Introduction by the Controller and Auditor-General²

This report is designed to provide a comprehensive description of the projected performance of the Audit Office for 1999-2000. Information is also provided about the role and goals of the Office so the Office’s 1999-2000 plans can be seen in context. The report is in four parts:

• Part 1 provides a brief explanation of the role, outcomes, outputs (products and services) and organisation of the Audit Office. Information is included to show how the Office’s 1999-2000 plans relate to the role of the Office.
• Part 2 provides information about the goals of the Audit Office and key strategies to discharge its statutory duties. This information is included to show how the Office’s 1999-2000 plans relate to longer-term goals.
• Part 3 details the Audit Office’s planned performance for 1999-2000. Plans are presented in relation to:
  • The outputs that will be provided by the Office. These plans show how I intend to discharge my responsibilities as Controller and Auditor-General.
  • The stewardship (organisational management and development) of the resources entrusted to the Office. These plans demonstrate how I intend to discharge my responsibilities as Chief Executive.
• Part 4 contains the forecast financial statements of the Audit Office for 1999-2000.

D J D Macdonald
Controller and Auditor-General

12 April 1999

2 The Controller and Auditor-General is sometimes referred to simply as “the Auditor-General” in the rest of this report.