Documents Relating To The Northern Wa/nt Drought Hub.

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An internal audit report on the Northern WA/NT Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub identified significant governance weaknesses. The audit found the Hub's conflict of interest policies and procedures inadequately reflected its complex governance structure, creating risks that conflicts affecting grant funding decisions and procurements would not be managed effectively. The report also identified the absence of documented processes for investment decisions and procurements, lacking specified requirements for competition, value for money, ethics, transparency, accountability, and record-keeping. Internal Audit recommended the department require the Hub to update its conflict of interest framework aligned with ACNC best practice guidance and implement comprehensive documented processes governing both investment and procurement decisions. Simplifying the governance structure was suggested to enhance transparency and reduce procedural complexity.