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      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Risk & Assurance",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries",
      "idea": "Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.",
      "quote": "[Page 5]\nResults of Financial Audits | Auditor-General’s Overview\nContents\nAuditor-General’s Overview 6\nAudit of the Treasurer’s Annual Financial Report 9\nAnalysis of the Treasurer’s Annual financial Report 20\nAssurance Activities in Government Departments 41\nManual Payroll Calculations 61\nAppendix A 79\nStatus of audit work program 79\nFinancial audits 79\nOther financial audits 79\nNon-financial audits 79\nAppendix B 81\nAppendix C 84\nEnd of year review findings by theme 84\nAppendix D 87\nRisk rating of audit issues 87\nAppendix E 88\nAbbreviations 88\nAuditor-General’s Report to the Legislative Assembly Page 5 of 90\nNo 4: 2025-26",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / assurance teams",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1573175/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Regulatory capture",
        "Over-automation of judgement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Risk & Assurance",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system",
      "idea": "Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.",
      "quote": "[Page 5]\nResults of Financial Audits | Auditor-General’s Overview\nContents\nAuditor-General’s Overview 6\nAudit of the Treasurer’s Annual Financial Report 9\nAnalysis of the Treasurer’s Annual financial Report 20\nAssurance Activities in Government Departments 41\nManual Payroll Calculations 61\nAppendix A 79\nStatus of audit work program 79\nFinancial audits 79\nOther financial audits 79\nNon-financial audits 79\nAppendix B 81\nAppendix C 84\nEnd of year review findings by theme 84\nAppendix D 87\nRisk rating of audit issues 87\nAppendix E 88\nAbbreviations 88\nAuditor-General’s Report to the Legislative Assembly Page 5 of 90\nNo 4: 2025-26",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / assurance teams",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1573175/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Regulatory capture",
        "Over-automation of judgement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Staff Productivity",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents",
      "idea": "Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.",
      "quote": "2024 2023\n$’000 $’000\nResearch staff employee expense  29 737 27 595\nEducation and training staff employee expense  1 697 1 262\nOther staff employee expense  4 110 4 558\nTotal employee expenses  35 244 33 415\nFTE FTE\nResearch staff employee expense  273 249\nEducation and training staff employee expense  8 7\nOther staff employee expense  35 27\nTotal staff  316 283\nOther operating expenses increased only marginally.",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "APS staff / executives",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-1-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/media/documents/la-reports/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-1-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Sensitive information leakage",
        "Inconsistent quality of generated drafts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Staff Productivity",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform",
      "idea": "Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.",
      "quote": "2024 2023\n$’000 $’000\nResearch staff employee expense  29 737 27 595\nEducation and training staff employee expense  1 697 1 262\nOther staff employee expense  4 110 4 558\nTotal employee expenses  35 244 33 415\nFTE FTE\nResearch staff employee expense  273 249\nEducation and training staff employee expense  8 7\nOther staff employee expense  35 27\nTotal staff  316 283\nOther operating expenses increased only marginally.",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "APS staff / executives",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-1-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/media/documents/la-reports/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-1-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
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        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Sensitive information leakage",
        "Inconsistent quality of generated drafts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Procurement & Delivery",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases",
      "idea": "Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.",
      "quote": "Status of prior year audit issues Risk rating Status\nNon-compliance with reporting obligations Significant Partly resolved\nPresentation of Management Fee and Levy High Resolved\nCalculation method of Management Fee and Levy High Partly resolved\nReclassification of distribution receivable and\nHigh Resolved\ninvestment\nRecording of redemption and transfers between\nHigh Resolved\ncommon funds\nReconciliation of the investment roll-forwards Moderate Resolved\nFinancial analysis\nCommon Common Common Common\nFund 1 Fund 2 Fund 3 Fund 4\n2024-25 2024-25 2024-25 2024-25\n$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000\nFunds under administration 46,116^ 8,701 14,326 21,191\nInvestment returns 2,016* 607 1,428 2,292\nAverage investment return 4.4% 7.0% 10.0% 10.8%\nManagement fees and levy 900 133 264 365\n^ Includes undistributed surplus of $0.6 million.\n* Includes rent from an investment property in Coonawarra Road, Winnellie.",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Delivery teams / suppliers",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-5-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1573174/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-5-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Procurement & Delivery",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Portfolio delivery office for major investments",
      "idea": "Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.",
      "quote": "Status of prior year audit issues Risk rating Status\nNon-compliance with reporting obligations Significant Partly resolved\nPresentation of Management Fee and Levy High Resolved\nCalculation method of Management Fee and Levy High Partly resolved\nReclassification of distribution receivable and\nHigh Resolved\ninvestment\nRecording of redemption and transfers between\nHigh Resolved\ncommon funds\nReconciliation of the investment roll-forwards Moderate Resolved\nFinancial analysis\nCommon Common Common Common\nFund 1 Fund 2 Fund 3 Fund 4\n2024-25 2024-25 2024-25 2024-25\n$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000\nFunds under administration 46,116^ 8,701 14,326 21,191\nInvestment returns 2,016* 607 1,428 2,292\nAverage investment return 4.4% 7.0% 10.0% 10.8%\nManagement fees and levy 900 133 264 365\n^ Includes undistributed surplus of $0.6 million.\n* Includes rent from an investment property in Coonawarra Road, Winnellie.",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Delivery teams / suppliers",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-5-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1573174/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-5-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Data & Performance",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "KPI evidence register with named owners",
