Our strategic priorities

Our strategic plan 2020 – 2024

Our vision

The South Australian public sector operating to the highest levels of accountability and integrity.

Our purpose

We contribute to state and local government services being transparent, trusted and valued.

Our four goals:

Engage with clients in a way that results in a positive change to their practice and transparency for the public.
Evolve the Department so that we deliver what Parliament and clients need.
Make sure the way we lead gives us our best chance of achieving our 2030 vision.
Run our Department as a modern business.

We report on our performance against this plan in our annual Operations Report available in our corporate publications.

Our values

Integrity

We act fairly, honestly, impartially and independently.

Accountability

We value and take responsibility for the trust and resources invested in our function. We hold ourselves and others accountable for achieving results.

Responsiveness

We listen and respond to our clients and stakeholders within the constraints of our independence.

Collaboration

We value and support teamwork that builds relationships and cooperation across the Department. We value our working relationships with our clients.

Courage and tenacity

We persevere, listen attentively, question thoughtfully and challenge openly, and encourage others to do the same.

Respect

We value and strive for respectful relationships between our staff and with our clients and external stakeholders.

Innovation

We encourage and value ideas for improvement.

Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2020 – 2023

The Auditor-General’s Department Disability Access and Inclusion Plan is structured around the themes and priority areas of the Inclusive SA: State Disability Inclusion Plan 2019–2023. Both plans have since been extended to 2024.

Theme 1: Inclusive communities for all - Priority 1: Involvement in the community

We intend to ensure that all community members can access our reports and information. Our actions:

Assess our website to ensure our reports and career information are accessible to people with disabilities.
Revise our website for better publishing of reports, including any fixes for accessibility where possible.

These actions were completed in November 2022 with the release of our new website.

Theme 4: Learning and employment - Priority 12: Improved access to employment opportunities and better support within workplaces

We will focus on ensuring there are no artificial barriers to employment, and that employees living with disability are supported by us. Our actions:

Gain a better understanding of our workforce composition by encouraging staff to declare disability and report on the number of staff who report living with a disability (ongoing).
Conduct unconscious bias training for all staff (completed).
Ensure that candidates living with disability progress through a selection process as expected for their demonstrated capabilities (ongoing).
Ensure all new staff have an ergonomic assessment when they commence employment, and that existing staff can access this when requested (ongoing).

View our plan