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Managing director pleads guilty to fraud

Gregory Waring has pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to five charges under the Crimes Act and two charges under the Corporations Act relating to his conduct as managing director of Corrpro Australia (Corrpro). The Commonwealth director of ...

NAB appoints Ernst & Young as external auditor

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2004
National Australia Bank said today that it had appointed Ernst & Young as the bank\'s new external auditor for the 2004/05 financial year. \"Ernst & Young will provide the National with access to considerable financial services audit experience,\" NAB\'s ...

Auditors deceived about FAI reinsurance, court told

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
Auditors were misled about financial arrangements which helped FAI Insurance record an $8.6 million profit rather than a loss of almost $20 million, a committal hearing for three former FAI executives heard on Monday. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Ernst & Young confident of becoming NAB auditor, paper reports

Accounting firm Ernst & Young is confident it will be appointed auditor of National Australia Bank, according to a newspaper report today. The $20 million per year contract is up for grabs after NAB decided not to retain KPMG\'s services after the 2004 ...

NAB to change external auditor

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
National Australia Bank said late yesterday it intends to change its external auditor at the end of the current financial year. Audit committee chairman John Thorn said the bank is ending its long association with KPMG, which came under fire from the ...

ASIC invites comment on CLERP 9 guidance papers

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... government's CLERP 9 proposals. The guidance papers, from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), are on auditor registration, auditor and financial reporting obligations and product disclosure. On the current timetable for CLERP ...

DEWR skilled vacancies fall 0.2% in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
Vacancies for skilled workers slipped 0.2% in March but remained 5.4% higher than the same time last year, official figures showed today. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index fell to 111 in March ...

ALP deputy leader Senator Conroy criticises Costello's stance on HIH audit reforms

... Thursday) has halved the "cooling-off" period (recommended by Justice Owen) from four years to two years before former auditor partners can become employees or directors of clients. Senator Conroy said that the Treasurer had broken his promise to implement ...

Disciplinary board rescinds convicted Sydney auditor's registration

The Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board has cancelled the registration of a Sydney auditor, following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Board decided to cancel the registration of Helena ...

Two Victorian accountants face fraud charges: ASIC

Two former Victorian accountants of Corrpro Companies Australia Pty Ltd have appeared in the Melbourne Magistrate Court in relation to fraud charges following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Craig Leigh ...