Tag: audit

Scandal and audit triggers tighter fraud controls at NHMRC

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s biggest medical research funding agency will start gaining independent assurances of grant recipients’ fraud risks and mandate reporting of suspected incidents, following a misconduct scandal and a critical...

NRF Corporation under audit office microscope

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The establishment of a corporation in charge of the Albanese government’s $15 billion manufacturing fund is being audited, with an outside firm quietly tapped to assist the federal audit...

NSW unis overlook national cyber laws

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
NSW universities overlooked federal laws designed to help protect critical infrastructure assets from cyber incidents in their first full year of operation by failing to identify critical systems and...

SA schools system upgrade blows out by $47m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The state-wide rollout of South Australia’s school management system has blown out by $47 million and is set to climb higher as the government re-doubles efforts on a rollout...

NSW govt ‘crown jewel’ left open to hackers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government’s 30-year old core licensing technology is exposed to cyber-attacks that could impact 140 other organisations, but the state auditor could find no evidence that...

Parliament’s expenses system undercooked and overbudget

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Federal Parliament’s troubled expense management software upgrade suffered from a lack of user planning and governance gaps, according to an audit that confirms the unfinished project’s budget and timeline...