Report of the Auditor-General upon the financial statements prepared by the Minister for Finance and upon other accounts

Creator
Australia. Auditor-Generals' Office
Call Number
Nq 328.94 AUS
Created/Published
Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1979-1983
Issue
1979/1980, PP no. 157 of 1980
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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL 1 , 3
Report of the Auditor-General 5 , 6 , 7
Contents 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Preface 13 , 14
Section 1 Report on the Financial Statements Prepared by the Minister for Finance 15
Section 2 Results of Audits Completed as at 30 June 1980 17 , 18
2.1 DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS 19 , 20
2.2 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 21
2.3 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30
2.4 DEPARTMENT OF THE CAPITAL TERRITORY 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40
2.5 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60
2.6 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
2.7 DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND YOUTH AFFAIRS 75 , 76 , 77
2.8 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84
2.9 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92
2.10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98
2.11 DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106
2.12 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION 107 , 108 , 109
2.13 DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS 110
2.14 DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE 111
2.15 DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY 112 , 113 , 114
2.16 POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT 115 , 116
2.17 DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121
2.18 DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET 122
2.19 DEPARTMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128
2.20 DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 129
2.21 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138
2.22 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT 139 , 140 , 141 , 142
2.23 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 143
2.24 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 144 , 145
2.25 GENERAL 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177
Audits of Statutory Authorities 2.26 ALBURY-WODONGA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 178
2.27 AUSTRALIAN APPLE AND PEAR CORPORATION 179
2.28 AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION 180
2.29 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY SCHOOLS AUTHORITY 181
2.30 AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 182
2.31 AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BOARD 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187
Section 3 Efficiency Audit 188 , 189 , 190
Section 4 General Observations 4.1 AUDITING DEVELOPMENTS 191
4.2 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 192
4.3 DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 193 , 194 , 195
4.4 JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 196
4.5 GENERAL 197 , 198
4.6 AUDIT STAFF 199 , 200 , 201
4.7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 202
4.8 APPENDIXES 203
APPENDIX A AUDITS CARRIED OUT UNDER SECTION 41D OF THE AUDIT ACT OR UNDER OTHER ACTS, ETC. 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210
APPENDIX B COMPANIES IN WHICH THE COMMONWEALTH HAS A CONTROLLING INTEREST 211 , 212
APPENDIX C STATUS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR ORGANISATIONS WHICH BALANCE PRIOR TO 30 JUNE 1980 213 , 214
APPENDIX D CERTIFICATES UNDER SUB-SECTION 70D(5) OF THE AUDIT ACT 215 , 216 , 217
APPENDIX E REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR UNDER THE AUDIT ACT 1901 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1980 218
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PREPARED BY THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE 221 , 222 , 223 , 225
CONTENTS 227 , 228
Section I—Summaries of Statements prepared by the Minister for Finance 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246
Section II—Statements prepared by the Minister for Finance 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 370 , 371 , 372 , 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377 , 378 , 379 , 380 , 381 , 382 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391 , 392 , 393 , 394 , 395 , 396 , 397 , 398 , 399 , 400 , 401 , 402 , 403 , 404 , 405 , 406 , 407 , 408 , 409 , 410 , 411 , 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416 , 417 , 418 , 419 , 420 , 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425 , 426 , 427 , 428 , 429 , 430 , 431 , 432 , 433 , 434 , 435 , 436 , 437 , 438 , 439 , 440 , 441 , 442 , 443 , 444 , 445 , 446 , 447 , 448 , 449 , 450
Section III—Further Information relating to he Financial Affairs of the Commonwealth 451 , 452 , 453 , 454 , 455 , 456 , 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461 , 462 , 463 , 464 , 465

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