Performance and Compliance Audits in Progress
Treasury’s oversight of government businesses
Tasmanians own 14 government businesses. The State Government, through the Treasurer and another responsible Minister, looks after these businesses on their behalf.
In 2024, the State Government decided the framework for overseeing government businesses needed to improve. This framework is developed and managed by the Department of Treasury and Finance. Treasury has finished its first phase of work and is now working on the second phase.
This audit will assess how well Treasury administers the framework for overseeing government businesses. It will do this by asking if Treasury maintains a framework that aligns with contemporary practice and is fit-for-purpose. It will also ask if Treasury gives the Treasurer the information needed to make informed decisions about government businesses.
This audit is underway.
Management of port infrastructure
Tasmania’s ports are essential infrastructure. More than 99% of goods entering and leaving the state move through the port network.
Inadequate port infrastructure management creates significant operational, safety, and economic risks. Publicly available information identifies that some of those risks may be realised because:
- actual capital expenditure is regularly below budget
- there are significant structural issues and asset readiness challenges at key sites.
Other factors that increase the complexity of port infrastructure management are Tasports’ dividend policy, the funding of non-commercial, community assets and the historical approach of providing customer centric port infrastructure.
This audit will assess whether Tasmania’s port infrastructure is managed in a way that is responsive to current and future needs. It will do this by asking if the current model for making strategic decisions on port infrastructure and port infrastructure management practices are effective.
This audit is underway.
Please see the Auditor-General’s Annual Plan 2026-27 for other future audits here.
More information on the performance audit process can be found here.
If you have any information that you believe could be useful to us, please write to us at:
Audit Tasmania GPO Box 851 Hobart TAS 7001
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