock, as well as value-for-money. We will also consider if lessons learnt from the Tangara and Millennium train acquisitions has been put into p

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Actions for Social housing

Social housing

Community Services
Justice

Long-term, subsidised rental housing is provided to assist people who have extreme difficulty in accessing housing in the private housing market. The collective term for this type of housing is ‘social housing’ which in New South Wales includes: ‘public housing’ managed by the Department of Communities and Justice ‘community housing’ managed by non-government organisations (social housing providers) housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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Actions for Access to Legal Aid and community legal services

Access to Legal Aid and community legal services

Community Services
Justice

Legal Aid NSW and non-government community legal centres (CLCs) provide free legal assistance services across the state, particularly to people experiencing economic hardship, social disadvantage or discrimination. Previous national and state reviews have found unmet demand for legal assistance services and specific service gaps, and made recommendations for adequate and stable funding. In 2019–20 the NSW Government provided $224 million in funding to Le

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Actions for Outcome budgeting

Outcome budgeting

Treasury

Outcome budgeting was announced in the 2017–18 Budget as a reform that aimed to deliver better outcomes for the people of New South Wales through increased transparency, accountability and value-for-money. The reform has been rolled out over several years. This audit will examine how effectively NSW Treasury has overseen the implementation of outcome budgeting to ensure that the reform’s policy goals are achieved.