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Wondering about the different types of Supreme Audit Institutions, the way they function and their valuable work? Browse through the country pages to get a holistic picture of each SAI in regards to:

SAI: Australia

WB Economic Classification: High Income Countries
SAI Main Characteristics:

Type of SAI: Westminster model

Size: approx. 330 staff

Structure: 4 functional ares (assurance audit, performance audit, professional services, corporate management). For detailed information, visit the website.
The 6 states have their own audit offices.

Strategic Plan: 2017-18, published on the website

Website: anao.gov.au

Australian National Audit Office


Capacity development activities

Projects registered in the SAI Capacity database

Ben. level
Project name
Status
Global
Stronger SAIs for improved transparency, accountability, oversight of public finance governance and service delivery and for sustainable development
Ongoing
Source of funding European Commission
Total budget (in US $) $ 3301699
Duration from 2019-07-01
Duration to 2023-12-31
Support Categories covered
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Global
IDI Work stream Relevant SAIs 2024-2029
Ongoing
Source of funding
Total budget (in US $) $
Duration from 2024-01-01
Duration to 2029-12-31
Support Categories covered
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Global
IDI Work stream Global Foundations Unit
Ongoing
Source of funding
Total budget (in US $) $
Duration from 2024-01-01
Duration to 2029-12-31
Support Categories covered
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Global
IDI Work stream Professional SAIs 2024-2029
Ongoing
Source of funding
Total budget (in US $) $
Duration from 2024-01-01
Duration to 2029-12-31
Support Categories covered
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Global
IDI Work stream Independent SAIs 2024-2029
Ongoing
Source of funding
Total budget (in US $) $
Duration from 2024-01-01
Duration to 2029-12-31
Support Categories covered
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Global
IDI Work stream Well Governed SAIs 2024-2029
Ongoing
Source of funding
Total budget (in US $) $
Duration from 2024-01-01
Duration to 2029-12-31
Support Categories covered
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Global
Contract between the MFA, Ireland (rep by Irish Aid) and INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)
Ongoing
Source of funding Government of Ireland
Total budget (in US $) $ 551000
Duration from 2022-01-01
Duration to 2023-12-31
Support Categories covered
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Global
Strengthening Public External Audit 2023-2026
Ongoing
Source of funding Government of Canada
Total budget (in US $) $ 2850000
Duration from 2023-03-31
Duration to 2026-03-31
Support Categories covered Institutional capacity – SAI Independence, Institutional gender capacity, Audit of gender issues or Sustainable Development Goal 5 audit, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) audit, Organisational capacity, Financial audit, Compliance Audit, Performance audit, IT Audit, Other Specialized Audits, Administrative Services, External Stakeholder Relations, Other form of support
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Regional
ASOSAI Seminar on "Challenges in IT Audit and How to Deal with them" (Virtual, February 2023)
Completed
Source of funding ASOSAI
Total budget (in US $) $ 1000
Duration from 2023-02-07
Duration to 2023-02-15
Support Categories covered IT Audit
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Regional
ASOSAI Seminar in 2021 on "Improvement of Audit Process for More Effective Audit"
Completed
Source of funding ASOSAI
Total budget (in US $) $ 1000
Duration from 2021-12-06
Duration to 2021-12-08
Support Categories covered
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Regional
ASOSAI Seminar in 2020 on "Audit on Implementation of SDGs" and "SAI’s Responses to COVID-19"
Completed
Source of funding ASOSAI
Total budget (in US $) $ 1000
Duration from 2020-12-01
Duration to 2020-12-04
Support Categories covered
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Global
IDI/ Director General, Strategic Support Unit and Administration
Ongoing
Source of funding European Commission, Government of Austria, Government of Norway, Government of Sweden, Office of the Auditor General of Norway, Swedish National Audit Office, UK Department of International Development
Total budget (in US $) $ 4091114
Duration from 2019-01-01
Duration to 2023-12-31
Support Categories covered Organisational capacity, Administrative Services, External Stakeholder Relations, Other form of support
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Global
IDI/ Global Foundations
Ongoing
Source of funding European Commission, Government of Austria, Government of Ireland, Government of Norway, Government of Sweden, IDI basket funds, Office of the Auditor General of Norway, UK Department of International Development
Total budget (in US $) $ 3517886
Duration from 2019-01-01
Duration to 2023-12-31
Support Categories covered External Stakeholder Relations, Other form of support
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Global
IDI/Professional SAIs Workstream
Ongoing
Source of funding European Commission, Government of Canada, Government of Norway, Government of Sweden, IDI basket funds, UK Department of International Development
Total budget (in US $) $ 11217714
Duration from 2019-01-01
Duration to 2023-12-31
Support Categories covered Financial audit, Compliance Audit, Performance audit
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Global
IDI/Well-governed SAIs Workstream
Completed
Source of funding Government of Canada, IDI basket funds, Switzerland State Security for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Total budget (in US $) $ 15465406
Duration from 2019-01-01
Duration to 2023-12-31
Support Categories covered Institutional gender capacity, Organisational capacity, External Stakeholder Relations
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Regional
ASOSAI-sponsored Training Course on eLearning for Resource Persons
Completed
Source of funding ASOSAI
Total budget (in US $) $ 21200
Duration from 2019-02-04
Duration to 2019-07-12
Support Categories covered
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Global
JICA knowledge Co-creation Program in 2019 on “Government Audit on Public Construction Works”
Completed
Source of funding Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Total budget (in US $) $ 69300
Duration from 2019-07-04
Duration to 2019-07-26
Support Categories covered Other Specialized Audits
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Regional
ASOSAI seminar in 2019 on “Quality Control/Quality Assurance,”
Completed
Source of funding ASOSAI
Total budget (in US $) $ 42000
Duration from 2019-12-02
Duration to 2019-12-06
Support Categories covered
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Global
Effective Institutions Platform Supreme Audit Institutions and Stakeholder Engagement Practices: A Stocktaking Report
Completed
Source of funding IDI basket funds
Total budget (in US $) $
Duration from 2013-02-01
Duration to 2014-09-01
Support Categories covered External Stakeholder Relations
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SAI Performance

SAI PMF Assessments

[2018-03-31] Endorsement version; Self-assessment approach; conducted in English; not published

PEFA Assessments

(Indicators related to SAI are indicators 29.2,30,31)

Open Budget Index

(Questions related to SAI are questions AR, 97-102, 118-124, 139-142)[2017-12-31]