Attachment 4 - Background Review Documents

Report on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Office of the Auditor-General of New Zealand by an International Peer Review Team.
  1. “Role of the Auditor-General”. Australasian Council of Auditors-General.
  2. “What Public Sector Bodies can expect from their Auditors”. UK Public Audit Forum. 2 March 2000
    (Found at http://www.public-audit-forum.gov.uk/news/fourth.htm)
  3. “Memorandum of Understanding”. ACAG Peer Reviews. Undated. [Confidential- For ACAG Member Offices only]
  4. “Peer Reviews and Voluntary Developmental Quality Assurance Reviews - Core Reference Modules. Undated. [Confidential - For ACAG Member Offices Only]
  5. “ACAG Peer Review Program”. Australasian Council of Auditors-General. June 1998. [Confidential - For ACAG Member Offices Only]
  6. “Report on Results of a Performance Audit of the Strategic Planning Framework - Australian National Audit Office”. Independent Auditor (Mr Michael Coleman). Canberra. 3 April 2000.
  7. “A New Age for Public Auditing”. Robert Buchanan and Kevin Simpkins, Chartered Accountants Journal of New Zealand, Wellington, July 2001.
  8. “Report on Results of a Performance Audit of the ANAO Audit Management Processes - Australian National Audit Office”. Independent Auditor (Mr Michael Coleman). Canberra. 18 October, 2001.
  9. “What is Legislative Auditing?” Office of the Auditor-General of Canada. Last update 17 March 2005
    http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/other.nsf/html/auqdn_lavg_e.html
  10. “International Peer Review of the Value-for-Money Audit Practice of the Office of the Auditor-General of Canada - 2004”. 4 February 2004.
  11. “Report by the Independent Auditor of the Australian National Audit Office on the Results of ‘Value for Money’ provided by the ANAO”. Independent Auditor (Mr Michael Coleman). Canberra. 24 June, 2004.
  12. “Performance Audit of the Victorian Auditor-General and the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office”. Conducted by Mr John Phillips (Acumen Alliance). Report to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee, Parliament of Victoria. December, 2004.
  13. “International Peer Review of the Performance Audit Practice of the Office of the Auditor-General of Norway”, November 2005.
  14. “Review of the Report on the Performance Audit of the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office”. Public Accounts and Estimates Committee. 68th Report to the Parliament, Melbourne. March, 2006.
  15. “Statement of Principles - Effective Public Sector Accountability”. Australasian Council of Auditors-General. 19 November, 2006. (see http://www.acag.org.au/psacc.htm)
  16. ANAO 2007. Public Sector Internal Audit - An Investment in Assurance and Business Improvement. Better Practice Guide. Canberra. September.
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