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Sensible steps that will restore faith in auditors

A parliamentary committee did not find any of the conspiracies imagined by critics of the audit business. But it did find room for improvement.

James Paterson

The Parliament’s Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is taking action to restore trust and confidence in the auditing industry in Australia. In its first seven months of inquiry, the committee did not uncover any grand conspiracies imagined by some of the industry’s feverish critics. But we did identify areas for improvement which, if acted upon, should silence all but the most unreasonable detractors.

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Senator James Paterson is Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security and Chair of the Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media.

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