Audit quality
- Opinion
- China
Exit the dragon: Chinese giants flee Wall Street to avoid US scrutiny
After a two-year standoff, China’s state-owned companies are leaving Wall Street rather than subject themselves to audits by a US accounting regulator. Their paranoia isn’t surprising.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Smoking out the rats: WA forensic auditors uncover potential public sector corruption
Established within the auditor general’s office in March 2020, the team of 13 finance and fraud experts are already deep diving into four potential occurrences of corruption in the public sector, as revealed by the first report into their activities.
- Hamish Hastie
- Editorial
- Anti-corruption
Deeply troubling cuts to federal spending watchdog
Auditor-General Grant Hehir has sounded the alarm over severe budget cuts to the National Audit Office which, he says, will make his important role much more difficult.
- The Herald's View
‘Alarm bells’: Auditor-General budget cuts will see agencies avoid scrutiny for decades
The Auditor-General says some government agencies will only face scrutiny once every 20 years after budget pressures forced him to cut the number of audits.
- Katina Curtis
- Exclusive
- Anti-corruption
Audit office funding slashed, renewing calls for integrity commission
An analysis of the Australian National Audit Office's budget shows it has been cut by nearly a fifth in real terms since the Coalition came to power.
- Katina Curtis
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