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2014 – 2015 Federal budget with Quality Management Tools of Audits

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Federal Budget 2014 - 2015

Pre Budget PlanningThe message of the Federal Budget in May is that of a need or repair, Quotations of a “Budget Emergency”, “Sharing in the Pain” , “Ending of Entitlement” and “debt tax”, have raised concerns to all Australian and businesses alike. The Quality management tool and benchmarks have been used in the Henry Review and The Commission of audit. Recommendations from these tools are the basis for the setting on policy for years to come.

The austerity measures to be taken, highlights the forecast government department reductions from 890 to 584, in the form of a reduction or rationalisation by 65%.

2013 was one of the worst years that business had experienced as there was no direction from the government, and business would not undertake capital improvement works that impacted on the economy. Now we are hearing the term sticker shock or frightening of the business and private Sectors before the budget release, that looks to be a massive impact on all of Australian operations.

 

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Commission of Audit Below is the 20 recommendations from the commission of audit

 

Recommendation 1: Improved management of Commonwealth infrastructure

Recommendation 2: Commonwealth investment in infrastructure

Recommendation 3: Road user charging

Recommendation 4: Improving national transport regulation

Recommendation 5: Infrastructure funding for the States and local governments

Recommendation 6: Role of the Australian Public Service Commission

Recommendation 7: Public sector efficiency – improved spans of control

Recommendation 8: Public sector efficiency – Corporate services

Recommendation 9: Improving information on government programmes and public sector performance

Recommendation 10: Programme evaluation – systematic reviews as part of the Budget process

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Commission of Audit continued

Recommendation 11: Programme evaluation – rolling strategic reviews of major spending Programmes

Recommendation 12: Performance evaluation – rolling ‘audits’ of agencies

Recommendation 13: Clearer delineation between policy and service delivery

Recommendation 14: Reduce the number of non-principal government bodies

Recommendation 15: Further action on principal government bodies

Recommendation 16: Commonwealth grant programmes

Recommendation 17: Parenting Payment Single – establishing a new benchmark

Recommendation 18: Better targeting assistance to students

Recommendation 19: Better aligning working-age payments

Recommendation 20: Reforming education supplements

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Grattan Institute Recommendations

Recommendation 1: Extend the GST to private spending

Recommendation 2: Raise Pension and super age to 70

Recommendation 3: Include owner occupied housing in aged pension test

Recommendation 4: Remove payroll tax threshold

Recommendation 5: Reduce transport infrastructure costs

Recommendation 6: Abolish CGT Discount

Recommendation 7: Tax super earning for over 60’s

Recommendation 8: Halve the fuel tax credit

Recommendation 9: Fuel excise indexation

Recommendation 10: Remove negative gearing

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Grattan Institute Recommendations

Recommendation 11: CGT on owner occupied housing

Recommendation 12: Reduce super contribution tax concessions

Recommendation 13: Reduce support to industry

Recommendation 14: Federal royalties export tax to 50 percent above rent

Recommendation 15: Private health insurance rebate

Recommendation 16: Pharmaceutical spending

Recommendation 17: Cost effective medical treatments

Recommendation 18: Defense spending

Recommendation 19: Increase school class sizes

Recommendation 20: reduce student subsides for higher education

 

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Quality Assurance and Management Systems

Introduction to Corporate Management Systems

The ISO 26000 series of International Standards emphasise the importance of audits as a management tool for monitoring

and verifying the effective implementation of an organisation's quality and/or environmental policy.

Audits are also an essential part of conformity assessment activities such as external certification/registration and of supply

chain evaluation and surveillance. 

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Management System RequirementsThe organisation shall establish, document, implement and maintain a

quality management system and continually improve its effectiveness in accordance with the requirements of this International Standard.

 The organisation shall a) determine the processes needed for the quality management system and their application throughout the organisation , b) determine the sequence and interaction of these processes, c) determine criteria and methods needed to ensure that both the operation and control of these processes are effective, d) ensure the availability of resources and information necessary to support the operation and monitoring of these processes, e) monitor, measure where applicable, and analyse these processes, and f) implement actions necessary to achieve planned results and continual improvement of these processes.

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OutcomesA management system should have :

An effective audit program Scheduled audits on the basis of risk and importance of

processes Effective audit checklists Review and follow up corrective actions Management Review Meeting

You can also join our free webinar:

  http://iso26000.net.au/webinar1/discover-the-power-of-auditing-for-small-business-registration

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Independent Inspections /FWR Group Pty LtdIndependent Inspections Pty Ltd

Mr. Peter Greenham

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Operations- Diploma of Quality Management- Diploma of Business- Lead Environmental Auditor- Diploma of workplace training

and Assessment- NATA Asessor

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