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The Committee recommends that the Department of Health report back to the Committee on how it is improving consideration of risk during future procurement planning, with reference to the Australian National Audit Office findings in Audit Report No. 61 (2016-17)—in particular, so that the full extent of a procurement’s complexity and risk, and the potential consequences of project failure or delay, are communicated to the Australian Government at the point in time funds are being allocated.