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Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs)

OEA(IP)

2005 – 14 December 2009

Previously Office of Evaluation and Audit (1990–2005).

Statutory office in the Finance portfolio, headed by a Director of Evaluation and Audit, that evaluated and audited Commonwealth Indigenous programs and the organisations funded through them.

Names over time

  1. Office of Evaluation and Audit1990–2005
  2. Office of Evaluation and Audit (Indigenous Programs)2005–2009

How it came into existence

Continued in 2005 from ATSIC's Office of Evaluation and Audit under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 (the renamed ATSIC Act), with a remit covering Indigenous programs generally, and located in the Department of Finance and Administration.

Legislation: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

Changes during its life

  1. 3 December 2007Its host department became the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

How it ended

Absorbed into the Australian National Audit Office, to which its staff and funding were transferred with effect from 14 December 2009; the Director resigned his statutory office and the ANAO continued its program of Indigenous program audits.

Main functions

  • Evaluation of Indigenous programs
  • Audit of funded Indigenous organisations
  • Three-year audit and evaluation program
  • Reports to the Minister

Where it sits

Last in the portfolio of Department of Finance and Deregulation.

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Sources

Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.