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Actions for Industry, Skills, Electricity and Water 2016

Industry, Skills, Electricity and Water 2016

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The Auditor-General, Margaret Crawford released a report today highlighting a decline in net profits of electricity agencies and the distributions the government received from these agencies. The report also details continuing issues in the management of Crown Land and TAFE NSW's student administration system.

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Actions for Implementation of the NSW Government’s program evaluation initiative

Implementation of the NSW Government’s program evaluation initiative

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The NSW Government’s ‘program evaluation initiative’, introduced to assess whether service delivery programs achieve expected outcomes and value for money, is largely ineffective according to a report released today by NSW Auditor-General, Margaret Crawford. Government services, in areas such as public order and safety, health and education, are delivered by agencies through a variety of programs. In 2016–17, the NSW Government estimates that it will sp

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Actions for Volume Five 2010 focus on Public Financing Enterprises

Volume Five 2010 focus on Public Financing Enterprises

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The report includes comments on NSW Treasury and agencies in the finance and superannuation sectors. The New South Wales public sector superannuation funds’ investments were $42.2 billion at 30 June 2010, up from $38.5 billion in 2009. Investment returns reached 14.5 per cent in 2009-10. This is a significant improvement on the investment returns of up to negative 18.4 per cent at the peak of the global financial crisis in 2008.  

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Actions for Volume Four 2010 focus on Electricity

Volume Four 2010 focus on Electricity

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The report includes comments on financial audits of government agencies in the electricity sector. The audits of the seven NSW electricity corporations’ financial reports for the year ended 30 June 2010 each resulted in an unqualified Independent Auditor’s Report. We did note significant uncertainty that may affect the value of power station assets due to the unknown impacts of any future carbon pollution reduction scheme and the Government’s proposed el