Commercialisation Australia

Name

Commercialisation Australia

Legal name

Australian National Audit Office

Website

https://anao.gov.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is Australia's Supreme Audit Institution, delivering independent performance, financial statement, and assurance audits to the Australian Parliament and more than 250 Commonwealth entities under the Auditor-General Act 1997.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Audit Services

NAICS

Public Finance Activities (921130), Public Finance Activities (92113), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector) (BPAIAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Government Accounting & Financial Reporting (BPAIAEAD)

Keywords

• Public sector audit
• Financial statement audit
• Performance audit
• Assurance services
• Government audit

Headquarters

HQ city

Canberra

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Commercialisation Australia provides independent audit and assurance services to the Australian Parliament and Commonwealth entities, delivering performance audits, financial statement audits, performance statements audits, major projects reports on Defence acquisitions, and assurance reviews under the Auditor-General Act 1997. It serves more than 250 Commonwealth entities and publishes reports directly to Parliament to support accountability and transparency of public sector administration.

Product overview

The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) operates as a single unified audit and assurance service provider, delivering multiple interconnected audit products to the Australian Parliament. The core offerings include Performance Audits, Financial Statement Audits, Performance Statements Audits, Major Projects Reports, and Assurance Reviews. Supporting these core products are supplementary offerings such as Insights Publications (Audit Lessons, Audit Practice, Audit Opinion) and the ANAO Audit Manual. Together, these products provide the Parliament with independent assurance and insight into the performance, integrity, and stewardship of Australian Government activity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Performance Audits Independent examinations of the efficiency and effectiveness of Australian Government programs and entities, providing Parliament with assurance about public resource management and identifying better administrative practices.
• Financial Statement Audits Annual financial statement audits of Australian government entities conducted under the Auditor-General Act 1997, covering both non-corporate and corporate Commonwealth entities.
• Performance Statements Audits Audits of Australian Government entities' annual performance statements to improve transparency and quality of entities' performance reporting.
• Major Projects Reports Annual reports providing independent assurance over the status of selected Department of Defence major projects, reviewing cost, schedule and capability delivery.
• Assurance Reviews Limited assurance reviews conducted under section 19A(1) of the Auditor-General Act 1997 in response to requests from stakeholders including parliamentarians and parliamentary committees.

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO participates in INTOSAI activities including the Performance Audit Subcommittee annual meetings, contributing to the development of international public sector auditing standards and practices. The Auditor-General supports regional audit practice through INTOSAI engagement.
• Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO participates in PASAI Congress and Leadership Program, contributing to audit capability development across Pacific nations. The Auditor-General holds membership on the PASAI Governing Board.
• Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO engages with ASOSAI through activities such as the ASOSAI international seminar, contributing to audit knowledge exchange and capacity building in the Asian region.
• Australasian Council of Auditors-General (ACAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO works collaboratively with Australasian peers through ACAG, sharing audit methodologies, best practices, and supporting professional standards across the region.
• Papua New Guinea Auditor-General's Office (PIPP Program)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO supports peer-to-peer institutional capacity development in the Indo-Pacific through the Papua New Guinea Institutional Partnerships Program (PIPP), contributing to stronger audit capability and public financial management.
• Audit Board of Indonesia (BPK) - Prospera ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO participates in the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Economic Development (Prospera), contributing to bilateral engagement with the Audit Board of Indonesia supporting governance outcomes.
• Integrity Agencies GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Auditor-General is a member of the Integrity Agencies Group, which brings together leaders of Commonwealth integrity bodies to share insights, coordinate activity, and collectively support the development of integrity frameworks across the Australian public sector.
• Department of Finance (Australia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO engages with the Department of Finance as the owner of key public sector governance and accountability frameworks including the PGPA Act, Commonwealth Procurement Rules, and Grants Rules, ensuring audit alignment with framework requirements.
• Private Sector Audit FirmscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe ANAO uses private sector audit firms under contract to support audit delivery across the mandated financial statements audit program. All contractors must adhere to ANAO auditing standards, quality management framework, and independence requirements. All audit opinions remain with the Auditor-General.
• CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO engages with professional bodies including CPA Australia and CA ANZ to support high audit standards and strengthen the auditing profession through public sector audit leadership.
• External Reporting Australia (ERA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAO engages with standard-setters including the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB), and Financial Reporting Council (FRC), which have been merged into External Reporting Australia (ERA) taking operational effect in 2026.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): The GAO is the legislative-branch audit institution providing performance, financial, and policy assurance to the U.S. Congress, closely analogous to ANAO's role with the Australian Parliament in scope, independence model, and report-to-legislature workflow.
• National Audit Office (United Kingdom): The UK NAO is the supreme audit institution scrutinising UK public spending and reporting to Parliament, with the same statutory mandate, parliamentary reporting model, and performance/financial audit portfolio as the ANAO.
• Office of the Auditor General of Canada: Canada's OAG audits federal government operations and reports to the House of Commons, providing a Commonwealth peer with similar statutory mandate, performance audit focus, and parliamentary accountability model.
• Office of the Auditor-General (New Zealand): New Zealand's OAG performs performance and financial statement audits of central government entities and reports to Parliament, operating a near-identical Westminster-model mandate to the ANAO and frequently collaborating through ACAG.

Others

• Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Australia): Deloitte is engaged by ANAO as a contracted private audit firm to support financial statement audit delivery. Although not a peer in mandate, it is an ecosystem enabler whose private-sector audit capacity supplements ANAO's statutory work.

Broad incumbents

• Cour des comptes (France): France's Cour des comptes audits government finances and reports to Parliament, comparable to ANAO in scope and judicial-style independence, though with a broader mandate covering public social security and territorial authorities.
• Bundesrechnungshof (Germany): Germany's federal supreme audit institution performs financial and performance audits of federal entities with a broader European remit, comparable in institutional independence and audit scope to ANAO though operating under a different constitutional framework.
• Riksrevisionen (Swedish National Audit Office): Sweden's SAI conducts performance and financial audits of central government and reports to the Riksdag, operating as a broader-incumbent peer with a parallel mandate structure to the ANAO.

Regional players

• Office of the Auditor-General of Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea's SAI receives institutional capacity support from ANAO via the PIPP program, representing the most direct regional capacity-building partnership and a comparable Pacific SAI structure.
• Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK): Indonesia's BPK is the regional SAI that ANAO engages through the Australia-Indonesia Prospera partnership, sharing audit methodologies and capacity-building support across the Indo-Pacific region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/anao_australia
• Facebookfacebook.com/anaograduateprogram
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/australian-national-audit-office

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments8 records

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