Western Australian auditor general has found significant weaknesses in the state's public pathology provider, which stores nearly 14 million medical test results conducted in 2023-24.
The Auditor General's report on the state's major IT projects found the information given to the public to be patchy and inconsistent, including a $1.6 billion cost discrepancy.
The state's Auditor General has warned of serious fraud risks in past land sales by DevelopmentWA, as she tabled the shock findings of an audit into the body's affairs.
WA's Auditor General has raised concern about the terms on which DevelopmentWA acquires land from other government agencies in a report that otherwise commended improved financial controls.
The state's auditor general has recommended the Department of Health start a refresh of its digital strategy to tackle weaknesses in its management of emergency department data.
The state government has belatedly disclosed the fees paid to law firm Ashurst for advice on Griffin Coal after being criticised by the Auditor General.
The auditor general has flagged concern over a lack of government disclosure around the agreement between the state and a law firm advising on the Griffin Coal operation near Collie.
The state's auditor general has warned failure to address auditing issues in the state sector could erode public confidence, revealing a record number of qualification matters reported in 2021-22.
Western Australia's auditor general has highlighted concerns over the state government's $580 million spending during the pandemic, with millions of rapid antigen tests remaining unused.
Auditors are asking questions about the Department of Planning, Land, and Heritage's $2.7 billion portfolio after finding “management were unable to substantiate the existence of all administered land”.
Withholding information about stamp duty paid on the $17.3 million sale of the Landgate building was not reasonable or appropriate, according to the state's auditor general.
Money raised via the Perth Parking Levy has been conditionally approved for the WACA aquatic facility, a project the auditor general has found to be outside the fund's current purpose.
A report into 123 state government entities' financial audits has raised concerns about serious deficiencies and greater exposure to fraud, the Auditor General says.
A $27 million misstatement of the Department of Communities' cash reserves is the latest example of “sloppy” financial management in the public sector, the Auditor General has warned.
Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses this year's changes to Data & Insights' accountants list and highlights some of the biggest issues affecting the sector.
WA's Auditor General has repeated her call for more transparency and regular reporting on major government projects after quantifying time and cost blowouts on multiple developments.
The state's auditor-general has found "significant weaknesses" in the COVID-19 contact tracing system, including allowing unnecessary and excessive access to personal information.
Hundreds of management and system control weaknesses have been found across state government departments, with a record number of red marks from auditors.
Almost all funding allocated to tax relief for commercial landlords as part of recent COVID-19 relief measures was either spent as industry support or returned to consolidated revenue, state parliament has heard.
Perth Festival has released a dramatically changed program for 2022 along with its first-ever 12-month financial report since becoming a stand-alone company.
Only 2 per cent of a $319 million post-COVID social housing initiative had been spent by March, according to a report by the Auditor General released today.
The state government has detailed changes it plans to make across the public sector to enhance financial accountability and transparency, following recent corruption charges laid against a former senior public servant in the Department of Communities.
Western Australia's Auditor General has warned the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries could be susceptible to financial fraud.
The Office of the Auditor General has found a project to replace PathWest's ‘laboratory information system' is now expected to be two years late and cost nearly double the project's original $26.8 million budget.
The Barnett government's ambitious GovNext ICT program was based on flawed assumptions and will not achieve the anticipated savings but still holds potential to deliver significant benefits, a review has found.
The state government has recruited Canberra-based Caroline Spencer to be the state's next auditor general, three years after she was appointed to review the performance of incumbent Colin Murphy.
In a report released today, Auditor General Colin Murphy has expressed concern that Main Roads still focuses on critical maintenance instead of preventive work, despite a recommendation to change tack in a review seven years ago.
Almost 80 contract variations worth more than $81 million tripled the cost of a Department of Health central computing services contract, with issues including more than 60 per cent of data racks going unused, the auditor general revealed today.
