The Australian National Audit Office has audited the Gene Technology Regulator once, in 2005. It found that "OGTR has processed applications within the required timeframes and has exceeded targets for annual monitoring of DIR field trial sites", and that "there is room for better use of this information in measuring and improving performance". It made five recommendations, all agreed, including one that the office publish "the number of sites or organisations yet to be visited". The annual reports now give a share for field trial sites but not for the roughly 2,300 certified laboratories and facilities. No later ANAO audit of the office has been found.
Sources: ANAO Audit Report No. 7 2005-06, Regulation by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator, paras 29, 31, 3.39; Annual Report 2024-25, pp 6, 44.