Managing Queensland's COVID-19 economic response and recovery

Tabled Report 3: 2022–23

Tabled date

2022-07-19

Report year

2022-23

Community welfare Economic development Health State finances

Entities audited

Not identified in the published HTML audit scope.

Recommendations

1. QAO's text Addressed to: that, for future initiatives, lead delivery entities

   ensure the needs of target users are considered throughout the life of the initiatives – that is, during design, implementation, and monitoring

2. QAO's text Addressed to: that, for future initiatives, lead delivery entities

   ensure their risk management has a key focus on risks to achieving the objectives of the initiatives 

3. QAO's text Addressed to: that, for future initiatives, lead delivery entities

   enhance inter-agency collaboration to explore ways of sharing information and external data within legislative requirements to improve uptake rates and prevent ineligible applications being approved

4. QAO's text Addressed to: that, for future initiatives, lead delivery entities

   consult with relevant stakeholders to identify all key target users and ensure communications about the initiatives reach these users

5. QAO's text Addressed to: that, for future initiatives, lead delivery entities

   evaluate the extent to which each initiative achieves its objectives and use this information to direct initiatives as they progress and in designing future initiatives.

6. QAO's text Addressed to: Queensland Treasury enhances the oversight of the portfolio of economic response and recovery initiatives through

   We recommend that Queensland Treasury enhances the oversight of the portfolio of economic response and recovery initiatives through:

   • a governance body that continues to provide oversight of the portfolio’s performance until the portfolio is closed 
   • enhancing its data collection and reporting to enable oversight of the timely achievement of objectives and whether initiatives need to be modified or discontinued for optimal outcomes
   • recording and monitoring the full costs involved in delivering all key economic response and recovery initiatives and using this information to inform future initiatives.

Authoritative report — Queensland Audit Office

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