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Last updated 3rd May 2012
Contract auditor annual forum 2012
QAO's Contract auditor annual forum was held on Friday, 23 March 2012. Please click here to view the Presentations.
(Access is only available to registered contract auditors)
QAO's 2011-12 Audit update was held in Brisbane on 1 March and 6 March 2012.
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INFORM Journal Issue 6 - December 2011
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Auditor-General of Queensland Report to Parliament No. 11 for 2011 Results of audits at 31 October 2011.
Tabled 17 November 2011
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Queensland Audit Office Strategic Plan 2011-2015
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Appointment of the 22nd Auditor-General of Queensland
Mr Andrew Greaves has been appointed the new Auditor-General of Queensland. Mr Greaves has been an Assistant Auditor-General at the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office since 2006. Mr Greaves has headed both the Financial Audit Group and the Performance Audit Group at the Victorian Auditor-General's Office. Mr Greaves will take up this position in December 2011, and replaces Mr Glenn Poole who has been the Auditor-General for the past seven years. Click here to view the Ministerial Media Statement from the Premier and Minister for Reconstruction, The Honourable Anna Bligh.
Auditor-General of Queensland Report to Parliament No. 10 for 2011 Regulating waste: protecting the environment.
Tabled 9 November 2011
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INFORM Journal Issue 5 - October 2011
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QAO Performance Audit Mandate
On 18 August 2011, Executive Council approved the proclamtion for the commencement of the amendment to the Auditor-General Act 2009 that provide the Auditor-General with a full mandate to undertake performance audits. This mandate change brings QAO in line with other Australian Audit Offices and international practice.
QAO Performance Audit Update Tuesday 4 October 2011.
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Conditions of the Audit Engagement.
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Auditor-General of Queensland Auditing Standards - October 2011.
Tabled 11 October 2011
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Auditor-General of Queensland Report to Parliament No. 9 for 2011 Acquisition and public access to the Museum, Art Gallery and Library collections.
Tabled 11 October 2011
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Queensland Audit Office Annual Report 2010-11
Tabled 29 September 2011
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Auditor-General of Queensland Report to Parliament No. 8 for 2011 Follow up of four audits completed
in 2008 and 2009.
Tabled 29 September 2011
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Auditor-General of Queensland Report to Parliament No. 7 for 2011 National Partnership Agreement for Natural Disaster Reconstruction and Recovery.
Tabled 22 September 2011
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INFORM Journal Issue 4 - September 2011
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