Wednesday 4 December 2024

Meeting Date
Wednesday 4th of December 2024
Meeting Time
08:50 – 16:00
Meeting Location
Level 29, 201 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000, AUSTRALIA
Meeting Details

Members of the public are advised that members of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will attend the meeting in person or via a Microsoft Teams videoconference. Members of the public may attend the meeting via Microsoft Teams although public attendance is via registration only. Members of the public should register their interest in attending the public sessions no later than 24 hours in advance of the meeting by emailing secretariat@frc.gov.au detailing:

  1. Name
  2. Affiliation
  3. Contact details

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Item Report by Time
PUBLIC SESSION
  1. Introduction
  08:50
  1. Acknowledgement of country
  2. Attendees and apologies
  3. Declarations of interest
Chair  
  1. UK model for a merged financial reporting body
Mark Babington
(Executive Director, Regulatory Standards of the UK Financial Reporting Council)
09:00
  1. Matters for noting / action
  09:30
  1. Minutes of previous meeting – 19 September 2024
  2. Action items
Chair
Chair/Secretariat
 
  1. Environmental scan
  09:45
  1. Member reflections
  2. Stakeholder reports
All
Secretariat
 
  1. Oversight of Australian Standards (Accounting and Auditing) per ASIC Act s 225(1) to (2A)
  10:15
  1. Australian Accounting Standards Board
    1. Financial reporting update
    2. Sustainability reporting update
  2. Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
    1. Financial auditing and assurance update
    2. Sustainability assurance update
Keith Kendall Doug Niven  
Morning tea   11:00
  1. Monitoring and influencing international developments
    per ASIC Act s 225(2)(e) to (2)(f) and s 225(2A)(f) to (2A)(g)
  11:15
  1. XRB update
  2. International developments (including recent media releases)
Michele Embling FRC  
  1. Public Sector Advisory Group
    per ASIC Act s 225(2)(g), (2)(h)(i) and s 225(2A)(g) and (2A)(h)(i)
Amy Fox 11:45
  1. Professional development pathways
Amir Ghandar
Simon Grant
(CA ANZ)
12:00

Lunch

  12:30
  1. Update from Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board
Channa Wijesinghe
Jacinta Hanrahan (APESB)
13:30
  1. Address from new Auditor-General for Australia
Caralee McLiesh (Auditor-General, ANAO) 14:00
  1. Other business
  14:20
  1. Nominations Committee [per s 225(2)(a) and s 225(2A)(a)]
  2. Correspondence received and sent
  3. Key action items summary
Rachel Grimes
Chair
Secretariat
 
  1. Next meeting
Chair 14:35
12 March 2025 – Melbourne    
PRIVATE SESSION
  1. Matters for private session
  14:40
            Meeting close   16:00