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Fraud probe continues into why $30million was spent on plot of land for new Western Sydney airport

The government paid almost $30million for a 12-hectare plot for the Western Sydney Airport in 2018. The inflated figure came to light through a scathing auditor-general s report which found the land was worth only $3million and the federal infrastructure department fell short of ethical standards. Taxpayers won t know in a hurry what changes are needed in the wake of revelations the federal government spent 10 times the market value on a land deal for a new airport The land is not needed until 2050 when the airport s second runway is to be built. Australian Federal Police are investigating the deal over possible fraud.

Audit finds Veterans Affairs is effectively managing reform program, but must address DVA underperformance

HomeJurisdictionFederal Audit finds Veterans’ Affairs is effectively managing reform program, but must address DVA underperformance Audit finds Veterans’ Affairs is effectively managing reform program, but must address DVA underperformance By Shannon Jenkins Wednesday March 10, 2021 Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester. The DVA reform program is in its fourth year of implementation, with reforms to be delivered over six years. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) should work on addressing any “systemic issues” that may be affecting its ability to implement its comprehensive program of reforms, according to the national auditor general. The Australian National Audit Office’s latest performance audit report, published on Tuesday, examined the effectiveness of DVA’s planning and management of the Veteran Centric Reform (VCR) program.

Minister described $30m western Sydney airport land purchase as perfectly sensible

Minister described $30m western Sydney airport land purchase as perfectly sensible Katharine Murphy Political editor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP The federal infrastructure minister, Paul Fletcher, told officials from his department that their decision to buy a parcel of land adjacent to the western Sydney airport – a controversial acquisition later eviscerated by the commonwealth auditor general – seemed “perfectly sensible to me”. Fletcher’s apparent endorsement of the purchase was revealed by staff from the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) at a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday. They also revealed that representatives of the Leppington Pastoral Company and another politically connected landholder, Louise Waterhouse, had arranged meetings with a commonwealth official at Aussies coffee shop in Parliament House in October 2016.

There are 84 high-cost IT projects underway by the Australian government

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, AND TAXES With 12 projects on the list, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has its new application modernisation play, which is aimed at addressing ongoing system health whilst rationalising and re-architecting for the future . The ATO had its Single Touch Payroll (STP) project on the DTA s engage list before, and although it came into effect on 1 July 2019, further expansions of STP continue to be rolled out, including engagement with Services Australia and its welfare data-matching initiative. STP is essentially the automation of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) and super reporting between businesses and government. Still on the list from last year is myGovID the Australian government s digital identity credential handled by the ATO. It s like the 100-point ID check but on a smart device, and it allows citizens to have their identity verified so they can access government services using that verified identity rather than being verified continually by each Comm

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