Performance and Compliance Audits in Progress

Management of gifts and benefits

Effective management of gifts and benefits helps ensure decisions regarding the allocation of public resources, including public money, are made with transparency and integrity.

The objective of the audit will be to assess whether Tasmanian Government Departments transparently mitigated the risk of actual, perceived or potential conflicts of interest through effective management of gifts and benefits.

This audit is underway.

Follow up of Accessing services for the safety and wellbeing of children and young people – the Strong Families, Safe Kids Advice and Referral Line

The objective of the audit will be to assess the degree to which the Department for Education, Children and Young People has implemented recommendations made in
Report of the Auditor-General No.6 of 2021-22 Accessing services for the safety and wellbeing of children and young people – the Strong Families, Safe Kids Advice and Referral Line.

This audit is underway.

Treasury’s oversight of government businesses

Tasmanians own 14 government businesses. The State Government, through the Treasurer and another responsible Minister, looks after these businesses on their behalf.

In 2024, the State Government decided the framework for overseeing government businesses needed to improve. This framework is developed and managed by the Department of Treasury and Finance. Treasury has finished its first phase of work and is now working on the second phase.

This audit will assess how well Treasury administers the framework for overseeing government businesses. It will do this by asking if Treasury maintains a framework that aligns with contemporary practice and is fit-for-purpose. It will also ask if Treasury gives the Treasurer the information needed to make informed decisions about government businesses.

This audit is underway.

Please see the Auditor-General’s Annual Plan 2025-26 for other future audits here.

More information on the performance audit process can be found here.

If you have any information that you believe could be useful to us, please write to us at:

Audit Tasmania GPO Box 851 Hobart TAS 7001