Gun Buy Back Scheme - The Australian National Audit Office

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Implementation of the scheme in other States and Territories 7. In order to provide a more comprehensive national overview of the effectiveness with which the scheme was implemented at State level, the ANAO reviewed the findings of relevant audits by State and Territory Auditors-General. Their findings did not indicate any material systemic weaknesses arising from shortcomings in Commonwealth policy or coordination. Management of the national public education campaign tender process 8. The ANAO considers that, in general terms, the tender process was properly managed by OGIA and the Attorney-General's Department. However, the documentation of key steps in the tender process to meet the requirements of OGIA Quality Procedures and to ensure transparency could have been better from an accountability viewpoint. Policy guidelines and procedures would benefit from more detailed guidance to help achieve this. While outcomes are of prime importance, it is still necessary to ensure proper procedures are applied as they can impact markedly on the outcomes actually achieved. 9. The ANAO found insufficient documentation of the process of consultation by OGIA with the client department on written assessments of advertising proposals which were to be provided to the Ministerial Committee on Government Communications (MCGC). Policy decisions made by the Government, including the MCGC, are outside the scope of the performance audit mandate of the ANAO. However, the ANAO concluded that there is scope for OGIA to ensure that the preparation of submissions to the MCGC, in consultation with the client department, is managed more closely in accordance with relevant guidelines. 16 The Gun Buy-Back Scheme
10. The ANAO also found that an important decision by the departmental evaluation committee on shortlisting of advertising firms and their reasons for the decision were not documented. However, the ANAO considers that the oral evidence relating to the decision gives reasonable assurance that the decision to shortlist three advertising firms was properly agreed by the evaluation committee. 11. It is suggested that a properly documented and effective management trail provides protection for all concerned, including those who have to take decisions much later in the process but who, for example, may have had no involvement in earlier discussions. It also provides greater assurance and confidence in the final outcome. Agencies’ responses Attorney- General’s Department 1. In commenting on the ANAO’s draft report, the Attorney-General's Department advised that the Department considered the buy-back scheme to be an outstanding success which had resulted in a reduction of almost 650 000 firearms in the community. The Department considered that outcome to be strongly supported by a majority of Australians, including a majority of gun owners. 2. The Attorney-General's Department also stated that the report focussed, in their view, on a very small element of the program and did not provide due recognition of the achievements of this complex project. In the Department’s view, the buy-back was a unique event in public administration in this country and, quite likely, the world. 3. The Attorney-General's Department agreed with the one recommendation directed to the Department. The Gun Buy-Back Scheme 17
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