A new era of climate-related reporting has arrived in Australia. It’s time to ensure entities required to report are preparing for the change.

Data and information are critical to government operations and as agencies we need to ensure the public can trust us to protect their information.

The Queensland Audit Office’s annual update for clients’ chief financial officers, finance managers, and other staff involved in financial statement preparation is a key part of our engagement program.

Our performance audits are carefully planned to focus on the topics that matter to the Queensland community, and to help public sector entities to deliver better public services. 

I’m proud to be an auditor. And I am very proud to be an auditor working in the public sector. It is a rewarding career, filled with a great variety of clients and trusted relationships built across many years. 

We select audit topics that matter most to Queensland. Our planning approach helps identify the risks and opportunities facing public service delivery, and we align our audit topics in response.

Auditing the right topics, at the right time, is the key to achieving better public services for Queenslanders.

The Queensland Audit Office’s forward work plan is readily available on our website, providing transparency around our audit priorities and the reports we intend to table in parliament over the next 3 years.

Each year, the Queensland Audit Office (QAO) holds an in-person and live-streamed event for all our clients’ chief financial officers, finance managers, and other staff involved in financial statement preparation.

An audit and an external review may differ in their approaches and levels of assurance, but there are parallels we can draw on how best to prepare and how to ensure maximum value.