November 7, 2025

Has Anything Really Changed? ASIC’s 2025 Audit Review and the State of Audit Quality in Australia

Has Anything Really Changed? ASIC’s 2025 Audit Review and the State of Audit Quality in Australia Has Anything Really Changed? ASIC’s 2025…

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July 30, 2025

Why Auditor Independence Matters – APES 110 Update Explained

Maintaining auditor independence is not just good practice; it’s essential to maintaining public trust in financial reporting. The updated APES 110 Code…

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November 20, 2024

Auditing the Auditor: Managing Client Expectations

Auditing the Auditor:  Managing Client Expectations Over the past four years as an auditor in public practice, I have developed a deep…

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November 7, 2024

Ready for New Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS)?

Ready for New Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS)? Mandatory reporting of climate-related activities for Australian companies will kick off from next year.…

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March 31, 2023

ASIC Publishes Insights from the Reportable Situations Regime: What Financial Service Businesses Need to Know

ASIC has published the first round of data received from financial services and credit licensees under the reportable situations regime. ASIC Commissioner…

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November 18, 2022

Mastering ASQM 1 & 2: New Australian Quality Management Standards

What Has Changed and When? In March 2021, the Australian Audit Standards Board (AUASB) released three (3) revised Quality Management Standards: These…

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July 4, 2022

10 Expert Tips For Improving External Audit Quality

Achieving a high standard of audit quality is essential to building trust and confidence in the audit profession. However, there is no…

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March 2, 2022

How Your Auditor Can Help Identify And Respond To Fraud

Corporate fraud is a risk to any business, whether it is for-profit or not-for-profit, regardless of size, and for some, it can…

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November 5, 2019

Overcoming Conflict of Interest Concerns with Audits

Article by Managing Director, Steven Watson, as published by For Accountants. Audit firms provide an essential service to capital markets. By building…

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October 24, 2019

Audits and Independence – Where to from here?

Article by Managing Director, Steve Watson. In Part 1 of this series on auditors and independence, I outlined some of the challenges…

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