In this presentation, I summarise the June 2013 performance audit report by the Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO), on performance reporting in the environment and sustainability sector, in 5 slides.

1. Victorian Auditor General’s audit of the
natural resource agency performance
reporting …
VAGO looked at whether performance reporting by three
Victorian NRM agencies was being done well.
OCTOBER 2013

2. • The Victorian EPA is doing performance
reporting quite well.
• DEPI is not reporting on performance very
well.
• Parks Vic are somewhere in between.
WHAT DOES IT SAY.
OCTOBER 2013

3. There is still too much reporting of outputs and
activities, and not enough reporting of
achievement of outcomes.
This applies right through from Budget Paper 3
indicators down to indicators that operational
management use.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY.
OCTOBER 2013

4. The accounting and information management
systems for performance data at DEPI and Parks
Vic have serious weaknesses.
They lack controls over quality of data, and
documentation of data recognition decisions.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT SAY.
OCTOBER 2013

5. • Like lots of other public service programs,
these agencies find it hard to report on
achievement of outcomes, so they report
on ‘busy-ness’.
• Performance reporting is not done as
professionally as financial reporting, and
could learn a lot from accounting methods.
• Public confidence in DEPI reporting is
probably pretty low.
The comments on these slides are the views of Tim Kirby, Sydney.
You should always read the report itself before putting any money on the line.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN.
Tim Kirby, Sydney CA, CIA, LA-EMS
au.linkedin.com/in/timkirbysydney
OCTOBER 2013

6. • Like lots of other public service programs,
these agencies find it hard to report on
achievement of outcomes, so they report
on ‘busy-ness’.
• Performance reporting is not done as
professionally as financial reporting, and
could learn a lot from accounting methods.
• Public confidence in DEPI reporting is
probably pretty low.
The comments on these slides are the views of Tim Kirby, Sydney.
You should always read the report itself before putting any money on the line.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN.
Tim Kirby, Sydney CA, CIA, LA-EMS
au.linkedin.com/in/timkirbysydney
OCTOBER 2013