For purposes of the Australian Auditing Standards, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

External confirmation means audit evidence obtained as a direct written response to the auditor from a third party (the confirming party), in paper form, or by electronic or other …

Positive confirmation request means a request that the confirming party respond directly to the auditor indicating whether the confirming party agrees or disagrees with the information in the request, or providing the requested …

Negative confirmation request means a request that the confirming party respond directly to the auditor only if the confirming party disagrees with the information provided in the …

Non-response means a failure of the confirming party to respond, or fully respond, to a positive confirmation request, or a confirmation request returned …

Exception means a response that indicates a difference between information requested to be confirmed, or contained in the entity’s records, and information provided by the confirming …

For the purposes of this Auditing Standard, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

Initial audit engagement means an engagement in which either: The financial report for the prior period was not audited; or The financial report for the prior period was audited by a predecessor …

Opening balances means those account balances that exist at the beginning of the period.  Opening balances are based upon the closing balances of the prior period and reflect the effects of transactions and events of prior periods and accounting policies …

Predecessor auditor means the auditor from a different audit firm, who audited the financial report of an entity in the prior period and who has been replaced by the current …