What this report is about Students in rural and remote areas of NSW face greater challenges compared to their metropolitan peers. This report examined how the NSW Department of Education (the department) is ensuring that rural and remote students have access to the same quality of early childhood, school education, and skills pathways as metropolitan students. What we found A decade since the previous (2013) strategy to address educational disadvanta

Audit background WestInvest is a $5 billion funding program that was announced in September 2021. It provided funding for infrastructure projects that would 'improve the liveability of communities and support economic recovery' in the Western Sydney area. $2 billion in funding was allocated via a community projects stream and $3 billion was allocated to projects delivered by NSW government agencies. Audit objective The objective of the audit is to ass

In February 2021, the NSW Government tabled the report of a statutory review of the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013. The report titled 'The 11th hour solving Sydney's cemetery crisis' found that Greater Sydney is running out of burial space, posing significant financial risk to the State’s finances with unfunded liabilities of the Crown sector in excess of $300 million and required capital for new cemeteries of approximately $200–300 million. As part

New South Wales has over 180,000 km of roads across its network. Local councils manage over 85% of these roads. This audit will consider how effectively councils are managing their road assets. The audit may consider whether councils are collecting and managing road asset condition data, using that information to maintain road conditions according to asset management plans and maintenance schedules, and communicating their activity and outcomes to the c

This report will bring together the findings and recommendations from our 2022–23 financial audits that relate to the internal controls and governance of the largest NSW government agencies. In 2022–23, this report will cover: internal control trends information technology controls governance arrangements including: roles and responsibilities risk management framework and processes use of internal audit the role of the Audit and Risk Committee

This report will analyse the results of the 2022–23 financial statement audits of the Stronger Communities cluster and group findings around key areas of service delivery. It will comment on financial reporting and performance, key accounting issues, and internal controls and governance findings.

This report will analyse the results of the 2022–23 financial statement audits of the Premier and Cabinet cluster and group findings around key areas of service delivery. It will comment on financial reporting and performance, key accounting issues, and internal controls and governance findings.

This report will analyse the results of the 2022–23 financial statement audits of the Regional NSW cluster and group findings around key areas of service delivery. It will comment on financial reporting and performance, key accounting issues, and internal controls and governance findings.

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. 

This report will analyse the results of the 2022–23 financial statement audits of the Customer Service cluster and group findings around key areas of service delivery. It will comment on financial reporting and performance, key accounting issues, and internal controls and governance findings.