Report on Auditing Issues of West Point Group of Industries Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Discussion 4. Audit Issues in the audit of West Point by KPMG i. Failure to Obtain Audit Evidence ii. Failure to give appropriate audit opinions: iii. Inadequate Fund Raising iv. Failure to identify solvency of the Company v. Failure to follow directions of Corporate Authority vi. Expectation Gap 5. ASIC Action against KPMG & West Point 6. Conclusion 7. References
The Australian Shepherd started out as a working dog. Today for the most part it still is, but they have entered a different type of work besides herding. The versatility of the Aussie is remarkable. Today's Aussie is an active and intelligent companion who requires stimulation and activity. There are very few breeds of dogs capable of performing as many different jobs as the Australian Shepherd. The breed's easy trainability, intelligence, common sense and problem solving abilities, combined with
the letterbox. There it was, “The Letter”, from “Selective Service”. My heart sank as I opened the yellow tinged envelope. What would happen to my family, my wife, my sweet, beautiful daughters? This is what could have happened to any eligible Australian male, twenty years and over. It was called conscription. Conscription is when a selective group of citizens are forcefully obliged to fight in war due to shortages of soldiers. Conscription was first introduced in Australia in 1942 during World
of Burrinjuck Dam water storage (being the Taemas Bridge crossing) and Blowering Dam water storage (being the dam wall and spillway for Jounama Pondage), downstream to the junction of the Murrumbidgee River and the Murray River It starts in the Australian Alps and regulated by Burrinjuck Dam located near Yass at the junction of the Yass and Goodradigbee Rivers. The valley also receives water from the Snowy Mountains Scheme which is stored in Blowering Dam on the Tumut River. Downstream of Narrandera
(Kabir, p 1278-1279). Then after, the number of Muslims migrants gradually increased and reached 281,576 by 2001census p 1278. These migrants were perceived as ethnic groups with potential of economic and racial threat to Australian community. However, the image of Muslim immigrants changed as the venomous religious group posing a security threat to Australia after the arrival of asylum- seekers (1999-2001) and September 11, 2001 incident in USA p1278. Muslims believe that
considered the original inhabitants of Australia (West and Murphy, 2010). Their role and contribution was thus significant in the social, economic and political growth and development of Australia. The Wurundjeri people once inhabited present day Melbourne (Wheeler, 2008). Aboriginal communities such as the Wurundjeri have little participation in the running of modern day Australia. This essay examines the plight of the Wurundjeri people in contemporary Australian society, as representatives of the Aboriginal
Pacific Ocean. To the west is the Blue Mountains region in New South Wales. North of Sydney you will find the Hawkesbury River. South of Sydney is the Woronora Plateau. To see more information on Sydney’s location, see Image 1 below. Sydney is located on a submerging coastline, meaning the ocean level has risen and is flooding deep river valleys carved out in sandstone. There are more than seventy harbors and ocean beaches in Sydney including the famous Bondi Bay (Australian Government 2008). According
Tracing the changes in Australian English from the First Fleet to present day is really about exploring the story of the nation, author Kel Richards says. The English language arrived in Australia a little more than 200 years ago and since that time it has been levelled, shaped and restyled to give Australians a specific dialect. "When you trace the story of Australian English from 1788 to the present day, you find yourself actually tracing the story of the whole nation," Richards told 702 ABC Sydney's
Canberra. Britain was then very much the mother country of Australia. History records that only two indigenous Australians were present. The OPH was replaced by a new Parliament House in 1988 as the old one could not accommodate the politicians, press etc comfortably. When built it was meant to serve Australian politics up to 1977. The OPH is now conserved. It tells the story of Australian nationhood, democracy and achievement. It symbolises Australia’s constitutional, political and cultural
commercial radio station. From 1942 until early 1944, Australian forces, especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders played a key role in the Pacific War forming the majority of Allied strength throughout the South West Pacific. Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders affected Australia’s World War Two efforts in their extended volunteering and willingness to fight and die in the war. Aboriginal people were a crucial part of defending the Australian home front, in which they had limited or no rights
Another issue with the Australian international education industry is the exchange rates within Australia (Marks, McMillan and Ainley, 2004). The strength of the Australian dollar is moderately high; therefore the government often cites this issue as a key factor influencing the decline in international student enrolments. The Australian dollar is comparatively very strong when compared against the weaker US and UK currencies for example, hence making Australia an expensive option for international
Belief Systems in Australia Q1. Outline the changing patterns of religious adherence in Australia from 1945 to the present. There has been a lot of change in religious adherence since the end of the Second World War. At the end of the war many Australians still had British ancestors and so most people were Christian. With immigrants arriving in Australia after the war we started to see new religions grow. Orthodox Christians came from places like Greece, for example. The Catholics have continued
INTRODUCTION Shadowing World War II, there was an amplified fear of communism in Australia. The influence of the threat of Communism in Australian local politics from 1945 to the 1950’s was very strong as you can see through Robert Menzies, the Petrov Affair, The fear of Ussr spies, the royal commission and the Alp split show relevant threats to the Australian Domestic politics by saying they are spies, traitors and liars. Menzies and Threat of Communism Fears – 1st Paragraph Prime Minister Robert
grown in South West France in last several decades. Moreover, in Argentina it has become the leading variety. The Malbec tends to have a very dark inky color and robust tannins, and usually it is berry fruit flavour and spice finished. It is also called Auxerrois or Côt Noir in Cahors, called Malbec in Bordeaux, Pressac in other regions, and it has extensive more than 50 varietal synonym names (Robinson, 1986). History of Malbec Malbec is originated in Cahors region in South West France, and widely
Figure 2 shows that under the ABS’s, Australian Bureau of Statistics, central forecasts, Melbourne’s population would exceed Sydney’s before the year 2061 with a population of 8.6 million compared to Sydney’s 8.5 million. Brisbane’s population would overtake Sydney’s 2013 population by the year
service workforce. Due to the expansion in the Australian population
Coles and Woolworths, only stocking their own branded products in order to make larger profits and reduce their prices to increase their consumer range. If you do not see this as a problem, you must open your eyes. In June 2014, it was recorded that West Farmers Limited own 33.5 percent and Woolworths Ltd own 39.6 percent the Market Share in Australia. This combined is 73 percent in the total market share. If you do not see this as a problem, you must open your eyes. Have you noticed the rapid decrease
Australian Hip Hop Hip-hop: A style of music of US black and Hispanic origin Featuring rap and electronic backing When did Hip-Hop/Rap make its way into Australian Culture and who were the artist’s who started it pre 2000’s? Hip-Hop in Australian can be traced back to early 1980’s with large influence from American Hip-Hop/Rap which is a predominantly African-American dominated genre. In 1982 the music video for Malcolm McLaren’s “Buffalo Gals” was broadcasted on the Australian TV music show
Sports Issue Analysis Too many Professional Australian Sporting athletes have undisciplined behaviour. In today’s national professional sporting community, too many Australian athletes take everything for granted. The Glamour, Publicity and their sporting attributes. Australian athletes, representing our nation, internationally and nationally showing poor behaviour both on the field and off the field. In particular, AFL, NRL and Tennis stars. When talking about poor sports behaviour the first thing
continent is bounded on the north by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Torres Strait; on the east by the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea; on the south by the Bass Strait and the Indian Ocean; and on the west by the Indian Ocean. The commonwealth extends for about about 2500 miles from east to west and for about 2300 miles from north to south. Its coastline measures some 22,826 miles. The area of the commonwealth is 2,966,150 square miles, and the area of the continent alone is 2,939,974 square miles