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Federal Auditor-General Grant Hehir.

Auditor blasts $163 million in government contracts for business advisers

An audit has found ethical shortfalls in the Industry Department’s ‘Entrepreneurs Programme’, which offers businesses practical advice and mentorship from experts.

  • Katina Curtis

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Auditor-General Grant Hehir.

Leppington Triangle bureaucrat investigated by police hits out at Auditor-General

The public servant at the centre of the $30m land purchase near the Western Sydney airport says the Auditor-General didn’t have evidence to back the conclusion the price paid was inflated.

  • Katina Curtis
Louise Milligan agreed to pay Andrew Laming $79,000 in damages plus legal costs, but the ABC indicated it would pick up the bill.

Auditor-General finds ‘no policy or precedent’ for ABC to pay Louise Milligan’s legal costs

The Auditor-General was looking into whether it was appropriate for the ABC to pay $79,000 damages plus legal costs to MP Andrew Laming to settle a defamation case.

  • Lisa Visentin
Auditor-General Grant Hehir says budget pressures have left him with no choice but cut audits, which he says contribute to a better performing public sector.

‘Alarm bells’: Auditor-General budget cuts will see agencies avoid scrutiny for decades

The Auditor-General says some government agencies will only face scrutiny once every 20 years after budget pressures forced him to cut the number of audits.

  • Katina Curtis
The Auditor-General says parliament and ministers need to confront the question of whether public servants should use encrypted message services like WhatsApp.

Auditor urges rethink of WhatsApp for ministers, staff and bureaucrats

The Auditor-General says there is tension between laws requiring public records to be kept and public servants using encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp.

  • Katina Curtis
Auditor-General Grant Hehir says his office's budget has been squeezed over many years.

Labor pushes for audit office to come out from Prime Minister's watch

Labor MP Julian Hill is pushing for the Auditor-General to have more independence over his budget by removing it from the Prime Minister's responsibilities.

  • Katina Curtis
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Scott Morrison in a meeting of the national cabinet with the state premiers and chief ministers.

Economies malfunction when we can’t trust our leaders

Unethical behaviour of politicians and businesses makes it harder for governments to make tough reforms.

  • Ross Gittins
Federal Auditor-General Grant Hehir has been scoring some 'direct hits'.

'That would be courageous, minister': the Auditor-General finding dodgy deals

Ferreting out odd expenditure federally without fear or favour is what Grant Hehir does best.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Auditor-General Grant Hehir.

Keeping track of this gravy train is a tough station

The urgent need for a federal corruption commission has been reinforced by some direct hits on the misuse of taxpayer funds by the Auditor-General and Senate estimates.

  • Chris Uhlmann
The Law Council of Australia warns if Attorney-General Christian Porter and Prime Minister Scott Morrison delay a federal integrity watchdog further, Australia may fall behind its UN obligations.

Audit office funding slashed, renewing calls for integrity commission

An analysis of the Australian National Audit Office's budget shows it has been cut by nearly a fifth in real terms since the Coalition came to power.

  • Katina Curtis

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