The ACT Auditor-General has flagged areas of government operations that may be audited in the next two years including the effectiveness of community consultation by Infrastructure Canberra.
Eighteen audits are planned to be delivered by the office in 2026-27.
Other topics that may be audited over the two years include whether nurse-led walk-in centres in the ACT are effective and value for money and how well the Education Directorate is managing budgets for the Territory's 93 public schools, which are currently costing more than $1 billion a year.
ACT Auditor-General Ajay Sharma on Tuesday released the ACT Audit Office's Performance Audit Program 2026-27.
The Audit Office developed the program following "extensive research and stakeholder consultation" to determine:
Mr Sharma said the program was designed "to ensure audits cover a wide range of government activities that are important to our community".
"The program is designed to be flexible and responsive, so that we can focus on the right audits at the right time and use our resources to make a difference in the ACT community," the program report read.
"Experience has shown some proposed audits may no longer be required due to changing circumstances. To allow for this, the program includes more audits than are expected to be delivered."
Nine audits are currently underway including one focusing on the transparency around changes to the Territory Plan which paved the way for the redevelopment of the Phillip swimming pool site.
Eleven audits are slated for possible investigation in 2026-27 including the effectiveness of the Suburban Land Agency in developing and releasing land for residential purposes.
Another 11 audits are flagged for 2027-28 including the effectiveness of the walk-in centres and the management of school budgets.
Another topic that could be investigated in 2027-28 is the government's ambitions for publicly-owned electric vehicles, including a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040. An audit could look at whether the ACT's energy infrastructure "can support the ACT government's EV ambitions".
A further potential audit in 2027-28 could be around community consultation and Infrastructure Canberra, which works with directorates, government partners and industry to deliver major infrastructure projects.
A possible audit could look at how well Infrastructure Canberra consults with the community on major projects, including "how community feedback informed the project decisions".
