Since at least 2015-16, in every annual report checked, the performance section has carried the same footnote: "The average time taken from the start of an inspection to the production and lodgement of a report in Parliament is between six and nine months depending upon the complexity of the facility or service." In 2024-25 the wording changed slightly to "from the start of an inspection or review project".
For the 14 inspection reports released between June 2023 and June 2025, the median time from the end of fieldwork to public release was 12.7 months (calc). Allowing for the 30-day embargo, lodgement still came well over nine months after fieldwork ended in most cases. The footnote is not a measurement, and no measurement appears in its place.
Sources: OICS Annual Report 2015-16 p 28; Annual Report 2024-25 p 51 fn 2; key dates pages of Reports 147 to 161.