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TAS
Independent Statutory Authority
Finance and Treasury

Tasmanian Audit Office

https://www.audit.tas.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$5M

TAS 2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Total Revenue

$5M

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

20

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

12 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

Provide Parliament with insightful reports to improve public sector performance and accountability

VISION

Auditing for a better Tasmania

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

PURPOSE

Provide Parliament with insightful reports to improve public sector performance and accountability

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Strategic priorities

· 4

1

Deliver impactful and insightful reports

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1
2

Invest in our people and capability

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1
3

Utilise contemporary technology

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1
4

Develop our practice management methodology

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Outcomes

· 4

Outcome 1: Deliver impactful and insightful reports

Develop and report measures of impact on improved public sector administration, utilise data analytic solutions, data driven and AI enabled audit products including auditing and accounting large language models, develop sustainability report assurance methodology, implement and embed use of statement verification and data extraction tools.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Develop and report measures of impact on improved public sector administration
  • Utilise data analytic solutions
  • Data driven and AI enabled audit products including auditing and accounting large language models
  • Develop sustainability report assurance methodology
  • Implement and embed use of statement verification and data extraction tools

Outcome 2: Invest in our people and capability

Attract, retain, engage audit talent, improve presentation, readability and clarity of recommendations in audit reports, broaden input into identification of audit topics to focus on things that matter to Tasmanians, deliver Auditor-General reports to Parliament in separate volumes with insights for each key government sector.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Attract, retain, engage audit talent
  • Improve presentation, readability and clarity of recommendations in audit reports
  • Broaden input into identification of audit topics to focus on things that matter to Tasmanians
  • Deliver Auditor-General reports to Parliament in separate volumes with insights for each key government sector

Outcome 3: Utilise contemporary technology

Streamline audit methodology in one manual, simplify policy and procedures to support our people to do their work efficiently, strengthen engagement through a targeted approach to interacting with our key stakeholders.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Streamline audit methodology in one manual
  • Simplify policy and procedures to support our people to do their work efficiently
  • Strengthen engagement through a targeted approach to interacting with our key stakeholders

Outcome 4: Develop our practice management methodology

Automate practice management reports on fee recovery, finance and performance reporting, deliver HR Framework: includes resource and workforce plan, dynamic recruitment, L&D including emerging technical and soft skills development and competency framework, maintain quality management system.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Automate practice management reports on fee recovery, finance and performance reporting
  • Deliver HR Framework: includes resource and workforce plan, dynamic recruitment, L&D including emerging technical and soft skills development and competency framework
  • Maintain quality management system

Values

· 5

We connect

We innovate

We grow

We have impact

We act with integrity

Performance measures

· 19

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

PAR01

Parliamentarians’ satisfaction score

> 75%

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

ENG01

Positive engagement score in TSS survey

>70%

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD01

% of auditors using contemporary audit tools

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

BUD01

Performance against budget

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUT01

Auditee satisfaction scores

> 80%

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

LDP01

Average days in L&D per FTE

> 10 days

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

DAT01

Use of data analytics in audit reports

#

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD02

Audit time ($/hour) recovered (ACAG avg)

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD03

% audits delivered in statutory timeframe

>70%

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

TRN01

Average investment in external training

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD04

% time on audits saved through automated functions

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD05

Average cost per performance audit (ACAG avg)

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

COM01

No material variations from compliance with standards

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

QUAL01

% of employees with professional qualifications

>85%

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD06

Cost per audit hour against ACAG average

<25th

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD07

% of market ready contemporary audit tools in use

>55%

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUD08

% of whole of office paid hours charged to audit activities

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

REV01

RAC review of register of recommendations

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

AUT04

Audit quality reviews

Audit Tasmania’s Strategic Plan 2025 · p.1

Annual Report 2025

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

AGR-Guide-30-June-2025.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Audit-Tasmania-Strategic-Plan-2025-2028.pdf)

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