In this audit, we will assess how effectively the Department of Primary Industries is implementing the Primary Industries Proposer 2050 strategy to support the growth, productivity, and sustainability of Queensland’s primary industries. This audit will consider the department’s early planning and implementation of the strategy and whether it is on track to meet key deliverables and targets.

In this audit, we will examine how effectively the Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family Business is streamlining its digital services to improve customer experience, efficiency, and value for money. This audit could assess whether this is improving accessibility to government services in rural and remote areas. 

In this audit, we will assess how effectively entities are governing their data to ensure it is reliable and accurate. This audit could assess whether entities have identified their data sets, assigned appropriate data owners, defined its intended use, implemented quality controls, and manage risks. 

In this audit, we will assess whether the Queensland Revenue Office has effectively administered the collection of the state’s royalties and taxation revenues. It will focus on a specific revenue stream, such as royalties for minerals or petroleum, or payroll taxes. The audit would consider whether specific royalties and taxation revenues have been collected efficiently and effectively. This would include assessment of compliance activities to support the accuracy of revenue collections and minimise revenue leakage. 

In this audit, we will assess whether effective workforce initiatives and plans are in place to support the digital upskilling of the public sector workforce as entities adopt technologies such as artificial intelligence. This will include examining the implementation of its initiatives and plans to address capability gaps to deliver current and future public services.

These reports analyse the health entities’ financial performance and position and include assessments of their internal controls, financial performance and sustainability, and asset management.

This report analyses the education entities’ financial performance and position and includes assessments of their internal controls, financial performance and sustainability, and asset management. We will also provide insights into how the education system is responding to increased demand, driven by a growing population from interstate and overseas migration.

The energy report analyses energy entities’ financial performance, the effectiveness of internal controls, wholesale energy prices, and major events impacting energy entities each year. 

This report will summarise the audit results of the 77 Queensland councils and the entities they control, analyse their financial performance and position, and include assessments of internal controls and sustainability. We will continue to provide insights to support improvements in the quality and timing of financial reporting.

These reports will outline the status of major infrastructure projects led by state and local governments across Queensland. They will present data and analysis on the planning, coordination, and delivery of the state’s capital program, and explore key challenges and risks such as productivity, investment priorities, and timely decision‑making.

The report will analyse water entities’ financial performance, and include assessments of their internal controls, infrastructure projects, pricing developments, and other sustainability implications impacting the entities during the year.

The report will provide a summary of our results over information system controls.

Entities report to us on their progress in implementing recommendations from our performance audit reports. Each year we will highlight common themes across recommendations and provide insights on entities’ self-reported progress.

These reports will examine:

• insights into the state’s financial performance and position, including analysis of key revenue drivers, employee expenses, and other costs
• how the state is managing its debt and investments 
• major initiatives and how these are funded
• use of private sector financing and investment to deliver major initiatives.

This report summarises the results of our audits of financial statements for Queensland state government entities, including government departments, government owned corporations, and statutory bodies. The report also includes assessments of entities’ internal controls and processes, and highlights transactions or items of interest for the year.