      "idea": "Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.",
      "quote": "Why is tracking internal audit performance important?\n▪ Delays in audit completion result in a backlog of unaddressed issues, leaving\ndepartments exposed to critical, unmitigated risks for extended periods.\n▪ The internal audit function cannot systematically identify its own areas for\ndevelopment, improve efficiency, or adapt its strategy to better meet\norganisational needs without data-driven insights into its performance.\n▪ Funds allocated for internal audit, whether for staffing or outsourcing, may not be\ndeployed in the most efficient or effective manner, potentially leading to under -\nresourced critical areas.\n▪ A lack of consistent reporting on costs and performance against the audit plan\nseverely limits the audit committee’s ability to effectively oversee, challenge\nresource requests, and assess the value of internal audit.",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-3-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1556011/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-3-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Data & Performance",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact",
      "idea": "Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.",
      "quote": "Why is tracking internal audit performance important?\n▪ Delays in audit completion result in a backlog of unaddressed issues, leaving\ndepartments exposed to critical, unmitigated risks for extended periods.\n▪ The internal audit function cannot systematically identify its own areas for\ndevelopment, improve efficiency, or adapt its strategy to better meet\norganisational needs without data-driven insights into its performance.\n▪ Funds allocated for internal audit, whether for staffing or outsourcing, may not be\ndeployed in the most efficient or effective manner, potentially leading to under -\nresourced critical areas.\n▪ A lack of consistent reporting on costs and performance against the audit plan\nseverely limits the audit committee’s ability to effectively oversee, challenge\nresource requests, and assess the value of internal audit.",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Executives / Parliament / public",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-3-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1556011/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-3-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Citizen Services",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates",
      "idea": "Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.",
      "quote": "[Page 59]\nResults of Financial Audits Assurance Activities in Government Departments\nShared services\nShared\nServices\nAgency End of\nTAFR\nControls Year\nAudits Reviews\nFinancial\nStatements\nAudits\nThe table below shows the number of findings reported to the Department of\nCorporate and Digital Development as the department responsible for shared\nservices and systems:\nTable 4: Number of audit findings from shared services reviews by risk rating\nArea of review H^ M^^ L^^^ Total\nAPEX budget and reporting system - - 1 1\nCommon infrastructure for key financial systems 1 - - 1\nShared services – end of year review 1 - - 1\nInformation Technology control environment (ITCE) - 3 2 5\nGovernment Accounting System (GAS) - 4 1 5\nPersonnel Information and Payroll System (PIPS) - 3 2 5\nTotal number of audit findings 2 10 6 18\n^ High risk rating ^^ Moderate risk rating ^^^ Low risk rating",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Citizens / service users",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1573175/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Digital exclusion",
        "Low public trust if feedback is not acted on"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Citizen Services",
      "scale": "large",
      "title": "Single front door for life-event based services",
      "idea": "Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.",
      "quote": "[Page 59]\nResults of Financial Audits Assurance Activities in Government Departments\nShared services\nShared\nServices\nAgency End of\nTAFR\nControls Year\nAudits Reviews\nFinancial\nStatements\nAudits\nThe table below shows the number of findings reported to the Department of\nCorporate and Digital Development as the department responsible for shared\nservices and systems:\nTable 4: Number of audit findings from shared services reviews by risk rating\nArea of review H^ M^^ L^^^ Total\nAPEX budget and reporting system - - 1 1\nCommon infrastructure for key financial systems 1 - - 1\nShared services – end of year review 1 - - 1\nInformation Technology control environment (ITCE) - 3 2 5\nGovernment Accounting System (GAS) - 4 1 5\nPersonnel Information and Payroll System (PIPS) - 3 2 5\nTotal number of audit findings 2 10 6 18\n^ High risk rating ^^ Moderate risk rating ^^^ Low risk rating",
      "impact": "Very High",
      "effort": "High",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Citizens / service users",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1573175/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Create a senior responsible owner and cross-functional delivery team.",
        "Map legislation, data, privacy, procurement, cyber, and workforce constraints.",
        "Co-design with users and frontline staff before technology selection.",
        "Stage delivery through pilots, benefits tracking, and public reporting."
      ],
      "risks": [
        "Privacy and data quality",
        "Change fatigue",
        "Unclear accountability",
        "Digital exclusion",
        "Low public trust if feedback is not acted on"
      ]
    },
    {
      "entity_id": "NT-NT-Auditor-General's-Office",
      "entity_name": "NT Auditor-General's Office",
      "folder_name": "NT-Auditor-General-s-Office",
      "category": "Regulation & Policy",
      "scale": "small",
      "title": "Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting",
      "idea": "Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.",
      "quote": "Failure to manage excessive leave may result in:\n▪ occupational, health and safety implications\n▪ non-compliance with industrial agreements\nAuditor-General’s Report to the Legislative Assembly Page 56 of 90\nNo 4: 2025-26",
      "impact": "High",
      "effort": "Low",
      "proof": "Evidence-backed",
      "beneficiaries": "Regulated entities / policy teams",
      "source": "other-pdfs/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf (https://ago.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1573175/report-to-the-legislative-assembly-4-2025-26.pdf)",
      "implementation": [
        "Pick one high-volume process or document family.",
        "Name an owner and baseline current volume, time, cost, and satisfaction.",
        "Run a 4-8 week pilot with clear before/after metrics.",
        "Publish lessons and decide whether to scale."
      ],
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