WA's Auditor General has repeated her call for more transparency and regular reporting on major government projects after quantifying time and cost blowouts on multiple developments.
The state's auditor-general has found "significant weaknesses" in the COVID-19 contact tracing system, including allowing unnecessary and excessive access to personal information.
More than half-a-billion dollars of COVID-related government expenses were incurred in the year to June 2021, according to the state's auditor general.
The security of more than 30 government entity IT systems remains at "considerable risk" despite warnings last year, according to WA's auditor-general.
Hundreds of management and system control weaknesses have been found across state government departments, with a record number of red marks from auditors.
The state's peak tourism agency has admitted it is disappointed with its performance after an inquiry found it provided the Tourism Minister with heavily redacted data on the Hotel Perth campaign.
Western Australia's Auditor General has warned the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries could be susceptible to financial fraud.
The Office of the Auditor General has found a project to replace PathWest's ‘laboratory information system' is now expected to be two years late and cost nearly double the project's original $26.8 million budget.
Melbourne-based executive Lisa Rodgers has been appointed director general of the Department of Education, making her the fifth woman to be appointed to a director general role in Western Australia this year.
The Barnett government's ambitious GovNext ICT program was based on flawed assumptions and will not achieve the anticipated savings but still holds potential to deliver significant benefits, a review has found.
The state government has recruited Canberra-based Caroline Spencer to be the state's next auditor general, three years after she was appointed to review the performance of incumbent Colin Murphy.
