ANAO
Passport office blew $135,000 on cancelled Port Douglas conference
Officials from Australia’s passport office are under investigation after a damning report said it had mishandled hundreds of millions, including huge blowouts on a contract proposed over a coffee.
- by Shane Wright and Olivia Ireland
Latest
Land council raided by anti-corruption watchdog, CEO sacked
Mark Hewitt has been stood down by the Anindilyakwa Land Council board and the National Anti-Corruption Commission this week searched its Groote Eylandt office.
- by Mike Foley and Nick McKenzie
Updated
Infrastructure
Victoria holds up $2.2b in Suburban Rail Loop funds, auditor finds
The Allan government has not submitted crucial information that would unlock funding promised by the Commonwealth for the mega-project.
- by Patrick Hatch and Annika Smethurst
Opinion
NACC
Amid champagne gifts and shameless rorting, one institution is fighting back
The national audit office has released a series of scandalous reports that show our public bureaucracy falling apart, at a cost to us all.
- by Shane Wright
Defence official sought champagne from contractor: auditor-general
A scathing auditor-general’s report into a $1.2 billion defence contract reveals an official sought a bottle of champagne from the company.
- by Shane Wright
Federal Court faulted for spending $34,000 at grog shops
The court, which spent more than $6000 over three occasions at one Bondi cellars alone, is one of three federal agencies marked down by the Australian National Audit Office.
- by Angus Thompson
War Memorial scandal: Morrison pushed $500m project before business case was done
The controversial project was spruiked by Scott Morrison just months into his prime ministership and has since seen cost blowouts and conflicts of interest over key contracts.
- by Shane Wright
Exclusive
Voice to parliament
Dutton bypassed Indigenous community safety for grants in Coalition seats
Labor has seized on new documents to turn the blowtorch on Dutton and his commitment to safety in remote communities over a Voice to parliament.
- by Paul Sakkal
Investigation launched into Labor’s mobile phone black spot scheme
The Australian National Audit Office investigation announced on Wednesday is the first into alleged pork-barrelling by the government since the election.
- by Paul Sakkal
‘Industrial-scale rort’: Plan to end the government pork barrel
A joint parliamentary committee has flagged plans to restrict the ability of future governments to pork-barrel their way to electoral victory.
- by Shane Wright
Audit office slams ‘ineffective’ $2 billion Morrison government health funding program
Flagrant breaches of Commonwealth grants rules and unethical behaviour were revealed in the peak audit body’s review of the Coalition scheme.
- by James Massola and David Crowe
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