The following abbreviations are used throughout this report:
- AASB
- Australian Accounting Standards Board
- ACNC
- Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
- AFAANZ
- Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
- AICD
- Australian Institute of Company Directors
- AOSSG
- Asian-Oceanian Standard Setters Group
- APESB
- Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board
- APPC
- Australian Public Policy Committee
- APRA
- Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority
- ASA
- Australian Shareholders' Association
- ASAs
- Australian Auditing Standard
- ASAF
- Accounting Standards Advisory Forum (advises IASB)
- ASBJ
- Accounting Standards Board of Japan
- ASIC
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- ASIC Act
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
- ASIC Report
- ASIC Audit Inspection Program Report
- ASX
- Australian Securities Exchange
- ATO
- Australian Taxation Office
- AUASB
- Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
- Audit Enhancement Act
- Corporations Legislation Amendment (Audit Enhancement) Act 2012
- Corporations Act
- Corporations Act 2001
- CPAB
- Canadian Public Accountability Board
- CPP
- Certificate of Public Practice
- CSR
- Corporate Social Responsibility reporting
- EC
- European Council
- ESG
- Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance
- EU
- European Union
- FOI Act
- Freedom of Information Act 1982
- FRC
- Financial Reporting Council
- FRC-UK
- Financial Reporting Council (of the UK)
- FTSE
- Financial Times and London Stock Exchange
- G20
- The G20 brings together 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the EC and by Head of the European Central Bank.
- G100
- Group of 100
- GAAP
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- GFC
- Global Financial Crisis
- GFS
- Government Finance Statistics
- HoTARAC
- Heads of Treasuries Accounting and Reporting Advisory Committee
- IAASB
- International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
- IASB
- International Accounting Standards Board
- ICAA
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
- IFAC
- International Federation of Accountants
- IFRS
- International Financial Reporting Standards
- IIRC
- International Integrated Reporting Council
- IPA
- Institute of Public Accountants (formerly National Institute of Accountants)
- IPSASB
- International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board
- ISAs
- International Standards on Auditing
- NIA
- See IPA
- NZASB
- Accounting Standards Board (of New Zealand)
- NZAuASB
- Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (of New Zealand)
- PCAOB
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (of the USA)
- PJC
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
- PPC
- Public Practice Certificate
- PPQA
- Public Practice Quality Assurance Review
- The Program
- ICAA Quality Review Program
- PwC
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- QBSA
- Queensland Building Services Authority
- QR
- Quality Review (CPA Australia Quality Review Program)
- RCA
- Registered company auditor
- SME
- Small and medium-sized entity
- SMSF
- Self-Managed Superannuation Fund
- SWOT
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis
- TTAASAG
- Trans-Tasman Accounting and Auditing Standards Advisory Group
- Treasury
- Australian Treasury
- US FASB
- Financial Accounting Standards Board (of the USA)
- XRB
- External Reporting Board (of New Zealand)
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