Australian National Audit Office

Australian National Audit Office
Agency overview
Formed1901
Jurisdiction Australia
HeadquartersCanberra, Australian Capital Territory
Employees398 (estimate for 2023–24)
Annual budgetA$125.984 million (estimate for 2023–24)
Agency executive
  • Rona Mellor PSM,
    Acting Auditor-General
Websitewww.anao.gov.au
Footnotes
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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is the supreme audit institution of Australia, functioning as the national auditor for the Parliament of Australia and Government of Australia. It reports directly to the Australian Parliament via the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. Administratively, the ANAO is located in the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio.

The current acting Auditor-General for Australia is Ms Rona Mellor PSM, who was appointed to act in the role commencing 16 February 2024 following the resignation of the fifteenth Auditor-General Grant Hehir.[2]

  1. ^ The Auditor-General Annual Report 2011−2012 (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. ISBN 978-0-642-81266-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Statement on the resignation of the Auditor-General for Australia, Mr Grant Hehir". www.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 15 February 2024.